Methinks my new acquisition - red 77GTV will now remain set up to comply with tarmac rally and Group S rules so i can get the most out of it.
The new plan includes Historic P.I & Sandown regularity with club sprints added in and 1 or 2 "local" tarmac rallies  like those held by the HRA.  all subject to the hip pocket nerve of course
The car is already set up for tarmac rallies and is logbooked accordingly.  And at this stage i dont need to spend a cent on it other than a check up and perhaps a donk freshen up.

Somehwere in my new hectic life i need to accomodate my wife and my beloved Richmond Tigers

Gee, i'm excited...think i'll start a new thread on my new car.

Perhaps the title for the new thread should be “116 for next years targa” ?.  Sounds like a good idea, what are these “local” tarmac rallies you talk about?  Also I noticed the new one doesn’t have any roof lining, what else do you need to do to it for Group S?


Come on it’s a race car!

Hey all
Finally got back from Sweden on Saturday night, been driving cars around on a big frozen lake for 5 weeks for work!.  I left the car (and apparently my back account details) with my navigator how has been working on since I left, he’s a bit of a suspension guru and has decided to make all the spring platforms adjustable.  The rears are only tacked in at present but he’s done a nice job.  Just got to finish off brake pushrod to the new adjustable pedal box tonight and that’s really the last big job, so should be driving on the weekend (luckily it’s a long one).  We’ve also put the car on scales and with the nearly all the gear in it, it comes to 940 kg!, pretty happy about that.
cheers

Can't wait to see this in the flesh.  Might even book a trip to Taassie  for next years Targa just to see it in action (and take notes)

You could always take it for a drive to P.I. on the weekend, park in the Alfa display section along the main straight and watch 522 cars compete at this years historic meeting 

Keep up the updates

Calder is running an open practice day on the 28th March.  This might be a good reasonably local shakedown before heading to Winton on the 30th

My Dad will be over there so i will get him to watch out for you and report back.  Waht will your number be?

Hi Guys
Yes we’ve made it here, both cars have been through scrutineering and have completed the prologue with minimum of hassles!

There was a bit of a rush to get my car done, log booked, tested at Winton and through pre-event scrutiny but it all fell into place, even with having to replace the rear main seal twice!!.  The car has been pretty good so far. We had a small issue when the two halves of one of the rear callipers decided they didn’t want to be friends anymore and separated enough to leak fluid everywhere.  Of course this happened on the way to our 8:36am scrutineering time slot, but a quick bit of road side surgery and we where ready to go.

We ran the prologue today with both cars finishing well car 523 (my dads) ran a 4:03:00 and car 521 (mine) ran a 3:58:00 so the battle has begun.  The prologue determines starting order and does not have any impact on your overall position so it will be an interesting day tomorrow with the first set of true targa stages.  There is another 2000 GTV, a spider, a Gulia supper, a Montreal and quite a few 116’s running which is great, and looks like we are both at the pointy end of the alfa’s, but I havn’t had a good look at all the results yet.

I’ll try and get a few more photos up and give updates when I get a chance