Matt GTA's Italian Ladies and an MX5

[MattGTA]

Hi,

No reason for the thread really, other than to share some pictures of the cars, which were all out of the garage today.

2004 Alfa 147 GTA - 31,000 mls
1991 MX5 Le Mans (of PH Heroes fame) - 88,000 miles
1987 Lancia Delta HF4WD - 115,000 km, purchased at CarFest North 'Pride & Joy' auction last week.

I'm quite excited about the arrival of the Lancia - I had one of these in the mid 90s; it's an HF4WD, so the very first iteration of the 2.0 Turbo 4WD Delta, which pre-dates the 'Integrale' tag by about 12 months. It's in remarkably good condition - I drove it back from Chester to Kent without issue and apart from a nasty oil leak (missing gasket, now sorted) has sailed through an inspection and an MOT. Clearly someone has spent a lot of time and effort on it..


I'll try to keep this updated with regular reports...

[SVX]

Bravo Sir! An excellent stable, with special respect for the Delta.

[Altrezia]

That mx5 looks ace :-)

[tommy vercetti]

Wow, loving the 147 and the Lancia

[Evo]

The Lancia is very special and hopefully still LHD, look after that I doubt many original HF 4WDS still remain and yes the first production 4WD delta to start their Group A campaign after the halt of Group B.

[GTASmallville]

Loving the cars fella, I owned a mk1 mx5 and my 147GTA so I know your going to have some fun

[MattGTA]

Evo said:

The Lancia is very special and hopefully still LHD, look after that I doubt many original HF 4WDS still remain and yes the first production 4WD delta to start their Group A campaign after the halt of Group B.

Indeed it is - I thought they were all dead, to be honest!

It's one of the Mike Spence supplied and converted from new cars, so RHD. I'm still not used to it, but it seems like a pretty good job...

[MattGTA]

GTASmallville said:

Loving the cars fella, I owned a mk1 mx5 and my 147GTA so I know your going to have some fun

You, Sir, are a man of good taste !

[SVX]

MattGTA said:

Evo said:

The Lancia is very special and hopefully still LHD, look after that I doubt many original HF 4WDS still remain and yes the first production 4WD delta to start their Group A campaign after the halt of Group B.

Indeed it is - I thought they were all dead, to be honest!

It's one of the Mike Spence supplied and converted from new cars, so RHD. I'm still not used to it, but it seems like a pretty good job...

My first "proper" car was a Delta HF turbo. I've had the integrale dilemma many time since, but LHD has always put me off. How good is the conversion, could you please post interior pics?

[deltashad]

Loving the Hf4WD and Alfa. Excellent taste mate.

Hf is stunning.

[heisthegaffer]

Mike Spence... now that is a name from the past. Anyone remember the water injected Uno Turbo featured in either Autocar or Motor in the later 80s, early 90s? Bright red with a 55super badge on the back and standard tailgate so it a wolf in sheeps clothing. Lovely.

[heisthegaffer]

Lovely motors by the way OP. Remember those Mx-5s when they first came out.

The delta, was that the 165BHP 8 valve one? Or I am I barking up the wrong tree?

[MattGTA]

Yes, that's right, 165bhp 8v.

I think we're showing our age - I remember lusting after a MIke Spence UNO... . Happy days!

[storminnorman]

that mx5 is the beans. I'm assuming they're more than just a paintjob? certainly looks a bit low

[Skylinecrazy]

Lovely collection.

That 3.2V6 sounds gorgeous.

[Evo]

MattGTA said:

Yes, that's right, 165bhp 8v.

I think we're showing our age - I remember lusting after a MIke Spence UNO... . Happy days!

tho not quite as impressive as Barry Waterhouses matt black uno turbo

[MattGTA]

Evo said:

MattGTA said:

Yes, that's right, 165bhp 8v.

I think we're showing our age - I remember lusting after a MIke Spence UNO... . Happy days!

tho not quite as impressive as Barry Waterhouses matt black uno turbo

Haha. That uno was insane. I remember an x1/9 with a tricked up UNO turbo engine which was always in Bazza's place - whenever you'd ask about it, he'd start swearing.

They were good guys...

[GTASmallville]

You will get bored of the mx5 though as it just does not sound or go like the GTA, you should track down a lovely little 155 next

[MattGTA]

GTASmallville said:

You will get bored of the mx5 though as it just does not sound or go like the GTA, you should track down a lovely little 155 next

Tell you what - the little 5 isn't far off the 147 on sound or go - the BBR turbo and the exhaust take car of that.

It's not been around long, but I'm completely in love with it and how unusual it is.

[GTASmallville]

MattGTA said:

Tell you what - the little 5 isn't far off the 147 on sound or go - the BBR turbo and the exhaust take car of that.

It's not been around long, but I'm completely in love with it and how unusual it is.

Ah it's a BBR, in that case ignore what I said about getting bored with it :lol: