Ah! too cold for the garage for everybody then?

[strat6v]

The forum is usually deserted on a sunday, even sando has graced us with his presence!! :D

[Chris J]

I think they've all put an extra woolly jumper on and gone out again John?

[strat6v]

i shall make an effort after tea, rear louvre to finish and front arb mounts to bodge. chassis and tub go for paint tues :) :) so plenty to do!!

[catswhiskers]

Uncanny John,
I've just sent you an e-mail asking a question and then I see you have already posted the answer already. :rolleyes:
Get that extra jumper on and get back in the garage. Or do what I do and turn the central heating on in the garage. :D :D

See ya Tuesday then.

[strat6v]

Hey Mick!!

I'm a single bloke with a divorce looming. i can only afford to have one light bulb on at anyone time :D i'm getting very economical in me old age, turning the gas off before i turn the bacon over, stuffin the curtains down the back of the rads, even shutting rads down in the rooms i don't use much. No leccy blanket or hot water bottle either, just stick the dog under the quilt :eek: ;)

John.

[catswhiskers]

Hey Mick!!

turning the gas off before i turn the bacon over,

John.

Bacon!!!! Eh I can only dream of bacon, your lucky, We used to 'av to sit round a candle to keep warm. If it got really cold, me dad would light it for us. :D :D :D

[strat6v]

Me ma used to cook on a swan vesta, We were reet poor.

[catswhiskers]

Cooking????? Luxury, we used to ave to lick road wi' tongue to ger our food.
Still, cant grumble. Tell kids that today and they wunt believe ya. :D :D

Mick

[stewart]

Hey Guys,

34 degrees and not a cloud in sight in Brisbane for today. Not a woolly blanket, vest or pair of gloves in sight!

Now would you believe that then :D :D :D

cheers

[armourerdoug]

Garage? GARAGE! I wish, building mine on my driveway!!!! brrrrrr

[strat6v]

Aye doug but we didn't tell thee that we ant got a roof on. Can't afford a coat either, have to go and lean againt'h kettle for a waarm! :D

[guy mayers]

kettle, KETTLE?? In my day we 'ad t' boil t'water wi lit paper! An' then wonder where Gerrys' build manual went!

[strat6v]

Probably wiped your a*-# with the rest cos you couldn't afford any bog roll. :D :D

[strat6v]

No mick..... No.. Don't say it, :D Bog roll,BOG ROLL! We used a hand full a grass or a dock leaf lad and if yer were AAArd like't Nottinam lot tha used a handfull a nettles. :D

[Chris J]

Is this the Monty Python Enthusiasts Club?

[armourerdoug]

Grass, doc leaves!!??Its allright fo you rich folk!........wish I had a windscreen,its cold sleeping in my Transformer! he he

[strat6v]

Think i'd better leave the beer alone, before i get in trouble.

Cold today too, gonna stick the garage heating on, to hell with the expense!

[CorseChris]

No it isn't........


....was this the 5 minute argument or the full half hour?


...and anyway, I was outside stripping bits of a dead 24V 164 yesterday if that counts.

[strat6v]

Are there any bits of the 24v left?

[CorseChris]

It wasn't mine, it was a chap who seems to have lots of Alfas spread all over Birmingham. (http://www.gtvince.com/) . Pleasant bloke and a real Alfa and Lancia nut. Had a good old chin-wag!

What parts where you after John, he probably has them.

[strat6v]

I know vince, talk for england he can! I bought a cloverleaf box from him in the summer. Certainly a character!!

What were you after, a crank pulley?

Pm me your tel no so we can have a chat about how i mount this blower. I'm open to suggestions before i go and buy a milling machine.

John.

[rutthenut]

Hmm, I know Vince too.
Not so happy with his level of service at the start of this year :(

Before that, I thought he was OK. He even bought my old GTV6 from me, many years ago, when that car had dissolved beyond economical repair. So he has definitely been involved in buying/splitting/selling Alfas for a long time now. Shame he let me down somewhat and ended up costing me more in both time and money than expected/agreed.

If you know what you want, and he has it available there-and-then, by all means do a deal with him. I think he is trustworthy, but not 100% reliable (in my experience). If you are more local to him, that will be better still, so you won't be travelling across the country to be greeted with something that doesn't entirely match your expectations.

[Chris J]

Tony Johnson is another Alfa/Fiat/Beta breaking option 'italianspares' on ebay.

He's at:

Sutton in Ashfield, Notts.
E-mail alfafiatlancia@hotmail.com
Phone 07951 972333.

[catswhiskers]

I can vouch for Tony Johnson too. Nice guy, very helpful and enthusiastic about all things Italian. I've had several bits from him, all good. :)
Did I also mention he only lives about 3 miles from me too. :D How lucky can you get.

Mick