■ Alfisti Issue 189 ■ September 2016

The Leicester Aero Club Open Day is a really

enjoyable event, ideal for all the family. In includes

air displays, our special Alfa Romeo line up that’s

open to all types and potential free pleasure flights

too! The fantastic WW2 'War Birds' are expected

again this year, flying in, doing displays and fly-

pasts.

Please note - this is not a ‘full on’ air display

open to the general public, it is a day primarily put

on by the Club for the benefit of the local residents

they regularly fly over. There’s some fundraising

too for air ambulance. It is a super event with

plenty to see. Admission is FREE to AROC

members. We always recommend popping some

deck chairs in your car with a picnic, though there

is a bar with hot food available in the club house

situated in the Control Tower, and usually a

barbecue on in the display field too.

Please note we can only accommodate Alfa

Romeos in our restricted display space, and room

for them will be on a first-come first-served basis

on the day. Please do not arrive before 10am

though.

Last year a number of us were able to enjoy

those pleasure flights. I managed to get up in the

yellow ‘flying banana’ biplane, the pilot doing some

amazing aerobatics with me in it too! Rolls, loops,

tail spins you name it, quite fantastic! It took me a

week to walk straight! Anyway whilst the club

cannot guarantee flights for all, if you get your

name down there’s a very good chance.

Back on terra firma, we’ve got some brilliant

driving activities lined up. The Twilight Drive at our

September meeting in Thringstone is always

enjoyable; the Alfa convoy winding through some

lovely villages. Then we’ve got the brilliant karting

night on 26 September, open to all friends and

family again. If only that excitement of wheel to

wheel racing haring into the turn at the end of the

main straight could be bottled… wow! Come on,

get your names down! Then on the 28th we are

back to the magnificent ‘Curburgring’ near Lichfield

for our Curborough Circuit Sprint Experience ‘take

2’. For this one Alfista Martin Brackenbury (owner

of AFH1 Alfa Specialists in Mansfield) is bringing

along his amazing two-stroke racing kart for a

demo session too - along with is 147 GTA of

course. That will add even more entertainment. At

time of writing there is still space, please contact

me asap to reserve a spot!

In close, a huge thanks to all of our Section

members who helped out at MITCAR. Fantastic job

done!! Brief report inside, a longer version of

which will appear in the October

edition of the AROC magazine.

See you soon! John

AERO CLUB OPEN DAY

INSIDE - reports and features:

Midlands Italian Car Day - MITCAR

Barbecue Night - August Meeting

Brands Hatch Festival Italia

Fox Run 2 soon...

Our Cars

and more

Alfisti is edited and produced by

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Tel: 0774 8881317

Email: john.griffiths@aroc-uk.com

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NEWSLETTER FOR THE EAST MIDLANDS

Twilight Drive George & Dragon, Thringstone Weds 14 Sept from 7pm

Our September meeting night will feature a

convoy cruise around local lanes and villages

lasting around 30minutes. That will set off around

745pm. We will have all the usual meeting night

fun of course, and the G&D’s excellent bar meals

are served ‘til 9pm should you fancy.

Karting Night Sutton Circuit

Near Broughton Astley Monday 26 Sept from 6.30pm

Brilliant outdoor circuit and good even karts too.

Club members’ friends, workmates and family

very welcome in the Team Enduro format. Cost

£40 a head for a fabulous evening of racing,

followed by debrief at the pub! Please contact

John to reserve places. ALL WELCOME!

Curborough Sprint

Experience Curborough Circuit near Lichfield Weds 28 Sept from 9.45am

Our second visit of the year to this superb Sprint

track which we will have to ourselves all day! No

competition, only one car on track at all times so

you can drive as hard or slow as you like. We had

a brilliant time earlier in the year, please let John

know if you want to take part. Maximum 10 Alfas,

cost will be £66 a head. Additional drivers

welcome, spectators free. A FEW SPACES LEFT!

Our Alfas on the Summertime Spin.

@AROCeastmids Karting night is on 26 September

Always a great mix of Alfas at the Leicester Airport Aero Club day.

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FAST MOVERS

Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikonnen may not have the fastest race cars

this season, but their general road transport is in fine order. Here the pair

pose with FCA’s latest company car, the mighty Alfa Romeo Giulia

Quadrifoglio, all 510hp and 191mph of it. We’re sure Seb will be

particularly happy with the improvement on his previous company wagon—

the simply horrible Infiniti SUV.

