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  • colin m
    Moderator
    • Dec 2008
    • 8801
    • Colin
    • Stafford, UK

    #16
    Originally posted by John Race
    And he told me Colin he had a StuG
    That's a German Alfa isn't it ?
    Originally posted by yak face
    Youve got to come to cosford in one of these beauties next year
    As the weather has always been good for the Cosford visits, I always go in the V8.

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    • colin m
      Moderator
      • Dec 2008
      • 8801
      • Colin
      • Stafford, UK

      #17
      Originally posted by Bobthestug
      This is mine, 9 alfas in 19 yrs, 100% reliability!!
      That is great to read. There's too many out of date stories about unreliable Alfa's floating around. It's your duty Bob to spread the good news about Alfa's.

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      • colin m
        Moderator
        • Dec 2008
        • 8801
        • Colin
        • Stafford, UK

        #18
        Originally posted by yak face
        MiTo 155 tb for about six years now and absolutely love it , trouble free
        And another modern reliable Alfa. Great news. I love my Focus ST, but all this positive talk of Alfa's has got me thinking again......

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        • stillp
          • Nov 2016
          • 8104
          • Pete
          • Rugby

          #19
          That's a nice pair of MGBs Colin. I used to have a '65 MGB roadster, with a later 5-bearing engine, flared wheel arches, Starsky & Hutch paint job, floors made out of Duckhams cans flattened and pop-rivetted on, petrol tank held together with fibreglass, etc... Loved driving it but it was using as much oil as petrol (and rather a lot of both) so I sold it and a Mk 1 Vitesse to buy a friends Mk 1 Escort estate.

          Isn't there an MGOC insurance scheme?
          Another couple of names to try are Footman James, or Lancaster Insurance.
          Pete

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          • spanner570
            • May 2009
            • 15482

            #20
            All this mention of bl**dy Foreign junk!

            British and Proud....
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            No power steering, has to be 'Driven' and has the aerodynamics of a fence panel - Beautiful!
            Not a kit car.

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            • colin m
              Moderator
              • Dec 2008
              • 8801
              • Colin
              • Stafford, UK

              #21
              Originally posted by spanner570
              All this mention of bl**dy Foreign junk
              Foreign. I'll have you know mine were built in the 70's by a proper, uninterested, poorly managed, union driven British work force.
              Originally posted by stillp
              floors made out of Duckhams cans flattened and pop-rivetted on
              I restored the Damask red one, it was on its third set of sills, all of which had to be removed. 70's rust, nothing quite like it.

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              • yak face
                Moderator
                • Jun 2009
                • 13870
                • Tony
                • Sheffield

                #22
                Originally posted by colin m
                Foreign. I'll have you know mine were built in the 70's by a proper, uninterested, poorly managed, union driven British work force.
                :smiling5:

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                • yak face
                  Moderator
                  • Jun 2009
                  • 13870
                  • Tony
                  • Sheffield

                  #23
                  Originally posted by colin m
                  That's a German Alfa isn't it ?

                  As the weather has always been good for the Cosford visits, I always go in the V8.
                  Youve got to let us know and park it near the cafe then colin , i really want to hear that V8 !!

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                  • minitnkr
                    • Apr 2018
                    • 7569
                    • Paul
                    • Dayton, OH USA

                    #24
                    What is that Ron. Looks like a customized Morgan. Does it still have a wood floor? I use Hagerty's for my vette. PaulE

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                    • colin m
                      Moderator
                      • Dec 2008
                      • 8801
                      • Colin
                      • Stafford, UK

                      #25
                      Originally posted by minitnkr
                      I use Hagerty's for my vette. PaulE
                      Which come out very well in, on line reviews over this side of the pond. Could be a winner.

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                      • spanner570
                        • May 2009
                        • 15482

                        #26
                        Originally posted by minitnkr
                        What is that Ron. Looks like a customized Morgan. Does it still have a wood floor? I use Hagerty's for my vette. PaulE
                        Paul - It's a Panther Kallista 2.8i V6. It has an aluminium body with a box section steel chassis. They were built between 1982/93 by Panther Westwinds at Weybridge here in the U.K.

                        I can't remember how many were build, but it wasn't many. I do know that about 150 went over to the States and there are around 114 left on the road in this country.

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                        • colin m
                          Moderator
                          • Dec 2008
                          • 8801
                          • Colin
                          • Stafford, UK

                          #27
                          Originally posted by yak face
                          Youve got to let us know and park it near the cafe then colin , i really want to hear that V8 !!
                          You watch, 2020 Cosford will be a wash out now !

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                          • stillp
                            • Nov 2016
                            • 8104
                            • Pete
                            • Rugby

                            #28
                            Originally posted by spanner570
                            All this mention of bl**dy Foreign junk!

                            British and Proud....
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                            No power steering, has to be 'Driven' and has the aerodynamics of a fence panel - Beautiful!
                            Not a kit car.
                            Panther Kallista Ron? I'm sure you could buy it in kit form.
                            Pete

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                            • colin m
                              Moderator
                              • Dec 2008
                              • 8801
                              • Colin
                              • Stafford, UK

                              #29
                              Originally posted by spanner570
                              2.8i V6
                              Cologne V6 if I remember.

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                                #30
                                Originally posted by Bobthestug
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                                This is mine, 9 alfas in 19 yrs, 100% reliability!!
                                Noticed you are selling the house ready for the insurance quote :tongue-out3:,
                                Mike.

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