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Evening All, thought I would start a new thread, just picked up this months auto italia,brilliant article by Alex Jupe, about his V6 Giulietta. Gave me the idea, what are you reading today? Please share, Liam

Hi Liam
Funny enough I was reading online today . Alfa are back in f1 next year with sauber . They will be their main sponsor plus give technical support. Ferrari will supply new engines too. Great news me thinks

Johnboy wrote:Hi Liam
Funny enough I was reading online today . Alfa are back in f1 next year with sauber . They will be their main sponsor plus give technical support. Ferrari will supply new engines too. Great news me thinks

Surely Rob Austin campaigning a Giulia in BTCC is better? The F1 connection is just too tenuous - essentially it just means that Alfa technicians will be moonlighting on a Ferrari engine???

Ooops - forgot to say, today I was reading a white paper on electromagnetic interference in Hall Effect thrusters... Well, you did ask!

Classic car weekly, Auto Italia (great issue with loads of integrale stuff I'm waiting to get to), Modern Classics..

Spacenut wrote:

Johnboy wrote:Hi Liam
Funny enough I was reading online today . Alfa are back in f1 next year with sauber . They will be their main sponsor plus give technical support. Ferrari will supply new engines too. Great news me thinks

Surely Rob Austin campaigning a Giulia in BTCC is better? The F1 connection is just too tenuous - essentially it just means that Alfa technicians will be moonlighting on a Ferrari engine???

Ooops - forgot to say, today I was reading a white paper on electromagnetic interference in Hall Effect thrusters... Well, you did ask!

Yeah I agree it would be better having an Alfa in btcc . look what happened when the 155 was winning. The sales went through the roof. And yes it's a rebadged Ferrari engine. But at least it gets the name back in the sport

Johnboy wrote: Funny enough I was reading online today . Alfa are back in f1 next year with sauber . They will be their main sponsor plus give technical support. Ferrari will supply new engines too. Great news me thinks

I was reading that too John, ironic that Ferrari started F1 racing with Alfa Romeo Cars, but adds more interest to the field for the likes of us Alfa fans. They are talking of Leclerc and Giovinazzi as drivers so could be a good line up of young racers, although they still have Ericsson on their books! And Alfa back in BTTC with Handy Motorsport. looking forward to next seasons calendar.

Spacenut wrote:

Johnboy wrote:Hi Liam
Funny enough I was reading online today . Alfa are back in f1 next year with sauber . They will be their main sponsor plus give technical support. Ferrari will supply new engines too. Great news me thinks

Surely Rob Austin campaigning a Giulia in BTCC is better? The F1 connection is just too tenuous - essentially it just means that Alfa technicians will be moonlighting on a Ferrari engine???

Ooops - forgot to say, today I was reading a white paper on electromagnetic interference in Hall Effect thrusters... Well, you did ask!

So is the Hall effect a big problem ?

Should I be worried as I was thinking of fitting thrusters to the Sud.

NUALFAMAN wrote:

Johnboy wrote: Funny enough I was reading online today . Alfa are back in f1 next year with sauber . They will be their main sponsor plus give technical support. Ferrari will supply new engines too. Great news me thinks

I was reading that too John, ironic that Ferrari started F1 racing with Alfa Romeo Cars, but adds more interest to the field for the likes of us Alfa fans. They are talking of Leclerc and Giovinazzi as drivers so could be a good line up of young racers, although they still have Ericsson on their books! And Alfa back in BTTC with Handy Motorsport. looking forward to next seasons calendar.

Don't forget the Lancia D50.....

junior wrote: So is the Hall effect a big problem ?

Not so as you'd notice...

junior wrote:Should I be worried as I was thinking of fitting thrusters to the Sud.

I wouldn't have thought so, thrust levels are very low by terrestrial standards

KevJTD wrote:

NUALFAMAN wrote:

Johnboy wrote: Funny enough I was reading online today . Alfa are back in f1 next year with sauber . They will be their main sponsor plus give technical support. Ferrari will supply new engines too. Great news me thinks

I was reading that too John, ironic that Ferrari started F1 racing with Alfa Romeo Cars, but adds more interest to the field for the likes of us Alfa fans. They are talking of Leclerc and Giovinazzi as drivers so could be a good line up of young racers, although they still have Ericsson on their books! And Alfa back in BTTC with Handy Motorsport. looking forward to next seasons calendar.

Don't forget the Lancia D50.....

Just been reading up on the D50 very interesting 1954 designed by Vittorio Jano who designed many of the early Alfa GP, Targa cars. And won the 1956 world championship although known by then as the Ferrari D50. I didn't even realise Lancia had raced in F1!! Learn something every day especially when reading (link back to the thread title)

Spacenut wrote:

junior wrote: So is the Hall effect a big problem ?

Not so as you'd notice...

junior wrote:Should I be worried as I was thinking of fitting thrusters to the Sud.

I wouldn't have thought so, thrust levels are very low by terrestrial standards

Brilliant I can sleep easy then.

Do you have any idea what this F1 stuff is that these other chaps are on about ?

