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  1. marcos

    My 105 Spider at the Classic

    What a car, did me proud and earned it's place - we'll keep it for a while now :) Full body restoration and rebuild, uprated brakes, lowered on new Bilsteins, high lift cams, 2 x twin choke Dellortos, K&N filters, full Alfaholics exhaust, short diff from 1300. Went like a rocket and was...
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    456 GT - any thoughts..?

    Went to have a look at a couple at Rardleys down by Hindhead Tunnel, of course enjoying the tunnel while I was there as well ;) Initial impression is - I love them! Most I have seen are Tour de France, Le Mans or Scuro blue anyway and all have either a tan or crema interior. The interior is...
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    New plan - Spider V6 Q4

    Anybody any experience of them? I do like my GT but find I don't drive it unless the weather is bad, which is a bit of a waste of a lovely car. I also miss having a second roofless GT car since the 911 went, as a backup if you will. Love my Spider and that's not for sale, but thinking the Q4...
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    Monte Carlo or Bust...

    DATE NOW CONFIRMED AS WEEKEND OF 14 APRIL 2012 Just watching old Top Gear and fiddling with Google Maps. Le Havre to Monte Carlo is 736miles if you go to Grenoble and drive the famous Route Napoleon, very easily doable over 2 days, or even one day with the right level of commitment (i.e...
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    3.0 V6 Spyder - talk to me!

    Three of these on Pistonheads right now for under £5k. I made a mistake selling the 911. The Alfa, although lovely is unusably slow and I don't trust it, the Marcos is unuseably fast, cramped, loud and is beyond awful in the rain. The Esprit is a period car to be used for shows ...
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    S1/S2 Spider - where to buy?

    After AutoItalia at Brooklands today, decided to satisfy the Italian car bug with an Alfa spider, the 70/80s sort. Very few on Pistonheads, where are the other places to look for good ones? Think a boat-tailed car is out of my range (looking for cheap fun, oo-er) but if possible... well...
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    458 in London

    Just seen my first 458 actually on the move - have seen plenty of them static, first one actually moving, albeit slowly up Putney Hill! Lovely proportions, lovely noise, was a dark red (like an 8C) and looked great. F355 was too wide, 360 and 430 are too heavy at the rear, but this was very...
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    917 evening at Silverstone - April

    Not really Maserati but a friend is organising (via a Lotus forum) an evening with Jackie Oliver and Alan Henry to talk about the Porsche 917 and their racing exploits with it. The evening would be a Saturday in April and at the BRDC clubhouse at Silverstone. I fear it will be an enthusiasts...
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    It's Saturday and I'm on my tod

    Anyone up for a blast?? I'm in West London but happy to travel an hour away. Home counties? Anyone know a good road and want someone to share it with? :auto11: