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Our section is actively involved in
running and supporting several major events each year. Here are features
and photos from some of
them.
(Lots of photos - please scroll down the page. Click on the
thumbnail images to enlarge them in another window.)
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| National Alfa Day - 5
July 2009
The club staged its
biggest event of the year in the beautiful grounds of Newby Hall near
Ripon in Yorkshire. Over 700 Alfa Romeos attended at what's been
described as one of the best AROC gatherings in years. Our Section
members were there in force, several of our cars arriving in convoy
early in the morning. The event featured the biggest gathering of
Alfasuds in recent memory with 31 present. With superb cars in the
Concours d'Elegance, an Autotest, our section picnic, two Alfa 8Cs,
superb dealer displays and the elegant house and gardens, and not
forgetting some great weather, all in all it was a superb day out.
Some pictures from
National Alfa Day
(Click on the thumbnail images below to enlarge them.
All @90KB JPEGs, all by John Griffiths)
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Some of our cars at the convoy meeting point.
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Our convoy arrives
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Bob and Kev's 166s
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8C. Words cannot describe the sound...
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Alan directs the traffic. (Nice resprayed 147 GTA)
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GTs in all colours, except red!
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'Sud powered Minari.
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Jim and Beth admire one of the two 8Cs
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Szs and RZs
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The two 8Cs by the Hospitality unit
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Wayne Bell's Alfasud in Sud corner
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Picnic time!
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Alfasuds meet MiTos!
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156 Barbecue courtesy of Ned from AutoLusso
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Ian Osborne's 164 in the Concours
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'Time Warp' Giulietta 2.0RS - originally from Glebe Garage Leicester!
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Totally rebuilt Giulia 101 Spider
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Faultless 155 V6 of Mitch Clayton
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Nice Spider line
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Bertone has a go at the Autotest
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Ian Osborne enters the parade ring
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Ian Osborne collects his Concours prize
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Taxi! Brian Smith hails the famous Liverpool Alfa Taxi
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Scousers meet! George Cole chats to Steve McCall
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| Karting Night - 18 June
2009
We had a brilliant
time competing in a team endurance event at the Sutton
Circuit in Leicestershire - one of our five AROC teams winning
overall and a second coming third! It was a great chance for the
younger members in our section to show the rest of us a thing or too
as well. In particular, StJohn Krog, Alex Sangster, Aden and Lewis
Flanagan, George Bunney and David Griffiths. See
www.suttoncircuit.co.uk for circuit details.
Some pictures from the
karting night
(Click on the thumbnail images below to enlarge them.
All @80KB JPEGs, all by John and David Griffiths)
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Karts from the rolling start
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The hairpin was challenging
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David Griffiths leads the way
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We should have told Mike Swinfen to use the tarmac
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David Griffiths leaves the pits
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Mark Sangster and Ian Osborne on the pit wall
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Joseph Sharpe (red) tries the outside line
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Superb track with new and very even karts
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Andy Wallington, Haydn Wyatt and Wayne Bell
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St John Krog on a flyer!
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StJohn with his dad Keith Krog
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Tony Flanagan with sons Aden and Lewis took 3rd
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Joseph Sharpe, and John and David Griffiths won overall by 28 seconds...
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| Section Fun Concours Night, June
2009
Our Fun Concours night is one of the
most popular events on our local calendar, and despite some drizzle no
less than 28 of our cars attended over 40 people came along to The
Bulls Head this year and enjoyed casting their eyes over the
collected machinery, voting on categories as diverse as shiniest
paintwork to most stone chips. Thanks go to IntaServices and
Engine Services in Leicester, and Sturgess Alfa Leicester for providing
some very generous prizes. 'Car of the Night' this year went to
Peter and Eileen Crichton with their splendid beige 1750 GTV, owned
from 6 months old and in fabulous original condition.
Some pictures from our Fun Concours
Night 2009
(Click on the thumbnail images below to enlarge them. All ~80KB JPEGs)
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Entrance at the top
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The lower car park
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Our Red Shelter did the job well
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Jacqui Wood's Brera S and Gary Smith's GTV
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Two Bertones
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Mike Fox's 2000 GTV
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Bonnets Up!
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Ian Osborne's 164
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View from the bottom
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Ralf the dog chooses his favourite!
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Nice variety!