In Alfisti communities there is still hope of Alfa Romeo returning to

track. WE had all kinds of rumours in the F1 close season about the brand

being brought back into F1, potentially replacing Sauber and using Ferrari

customer engines, re-badged of course. Sig Marchionne carefully parked

that one however back in March.

Some haven’t given up hope of a full-works return in some form of

Touring Car racing using said mighty Giulia. Sadly that has been quashed

on numerous occasions, it would probably need a privateer outfit, similar

to, if not actually, the Romeo Ferris guys who run the Giuliettas in the TCR

series. Part of the challenge is finding something suitable. BTCC people

shout, but the rules of that series with its one-type chassis, suspension,

etc don’t really lend themselves to Alfa’s racing philosophy of

demonstrating its own capabilities and prowess. John

Brands Hatch Festival Italia

14 August saw the Kent circuit alive with Italian

cars. A few of our members made the trek down

and had a very enjoyable day.

AROC’s Club Manager Nick Wright was theer

bright and early to set up the Club’s present,

taking the events gear in the AROC Van with its

relatively new and very fitting private number plate

- F14 ROC (think about it). He tells me the special

AROC parking space was very soon filled up and

that a number of members ended up parking in

other more random Alfa parking spots. (Not

surprised they underestimated our Club!)

Matthew and Franki Manners took the white

Chris Variava 4C Spider down, having avery

enjoyable day. They kindly took the shots shown

here. You can see there were some super Alfas—

but there were also a large number cars from

other Italian makes, notably Ferrari. On track, the

BRSCC Alfas raced twice, there were several

Ferrari races and an ‘open’ event. Track demos

abounded too, and club member shad the chance

for track parades too. A fun day by accounts.

AROC is very likely to support it if Brands Hatch

repeats it. John

Thanks to Matthew & Franki and Declan Gray

for the photos. Bottom row from AROC Facebook.

Quite a queue getting in - that’s a Lambo in front of the bikes.

Beautiful Bertone Coupe in the AROC Kent and East Sussex Section area.

Above - big collection of Ferraris present Above - BRSCC Alfa Championship in action. Above - Over 200 Italian cars on the track parade

After days of dry weather, wouldn’t you just guess, it

broke down in north west Leicestershire at 6pm on

our barbecue night. Happily the bit of fine drizzle

was rather on and off and our members were

completely undeterred!

Close to 40 cars over the evening and the 60 or

so of us present were able to enjoy some super

barbecue food organised by Chef Josh and cooked

by Chef Paul there on the night. Happily they had

the foresight to erect a shelter over the cooking

area so that was unaffected.

As ever there were lots of great cars to enjoy

looking at, including four 4Cs (Brian, Viv, Mark and

Chris V’s), plus Mark Sangster’s 595, and Claire

Vitale’s fairly recently acquired Maserati 4200

CambioCorsa Spider which looks great in light blue.

Two beautiful Giulietta Spiders were there too

belonging to Peter and Linda Farley (great to see

them back along) plus Peter Cremer who’s car won

the public-vote ‘Car of the Day’ award at MITCAR

last year.

Liam Jones - son of Paul and Liz - brought his

drone along too and shot some great aerial footage

with it. It’s an amazing machine. Please see the

footage from it via the link on our website.

Thanks as ever to all who came along to make it

so enjoyable. We’re now hopeful for a bright sunny

evening at our 14 September meeting at the G&D

which is the ‘Twilight Drive’. See you there!

John (More photos on our website.)

Mark Gunston’s 4C LE leads David Lawton’s Spider V6 and Mike Croll’s GTV JTS on our run around the lanes.

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August Meeting at the George & Dragon, Thringstone

Paul & Liz Jones’ son Liam here in action with his drone. See our website for the video footage - it’s great!

Brian Smith pressed his AROC brolly into service!

Peter and Linda Farley arrive in their wonderful Giulietta Spider

Steve Weston with his amazing wood carving of a 33 Stradale which was raffled for charity at MITCAR. A real work of art!

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You can just see the Barbecue shelter and the queue here…. The super ‘real beef’ burgers were deservedly popular!

