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Brigitte M's family have a chocolate shop in Arras too. Had a family lunch today - 16 French folk & me, which was rather nice after yesterday's rugby!! A couple from Ruel Malmaison were amongst them; probably still trying to recharge their electric Audi e-tron to get home... |
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Here is a great video clip which I am sure our Alfistis will enjoy, as will most here I reckon.... I certainly did.
Its about what started life as a 1973 Alfa GTV 2 litre, and was found abandoned and rotted under a tree.. Its now called the Alfararri... I guess therein lies a bit of a clue. ![]() Hopefully it isnt geo-blocked. https://youtu.be/O03x--KO3LQ This clip is more the finished item. He has a YT channel with more of the detailed stuff include a 15 minute clip on the Alfa creation. https://www.youtube.com/@HomeBuiltByJeff Last edited by E.B; 10 Feb 2025 at 10:08. Reason: Added the YT channel link |
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Amazing this 8-32 in 105 Series guise. What a professional job, interior trim and special logos. Great catch, thanks.
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Something that amazed me ! I put this picture on the Anglia owners club Facebook page and it has had over 700 likes and comments in a few hours
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Balls of steel (knob of butter) They're Asking For Larkins. ( Proper beer) not you're Eurofizz crap. Hace más calor en España. Me han conocido a hablar un montón cojones! Send any cheques and cash to PO box 1 Lagos Nigeria Africa ! ![]() |
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That Aussie fireman certainly has some skills!
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Back in the 1980's there was a guy here in the UK (Nigel Worswick I think was his name) who rallied a Ferrari engined Alfa Romeo that was a fearsome beast, but I don't know much detail about that... |
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There are several video's of the Alfa Ferrari of Andy Burton on the net, he was competing with this in the late 80'a as Viv said. It had been kept in a bar for 28 years when it reappeared for a show in wales recently.
Nigel Worswick did rally a Ferrari 308. |
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Thanks rbs, I'd obviously got my wires crossed with those two guys. As soon as I read your post I r5emembered it was Andy Burton!
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Yes I watched a video of the Peugeot Cosworth earlier, and it certainly sounded very crisp and pleasant on the ears. Not to mention driven very hard and capably! Good viewing and listening..
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Nigel is local to me and often did the same rallies as us, back in the day. I remember one event we did, the Solway Lido - a great 2-day event based in a closed-season holiday park, where we were in a Lada (it was a Lada Challenge round) and Nigel had the Ferrari. Overnight I "might" have snuck up on the Ferrari and stuck a "Recycled Lada" label on it........ ![]() |
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Its a longish read, but this article has some salient points to make to help debunk the long-held myth about "Russian steel" being the cause of many Italian cars rotting badly. Like the myth of Alfas always blowing their engines and being stranded at the roadside, its become a handy tagline for lazy journalism.......
https://driventowrite.com/2022/05/17...-3/#more-84746 |
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There will always be stories about how something happened . The main point of that article seems to be , where would the Soviets find enough steel . Well , the Russian fleet sunk by the Japanese was well over 200,000 tons of steel , and I remember reading up from a long time ago it showed up on aircraft instruments as a mass of steel underwater , so not hard to find . And then in WW11 , just the battle of Kursk had well over 100,000 tons of tanks wiped out , and I guess they eventually reclaimed all of the steel from them .So it was easily possible to find huge amounts of scrap steel . But the stories will come and go , it is just true that Italian cars got a very bad reputation for rusting after a deal with the Russians . |
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Just noticed its John Ruston's birthday today (I presume Monday, as it is now being with the advance party, Monday am in my part of the world and it shows as today)
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Bit of nostalgia coming up .
After the death recently of Marianne Faithful , the film " Girl on a Motorcycle " is on TV tonight .I saw it when it came out ,1968 , but will have to watch it again . Back in the day , I knew several people in the motorcycle racing world , and Bill Ivy , [ RIP ] , did a lot of the bike riding scenes for the film . Can it really be that long ago???? |
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