Hello from Dorset

[anthonyjohn 0]

Hi,

I have just registered to this forum after being 'prompted' after visiting another Alfa forum.

I have been an Alfa fan since 1982 when I bought a late 1970's 1.3 Sud Super. This was the best motoring fun I had ever experienced, so when the structure of the vehicle became too rusty to maintain I bought another Sud, a 1.5 Ti.

After this I had a Sprint, a 33 and then my first 916, an Atoll blue GTV 2.0ts. I also had a gem green 147 and then horror of horrors, I traded the GTV against a bright red Brera. I had the Brera on a three year pcp and although It was brilliant as a piece of sculpture it was not that inspiring to drive. When the pcp term finished I just handed it back to Fiat finance and started to reflect upon my future Alfa ownership.

I still had the 147 as a daily runner but hankered after something more.

In January 2010 I attended an open day at the garage of my good friend Graham Eddy and on that day he had for sale a 1996 Proteo red Spider.

I bought it and then made sure it was prepped and ready to drive 'home' to Milan for the 100 year celebrations.

It was a brilliant trip, lid down the whole 10 days away and this is the Spider I still own.

The next year I started to look around for a Cup and eventually managed to find the right deal for what I thought was the right price. The Cup has since had extensive mechanical rebuild to engine, suspension and braking system as well as a partial cosmetic re-spray to bring it into 'tip-top' condition. The next project is refurb of the Cup alloys and then it will be as I want it. Cup is as original apart from a Bluetooth head unit.

It makes me smile every time I drive it.

[Paso 239]

Welcome Anthony! Quite an Alfa owner as we can see in this résumé, like most of us here, so it's great to have you here!

Park your Spider in our garage when you have a minute...

[Thanos 193]

Welcome to the Forum!

Good to have another Cup here.

Happy new year.