Alfasud meet MITCAR

Got the 33 booked in for its MOT this saturday so if there arent too many problems it stands a good chance I might drag the 33 along. Its really just a Sud in a 33 body anyway.

Only other problems I have is inbetween times I have got the 146 to MOT. The mrs's Marina to MOT and a weeks holiday, and no I am not allowed to spend it working on the car(s).

rsfruitbat

Originally Posted by RSFruitbat

Got the 33 booked in for its MOT this saturday so if there arent too many problems it stands a good chance I might drag the 33 along. Its really just a Sud in a 33 body anyway.

Only other problems I have is inbetween times I have got the 146 to MOT. The mrs's Marina to MOT and a weeks holiday, and no I am not allowed to spend it working on the car(s).

rsfruitbat

nice one mate would be nice to meet up and have a chat, and any other AO'ers going

looking good for 2 northeasterner,s turning up.....

Well I'm still hoping to go and meet some fellow AO's but it won't be in a Sprint tho' I will try to get my frogeye there as it has an MoT and Insurance and free tax

I'm planning to get there in my sprint

Sorry guys but I cant see me making it this weekend . Managed to find the problem and fix it but it means the car has got to go back to the rolling road .

rsfruitbat

ps my 146 has failed the MOT to

I've been having more regular occurrences of the fuel starvation problem that affected my trip to Stanford Hall (once on Saturday getting the shopping and TWICE going to "Thoroughbred Sunday" at Goodwood), but I've found the cause of the problem (silicone "jellyfish" swimming in the tank and blocking the pickup), so the race is on to fabricate a fuel strainer before Sunday...

MITCAR is going to be the official AROC Alfasud register meeting this year, so get there if you can!

Lauren

great that you are going to try and make it lauren look forward to seeing you and your very unusual car
shame you can't make it rs, pleased you have sorted the car out though

I wish i could make it, but i am going on holiday on saturday. Hope you all have a great time.

Right, I've fabricated a fuel strainer out of 8mm alloy tubing, crimped over at one end, 2" long and with 32 x 1mm holes along its length - only a really BIG jellyfish is going to block that completely

Done 24 miles today in mixed motoring, the engine seems happy, but any minor jolt (of which there are a lot with my suspension) makes me worry that I'm about to have another roadside breakdown...

I've got a few more miles to do today, which should give the system a good shakedown prior to Sunday.

Have you noticed, the more people cry off, the worse the weather forecast seems to get? Hmmm...

Lauren

Sadly I am not now going to be able to get there as I really wanted to meet up with other Sud and Sprint owners.

I think I am going to bite the bullet and get my car professionally restored. I now have new replacement front wings and ...hell you can't take it with you can you?

Hope its a great day

Originally Posted by David Jarrett

Sadly I am not now going to be able to get there as I really wanted to meet up with other Sud and Sprint owners.

I think I am going to bite the bullet and get my car professionally restored. I now have new replacement front wings and ...hell you can't take it with you can you?

Hope its a great day

Good luck with that David and post some pics if you can

Looking forward to seeing AOers this Sunday - but is it a thought to try to be at, say Lauren's (Spacenut) Nova at 1pm, rather than - "Oh - he was here a moment ago"......and we never actually meet on the day?

Originally Posted by Alfasixnut

Looking forward to seeing AOers this Sunday - but is it a thought to try to be at, say Lauren's (Spacenut) Nova at 1pm, rather than - "Oh - he was here a moment ago"......and we never actually meet on the day?

perfect idea, laurens car can't easily be confused with others so should be a foolproof way of meeting up

as long as lauren doesn't mind

A crowd of enthusiastic Alfista around my car? Why should I mind???

It sounds like a great idea, and at least this time I won't miss it

Weather is looking up for Sunday; see you there!

Lauren

I wish i could be there but im in scotland in craghaig inn by clencoe sampling 160 different whiskeys and 20 real beers i will raise a toast to you all at 1pm sunday. ciao daz

not a bad day weather wise, but given its in august (british summer ) it could have been better. the occasional rain shower only seemed to take your mind off the high winds
nice to meet with spacenut and alfasixnut and have a quick chat, the day seems to go by so fast and i still didn't manage to have a good look around all the cars took a few pics of the suds & sprints though

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think lauren was busy with the camera so she may come up with more pictures of the different cars there hers is a really nice car and very interesting being mainly sud based but as my daughter said 'i bet she has trouble with speed bumps' , never got to ask you that lauren amongst other things. its very low your car, but very well turned out
the white series 2 got 'best sud/sprint of the day' , had a chat with the couple who owned the car and it has the very same interior as the one i have been salvaging parts from before the banger racing. they have a small hole in the seat fabric and i am sure it is the same design as the one destined for the banger track. i hope to rescue the passenger seat this week and send them the good material for them to replace thiers with
and as a bonus to finish the day off my name was pulled out of the hat for the last prize of a t-shirt which meant having my picture taken so may get myself in the AROC magazine

Glad you all had a great day. Sad I couldnt be there.
My weekend has been spent working on my 146 back brakes and welding the holes up in it. Cant complain it is 10 years old. My first Sud had had at least one major rebuild by now.

Maybe next time.

Rsfruitbat

not really anything to do with cars, but something else to interest the family while we were there. had a look around the house and gardens and saw a ******** display why is my daughter stood on a lawn with what looks like a wlders glove up to her armpit
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nice falconry display
this owl was quite cute and a nice touch to let 2 girls have a go and getting the owl to 'land' on them
i asked sarah if she was scared and if she liked it ' i was a bit scared, but he was blooming heavy' she replied

sounds like you had a good day kev ,nice pics and i wish i could have gone .