Yes, Norway !

Hi all, doesn't seem to be an introductions lounge, so this is as good as any !

I can't really give you any details of my car yet, as I haven't even seen it !
In fact, most of you have probably seen it more than I have !

I am buying the black GTA from Lee at RATS. (RATS test mule)

Very much looking forward to collecting it on the 22nd.

New to Alpines, but LLLOOOONNNGGG car history, so this will be an interesting experience,no doubt.

I'm a Scottish guy, living and working in Norway, I hope to get the car legally imported here, but if not, I'll find a way aroud the rules

Watch this space for updates.................

[The Saint]

Bob!!
Welcome to the Madness that is Alpine...
My car is also at RATS, and I have seen your car, and I know you will be enjoying driving it very soon...
I too have a GTA Turbo,( in Black ) as well as the A610, and like many on this forum, we all have had our part in keeping the Alpine name alive.
I for one, look forward to reading any posts and more so pictures of your Alpine with Norway as a back drop.. You must start with your adventure from collecting the car to getting it home...

Welcome again..

Vince...

Welcome Bob. Are you also in the oil industry as well? (Just a guess combining Scotland and Norway)

Welcome Bob, you'll find us a friendly helpful bunch at worst! Look forward to hearing more about your car soon.

Si21

You are correct, sir.
You may pick a prize from the rack..............

Welcome Bob. Are you also in the oil industry as well? (Just a guess combining Scotland and Norway)

Hi Bob

I have a tale or two to tell about people in the oil industry ...

All going to plan this end and so far no major breakages .Tidying up a few bits then it's all going back together ,hopefully by Monday

[The Saint]

Hey.....!! Is that a ghost in my car??? or just you hiding under a white blanket???

Hey.....!! Is that a ghost in my car??? or just you hiding under a white blanket???

It's the RATS trial of the passenger airbag (or firework in a pillowcase)....I think it has been deployed....ouch.
(When it ploughed into Norwegian Bob's recently removed engine)

I have a tale or two to tell about people in the oil industry ...

Don't knock it Lee, it's a living .......



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Oh, I'm a firmly onshore worker.

Actually moved here for love and blundered into oil, rather than the other way around...............

I'm firmly onshore too, much more sensible.

But Lee's experience was with a offshore worker who tried to use his head to stop a section of the drill stem by all accounts. Luckily he was ok given a few months in hospital..

BALLS !!


and bushes and bright shiny things .Car almost done and on schedule for collection this weekend .
Changed gear just fine but not for much longer I fear .Luckily I still have a batch of my balls in stock .Clutch looked OK but swapped out anyway ,alt ,GAZ fitted and all new fixings all round .

That's looking great Lee.

Nothing like new balls, it looks like those ones were just hanging there, rather than firmly gripped..................

Very much looking forward to it.
Like a kid waiting for Christmas

And home...............

Car drives like an absolute dream.
Not without it's teething troubles, I now have a speedo which only works when you turn left, and a heater fan which works for about a minute at a time, then refuses to budge until the car is restarted.
And a radio which went BZZZTTT halway through denmark, and now sounds like you have cotton wool in your ears..............

Still, not the end of the world, it wouldn't be a French car if it didn't have electrical gremlins !!

Nice to meet Lee, and thanks for the Sunday morning taxi ride .

Pics to follow soon.............

Glad you're home safe and sound Bob .
Probably the longest run it's had in a few years so good to hear it all went without issue apart from the above .Speedo was a bit intermittent but usually the rear screen on/off sorts it out .Blower might just be dodgy earths and radio .........
Keep using it and it'll probably fix itself ..