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Mark Byatt's Sprint
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Leigh's Mito closest
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Saloon variety
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Our weatherproof Section members at the prize giving!
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| Auto Italia Italian Car
Concours - Stanford Hall, 7 June 2009
Around 250 Alfa
Romeos braved the awful weather on this Summer Sunday - 10 degrees and
heavy rain. Happily the sun broke through at lunchtime and we all
enjoyed a pleasant, dry afternoon. AROC ran a Public Vote
Concours, thanks to our Section's organisation, which three of our
members entered. Ian Osborne won 'Best Saloon' for his stunning
164, whilst Clare Addison scored well with her GT in the 'moderns'
category, and George Cole with his 145 racer.
Some pictures from the
Italian Car Concours event
(Click on the thumbnail images below to enlarge them. All @80KB JPEGs)
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John's GT Q2 in the rain
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View from the AR Hospitality Unit
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Alan Lathwell borrows a Brera S
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Cheeky MiTo
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Genuine Liverpool Taxi
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F360 - well dressed
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Maseratis in force
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Phil Gotts with his 75 LE
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Very rare Giulietta 2.0 RS
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Georeg Cole with his 145
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Abarths
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Fiat Coupes
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The Alfa Hospitality unit
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Picnic Time!
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RZ
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Spider line
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John Day's 156 GTA
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Ian Osborne's winning 164
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Ian Osborne receives his award from Ed McDonough
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Winning Spider of Martin Webb
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Fiat Topolino - AI's car of the day
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Noisy Abarth Simca
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Alfa 1750 6C Sport Zagato
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Under the brollies - Leigh, Simon, Clare, Laura and Mandy.
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| Spring Alfa Day - 3 May 2009
Over 600 Alfa Romeos landed at
The Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden in Bedfordshire for the
historic aeroplane collection's first flying day of the year. Good
weather certainly brought out the crowds, but following our Section's
convoy run down there from Kettering we all had a cracking day.
Some pictures from Spring Alfa Day.
(Click on the thumbnail images below to enlarge them in another window. All @120KB JPEGs)
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Some of our cars rady for the off
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Alfa Hospitality unit with a great display
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33s
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Bertone
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155 V6
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RL SS
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Alfa Romeo RL
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Fantastic Aircraft
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P3 as raced by richard Shuttleworth in 1935
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L-R, Dave Hood, Brian Smith and Richard Rees
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RAF Bomb Disposal car
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Lysander
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Line up
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Hurricane
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F2B - rather low!
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Richard captures the stunning 2600
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Awesome Alfa TZ2
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Catalina flying boat
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Prize winning Bertone
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Richard Rees' Duetto in convoy
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Simon and Clare Addison arrive in their GT
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Wayne Bell describes his modified 'Sud Ti
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Spider at the entrance
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The front row
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| Classic Car Evening at Beedles
Lake - 21 April 2009
11 of our Section's Alfa Romeo
joined the line up of Jaguars, Daimlers, Bentleys, Triumphs and MGs at
Beedles Lake Golf Centre near East Goscote on a delightful Spring
evening. The event was organised by the Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club
Leicester Region at this their regular venue. We hope to return
the favour at a later date.
Some pictures from the Beedles Lake
Classic Car Night.
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New Alfas meet older machines
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Leigh Nethercot turned MiTo salesman... ;-)
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Spider meeets E-Type
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One of 5 E-types present
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Our Alfas alongside the Jags
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Plenty to talk about...
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Newer Alfas meet up early on
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Long shadows cast
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Jaguar Mk2 (Kev Bunney likes it!)
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Spitfire joins a great variety of Jaguars
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MASSIVE 420G -one of the best left?
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Neil Fairhurst (left) discusses new and old 105 Spiders with Brian Smith
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Bentley with bonnet up
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John G's son David tries Simon's 159
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John G's son's Peugeot joined in!
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Chris Variava Alfa Romeo
Nottingham
Open Day - 18 April 2009
We had an excellent day at
Nottingham's Alfa Romeo dealer in April, courtesy of Tim Hulbert, Paul
Jones and the team. As well as enjoying the superb cars in the
showroom (including 159 LE, GT Cloverleaf, two Mito's and a Brera SV6)
we had drives in three Mitos (1.4 16v, 1.6 JTDm and 1.4 TBi 155bhp), a
2.4 JTDm Brera, a 159 1.9 JTDm Ti and a GT Cloverleaf Q2.
Some pictures from the Chris Variava
Open Day.
