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Alfa Romeo spider
I’m reliving my youth, I’ve bought a bargain basement money pit, the Pininfarina designed Alfa Romeo 916 spider. These were the last model to be manufactured in the Arese factory. Good points, it was local, cheap and has a huge history file, but most of all, it’s an Alfa! Bad points, MOT failure caused by but not limited to: air bag fault as well as brake balance and brake pipes. Not their prettiest effort either, but like most Alfas, they grow on you the more you look at them. for me personally, I don’t like silver cars, the paint is shoddy anyway so I might have a go at painting it myself, Rosso Corsa red, but the real fun is spending as little as possible to make it road worthy again. These were expensive cars when new and it shows, all the stuff which shouldn’t work works perfectly despite the reputation, the interior in particular looks like 30k miles, not the 130k it has actually done. I have the original invoice from 1999 when the first owner paid £24k for it and waited nearly a year for it to arrive. The roof is a bit tatty here and there but it’ll do the job, it’s manual and it all work fine. ![[Linked Image]](https://tm-img.com/images/2022/02/06/97482BFE-D8A6-493B-A344-0BF4EB519752.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://tm-img.com/images/2022/02/06/9750BA98-824A-440D-8018-62A0569D3700.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://tm-img.com/images/2022/02/06/E6D6972A-F5DD-4399-AF36-48027097F90B.jpg)
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When does collecting become an obsession? I have a keen interest in model aircraft (the flying sort). I have too much stuff, but nothing like as bad as this chap and his collection of plastic kits....... ![[Linked Image]](https://www.tm-img.com/images/2022/10/16/Too-many-kits.jpg) Wow! Now that borders on obsession. A few minutes browsing amongst that lot could prove interesting!
Paul
Costock, UK
2014 4/4 Rolls Royce Garnet Red
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Teddy - 17h1 Irish Draught cross
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I have friend in Cape Town with the far sexier 1960/70s version.
Though I wouldn't mind either
JohnV6
2014 Brooklands Edition Roadster "Brookland's Belle" #5 of 50
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Your Alfa seems a far better car than my MiTo was!
Graham (G4FUJ) D8921 L44FOR '93 4/4 Giallo Fly 2 seat  '90 LR 90 SW
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Its certainly not the car it was when new, the interior creaks and squeaks and there’s always a nice smell of hot oil from the odd weepy bits underneath
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Its certainly not the car it was when new, the interior creaks and squeaks and there’s always a nice smell of hot oil from the odd weepy bits underneath Sounds like it's just sweating power 
Richard
2018 Roadster - Red/Magnolia - Morton
1966 Land Rover S2a 88 - Lenny
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Scorchio today and I could do with a wash so I tested the Morgan style luggage rack and went for a paddle and a swim, excellent! If you like Alfas, take your loved one to the pictures and see Denzel Washington’s new movie “ The Equalizer”. Set in Sicily with dozens of Alfa. ![[Linked Image]](http://tm-img.com/images/2023/09/09/IMG_7508.jpeg)
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You don't like tin tops so a plastic top? 
2005 4/4 1800ccm Duratec and a lot of HONDA CX500.......
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Beautiful sunrise this morning, everything looks better in the right light! Looking piu bella !
Peter
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