Now in its 16th year, we made a change to the

original grand plan for MITCAR, the original brainchild

Bryan Alexander, former organiser of the Ferrari

Owners club East Midlands and still Chairman of our

AROC Section, and move the traditional “Stately

home picnic, park n polish in the park” to a motoring

venue. The British Motor Museum is the new name

for the Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon in

Warwickshire, and was deemed ideal this year as it

all opened afresh in February after a multi-million

pound re-fit, new landscaping, and a new building

too called the Collections Centre, housing dozens

more beautifully presented cars, many from the old

Jaguar Browns Lane site.

So a terrific venue, but we were always nervous

about the date however – the Sunday of August Bank

Holiday weekend… how many wet ones of those do

we get? The copious hard standing areas and

spacious indoor museum displays swayed it. The

Saturday set-up day stayed largely dry until around

3pm when the heavens opened. Fingers were

crossed.

Sunday dawned rather grey but dry for my 6.30am

drive over. On arrival it was great to see all still in

place, with addition of a the brand new Abarth 124

Spider, just delivered for co-sponsor Johnson’s of

Solihull’s display area.

Paul and the Chris Variava team were the other

sponsor with a nice mix of Alfas and Jeeps. Despite

numerous efforts we could not secure a new Giulia.

Sadly ‘Car Fest South’ out-ranked us (boooo!) for the

available show cars. Never mind, the display of 12

stunning 4Cs made up for that on the new Alfa side.

Our gate team had to start at 8.30, in fact first

arrival award went to an Abarth, landing at 7.55am,

only 2 hours before opening!

Cars began to flood in by 9.30. Martin, Jackie,

Lynda, Leigh all working great at the gate, later

supported by Alex, Mark G and Becs. In the parking

‘arenas’, we were delighted that the Fiat Forum guys

helped with their cars and a lot of the public parking

direction too. From our team on ‘parking’, Alan,

Dave Atkins, Roger, Bob, David Lawton Mark S, Paul,

Viv, Duncan, Brian and the aforementioned Alex and

Mark G all did a super job in getting the cars in their

slots, We had a bit over 200 Alfas present, over 60

Abarths and a similar number of Fiats, classic and

modern (fab old 500s!!), a handful of Lancias (where

did they go?) than over a dozen beautiful Exotics,

including a 348 Challenge Ferrari race car, an ISO

Grifo, original Maserati Ghibli, several 308 and 328

Ferraris, Martin & Jackie’s F430 (beauty!), Leigh’s

just acquired Maserati 4200 Cambio Corsa, 3 x Alfa

SZs, Clive Richardson’s glorious 8C Competizione,

and many more! Oh, one lovely pre-war Alfa too, the

6C 1750 belonging to Bryan Harris, a stunner.

We had a number of trade stands: Rosa’s fabulous

Italian sugar candies (amazing!), Autoglym, Sundog

photography who took some super pics of every car

on arrival, Alfa, Fiat Abarth specialists AFH1

Mansfield—with Martin Brackenbury doing all sorts of

diagnostics and advice giving, the local Autoglym

franchise too. Mustn’t forget Danielle with the AROC

shop, doing very good business, and Nick signed up

8 new Club members there too.

All attendees could enjoy the museum, which

received great feedback. I can see a national Alfa

event returning here in the not too distant future.

The new displays are really attractive and interesting,

the collections centre, also showing cars under

restoration, was very well received too.

Back to our cars outside. The fabled Camshaft

Trophy for Car of the Day by public vote went to

ANOTHER Alfa this year (5 years in a row for an Alfa

Romeo!) This time to Jeremy Cowper with his 2600

Spider in a fetching pale green. You can see our

judging team’s other winners in the box below. So

many great cars—so ridiculously hard to choose!!

Steve and Nicki Weston organised a raffle to win

Steve’s wonderful hand-carved Alfa Romeo 33

Stradale plaque. As luck would have it, it was won by

Peter Cremer from our Section—last year’s car of the

show winner with his Giulietta Spider! £150 was

raised going to Macmillan and the British Heart

Foundation.

