Buona sera all, nice to find an alternative to the Alfa Bulletin Board's Australian thread, which tends to be dominated by a few contributors. I'm up in the hills behind Byron Bay, with a 101-series Giulia Sprint (Giulietta body, Giulia 1600 mechanicals) formerly owned by AROCA Vic's Jim West, and a TI Super replica partway built - at least I've got a caged, painted shell and a heap of bits that Vin Sharp has worked his magic on. The roads round here are very Alfa-friendly, and there's a small group of Alfisti in the woods nearby for company. My only hope is that I can get the TI moving under its own power before all the world's oil runs out...
Ciao,
Geoff

Yep, that's the plan Brent, although I want to hillclimb it as well - Mt Cotton historics & Speed on Tweed for a start. Might run the Sprint in SoT if the TI isn't ready, although it'll need a better seat - the car leans into bends like an Alfa, and the standard seat is flat, so you're sliding across the cabin.

Cheers,
Geoff

I like the sound of that towel thing. I might try that in my old landcruiser ute. The seats in that are less comfortable than milk crates!

Geoff, our webmaster put the 2008 calendar up on the AROCA Qld site yesterday so all the race dates are there. I'm going out for a spriint on Jan 26 as my 75 is still road registered. Quite a few of us are going to compete in the Top Gear race series at QR, which should be a bunch of fun. I'll be down the back of the pack but still having a blast.

I'm on holidays at present and took a drive with my wife today from Samford through Dayboro to Mt Mee. What a glorious road. And with there having been so much rain of late I almost thought I was up the back of Bangalow it was so green and lush.

Happy motoring.

Brent

Thanks Anthony, neat and inexpensive idea, I'll try it out locally first - would that make it into a Dickies seat?
Cheers
Geoff

yes well you were right, they have put temporary patches across the potholes but trucks have all but destroyed them again. I also hate the way NSW councils fix these potholes, dump a blob of bitumen into the hole followed by a few shovelfuls of crushed blue metal and let the road users tyres tamp it down. Result is a spray of stones into your wheel well and bits of bitumen covered stones inside the rims and a shower of stones as the local yokels come around the corners in their holden utes towards you.