Oz, apologies for the delay in responding to this. The cowl did get replaced although the first one sent by the factory did not fit so the dealer had to get another one sent. This one did (although not particularly well). Since then, the car has been performing faultlessly. Actually that doesn’t quite tell the full story. Before going on the Albert Ball Memorial run, I got the dealer to do a nuts and bolts (and fluids) check on the car and, while they had it, it wouldn’t start. It was (of course!) a fuel pump failure so they fitted a new one for me. That means the first one lasted less than 2,000 miles! The car ran really well on the trip to France and, since then, we have just got back from a two week road trip in Northern Spain (we took the ferry to Bilbao) and, again, it ran well. That was more than could be said for the Alfa GT Junior of our friend, who accompanied us, as it broke down less than 20 minutes after disembarking the ferry, blocking a busy road and causing a two mile tailback. It did get fixed later the same day so he was able to continue with us after a four to five hour delay. Have to say, the Spanish police (who spent an hour and a half directing the traffic around his car) and the breakdown people were amazing (and all done with none of them speaking any English and none of us speaking any Spanish!). Alfa 0 - M3W 1
