if i recall, cyprus don't like old cars, and by old i mean more than about 5 years old. Anything more and they charge astronimical amounts to import them permanently. A mate of mine tried it with his Mitsubishi shogun, late 90's vintage, and found it cheaper to buy and import a much much newer car,...

STEVE5M wrote:Nigel - I can send the last wheel by carrier

GTV. - how on earth did that happen? From the pic that car was pretty nice!

I'll PM my address - thanks !!!!!

I was thinking that the Alfetta looked pretty nice too.

petrolhead wrote:Oh NO!

what a coincidence!


Maybe thats telling you something about selling it Nige?

Could be Shrew !

:lol: Some great ideas folks ! When I was there in the RAF in the seventies lots of people did drive their cars back home, the two popular routes were ferry over to either Piraeus or Brindisi. Either route made for a great road trip back home. I can't remember the details but it is the import duties...

Nice guy, shame it all went wrong for me.

Josh89 wrote:Wasn't from Northampton was he?

Yes, sort of. Sean from Kettering.

Funny this. The guy who bought my Alfetta on Monday and changed his mind on Tuesday said he'd looked at a Sprint in Sleaford recently.

I enjoyed the drive down South, just didn't quite have the boot space for the fourth wheel !!!!! :mrgreen: No, it's an odd sort of theft, don't imagine they'd be much use to most people. As John said they are now probably at a scrappy. I'd be feeling a lot peed off too. :( A couple of years ago some...

Well the car was sold last night. This morning it's not, not too unhappy about this although I would let it go to a good home. knowing your cryptic clues nige am i right in thinking the buyer changed their mind? :lol: Yes indeed Kev. He really wanted the car but his wife wasn't so keen ! So deposit...

Well the car was sold last night.

This morning it's not, not too unhappy about this although I would let it go to a good home.

Even if storage was available Kev, which as you know it generally isn't, it would have to be very near by or I, like you, would just be storing and not using, which kinda defeats the object for me.

Don't do it , get one of these ;) http://www.dancovershop.com/uk/products/carcoons--bike-bubbles.aspx I've thought about these John and they do look as if they'd do the job. Can't get over the feeling that they'd look really naff stuck in front of my windows though....... Mind you if that statement...

Hi Shrew.

Perhaps time for a change but if it does sell I suspect I'd be crying in me beer. Wouldn't be unhappy if it didn't sell..... !

If I had a garage I wouldn't even be testing the water as I am now but I'm getting to feel guilty about it sitting in the elements all Winter.

Well I've decided to see if there is any interest in this car so placed an ad in the Classifieds on here. Let us see.....

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1982 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6 2.5. I bought the car in Nov 2009. The previous owner bought it earlier in that year after it had been dry stored and off the road since 1992. He spent nearly £2000 on the car to get it up and running again and through it's MOT. It had a full service with BLS, along wit...

That's true - and I don't much persuading tbh !

If I had a garage I wouldn't even be thinking about it, it's just the thought of another Winter of it been exposed to the elements that bothers me.

Spent a little time on the '6 this last week. Had a couple of minor electrical glitches in the last two weeks, an Alternator problem and a poor connection in the Fusebox causing the Injection System to fail, hence no start. Having sorted these out then gave the poor old dear some much needed TLC in ...

:D Well the '6 is back in working order ! In summary:- Non Starting was due to poor contact between Fuse 5 and it's Holder in the Fusebox despite the Voltage on each side of the Fuse looking good under no load conditions.. No Ignition Light and No Charge was due to an Open Circuit Regulator on the A...

I hope there isn't a next one.........

I also have fairies at the bottom of my garden !

Johnboy wrote: but at least you've found the faults , so fair play to that

And I'm relieved to have done so John, was starting ( pun sorta intended ! ) to get a bit worried about it as any complicated problems in the Injection/Sensor Systems would have been a nightmare to find.

Anyone know what the chances are of developing two non related faults on an old Alfa at the same time ? No ? I'll tell you at the end of this Post. This morning I started testing why I couldn't start the Engine. Tested the Volts getting to the Fuel Pump by clipping on the DMM, got about 9 Volts on c...

Just looked at the Manual and the Pump is located somewhere under the car so it could well be a bad connection there caused by the bloody water I had to drive through. This will be my next port of call I think. I've found three Relays on the RH ( nearside ) Bulkhead but up to now I haven't been able...

Hi Kev. Yes we did talk about the Fuel Pump and I also mentioned that I thought I'd heard a funny noise from that area at one point. A faulty Fuel Pump does make a lot of sense given the symptoms. Snag is I don't know where to look for all these things you mentioned, I'm going to have to try and dis...

can you try starting it with that wire disconnected from the alternator? if it is shorting it out at least you'll know then... I did try that Kev and just got the " one Second run " thing. If I'm understanding things correctly the Light is just indicating the problem and the fault in the Alternator...

Well progress - of a sort. Fitted charged up Battery, 12.9 Volts off load. Turned key to " ON, " still no Ignition Light. Cranked Engine, good speed but only results are a one second engine run with no Throttle Control. At least it did this every time so the charged up Battery seems to have made at ...

Don't think I could push the '6 that far...... !

Mind you if Tom is there it might solve a problem !

Don't usually hear the Fuel Pump running but oddly enough at one point during the shenanigans I did think that I heard an unusual noise from the Fuel Tank area, that worried me, and still does. Thinking back whilst I was stuck on the road and tried to start up using Shane's Jump Start Battery, not t...

thinking about it, i doubt that an earth lead runs from the battery to the engine/starter like a conventional car. positive lead will have to of course but i bet the earth just uses the car body. will probably just go from the battery to a point on the car then in the engine bay there will be anoth...

once you have the battery charged back up and fitted nige use your jump leads to make a good earth straight from battery to engine, just to eliminate incase the earth strap is one of those multi strand ones that corrode up and cause issues. had that happen before Good idea Kev but would have to cli...

once you have the battery charged back up and fitted nige use your jump leads to make a good earth straight from battery to engine, just to eliminate incase the earth strap is one of those multi strand ones that corrode up and cause issues. had that happen before Good idea Kev but would have to cli...