Just to close the loop, Abarth 595 ruled out by Mrs v6, went to see a giulia and didn’t realise how nice they are, so went in the opposite direction size wise and bought a 2018 Giulia Veloce. The interior is lovely and it drives so nice. Mrs v6 is nervous as it feels bigger than the Giulietta but is...

Thanks Keith The 595 competition has some beautiful Sabelt buckets, they are big tho and same for the non competition. Saw one with some lovely tan leather seats, but very few with leather. Our Giulietta has deep red leather, but not seen any later ones with full leather, the sprint is half leather ...

Hello, it’s very quiet on here ……..I hope everyone is well. We’ve had a 170bhp 1.4 Giulietta for 9 years, it’s been great mechanically and is quick and economical, it’s a 2013 plate but I’ve been thinking of changing it for one of the last 2020 plate Giulietta’s, before the lunatics force us all to ...

Engine sold and gone to a good home, hopefully to go in a Sud

As above, fitted to my 1500 modified engine so may have slightly enlarged jets, and I think on 34mm chokes but I need to check. Clean and perfect inside, might be a bit of external residue from a hot race engine blasting at 8000rpm but honestly perfect and ready to fit bar checking the jet sizes. No...

Hello again

I have a pair of Spica Adjustable shocks that were fitted to a 33 race car, will most likely be revalved to operate on a lowered set up. Not sure how stiff but might be ok for Road on the soft setting.

£60 for the pair.

I have a set of front and rear springs for 33 suspension. The fronts are AHM and c450lb, the rears I’m not sure of the source but are c600lb. This setup is what I’ve always used on my Sud and Sprint racers with 33 suspension. To be 100% clear, you would be bonkers to use these on a road car, they ar...

Hello As above, just the gear set and syncros, no casing or diff. Confirmed as low miles and vgc by Phil when BLS were still open, Phil rebuilt my race car gearbox which uses 1st,2nd,3rd from a 1700 8v gearbox, alongside the 1200ti 4th, 5th and diff (and the casing, as my old one had a huge hole in ...

Hi Ade, I’ll chat to Lou and then give you a shout. Thing is I do have another which is very good other than the sump got dented in storage, it came out of my Sud racer hence why I know it’s all good. I’ve been holding onto it as a spare just in case but you never know. It will be a bit more £ than ...

Reply sent. Thanks

Hi Lou, no idea on mileage sorry, probably not too high as they all rotted :D I’m currently unemployed by choice so looking to move things on and put some cash towards other things. Having said that I don’t need it urgently so I’m sure we can work it out between us. I am going to list a very good lo...

I’ve got a 1200ti gearbox stored away, condition unknown. Just the box, no tail or linkage.

Any takers at £250 ?

Comrades I’ve been storing a Dave Ashford/Brunswick built 1700 8v with a good 130bhp (maybe a bit more tbh as this was on 32mm chokes and a std. factory exhaust manifold, so a bit throttled). I had it built for my first Sud racer, in the production spec class. It is lightened , balanced, rebore, new...

Last bump before eBay……I know I’ve said that before but need to clear the shed out now.

It can be a bit random I find Dave. Aviva gave me a very competitive quote for my own car, but worse terms for a multi car with daughters cars included. Admiral were high for my car, but far lower on multi car with daughters included. I also used to use Sheila’s Wheels, but they don’t insure under 2...

Thanks Dave I had a look in our Fiat 500 handbook, it reminded me I had previously charged the battery on the Giulietta with stop start and there’s a sensor clipped on the battery that comes off, and then just connect the charger direct to battery without removing leads. For non stop start it says t...

Dumb question perhaps …… My BMW’s have always had specific under bonnet +ve and -ve posts for jump starting or battery charging, never had to go anywhere the battery. It’s a long time since I had to charge a battery direct on a modern car with loads of electronic goodies. I have an intelligent charg...

Hi Keith, it’s an M4 Competition …..with an added later life crisis convertible steel roof, so side on looks a bit like an M2 on steroids, or one that ate all the pies.

I like fast estates……..or Tourings as bmw like to call them, colour suits it and I’m sure you guys will also. I’m still feeling ill from my recent Impractical, illogical money pit purchase, but life is too short so …………the most least practical feature of the very long list of impractical features is...

I don’t like the aygo, it is like a baked bean tin on wheels……

We’re going to look at the huyandai i10/kia picanto also before committing. She likes Toyota Aygo but the Hyundai is better I think.

Thanks both. It will have to be a low power version for 17 year old insurance. We have a Giulietta 1.4tb which has been great, bought with 20k miles and we’ve done another 50k miles in it with just a few minor niggles like door handle broke but mechanically great so far. I’ll keep looking, there’s a...

My daughter wants a Mito, the Alfa specialist I use now said steer clear of the twin air due to non car folks not maintaining properly, oil level, servicing etc. He said go for the 1400cc (96bhp non turbo). Any experience and thoughts from fellow forum members? The low power 1.4 for sale are mostly ...

You did more than a favour storing it Kev, and I’ll always be grateful for the work you did on the sprint and sud, I think I got the best side of the Clio deal tbh. The sprint still looks good (and might be for sale :shock: ). Can’t have everything Kev, and I’m more than happy with what I have had. ...

Bumping back to the top

Sadly for me, this is all but sold now pending collection. 29 years owned

Hi, yes I do still have it. I’ll see if I can pick up the message.

No I can’t …..

Hi Lou Yep I saw the launch vid, and the subsequent Milano / Junior debacle. The bullshit spouted in the launch vid was comical. Make the most of what’s left on the used market, and ditch that merc for a QV, wish I could have stretched to one instead of the sensible beemer workhorse. Credit to the I...

Same for me re land Rover, never . Lou - what made you eliminate the 5 series, did you try one or just in general. Only merc I had was a hire car for a month, e220 amg when a 5 series I had was being repaired. To be fair the 5 was a 535 but the almost new e class wasn’t a patch in my near 10 year ol...