So, I think many will remember the warm bright

sunshine over the couple of very light showers, A

fabulous day as ever. Big thanks again to our

helpers and all who came along. MITCAR will return,

probably back to a parkland setting next year. John

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Above - over 60 Abarths present, a great sight. Above; Car of the Day winning 2600 Spider of Jeremy Cowper Below; Steve McCall’s 159 Carabinieri won Special Award Below; Beau Monk won ‘Best Exotic’ Below; Prize winners Bob Woodward and Neil Vincent

Abarth 695 Biposto (2-seater) (Pic Duncan Langford.) Great sticker on the rear. (These are over £36,000!!) Pic by Dunk. Glorious Maserati Ghibli didn’t stay for awards so couldn’t win! Below; 2 glorious Alfas from Southwood Motor Co. Below; Clive Richardson’s 8C with one of the 12 4Cs present Below; 1750 6C of Brian Harris

Ferrari 348 GTC race car of Ian Sterling Abarth 595 and an ISO Grifo arrive. Now that’s variety! Fiat Forum helpers did a grand job. (Pic Alex Harding) Below: Were able to create a great line of modern Spiders Below: New Abarth 124 Spider got lots of attention. Below: Lots of classic 500s present

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LOADS more

photos on our

website!

MITCAR AWARD WINNERS Car of the Day - by Public Vote Alfa Romeo 2600 Spider - Jeremy Cowper Italian Rarity Award Fiat 900T Van - Neil Vincent Best Exotic Award Maserati Gran Turismo - Beau Monk Organsiser’s Choice Award Fiat Croma Turbo - Bob Woodward Special Award 159 ‘Carabinieri’ - Steve McCall

John with CotD winner Jeremy

The Alfa end… (Pic by Alex Harding)

Martin and Jackie in their Ferrari F430

New from Meguiar’s Meguiar’s is a long established

American brand that has a big

foothold in the UK market. I;m sure

many avid car detailing fans are

aware of that. I’ve had a love/hate

relationship with them over the

years finding some products brilliant

and some others not so good—if not

downright difficult to use. In the last two years they have really

upped their game it appears, introducing their ‘Ultimate’ versions

across a whole range of products. Two of them here I’ve been

using, firstly, Microfibre applicator pads, for waxes, glazes and

sealants. Traditionally I've used soft foam pads for this word,

however after a good delve on ‘Detailing World’ forum I thought I’d

give these sponge-filled cloth pads a go. Wow!! They really work! A

big danger of using expensive waxes is you put way too much on,

which means more work when buffing (you actually scrape a load

off then!) With these there is very little drag so it’s easy to apply

just the right thin amount, Not cheap, but worth it in the long run

and they can easily be washed like a cloth.

Next up - Ultimate Wash Anywhere. A ‘quick detailer’ biased

towards cleaning—e.g to remove drying spots or a dust layer. Megs

say it will clean 3-4 cars fully and that it has a non-scratch formula.

I’ve tested this ruthlessly on our cars that are parked outside and

have to say it works

extremely well. Cleaning

the top ‘dusty’ surfaces, it

will easily do say 20 cars-

worth, and the ‘non-

scratch’ bit works. AS well

as shifting much it does

add a shine too. Will it

replace my normal

Autoglym Rapid Detailer?

Not in the same quantity,

as that is best bought in

Trade 5L size, working out

FAR cheaper, and nearly

as effective a dirt-shifter. A

good high-quality product

though. John

Giulia Veloce, 350hp There are reports of a forthcoming 2.0

turbo Giulia using a clever electric

supercharger giving a whopping 350hp.

Essentially it is a 48v system linking in

for the power boost - which kicks in

before a mechanical turbocharger,

French firm Valeo has been working

with Alfa on this for many months,

originally using 1750 Giuliettas

The development car pictured here is

just wearing 17" rims but also a deep

front spoiler similar to the mighty

510hp QF but not identical. It also

sports a rear diffuser.

If this is correct, it gives it about 30hp

more than the BMW 340i, its main

target no doubt. Expect a matching

price to that starting at around £39K.

Alfa 4C 2017 Updates Look closely at this image from a ‘spy’ website and you can see a new Giulia style

‘Scudetto’ grille on the nose of this 4C, along with some crude black tape. Of course

the Internet rumour mill then starts working more overtime then… It is no secret

however that Alfa’s mini-supercar is to receive various updates and variant changes

during its planned 5 year production run at Modena. The key rumour is fitment of

the Giulia’s new, all-

aluminium, 2 litre

turbocharged engine,

something with heaps of

torque and potential to

sail north of 300bhp…

Question then is what

transmission to fit as the

TCT box has limitations

on the amount of torque

it can safely handle.

Surely a manual ‘box

would then be ideal?

