Just bought a Gamma

[ClaphamGT3]

Hi all. Having stumbled across this baby last week, I viewed on Saturday and did the deal yesterday. Scared and excited in equal measure!


Will keep you updated!

[dpp]

That looks a beauty, more pics and info when you get it

[ettore]

Always loved Gamma's. My Father had a couple in the early 80's, only one destroyed its engine!

Such a handsome, clean design

[BGarside]

Is this the car that throws its cambelt off if you put the steering on full lock?

It is lovely but you are a braver man than I

[TooMany2cvs]

BGarside said:

Is this the car that throws its cambelt off if you put the steering on full lock?

Bit more to it than that, but... yes. Whoever thought a cambelt-driven power steering pump was a good idea needs a slap, for sure. I wonder if it's possible to retro-fit an electro-hydraulic pump?

Utterly gorgeous!

[ClaphamGT3]

TooMany2cvs said:

Bit more to it than that, but... yes. Whoever thought a cambelt-driven power steering pump was a good idea needs a slap, for sure. I wonder if it's possible to retro-fit an electro-hydraulic pump?

Utterly gorgeous!

This one has precisely that set up!

[EskimoArapaho]

Lovely, and very elegant. Always lusted/wondered about these coupes, but never wanted to take the risk myself.

Any chance of seeing it at an SS in the future?

[droopsnoot]

A mate of a mate had one of those back in the eighties, I'm not sure I ever saw it in daylight so I can't remember what colour it was. If you get the list of previous owners, see if there was one in Cheshire in mid-80s.

[V8forweekends]

Fabulous!

[ClaphamGT3]

EskimoArapaho said:

Lovely, and very elegant. Always lusted/wondered about these coupes, but never wanted to take the risk myself.

Any chance of seeing it at an SS in the future?

SS?

[EskimoArapaho]

Sunday Service - PH gathering. There's one at Aston Martin (Gaydon) on the 22nd Feb.

[ClaphamGT3]

Don't know if it will have arrived by then - it needs some recommissioning, but it will definitely be at Auto Italia at Brooklands in May

[jith]

You must, must, must change the cam belts; and check the PAS pump isn't starting to seize.

J

[crofty1984]

You did the right thing.

[imagineifyeswill]

That looks lovely, must be pretty rare now, I seem to remember reading many years ago that there was only around a hundred of them imported to Britain.

[ClaphamGT3]

jith said:

You must, must, must change the cam belts; and check the PAS pump isn't starting to seize.

J

Being done before I even collect it!

[vixen1700]

Very nioe. Can't remember when I last saw one on the road.

[anonymous-user]

I've been looking at that for a while - it does look lovely my previous experience with an auto stopped me pulling the trigger.

Good luck - and join the Gamma Consortium

[Martin 480 Turbo]

You#r Da man!

A recent thread on BAT reminded me of how great they looked.

But I never saw one driving. Good luck to you !

[dbdb]

This was in the Classics/Retros thread. Did you see it there, or is it just a coincidence?

The Gamma Coupe really is a fabulous looking car. I remember seeing a silver one reasonably regularly in Lymm, Cheshire in the mid 1980s. It was in superb condition, but of course wasn't old back then. They're so striking; they look like nothing else on the road.

Good purchase!!