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Short Version:-

Big Front Brake Conversion for the Alfa Sprint Green Cloverleaf.
Custom made one off by "Godspeed" (Rally and performance car brake specialists).
Based on integrale discs, vented, grooved; callipers refurbished and modified to fit, plus 2 pairs of pads.

Unused.
This was put togeather as a favour by Ian Godley himself.
Callipers finished in Viberant green (to match Green Cloverleaf)
The resoration of my car never made it through to the end so they have sat in the dry, on a shelf in my garage for 2 years untouched.

Will probably fit the Sud or the 33 with the same brake/hub serise; but needs a minimum 15 inch wheel, and then its Very Very tight.

The discs dwarf the stock ones and should provide much improved braking over standard, good perhaps if anyone is running a track car.

I paid £300 for these as a "favour" from Godsped, had these been done for commercial sale the cost would have been higher.

Also:-
A set of four excellent 145 Cloverleaf Alloys, purchased in 2000 for the same car and left in a corner of the same garage waiting for the resoration of the same car that didnt happen.

Standard Alfa/Fiat/Lamncia 4-98 fitment; 15 inch x 6 inch, no tyres.
Bought in 2000 for £300 from an Alfa Show, they were originally on a 145 Cloverleaf, and removed when the owner swapped for "big wheels". They have never been on a road since i've had them, unused and dry stored eversince.

Also:-
Breaking an 89 Sprint Cloverleaf Veloce in champagne:-
exterior panels pretty poor, bonnet okay
engine was strong and well serviced, un run for 2 years, tired turning it overtoday, starter siezed, will have a "proper go" this weekend.
Interior black.white check, front seats were 33 replaements, was verygood wehn stripped out, but stored in Dry but unheated stables for 3 years so needs a good clean if nothing else.
Front grill good
Body Kit - damaged when removed but an easy repair and kept in stables with the intention of fixing.
Original Wheels were very good, but probably benift from a refinish now.
Gearbox had a short shift conversion done on it and no crunches on syncos. Linkage was replaced with new item as part of resto.
Various boots, engine mounts, seals, purchased new for resto still unused.

The cars got to be off my drive in 2 or 3 weeks (we pushed it out of the garage today), if anything is worth anything to anyone let me know.

With the exception of the brake kit and the two sets of wheels, I'm not realy after any cash just something to cover the spanner time and WD40 to remove anything; so cheeky offers or begging letters accepted.

If anyone wants the whole car, you'll need a trailer and a straight jacket.

Will mail photos of what ever you want to see, if no offers come in on the brakes or the wheels I'll put them on eBay.

Long Version:-
Giving up (for now)

So over 7 years I had 3 Sprints, all late model Green Cloverleaf Veloce.

Even as my day to day cars became better and newer, found I needed to keep an "aging Italian" in the Garage.
Yes each one in turn rattled and rusted to pieces.

4 years ago I began trying to find a "Mint" Sprint as a Keeper; Southern Alfa in Southampton pointed me towards a car being sold privatly. Champagne, full kit all intact, very straight, the "driest" sprint I had ever been in, felt very tight, mechanically strong, no boy racer abuse and with a gearbox that didn't crunch on second.
Not mint but a good strip down, quality respray and reasseble with a few upgrades along the way and it would be everything I wanted.

Bought it, drove it for a few months whilst I had a new roof put on the gargae to keep it dry.

Stripped it, no horrors under the skin, a little bit of rot in the cormers of the boot and on the arches, so I planned a schedule, bought a set of wheels here, uprated brakes there, engine mounts, boots, linkages etc, removed a few bits for shot blasting and powder coating.

Work took me away for a year, then other commitmemnts...

Even in a dry garage, in 2 years the floor/arches/inner and outer wings etc etc have gone the way that 70's/80's alfas like to go.

Its stayed in the garage whilst I mulled it over and thought about getting a replacemnt.

Well its out of time, I've gone with my head rather than my hart and I've gone Japanese. My new toy is a MK1 Mr2 which is having an engine out respary on its rust free body to make it show worthy, and it needs that garage.

I'm a bit miffed about having to pull out of the alfa scene, but I found it such a struggle to source pannels (or cars that don't need replacement pannels!)
Oh but don't the engines sound great...

[Harry]

Sorry for the spelling mistakes in the above, but it was rather early when I typed it.

For any info email me on:-

doctor.hollidat(at)virgin.net
(masked email address to protect me from spammers, I hope you can work it out)

or telephone me on 07970 205338 after Friday.

Cheers

Harry

and I and the car are in Bridgend South Wales