Let’s wait and see! John

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Date Activities

Sun 11 Sept from 10.30am

Leicester Aero Club Open Day - at Leicester Airport (aka Stoughton Aerodrome), including air displays, special Alfa display and potential free pleasure flights too! Starts at 10.30am. The fantastic WW2 'War Birds' are expected again this year. Admission is FREE to Club members

Weds 14 Sept 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. (Pub food available ’til 9pm)

Mon 26 Sept from 6.30pm

Karting Night at Sutton Circuit, Broughton Astley. Fantastic outdoor track. Racing followed by the pub! Cost held at just £40 a head for an endurance style race in teams of 2, 3 or 4 depending on overall numbers. Brilliant fun – friends, work mates and family very welcome. Please contact John to reserve your spot on the grid! More the merrier!

Weds 28 Sept from 9.45am

Curborough Circuit Experience – Thanks to El Presidenté, George Cole, 10 cars from our Section take on the challenges of this tight and twisting circuit. £30 non-returnable deposit required to book your car’s place. Please contact John. (NOTE – overall hire cost will be divided by all drivers who take to the track. Cost should be in the region of £66 each. Spectators are free.)

TBC Oct from 6.30pm

Rolling Road Night – Back to Future Motor Sports in Syston for a super night on the Dynamometer to measure the power of our Alfas! Just £30 for 3 power runs. We’ll have a barbecue there too. (All Non-Alfas welcome. Please note that Alfas with TCT gearboxes cannot be measured.)

Sat 8 October AROC Track Day at the Bedford Autodrome. Club members should book early for a special discount rate of £195 for the full day. Contact John for the special discount code.

Weds 12 Oct from 7.30pm

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.

TBC Oct (Sunday)

FOX RUN 2016 - No. 2! We’re planning a second Sunday run, finishing at a venue to be confirmed in Lincolnshire for a lunch. More details soon - also see below.

Weds 9 Nov from 7.30pm

November Meeting Night at The George & Dragon in Thringstone - starting at 7.30pm. We’re planning some extra entertainment for this one to be advised soon.

11-13 November

Classic Motor Show - NEC Birmingham. AROC stand featuring historic Alfa Romeos and something new. Our Section members will be helping on the stand as normal.

Weds 14 December

December Meeting Night at a venue TBC. (It will not be our normal one as they are too busy with Christmas party bookings.) We’re planning another ‘talk night’ with a very special guest. More in a later edition.

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AROC East Midlands Section Events 2016

The Small Print: Alfisti is the newsletter of the Alfa Romeo Owners’ Club UK East Midlands Section. Chris Variava Alfa Romeo Nottingham supports the cost of Alfisti’s printed production carried out at cost rate by a Section Member’s company. Alfa Romeo Owners’ Club UK ltd cannot endorse or recommend services or products advertised in its publications. Any opinions published in ‘Alfisti’ or its sister website, Twitter account and Facebook group are personal ones. Alfa Romeo Owners’ Club Ltd registered Number 01106134. Please contact John Griffiths if you have any queries about the Club or our active local Area Section. See cover for contact details.

Gazetta News Snippets

4Cs AVAILABLE TO RENT

The Alfa Romeo 4C will be made available

to customers by Europcar, the leader in car

hire services in Europe. It has been added

to Europcar's ‘Selection’ fleet of luxury and

fun vehicles, as the company continues to

invest in the premium motoring experience.

"Alfa Romeo is a brand that combines

quality design with sporting performance to

deliver a thrill for motorists," says Justin

Shaw, Fleet Director, Europcar UK Group.

It’s a great opportunity for a fun day,

weekend or longer holiday or an extended

test drive for potential customers too.

GIULIA GTA A NO-GO

Got a bit excited about an even ‘hairier’

Giulia ion the last edition, but Italian

sources have stated its not happening - at

least not yet. Something much closer on

the horizon is the Veloce version, see page

6 for more on that.

ROLLING ROAD NIGHT

Full details on our next ‘Dyno Night’ in next

edition. Great opportunity to find out

exactly what power your Alfa is giving,

classic or modern. (Just not TCTs!!)

RHD GIULIAS EXIST!

Yes, they really cannot be too far away now.

This right hand drive Giulia was spotted

testing in Italy in August….

