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groutyj
Joined: 05 Mar 2015
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 Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 8:25 pm Post subject: 12 yearold newbie!!! |
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Hi all, i thought i would quickly indroduce myself to the forum. Im only in my early teens but im verry interested in classics. I own a classic yamaha ty175 and im soon getting a talbot alpine GL.
I do all the work by myself and have loads of manuals on all sorts of stuff.
I'll be happy to help anyone stuck with engines and classics when possible 
-Josh
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Ellis
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| Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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Well done young man!
Talbot Alpines must be rare by now.
Good luck.
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groutyj
Joined: 05 Mar 2015
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| Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Ellis wrote: |
talbot Alpines must be rare by now.
Good luck. |
Yes they are, there are no 1.6L tataxed in the uk so this will soon be the only one |
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Ray White
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| Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Welcome Josh. I can't remember when I last saw a Talbot Alpine and that's because they lacked any form of rust protection. In that respect they are in the same camp as the Lancia Beta. I hope you will not be expecting a sound car because the chances of finding one are pretty slim. On the other hand, the Talbot Alpine is so rare now that it would be a pity if at least one example can't be saved. If you look through this forum you will find some pretty heroic restorations. I sincerely wish you every success with the Talbot and you can be sure of some pretty sound advice here. |
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DPP
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Nice to see enthusiasm for classics in somebody so young and ready to get your hands dirty too.
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groutyj
Joined: 05 Mar 2015
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| Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the welcome, I will get some pictures of the Talbot soon, its in bad shape at the moment but I will be welding up the rust on it to pass a M.O.T. 
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Richard H
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| Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 8:55 am Post subject: |
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Look forward to seeing some pics of the Alpine, I've fancied one for a long while, and if I hadn't bought the Victor, I probably would have bought a very rusty 1984 LE model in Baltic Blue
Also, check out: http://younggunsclassics.com/
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Phil - Nottingham
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Well done and good luck. Its never too early. I must have started pulling apart and rebuilding cars and motorbikes unsupervised about then
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