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Karting Night Mon 18 September from 6.30pm

Sutton Circuit, Leicestershire.

Come and enjoy some fantastic karting action

at he brilliant outdoor circuit near Broughton

Astley. Endurance race format means everyone

gets the same time in kart, and you can drive

as fast or slow as you like! All the gear is

provided. A great evening for all - why not invite

your friends/workmates? No deposit needed

just let John know you are coming.

Twilight Drive George & Dragon Thringstone

Weds 13 September

Meeting from 7pm, We’ve another

drive around the local lanes for

around 30 minutes as part of our

September meeting, That will start

at about 7.45 when we will catch

the last of the late summer sun.

Back to the pub afterwards of

course for a good natter around our

cars. Great opportunity if you’ve not

been along

before.

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The AROC Essex Section is hosting Southern Alfa

Day this year, and have chosen the Royal

Gunpowder Mills near Waltham Abbey as the

venue. They welcome all members to the historic

site to enjoy the many displays and exhibitions. It is

spread over a large area as buildings were

separated due to the materials being processed

and wildlife now thrives on the site. The many

attractions include the Rocket Vault and the

Armoury and Land Train Tours of the site are

available for a small fee. In addition, there will be

an Italian Market with Pizza Oven too, then of

course, our cars will be on display as a big

attraction too!

Members’ entry prices are:- pre-paid Adults £8.00,

children (5 to 15) £6.00, (Use AROC-UK.COM ) On

the gate (CASH ONLY) – adults £10, children (5 to

15) £7.00. NOTE; for Alfas to park together you

must buy a ticket in advance!

EAST MIDLANDS SECTION CONVOY DRIVE

Just like National Alfa Day in July, we will meet at

the Rothwell Services on the A14 just after J4

(McDonalds) ready to depart a bit after 8:30, We

will cruise down the A14/A1 then round the M25 a

bit to J26 and A121 to Waltham Abbey.

We will do our best to park together there as a

Section Group with our flags etc. We expect it to be

a really good day. Do come along!

This front page had been due to advertise the

Leicester Aero Club members’ day we had been

invited to on 9 September. Sadly I was contacted

by one of their committee a few days ago by email

to advise that as it is a much smaller event than the

old Open Days we’d attended for 10 years, they

could not accommodate us in any area air-side,

Very disappointing and apologies if you were

looking forward to this. They said we’d be welcome

at any Open Day if they happen again. Happily we

are not exactly short of stuff to do as a car club, as

you will see here and inside!

There’s a short write up on MITCAR inside and a

number of photos. There will be a longer item in the

next Club magazine and of course there are

hundreds of photos on our website and various

AROC Facebook groups, including a video. Suffice to

say many people appear to have really enjoyed it,

and much of that is down to the efforts our

volunteer helpers on the day. The friendly meet and

greet, direction giving and neat organised display

parking really is the secret to making these work.

Having a great venue helps too. If you have any

ideas for next year do let me know.

Anyway, there is now opportunity at ‘SoAD’ for all

the helpers to enjoy a car show as a true ‘punter’!

That should be another enjoyable

day. See you at the G&D! John

THE OFFICIAL

ALFA ROMEO

OWNERS CLUB

EAST MIDLANDS

NEWSLETTER

INSIDE

MITCAR 2017 Report

Barbecue Night

Stelvio Arrives

Ferrari 70th Birthday

Our Cars

■ Issue 201 ■ September 2017

Coming up ...

Graham Whiteside’s Spider S3 ready for Twilight Drive.

Southern Alfa Day Sunday 24 September - Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey

A few of the many Classic Alfas at our hugely successful MITCAR

event in August. (Photo Phil Gotts)

Gazetta

News Snippets

ALFA ROMEO BACK IN THE BTCC IN 2018

More accurately Handy Motorsport and a

Giulietta, with driver Rob Austin who has

done a decent job for a few seasons racing

a Toyota Avensis. BTCC is very much a

silhouette formula now, the cars sharing

many common components, inc engines,

suspension, brakes and gearboxes. but it

will be fun to see an Alfa out. AROC will be

sponsoring too. organising a presence at

most of the rounds. It is all on ITV4 of

course. Lots more next time.