FOX RUN 2 - due in October

Our “Fox Run” Sunday drive followed by lunch proved really

popular in June this year. Well, we thought we’d get another

one in before the clocks change in October.

All the details will be in the next edition of Alfisti, but please

pencil in Sunday the 16th. The plan is for us to meet at our

regular monthly meeting venue, the George & Dragon at

Thringstone, at around 10am, for coffee and a bacon roll

before a cross-country convoy run into Lincolnshire -

actually finishing near Grantham.

Why Grantham you say? Well, it’s home of our Section

Honorary President, George Cole who is celebrating his

82nd birthday this year. Sadly his health means he cannot

drive far presently, so we thought why not take the club to

him?? We’re hoping he and his good lady wife Janet will be

able to join us of course.

So, the finishing point will be advised in due course (we

have a choice of a few at present.) We will not need a

deposit, but I will require confirmation of your attendance

in advance please to book our numbers.

Photos right are at the start of our run back in June,

hopefully we will get some more sunshine come the

autumn. I hope you can make it. John

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Alfisti no.190 will be out in October

Alfisti’s production is sponsored by Chris Variava Alfa Romeo Nottingham

159 JTDm - Lukas Wilcox

Lukas sent in this great picture of his 159 climbing a rather steep hill. We

can see he’s been busy

having acquired a set

of 19 inch ‘Ti’ wheels

he’s had them

sprayed gold which

really sets them off.

Equipped with a tow

bar it makes a very

stylish but practical

family machine, no

wonder these cars

are being sought

after. Sort the front

subframe rust issues

and you’re away.

Unusual news from the world of motoring

- SCOOP! -

New Jeep Wrangler

Launched

Diesel Dave Atkins from AROC

East Midlands Section has been

examining the latest Jeep that’s

being built in Italy.

“Its off-road capability is

tremendous”, he said after a brief

test drive. “The only problem I see

is it’s a tad small after my

Renegade, but the winch might be

useful.”

Dave later confided to Scoop

that he won’t be buying one as

they don’t do it in orange.

Spider 3.0 V6 - David Lawton

Super photo of David’s car here that he took at National Alfa Day, Chatsworth

House, back in July - obviously very late on the day! There were 4 Zoe Yellow

Spiders present - the

sparkly colour really

showing off the car’s

Pininfarina lines.

Apologies to David

for the incorrect

caption on this in the

last edition of the

Club Magazine ‘Alfa

Driver’. I blame the

article’s author!

(NB - non members

can buy Alfa Driver at

www.arocshop.co.uk)

Maserati

Leigh

Leigh Nethercot

s back in the fold with an Italian

car! This ‘black on black’

Maserati 4200 Cambio Corsa

Spider is an absolute beauty with

a fabulous sound too. That’s 2 in

our local members’ hands now,

so more music at meetings!

MiTo TwinAir QV Line - Marian Millard

Marian now has this wonderful MiTo courtesy of Chris Variava. The team

there took Marian’s old car plus husband Keith’s 159 for part-exchange

against it, and

they are

delighted with

their new one.

Keith is sadly

rather poorly at

present so is not

able to drive as

he could. Alfa’s

super-mini is the

perfect thing for

them both to

have to stay in

our Alfa clan!

145 1.6 Boxer - Frazer Gostinskie

Regulars at IntaServices in Leicester may remember Frazer who uised to

work there—he now has his own garage. He’s also bought Own French’s 145

that members may

remember last

being covered in

an orange ‘wrap’.

Frazer has recently

resprayed the car

himself and added

a carbon wrap on

the roof to mask

some minor dents.

These early 145s

are very rare now

and it is great to

see this one still

going so well.

1750 GTV - Dale Lowe

Dale and his family emigrated to Australia back in 2003, shipping out his

lovely Bertone Coupe with them. 13 years later and the car is receiving a

major rebuild—the whole thing being totally rebuilt! Regular readers may

remember it pictured here in different states! Dale, a section regular of old,

expects to be back in England for a holiday at end of September and hopes to

be at our karting night.

4C Launch Edition - Mark Gunston

Mark has recently been on a run in company with a Porsche 991 Carrera and a

Ferrari California. As he posted on our East Midlands Facebook Group: “Recent

400 mile

road trip.

Despite a

fraction of

the power,

my Little 4C

more than

held its own

both in terms

of pace and

attention!

Also required

way less fuel

stops!”