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MiTo heads a line of exciting cars
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Dave Armstrong's 'Sud QV and Bryan Alexander's Sprint Trofeo
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In the showroom
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Stunning yellow MiTo
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MiTo's in bright colours!
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Brytan takes the wheel
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In the rest area!
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Brera looks great in white
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159 Ti
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They sell Mitsubishi's too!
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Sturgess Alfa Romeo Leicester
Open Evening - 21 January 2009
36 of us enjoyed had an
excellent evening at Sturgess' in January. MD Barney Sturgess put on
some excellent hospitality for us along with a dozen of his team.
The Technicians were all on hand to demonstrate the diagnostic gear
and show us round teh workshops, whilst back in the smart showroom
itself we were treated to a preview of teh right hand drive MiTo that
was just in. Everyone was impressed by teh team there, and by all
accounts, the Sturgess team were delighted to meet such a tremendous
bunch of enthusiasts!
Some pictures from the Sturgess Open
Evening
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Smart illuminations on Almond Road
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Showroom - all lit up
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The Sturgess team on hand. (Barney is fourth from left)
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It's Ok - it's a Volvo!
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Some of our posse
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Brera S lurks in the corner
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RHD MiTo
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MiTo - in Etna Black.
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Under the ramps!
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Some great new cars
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MITCAR 2008 - Midlands
Italian Car Day
Holdenby House, Northamptonshire,
Sunday 10 August 2008
Wind and rain showers didn't deter our best ever attendance of
well over 230 Italian cars for the
eighth
edition of MITCAR, our Section's flagship event and brainchild of
Bryan Alexander.
Camshaft Trophy for Car of the Day: Lancia Flaminia Zagato Sport
28 - Chris Shore
Alfasud Register Award: James Gillings, Alfasud Super
Prize winners in the public vote:
Favourite Alfa: Giulietta Spider - Peter Farley
Favourite Fiat: 1000 Abarth – Dave Hood
Favourite Lancia: Fulvia HF 1600 Fanalone - Stan Sheldon
Favourite Exotic: Maserati 3200 GT – James Nicholson
Thanks go to Fuchs, the makers of Titan and
Silkolene lubricants, for sponsoring some of prizes again this year and
also to Motorvogue Alfa Romeo of Northampton for donation of a charity
raffle prize (8C Spider pedal car).
MITCAR 2008 was a most enjoyable day, and thanks to all who
supported it.
Roll of Honour: MITCAR organisers and
primary helpers 2008
Bryan Alexander, John Griffiths, Brian Smith, Martin Lindus, Leigh &
Mandy Nethercot, Simon & Clare Addison, Graham Would, Andy Wallington.
MITCAR 2009 will take place at Burghley
House near Stamford on Sunday 16 August.
Entry £5 per car - then optional
admission to House and 'Garden of Surprise' is HALF PRICE. (£5.45 per
adult). See www.burghley.co.uk
LINK to MITCAR WEBSITE
Some pictures from
MITCAR 2008
- all taken by John Griffiths.
Please click on the thumbnail images below to enlarge them. All ~70KB
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Car of the Day - Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato
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Fiat Dino Coupe
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Splendid Ferraris
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John & Maria Griffiths' Fiat Punto Sporting rollerskate!
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Nova - Alfasud powered
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Alfasuds - featured model
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More delightful Ferraris
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Ferrari Berlinetta Boxer arrives
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Smart pair of Lancias
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Early queue at Deli Kate's
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The guys from Motorvogue Alfa (Northampton)
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Fiat Stilos
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Alfa Coupes - Brera S V6 at the front
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Fiat Panda - with tent attachment
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Hoods up for the Spiders
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Dave Hood's Abarth leads in Richard Rees' Duetto
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George Cole's Alfasud TI Sprinter
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Motorvogue's Alfas; 159 Sportwagon TI and Brera S
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One of Holdenby's Falcons
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Peter Farley with his winning Alfa Giulietta Spider
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Dave Hood's class winning Abarth
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Chris Shore receives the Camshaft Trophy from Bryan Alexander
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GT with Novitec styling
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One of the first 8C Spiders in the country...
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Rather leaden skies!
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Midlands Breakfast Club at
RAF Cosford - 7 December 2008
A group of our members braved
the frost in early December for a brisk cross-country run to the
'Midlands Breakfast Club' car meeting at the RAF Museum at Cosford.