CHINESE INTEREST IN FCA REJECTED

The speculation about a possible Chinese

purchase of FCA began to run amok in

August but Lingotto has officially halted

it. Some Chinese producers themselves

denied it, but when car producer Great

Wall was linked to a possible acquisition of

the (strategically important) Jeep brand,

FCA decided to reject in an official press

release. Now, this doesn't mean change is

off… Marchionne has always said that

such a partnership is a must for the

production of cars in the biggest

segments, and with GM selling Opel, a

merger with the remaining GM operation is

a possibility, as could a split-off of Alfa and

Maserati (like Ferrari) before. It will be

interesting...

NEC CLASSIC MOTOR SHOW TICKETS

Yes, it’s not until November (10-12), but

special Club discount tickets are available

now. Discount code for tickets (Saturday &

Sunday only) is CSCMS17 for £21.50

single, or CFCMS17 for £48.00 family

ticket. To book and for full Ts&Cs please

see www.necclassicmotorshow.com

Some tickets will be available free to

members who can help man the stand.

Please contact John.

Date Activity

9 September

NOTE: Leicester Aero Club Members’ Day attendance is cancelled.

They cannot accommodate vehicles air-side. We may return at a

later date for an evening there or an Open Day.

Wednesday 13

September

from 7pm

Twilight Drive at our regular Monthly Meeting at The George &

Dragon in Thringstone - starting at 7pm. Drive will start at a little

after 7.30 lasting around 30 minutes. We’ll follow that with a drink

and a good natter in the pub.

Monday 18

September

from 6:30pm

Karting Night at Sutton Circuit, Broughton Astley. Fantastic outdoor

track. Cost £40 a head in an endurance style race in teams of 2, 3

or 4 depending on overall numbers. Brilliant fun – friends and

family very welcome. Please contact John to reserve your spot on

the grid! (Optional Pub afterwards for meal and the various

excuses!)

TBC in

September.

Please contact

John.

Curborough Circuit Experience – Cars from our Section take on the

challenges of this tight and twisting circuit – the Nurburgring of the

Midlands. £30 non-returnable deposit required to book your car’s

place. Please contact John. (Overall hire cost will be divided by all

drivers who take to the track. Spectators free. Cost should be in

the region of £66 each.)

Sunday 24

September

AROC Southern Alfa Day at The Royal Gunpowder Mills, Beaulieu

Drive, Waltham Abbey, Essex, EN9 1JY. Tickets just £8 for

members in advance - see aroc-uk.com

Convoy run departs McDonalds Services A14 Rothwell (Past J4) at

08:30am See cover for more.

Weds 11

October from

7.30pm

Section AGM & Alfa Quiz at The George & Dragon in Thringstone -

starting at 7.30pm. We will be electing our committee, reviewing

the year’s events and looking forward to 2017, all followed by a

fun multiple choice quiz with nice prizes to be set by last year’s

winner, Alan Lathwell.

Sunday 15

October from

around 9:30am

The Fox Run – A scenic Sunday morning run followed by lunch.

With Tulip-style navigation for added entertainment! (Convoy

optional for non-navigators).

Starts from The George & Dragon Thringstone for coffee and a

bacon roll. More details nearer the event.

Events Coming Up...

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ALFISTI - AROC East Midlands Section Newsletter September 2017- Issue 201

STELVIO Open Day At Chris Variava, Nottingham. Saturday 9 September

Paul Jones, Brand Manager and one of our

Section team, has invited us all over to the

showrooms on Saturday to have a good look at

the Right hand drive example of the new

Stelvio. With luck there will be a second one

that is road registered for test drives too.

Though the doors are always open, if you

can let me know if you plan to go along that will

help.

If you are interested in a test drive, or one of

any another new Alfa model, just give any of

the guys in the sales team a call in advance -

you may well recognise them from our events!

Matthew, Aaron, Thomas in particular. The

number is 0115 855 3040. The coffee and

cakes will definitely be on hand anyway!

The photos here are from our MITCAR event in

August, one taken very early on and one very late,

so the cars aren’t surrounded!

John


Plan a Barbecue in England in August and you can be

pretty certain of some rain. Happily for us it was only for

10 minutes and before the grub had really got going! Still

the ‘iffy’ weather forecast did not prevent a super

attendance of over 50 people again in a lovely variety of

Alfas as you can see in the photos here.

Chef Paul and team did a great job providing some

fantastic burgers and giant jumbo sausages, top quality

stuff and at a real bargain price.

We were delighted to welcome new members Ian Livett

(MiTo) and Matt Cox (1750GTV) along, plus another visit

from Rev Patrick Coleman - Vicar for the Church with

Crooked Spire in Chesterfield! Patrick was last along a

couple of years back with his red Giulietta LE, well this

time he’d literally just collected his brand new Giulia

Veloce from Aaron at Chris Variava’s. In dark Montecarlo

Blue with tan leather it looked terrific. (See back page).

On the topic of Giulia, there’s been a string of comments

about the centre drain hole from the windscreen scuttle -

basically it allows water to go straight down into the engine bay (in most cases

no big deal) but it gives us fanatics something to tinker with! Orthodonist Sal

Vitale has manufactured a perfect-fit rubber bung for his - and has taken a few

orders from the rest of us owners now!

I must also mention the Giuliettas. Early on (pre-shower) we had 4 all parked

together and all in Etna Black! Alan, Nicki and Steve, Alex and Dean arriving

close together! Alfas being Alfas, no 4 the same version though! Also in

Giuliettas, Duncan and Jason Hood and Jason Drury, the latter with a new

Speciale version on the way. More on that next time.

At the top end of our paddock area, mysteriously left un-mowed (Brian is

having a word!) we had two red Bertones belonging to the aforementioned

Matt and Peter Haynes. Bryan Alexander was along too in his Spider 3.0 V6,

along with daughter, son in law and his grandson Joe who was driving his just

acquired black Mito. A proper family gathering with a new Alfista in the ranks!

(See back page.)

Sadly I don’t have space to mention everyone, but I should mention young

Beth (Bethan), who works at the G&D. She has been so impressed with our

Alfa enthusiasm at the meetings that she’s gone and bought a lovely white

MiTo! Great to welcome her into our band - and at MITCAR of course.

Thanks as ever to all who came along, and to the G&D team of course - the

food was fab. Very enjoyable as ever!

Next time at the G&D it’s the Twilight Drive - you can bet he sun will be out all

night for that! John

Barbecue Night

August Meeting at the G&D

Left; Beth’s new MiTo! Right; Right to left, Joe with Bryan and Mum and Dad— plus his new MiTo ! Below; Sal and Graham are inserting a bung in Dave’s Super Duper. (Don’t ask!) Bottom right, Matt and Peter’s superb Bertones.

Above, Stelvio and drew plenty of attention Above, more than 20 Lancias present.

Below, One of Fiat Group’s earlier SUV efforts! Special Award winner. Below, part of the Chris Variava display with the new AR unit. (Photo Phil Gotts)

The 17th edition of MITCAR was held at the

beautiful estate of Ragley Hall. Around 400

Italian cars of all shapes and sizes attended the

car show held in the vast eastern park area, whilst

to the west of the house the International Model

Air Show was taking place, an exciting addition to

the whole MITCAR day.

As per usual, Alfa Romeos were the most

popular marque with lines of beautifully presented

cars including the new Giulias, with 916 series

GTVS and Spiders given a large area and pre-

1990 Classics too. It was superb to see so many

earlier models. We had a raft of ‘exotics’ near the

house, including Ferraris and Maseratis and some

more very special Alfas including Clive

Richardson’s past MITCAR prize winning 8C and

two ES30 SZs, plus three beautiful V8 Montreals,

a super-rare OSCA Maserati too.

