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New Owner - Introduction

Postby Jon K » Sun Mar 27, 2011 11:57 am

Hi All

I have just joined the forum having purchased my first Alpine and would like to say hello.

I have met some of you before through visiting a few club events with Dave Miles and generally helping him when required with his car which has always been a lot of fun, so when the opportunity came up I decided to buy my own.

The car I purchased was the grey one on the car and classic website (late 89 GTA Turbo) and so far I have to say I am vey pleased with it. It is a very original car with lots of history and the only major fault with it seems to be the front end paint.
In the short term I will be looking to get the front end painted so if anyone has any good recomendations for painters in the Winchester area that would be great.

Look forward to speaking to you all soon

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Postby MFaulks » Sun Mar 27, 2011 12:44 pm

Welcome to the community, or funny farm depending how you see it... :wink:

Sounds like you have a late GTA is that right, twin pressure reg setup? Anyway, get active on the site, and enjoy!
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Postby andy001 » Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:33 pm

hello jon, welcome to the club,, how about some pics of youir new car. if you need some paint doing take a trip up to sunny yorkshire one weekend it'll be worth it 8)
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Postby BIG_MVS » Sun Mar 27, 2011 7:30 pm

Welcome,

I take it this is the one I told Dave Miles about on your behalf, another finders fee please :wink: :lol:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C211154/

Nice to see it's got a new enthusiastic owner. Hope you enjoy it.
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Postby Jon K » Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:59 pm

Yep thats the one!!

It is a twin regulator model, of course with any new car there are a few jobs to do but I'm pretty confident I can make a really nice car out of it.

The interior is very good.

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You can see in the picture the doors are a bit flat, the wings definitely need doing and the bonnet is awful. Having said that though the bonnet is physically in very good nick apart from the paint issues.
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Postby mellowyellowa610 » Sun Mar 27, 2011 9:49 pm

Looks like a nice car. You'll have lots of fun with it and the LeMans style wheels do look good. If the front is an issue that you want sorting then look no further than Andy001. He will I'm sure look after your car as a fellow GTA owner :wink:
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Postby simontaylor » Mon Mar 28, 2011 12:37 am

Welcome aboard Jon,
Dont forget to join the club,
Your membersip fee alone will be worth it's weight in gold as this site will help you avoid all the Renault staelers and their Robbery charges.
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Postby Jon K » Mon Mar 28, 2011 6:54 am

Hi Simon, Already sent my form in!!

I think I sent it in the day after I picked up the car, if only I could do work related tasks that quickly...
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Postby si21 » Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:24 pm

Welcome to the wonderful world of Alpine's were a friendly bunch here as I sure Miles can confirm. Lots of meets and events so it be good to see both you and the car, drag miles out too. :wink:

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Postby PaulyA610 » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:45 pm

Welcome to the club bud, liked this one myself looks a good un!! If you need some paint doing it is a must you get andy to sort it as he knows these cars well. That is my yellow A610 he has just finished and as you can see the finish is like new. Enjoy the car and get down to some meets and events.
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