Once there we met up with some of our pals from the West Midlands
Section and enjoyed looking at the excellent aircraft displays and the
interesting variety of other cars present.
Some pictures from RAF Cosford
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Some of our cars
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Audi Quattros
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TVRs
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Giulietta
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Berlina and Brera S
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Very fitting
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Cold War display!
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Lightning display
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Avro Vulcan
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Caterham 7s - for the hardy!
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| Classic Motor Show - NEC
Birmingham,
14-16 November 2008
The AROC stand was
possibly our best yet at this the largest classic car show in the UK.
Alfa's racing heritage was the theme, topped off by David Platt's 8C
Competizione that reflects the iconic styling of Alfa's past racing
coupes. This beautiful machine was flanked by Ian Skailes'
Giulia TZ and Paul & Matt Grist's Giulia TZ2 - both incredibly rare
and valuable machines. Angus McLeod brought his wonderful road-racing
1956 1900 CSS Zagato, and we were delighted to also have along James
Wheeler's 1972 Alfa A12 transporter with his cracking Giulia 101
Spider race car. Quite a collection!
Some pictures from the 2008 Classic Motor
Show
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Our stand at a rare quiet moment. (The show was closing!)
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Giulia TZ2 flanked by TZ
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Alfa Romeo A12 Transporter - with Giulia Spider (101)
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James Wheeler's A12 and Giulia Spider
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8C Competizione. Automotive pornography
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8C Competizione. Does it have a bad angle? Answer: No!
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Giulia TZ2 - automotive art
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Giulia TZ - nowadays more often known as a TZ1.
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1900CSS Zagato
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Lamborghini Gallardo 560-4
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One for his collection...
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Diminutive Fiat 127 Sport
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New Lancia Delta divided opinion...
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Allegro 3 - a classic?
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Lancia Startos (by Hawk Cars)
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Ferrari 250 Lusso
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Lamborghini Diablo, star of MITCAR 2007, now for sale at £49,995
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Angus McLeod with his Concours Giulietta Spider
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Some exotics in the neighbouring MPH Show
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Gumpert Apollo. Daft name, MASSIVE performance
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| AROC Track Day at Donington Park
- 26 October 2008 |
60 Alfa Romeos
filled the paddock at our local International Circuit on an Autumn day
in October. Several of our Section members took their cars out with
another load along to watch. Another superb day's entertainment,
driving Alfa Romeos as they love to be driven... FLAT OUT!
Some pictures from the
Track Day
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All @80KB JPEGs, all by John Griffiths.)
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Pit lane action
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Leigh Nethercot buckles in
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Steve Fitzgerald's 3.5 GTV6
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Rob Hardisty's Brera 3.2 V6 Q4 SV
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Mat Abell's 145 Green Cloverleaf
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Busy pitlane
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George Cole's Alfasud sprinter with 1712cc power
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Leigh's GTV
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Queueing for the off
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Brian Smith's 155 on the straight
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75 V6
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Martin Lindus' GTV 3.0 V6
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| Auto Italia Autumn Italian
Car Day - Gaydon, 15 September 2008 |
Our section manned the AROC stand
at this event at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, Warwickshire.
A great selection of Italian cars were present with Lamborghinis the
stars of the show.
Some pictures from the
Autumn Italian Car Day
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All @80KB JPEGs, all by John Griffiths apart from 164 track shot
courtesy of the venue)
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Senstatiuonal Lamborghinis!
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Ian Osborne takes a break!
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Now THAT'S a rear spoiler...
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Andy Wallington & Dave Atkins by the Home2Rome 164
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Panda 100HPs
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Classic Alfas
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Mick Colvill's Beta creation
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Lancia Delta Integrales
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Superb 75 3.0 V6
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Modified 500
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We found some room for the AROC stand!
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Automotive art! (Alfa 8C)
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The £100 164 laps a few slower cars...
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Richard Rees' Duetto gleams in the sun
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Giulietta Spider from Black & White garage
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500s in the sun
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Prize 8C pedal car
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Nice collection of Alfas
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Brand new Lambo Gallardo LP560-4
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Classic Miura
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| Platts Alfa Romeo (Stoke) Open
Evening, 18 June 2008
20 of us met up with members from
the West Midlands Section for a superb evening where we saw - and
heard - the tremendous 8C Competizione, the 450bhp Alfa Romeo Super
Car recently purchased by Platts owner. We had a terrific evening
thanks to the excellent team at Platts.