The Fiat Motor Club, Fiat Panda club and Fiat

Forum had a great collection of cars too - Abarths

were there again in big numbers, including some

of the new 124s, and we were delighted by a

strong showing on Lancias, including four lovely

Beta Montecarlos and four Integrales, several

Fulvias, even a Gamma, a Y10 and a Dedra!

Event sponsors Chris Variava had secured one of

the first new Alfa Romeo Stelvios to be seen in the

UK too which drew much attention. It’s really

impressive car - more in the next edition on that

when we get the chance to drive one. This LHD

Press car was strictly not to be driven! Anyway

Alfas newest was fronted by a lovely collection of

14 Alfa 4Cs, surprisingly more than present at

National Alfa Day this year.

Trying to choose prize winners was incredibly

challenging for the organisers, Brian Smith did a

very good job in narrowing it down I have to say.

Walking around with him it was plain there were

many fabulous cars, but the main award is chosen

by public vote, as per tradition - and the winner by

a clear margin was superb white Series 1 Alfa

‘Duetto’ owned by Gary Plumb.

I didn't get to see the planes on Sunday, but did

for a while on Saturday Set-up day. They were sily

amazing! The quarter-scale jets—flown in

formation - staggering. The Lightning made nearly

as much racket as areal one, and the mock

dogfights, complete with ack-ack, were just

superb! They ‘pilots’ have my genuine admiration.

Happily it stayed dry right through the day, and

we had bright sunshine all morning too which will

have helped the attendance. It only rained as I

was putting the flags away at 5.30, despite

warnings of remnants of a hurricane coming in!

Using the balcony bit on the new Alfa display unit

for the awards was fun, though with a loudhailer it

felt a bit like some weird rally - though I guess it

was of sorts - haha!

Anyway huge thank you from me to all of our

helpers on the day who made it all work so well.

The feedback on Social Media has been terrific,

real testament to all that hard work put in.

Thanks to the many from our Section too who

attended making it so enjoyable. I;ve tried to

capture members cars in this feature as best

poss, sorry if some missing, they should be on our

website.

MITCAR will return…

John

Ragley Hall 2017

Including the

International Model Air Show


PRIZE WINNERS - MITCAR 2017 CAR OF THE DAY - winning The MITCAR Camshaft Trophy; Gary Plumb, Alfa Romeo Spider Duetto ITALIAN RARITY - Theo Kyriacou, Lancia Gamma Coupe BEST EXOTIC - Jon Chatley, Maserati Merak SS ORGANISER’S CHOICE - David Roberts, Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint MITCAR SPECIAL AWARD - Lee Firmager, Fiat Multipla ORGANISERS AND HELPERS ROLL OF HONOUR Martin & Jackie Lindus Viv & Pete Stephens Paul Jones Matthew Manners Brian Smith Dave Atkins Duncan Langford Roger Smith Alex Pope Mark Gunston Nick Wright John Griffiths Thanks to Fiat Forum, Fiat Motor Club, Abarth OC for help on the day, prize sponsors Autoglym, and of course our main MITCAR Sponsors, Chris Variava Alfa / Jeep Dozens of photos on our website. Most here taken by John.

Above - Brian and Mark’s pair of 4Cs Above - Salvatore off roading in his QF Above; Alex Black’s extra shiny Giulietta

Below - Mark Gunston’s 4C starts a line Below - Viv’s fabulous GTV Cup Below - Roger’s spotless Spider 3.2 V6


Above - Just one classic 500 along—but a beauty. Above - very rare 4C Coupe in yellow Above; Martin’s stunning F430 Spider

Below - ‘Best Exotic’ award winner Below –Camshaft Trophy winning Duetto with Gary Plumb Below - John announcing the prize winners

Far left; Luke’s lovely 166; Left; Amazing 1/4 scale Red Arrows Above; Stunning Lightning—the noise!

‘OUR CARS’ SPECIAL Matt Cox’s 1750 GTV

Ferrari 70th Birthday

Celebrations

at Belvoir Castle Colin Davenport

From an email to John:

At the end of July I went to a celebration

of 'Gray Paul' - part of the National

70th celebrations.