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Don't forget the Lancia D50..... [/quote]
Just been reading up on the D50 very interesting 1954 designed by Vittorio Jano who designed many of the early Alfa GP, Targa cars. And won the 1956 world championship although known by then as the Ferrari D50. I didn't even realise Lancia had raced in F1!! Learn something every day especially when reading (link back to the thread title)[/quote]


Yes, the D50 was a very successful F1 car, far better than the Ferrari in the mid 50's. Only the death of Alberto Ascari at the wheel of a D50 prompted Gianni Lancia (son of Vicenzo, Lancia founder) to sell everything to Ferrari who raced the D50 as a Ferrari to great success..Gianni apparently mourned Ascari's death for some time...

junior wrote:Do you have any idea what this F1 stuff is that these other chaps are on about ?

Can't say as I do, although I did hear something about a young lad from Stevenage...?

Spacenut wrote:

junior wrote:Do you have any idea what this F1 stuff is that these other chaps are on about ?

Can't say as I do, although I did hear something about a young lad from Stevenage...?

that made me laugh Lauren yeah he's doing quite well

I've been on a journey of self improvement in recent years. To that end I started reading this . It's a bit hard going and I've been reading it for about 6 yrs now.
Just made it past the "Contents" page
Only another 223 pages to go

"To infinity and beyond". Sorry.

LooLooSud33Spider wrote:I've been on a journey of self improvement in recent years. To that end I started reading this .

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It's a bit hard going and I've been reading it for about 6 yrs now.
Just made it past the "Contents" page
Only another 223 pages to go

For books like that I often wonder if the author would be interesting, if you got stuck in a lift with him?

junior wrote:For books like that I often wonder if the author would be interesting, if you got stuck in a lift with him?

I know what you mean - all that quantum relativity hooplah makes my brain hurt. I much prefer the nuts and bolts of space travel, not that we do much of it these days - 'elf and safety and all that

A bit low-brow in comparison, perhaps, but I've been reading and re-reading Alfa Romeo T33 - the development and racing history by messrs Collins and McDonough. I keep looking for more technical insight but unfortunately it isn't there. Pictures are nice though

Spacenut wrote: Pictures are nice though

I have to add that i think the early T33 Stradale, with the staggered twin headlights, is simply one of the most gorgeous cars ever, achieveing both butch and wide aswell as graceful lines perfectly!

and leagues ahead in the busy end too!

I absolutely agree. It's a shame that only one relatively short chapter is allocated to the Stradale in the book, although I guess that is fair given that it was not a commercial success. Mighty influential though!

Today I am reading the history of Italian Sports Cars by Winston Goodfellow. As a previous owner of a Bizzarrini AMX/3 (Goodfellow, not me) I guessed the author would know a thing or two about the subject and I wasn't disappointed...

Yes the stradale is fabulous. I wonder why there seems to be no replica's about ?

Or have I missed something. Probably too hard to get close too that perfect shape.

Nice cover on the AROC mag that popped through the door yesterday

http://www.aroc-uk.com/news/2017/aroc-m ... 7-magazine

junior wrote:Yes the stradale is fabulous. I wonder why there seems to be no replica's about ?

Or have I missed something. Probably too hard to get close too that perfect shape.

There have been a couple of attempts that I know of. A company in France were supposedly selling a replica shell to complement their Alpine A110 replica, and I'm pretty sure there was a German replica as well. Neither were mass produced though. I also came across, completely by chance, a replica Stradale made in the UK and based on a re-bodied Vauxhall VX220 - at least that is what I was told be someone that recognised the transverse 4-cylinder engine that was showing through the back window. It was a feature about Owls on the One Show. They were nesting on an airfield site where Russell Savory has a workshop.

There have also been a couple of attempts to recreate the Alfa Carabo concept car, which was the first concept to be built using the Stradale chassis - the Custoka/Custoca Strato from Germany and the Fiberfab Aztec 7 from the US. Both highly inaccurate!

Lauren

Received A different kind of life by Viriginia Williams has a requested xmas present,
could not put it down, a remarkable woman, great read.

The true story of Frank Williams and how his wife came to terms with his accident.

Happy New Year Liam

Received `Gun machine' by Warren Ellis. Great read, lots of fun.

Why it has not got mainstream reviews I cannot understand.

Next weeks Classic Car Weekly has a road test of a '83 Sud Ti, as there main feature. Hopefully there will be a picture on the front cover too.
John.

Latest AROC magazine - lots of articles by Jon Dooley on racing Alfasuds! Plus, someone else that agrees that luxury lifestyle soft-roaders are boring, even if they have an Alfa badge on the front. I thought it was just me

Lauren

Yep latest AROC Mag plus this months Classic & Sports Car which has an article on 17 hot hatches which may include a certain met green Sud and Johns GTI-6.

So one eye on the TV watching car S.O.S. the other in the latest copy of classic car weekly reading the article about M.O.T. exemption plans for 40 YO cars with interest then of course, as always, keen to see what the readers views are and low and behold who should have the last word with some very good points..... Ill let you all work out who, not difficult though.