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^^^^ thanks Stephen, I heard via the grape vine that you bought the car. Can't get enough can you?
Congrats - there are a few youtube clips of the car on track.
Thankfully no nasty surprises during the pre MOT test - things like track rod nuts need tightening, lights adjustment, rear fog light required, side light not working. I knew about the cracked windscreen and have ordered a new one.
Not quite to the standards of your original 3.0 but we have a good basis to work from knowing the bodywork is 100%.
My only headache is a correct 3.0 badge - mine went walkies and now have to find someone to make the rectangle to glue over the 2.5 bit.
You clearly are going to track the new acquisition?
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Thankfully no nasty surprises during the pre MOT test - things like track rod nuts need tightening, lights adjustment, rear fog light required, side light not working. I knew about the cracked windscreen and have ordered a new one.
Not quite to the standards of your original 3.0 but we have a good basis to work from knowing the bodywork is 100%.
My only headache is a correct 3.0 badge - mine went walkies and now have to find someone to make the rectangle to glue over the 2.5 bit.
You clearly are going to track the new acquisition?
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I've been looking for a second car for a while, to take some pressure off the BMW 325 (though I have been using my wifes Pug 307 quite a bit).
This phase 1 GTV TS popped up on ebay, less than a while away, and the rest is history...
Picked it up yesterday evening. Have done 30-40 miles in it today. Early impressions -
-Really nice condition, just under 84,000 miles, recent service, cambelt, brakes all round.
-Runs really smoothly, I thought it might feel a little under-powered but I was happy with the performance.
-Only concern was towards the end of my drive the clutch got a little creaky and stuck to the floor at one point. Otherwise, seems to perform fine. I will have this looked at in the next couple of weeks - a quick google suggests this is not a unique problem on these!
A readers car thread will follow in a few weeks once I get to know it better. My first Alfa, fingers crossed it goes ok.
L100NYY said:
FrenchSpider said:
L100NYY said:
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FrenchSpider said:
L100NYY said:
FrenchSpider said:
L100NYY said:
Lovely Sprint ![thumbup](/inc/images/thumbup.gif)
Thank you!![thumbup](/inc/images/thumbup.gif)
L100NYY said:
FrenchSpider said:
L100NYY said:
FrenchSpider said:
L100NYY said:
Lovely Sprint ![thumbup](/inc/images/thumbup.gif)
Thank you!![thumbup](/inc/images/thumbup.gif)
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