Ferraris from all over the country

turned up! About 130 or so. I have

never seen so many in one place at the same time - spectacular!

The star of the show was the LaFerrari Aperta (Black car pictured) being one of only 200 made, but

my favourite was a 912 (?) from the 1950s that belonged to a chap in Long Clawson.

Sadly Belvoir Castle was not the best location for the event. Picturesque yes, but not enough room

for all the cars which were squashed into a small area. I believe the event started in the morning with

a free lunch for the owners but the publicity stated that the public were allowed in from about 3pm. I

believe they got more 'public' than they anticipated and people were still arriving at 5pm when we left.

From a logistics viewpoint, the public parking was a total shambles, the drinks, food and toilet

facilities were appalling and service at the coffee vending van was way too slow, leading to long

queues and the circulation area around the cars was too tight. I thought some cars may get damaged

when wheel chairs went round! Generally very poorly organised - they could do with attending an

AROC event to see how well things can be done. Anyway, we didn't get to the road parade through

Nottingham but I believe it too was very crowded. However, overall it was well worth going just for the

'Laferrari Aperta'. These will be locked away for ever never to be seen on the road.

If any other Alfisti are considering visiting the few remaining celebration events then I would

definitely suggest going to see the cars. There are several other sites around the country.

Best regards, Colin

(See more at www.sytner.co.uk/ferrari/news/70th-anniversary-nottingham)



Hi John - At the Barbecue night we actually bumped into two other people we

knew, Peter with the 1600 Junior I recognised from the Porsche Owners Club

and HRCR, and Roger with his Spider. Lorraine has known him for a while and

he and his wife came to my 40th a few years ago, so we had a great night.

I have been impressed by the events you organise, will definitely be up for

some of those. In my Caterham days we used to hire Curborough every year

with the local group but haven't been back since I sold that in 2008. Will

hopefully make it to MITCAR on Sunday as well.

Thanks for the comments on my car, I only got it on the 5th August so all

very new to me, and I purchased it from Northumberland.

So what do I know about it. Well the previous owner got it in 2008 I

understand. At that point it was grey and thanks to Stuart Taylor of AROC (who

I was put into contact by some other members of the club) I know it had

history with the Club until around 1998 when it disappeared. Stuart also sent

me the last picture he had on file for it in grey - attached.

After a year or so Mike (previous owner) had it bare metal resprayed and

various panels replaced by Bonello Auto Services in Newcastle where it was

apparently finished and MOT’d on the same afternoon that ferry tickets were

booked and it was taken straight to the ferry and driven to the Alfa Romeo

100 year anniversary in Milan! Didn't miss a beat apparently.

Following that trip I understand it wasn't used an awful lot, it actually spent

2 years in the Alfa dealer in Newcastle alongside a 4C. I first saw the car for

sale in March this year but was still in the process of selling my Porsche

Cayman so couldn't purchase it at the time but I contacted him anyway to get

his contact details and it transpired that it wasn't quite ready to sell as it

needed a few MOT repairs, so 5 months later (not all MOT related!) we drove

up to Newcastle and did the deal! Driving it home 210 miles the next day

(didn't miss a beat) where I was blown away by the interest you get from other

motorists and pedestrians alike.

Whilst it had been maintained pretty well it hadn't really been "loved" or

used in anger recently, so after a trip to Loughborough the day after I brought

it home where it wouldn't start I then decided to swop to Alfaholics solid carb

mounts and electronic ignition then stripped and cleaned the carbs, fitting

carburettor service kits. So on the Monday before my first Club night I got him

("Blofeld") running again and balanced the carbs and was happy.

Body wise he’s is very good, just needs a few hours with the DA polisher and

a decent quality wax. Interior is nicely patina'd but needs tidying and a few

detail points adding. It will get an Alfaholics handling kit over winter and the

typical GTA alloys, I know everyone uses them but they look so good when

lowered a little!

I have a few ideas for the engine, not necessarily power orientated, more

about reliability and efficiency, but that won't be for a while yet.