Some pictures from the Platts Open
Evening 2008
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The unveiling
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8C bespoke interior
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Jewel like headlamps
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20 inch wheels and monster brakes...
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Gorgeous detailing
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Luggage set cost thousands!
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A work of art...
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New Brera S
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GT Q2 in white - one of several stunning new cars
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Some of our cars outside
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| AROC Concours at the Auto Italia Italian Car
Concours - Stanford Hall, 1 June 2008 |
With no National Alfa Day this year,
many Alfisti chose to support this event with over 800 Alfa Romeos
attending, plus terrific displays of Maseratis, Ferraris, Fiats and
Lancias. Our AROC Concours had around 45 entrants, including
three cars from the Top Gear team (Jeremy, James and Richard!)
The show was originally shown on BBC2 in July 2008, but has been
repeated many times now, and features John and George with Jeremy,
Alan Lathwell looking bemused as teh cars arrive, Phil Gotts with
James May, Rev Quentin Chandler with Richard Hammond, plus a few
shots of our members cars!
Some pictures from the
AROC Concours event
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Our Section cars by our new shelter
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Arty shot (by Nigel Ord-Smith)
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Alfasuds
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A sea of Alfas...
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Richard Rees' Duetto (Prize winner)
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Richard Rees' Duetto (Prize winner)
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Richard Hammond
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James May in conversation
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JC
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Ian Osborne's 164 - prize winner
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James May
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Ferrari Enzo
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| The Fox Run, 25 May 2008
Bryan Alexander designed a terrific route through the beautiful Vale
of Belvoir from the Comfort Inn on the A46 near Willoughby, winding
its way over to Belvoir Castle then back to The Royal Oak at Car
Colston - the village with the largest Village green in the UK - for
an excellent pub lunch. The run involved a competition element;
closest to the marker time, plus some Treasure Hunt style tie-breaker
questions. Our winners were Mark and Jacqui Wood in their 156
Sportwagon. A great event, well done to all the 21 participants!
Some pictures from
The Fox Run
2008 (all by John Griffiths)
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Dave Atkins gave the £100 'Home2Rome' 164 another run
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Dave Atkins with new recruit Home2Rome driver Andy Wallington (right)
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Alan and Yvonne Bullock's Spider at the off
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Mike & Jane Shelley with their 147
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Steve and Hazell Watson smiling at the start
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Ralf wasn't amused in the back!
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Brian and Sue Smith with map at the ready
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Martin and Brain Lindus in the GTV
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The Spiders get ready to go
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Brian Smith's Brera at the start 'ramp'
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The two 166s of Kev Bunney and Ian Edwards
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Steve and Hazel's Spider en route
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Cars line up at the finish
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Cars line up at the finish
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Spiders arrive in convoy
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The winners; Mark and Jacqui (and Ralf!)
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Martin Lindus and his great sounding GTV V6
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Our line at Car Colston
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Our crowd in the dining room at The Royal Oak
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Flying the flag at the finish
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| Italy Set in Stone, 18 May 2008
Our section enjoyed a convoy run over to Stone in Staffordshire where
the town had its formal twinning event with Bagnacavallo in north
eastern Italy. The event saw a terrific collection of Italian cars,
plus great Italian food, music, cookery demos and a superb Italian
market. Well done to Audrey and John Watt from teh West Midlands
section who were among the main event organisers.
Some pictures from Italy Set in Stone
2008 (all by John Griffiths)
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Some of our cars at the start for the convoy drive
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Our cars line up on site
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Lamborghini Espada
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John G's GT Q2 at the end of our line
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Alfa 33 Series 1 - under restoration!
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Gorgeous Giulietta
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Chris Savill's Giulia Nuova
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Hannah Griffiths tries the Spider LE!
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Stunning Spider LE
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Brian Smith samples the vino!
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Italian baker soon sold out!
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More vino!!
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Italian market did terrific trade
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Audrey Watt at the mike, with Chefs on the go
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Dino 246 GT
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F430 Scuderia. Yes please!
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Stratos replica
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Bryan Alexander by the Alfasud Bimotore
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Alfa car transporter @1971
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159 TI in its new colour.
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