My Sprint Speciale

[Alfamet]

Finally delivered this morning.

After a long wait due to a house move and the awful flooding down south, which is where I bought the car, I've finally got my hands on my recently acquired Alfasud Sprint Speciale.
It was well worth the wait!
Apologies for the poor quality mobile 'phone image.

[Veesix75]

I saw it going north on the A1 Friday, at approx Doncaster, on a transporter .

Did you buy an Élan also?

[Alfamet]

That was it.
The Sprint was picked up from Surrey yesterday morning. The car and her delivery truck got held up in Friday motorway traffic and the driver exceeded her permitted hours otherwise the Sprint would have been with me last night.
As a result the truck and the 'Sud spent last night in a secure compound near Leeds. At least the Sprint will be acclimatised to living in Yorkshire now after her overnight rest!

[KevJTD]

hope it's as good as it looks mate, looks a belter

[Alfamet]

It is Kev. Sprints in this condition are getting hard to find.

[KevJTD]

lovely job. i'll look forward to seeing more pics soon then

[Alfamet]

More photos on the way when I get a minute Kev.
Strange (or maybe it isn't!) seeing how it's thirty-odd years since these cars were introduced that they attract so much attention.
Jo, the delivery driver, was telling me yesterday that she lost count of the number of trucks and cars that were taking photographs of the Sprint en-route to Yorkshire and blasting their horns and waving in appreciation.
Respect, eh?

[PETROLHEAD]

Beautiful that!

very Speciale indeed today, very very nice

[AlfaCorseChris]

Looks lovely !

Congrats

All MOT'd and ready to drive then ?

[Alfamet]

Aye. And she does drive very well by the way.
I haven't stopped smiling yet!

[Markgq4]

That was it.
The Sprint was picked up from Surrey yesterday morning. The car and her delivery truck got held up in Friday motorway traffic and the driver exceeded her permitted hours otherwise the Sprint would have been with me last night.
As a result the truck and the 'Sud spent last night in a secure compound near Leeds. At least the Sprint will be acclimatised to living in Yorkshire now after her overnight rest!

haha will take more than that ive been here 6 months and still not acclimatised ....

but she does look well matey

[Alfamet]

Apologies for not posting more pictures of the Sprint before now. I've been too busy enjoying myself driving her at every possible opportunity.
We're over-stocked on groceries. I've been to the supermarket on a sixty mile round trip a few too many times..... just for the sake of it!
Hell, they're good these little 'Suds

[KevJTD]

brilliant mate.,

makes me want to try and pull all the stops out and get mine done this year

[Alfamet]

Do it Kev.
I had fun in mine today. Played with an Audi A4 on the A1079.
Left him for dead on the roundabouts then let him catch up with me before I shot off onto the A15 slip road and home.
Should have seen the driver's face. Hee hee! He didn't have a clue what car I was driving or why he couldn't keep up with me.
Happy days!

[KevJTD]

Do it Kev.
I had fun in mine today. Played with an Audi A4 on the A1079.
Left him for dead on the roundabouts then let him catch up with me before I shot off onto the A15 slip road and home.
Should have seen the driver's face. Hee hee! He didn't have a clue what car I was driving or why he couldn't keep up with me.
Happy days!

giant killing always makes me smile, they don't know what they are battling with!

with the nights about to gain an extra hour this weekend and my sud due any day to go off to paint who knows, it may yet happen.....

[Alfamet]

A lovely day here in Gods Own Country so I finally got round to giving the Sprint Speciale a bit of a wash and took several photographs for the Insurance Company's agreed value scheme.

I share them here with you. Enjoy:

The rubber rear spoiler that was unique to the Speciale. It was actually a factory approved accessory.

The non-standard Speciale side stripes. These will be replaced with accurate replicas when funds allow.

The interior's perfect...

[KevJTD]

those seats look immaculate col, what a cracker

really nice car, you must be in heaven

[Bluesuit]

Wow that is special(e)!

The front wings are well designed rust traps, so someone has cosseted that one, is it very low mileage?

Ian

[Alfamet]

Wow that is special(e)!

The front wings are well designed rust traps, so someone has cosseted that one, is it very low mileage?

Ian

Ian, the current mileage is 48,000 (documented).

[Bluesuit]

A rare find indeed, must have cost a pretty penny!

[Alfamet]

A rare find indeed, must have cost a pretty penny!

You'd be surprised Ian. I am, after all, a Yorkshireman!

[alfasuddriver]

Very nice Colin, plenty of smiles per mile with this cracker I bet!

[Alfamet]

Update: The Speciale passed her MOT Test this week. Not a single advisory. Not bad for a car that's thirty-one years old!

[KevJTD]

lovely job colin, well done

[Alfasixnut]

Good news on the MoT!

[Alfamet]

Thanks chaps. Yes good news all round. It's always a bit nerve-racking come MOT time so this was a pleasant surprise.

I had thought that I would get the usual MOT tester's reaction upon seeing an Alfasud of a sharp intake of breath followed by his laughing out loud but didn't, which was nice. He actually commented that the Speciale was in better condition than many cars coming in for their first MOT.

Respray and wheel refurbishment next. Watch this space.

[KevJTD]

nice to get good comments from mainstream fella's, isn't it

nice to hear an old alfa getting some credit

[Alfamet]

Yes. It most certainly is Kev.
The guy who carried out the MOT on the car was really quite enthusiastic. He said that he didn't often get the chance to test 'interesting' stuff and was I think quietly relieved to be looking at something away from the mainstream.
Makes a refreshing change.
It wasn't all plain sailing though. The guy couldn't get the windscreen wipers working so I had to show him how to operate the column stalks.
Oh, and I got a puncture on the way home from the test centre.
Character-builders these Alfas..... Anyone got a Pirelli P3000 that they don't want?

[Alfamet]

Update:

The Speciale is now off the road ready and waiting for its refurbishment.
I'd meant to have had it all completed by now - or at least to have started - but to be honest I've spent too much time driving and enjoying ownership recently.
Now though the time has come.
Work will commence soon - hopefully next month but maybe earlier - and I can't wait.

Watch this space.

[alfasuddriver]

Are you taking your Sprint to NAD this year, it'll soon come around. Sunny days and shiney Alfa's, can't wait!