The Bertone joins my 2001 Lotus Elise S2 and Lorraine's 1989 MX5 in the

garage. So that's about it really, Mike unfortunately lost all the previous

invoices and paperwork during a couple of house moves but the condition

supports what I have been told and I have seen pictures of the bare metal

respray. Really looking forward to working on it, and of course driving it with

the other local owners.

Thanks again for the note and I look forward to having a chat at one of the

next events.

Cheers, Matt

(Matt’s 1750 GTV joins several other Bertone coupés in the Section. We will

plan to get them all together at some point! John)

Above - Matt’s 1750 GTV in its new guise - and right, how it was a few years back.

Ceramic / Nano Coatings

Scientific stuff! Most Alfa Romeo dealers will offer to coat your new

purchase in a special protective sealant, often referred to as

‘Ceramic’ or ‘Nano’ technology. They can be applied to older cars

too and some are marketed for home application now, often ona

‘light’ form (less long lasting,) There are now many on the market,

many demand trained professional application, for example

Gtechniq Crystal Serum. The coatings are for all surfaces including

glass and trim, seats and carpets, not just paint, but we’ll

concentrate on paint. The coatings provide a thin hard barrier against the elements. Compared to

their traditional counterparts, waxes and polymer sealants, they offer a greater resistance to

chemicals meaning a stronger pre-wash can be used to remove dirt along with a jet wash without

having to physically touch the paint. Some of the coatings are marketed as “scratch proof”, more

accurately they should be called “marring resistant”; whereby increased paint hardness combined

with slickness of coating leads to a major reduction in wash-related marring. They are also ‘semi-

permanent’, with 12 month to lifetime warranties available, Weaknesses? They are comparatively

difficult to apply for a first-time user and all coatings require more preparation than traditional wax.

The names; Some are referred to as ceramic coatings, quartz coatings, or nano coatings. These are

basically used to describe the same thing: a coating based on modified SiO2 silane (Silicone

Dioxide) with the names stemming from Quartz Silica SiO2 used in the process, which is found in

high quantities in glass and ceramics in everyday lives. Most manufacturers tweak the formula with

extra additives (“hybrid technologies”) which can alter the characteristics.

The ceramic coatings form a super-strong bond with the surface just 1 or 2 microns thick. The

adhesion is vital, so the surface must be perfectly prepared. Even a new vehicle needs a major

clean down. Some retail versions are sold with special cleaners to remove old wax and coatings. I

applied a BMW dealer ceramic coating on my Giulia in March when it was new. As with most types

it was a 2 stage job (after a massive cleaning session - even on the new car!) The first layer the

core bond, left to cure then the final shell layer applied on top in straight lines. Left to cure too, a

new thick microfibre lightly buffed the finish to a glass-like perfection. What’s it been like in

practice? Well, excellent. The dirt sticks less, but the most incredible thing is that resistance to

marring. The paint nearly 6 months on looks just brand new! I still need to wash the car (it doesn’t

stop that) - and you can still put a top coat of wax or sealant on for even more bling though that’s

not really necessary, for extra gloss you can use a good Quick Detailer spray.

Looking at other new Giulias that have had the pro-application in our Section I’m happy to say

mine’s just as good. Another happy customer is Brian

Smith who’s 4C had some pro paint correction and a

coating applied at a year old - and it still looks great

another year on. (Pictured here being exercised!)

Pro-application costs between £250 and £500

(“Lifetime”); a home-applied ceramic paint coating

(e.g. the new Sonax Profiline kit (3 year protection, 2

stage plus cleaner) is around £90, and G-Techniq

Crystal Serum Light (1 stage) around £65. Worth it?

If you are fanatical about paint finish, definitely. John

Exactly How old is my

Classic Alfa?


A mini feature for Classic owners, and we’ve

welcomed a few more into our Club recently.

If you have just bought a new –to-you Classic Alf

Romeo, especially if it qualifies for free road

tax, you may need to have its exact manufacturing

and build date details verified. You can now contact

Alfa Romeo verification department directly via:

www.museoalfaromeo.com/en-us/museo/

Pages/CentroDocumentazione-Alfa-Romeo.aspx

(Easy that - try typing it!) They will provide you

with all the relevant information. There are two

options; you can receive your details via email

costing Euro30 or as a hard copyat Euro70. Please

note though that the DVLA will only accept written

details; the email version will not suffice. However,

the AROC can also provide written verification

acceptable to the DVLA via Ken Carrington, whose

details are in the AROC magazine. (Or contact me).

John

(Below, Alice Shenton wondering how old Phil

Levell’s Bertone Coupe is!)

Alfisti no.202 out in October

MiTo Veloce Bryan Alexander’s

Grandson Joe

Many longstanding members will remember

Joe as a very young lad helping out at our

Long Alley Skittles matches v Ferrari. Well,

now studying medicine, Joe has joined the

ranks of Alfisti with this fab 1,4 MiTo! No

doubt our Chairman Bryan has something to

do with that! Enjoy Joe!!

German Spy

spotted at MITCAR

VW Group representatives reach

new low in reconnoitring the new

Stelvio.

“Vot are zees stupid Italian car

fanaticz doing in ze meedle of a

field?

HANS! Move ze remote control

Beetle nearer to za car, or I vill

have to send in my little tank.”

- SCOOP! -

Giulia Speciale Matthew Antill

Matthew joined our gathering at Leicester

Aero Club back in June, but as it was a tad

chaotic there early on we weren’t able to

properly welcome him into our band, but he

does intend to come to more meetings

though! He’s based in Quorn and bought this

fab Giulia Speciale from Sturgess’ a little

earlier this year, In Classic Rosso he’s added

the big double sunroof, which coupled with

the car’s dark grey alloys give it a fabulous

look. Will be great in our line ups!

Local Members’ Cars

Our Alfas Spider 2.0 TS Warren Evans


On 30 July I showed my Spider at the

Beaumanor Hall Classic Car show at

Woodhouse Eves. I put on a little display of

items and I had a lot of interest. Most people

said how beautiful the Alfa was and that you

hardly ever see them on the road. I even let

two young boys have a sit in her, and by the

look on there faces they loved it. Sadly she

didn't win her class. Cheers, Warren

Giulietta Speciale JTDm TCT Duncan Langford

Duncan picked up some rim damage on his

Giulietta recently, so it was off to the Wheel

Specialists in Leicester for repair and a full

colour change. Going for a darker gunmetal

grey Dunk has also added a set of

‘AlloyGators’ in red to protect the edge and

add a touch of colour - matching the car’s red-

strip inlays front and rear. Looking good.

Spider 3.2 V6 Andy Thorley

Andy took his delightful Spider on a proper

road trip this summer, right down to Sicily,

and back. Here his car is pictured on the

return leg in Tuscany, specifically with the

beautiful hilltop town of San Gimignano over

its shoulder. Andy was absolutely delighted

with the car which didn’t miss a beat in over

3,000 miles. The 939 series, especially the

long-striding 3.2 4x4 was always made for

this type of continental cruising of course,

only Andy says fuel costs were a tad high!

Giulietta 2.0 JTDm Veloce Ade Diaper

Ade has recently swapped his MiTo for this

new machine. The Giulietta has the torquey

140hp motor that gives a brilliant balance of

performance and easy 50 plus mpg economy.

With smart tinted windows and Cloverleaf

wing badges it certainly looks the part too.

He’s got a few jobs to sort out like prettying

up the ‘aftermarket’ front parking sensors,

but nothing major. We all like the odd bit of

fettling to make our Alfas feel like ours of

course!

Giulia Veloce Rev Patrick Coleman

Patrick has ben to a couple of our meetings

before, and we were delighted to see him with

his 3-hour-old Giulia at the Barbecue night!

He’d just picked it up from Aaron at Chris

Variava and took ‘the long way’ over to

Thringstone. He did have to to fit his AROC

Screen sticker first though!

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