Rust Bucket Alfa Being Rebuilt

milly Scoot Master! Fish heads eat them up yum! Posts: 6,638 Location: Wales	Rust Bucket Alfa Being Rebuilt Sept 28, 2019 10:17:57 GMT -5 90GTVert and Raizer like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by milly on Sept 28, 2019 10:17:57 GMT -5 Gods knows why thought this thing was destined for the scrap heap a few months back.
	Last Edit: Sept 28, 2019 10:23:56 GMT -5 by milly Violet the Vespaclone (lml star 2t 150cc 4speed) with sidecar. It's TYRE'S not TIRE'S A reminder to self, do buy more scooters but not Peugeot's or Vespa 4 poke with in inaccessible spark plugs ever!

Rune 75 Scoot Enthusiast Posts: 441	Rust Bucket Alfa Being Rebuilt Sept 28, 2019 10:31:13 GMT -5 via mobile aeroxbud and milly like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rune 75 on Sept 28, 2019 10:31:13 GMT -5 Hope you've cleaned your calendar for the next couple of months, allot of work there. Your dog doesn't seem to concerned though.

milly Scoot Master! Fish heads eat them up yum! Posts: 6,638 Location: Wales	Rust Bucket Alfa Being Rebuilt Sept 28, 2019 13:06:11 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by milly on Sept 28, 2019 13:06:11 GMT -5 Luckily its not my car belongs to the owner of the garage who lets me do my scooters there 😊
	Last Edit: Nov 7, 2019 16:28:53 GMT -5 by milly Violet the Vespaclone (lml star 2t 150cc 4speed) with sidecar. It's TYRE'S not TIRE'S A reminder to self, do buy more scooters but not Peugeot's or Vespa 4 poke with in inaccessible spark plugs ever!

aeroxbud Scoot Legend! Posts: 14,304 Location: Portsmouth U.K.	Rust Bucket Alfa Being Rebuilt Sept 28, 2019 20:14:16 GMT -5 190mech and milly like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by aeroxbud on Sept 28, 2019 20:14:16 GMT -5 Unless it has some sort of sentimental attachment. Can't see it's worth fixing. Will cost way more than you could buy a nice one for.
	Yamaha Aerox NS50 2016 project Yamaha Aerox NS50 2016 Piaggio Typhoon 2019: Great scooter, poorly built (sold) Yamaha Slider 2002: The problem child (sold) Yamaha BWS NG: The Family affair (son now owns) Yamaha Aerox YQ50 2008: The fast one (sold) Yamaha Jog RR 2004: The first one (sold) Mrs Bud 10/06/22 you are not going to pull that engine apart and put lots of new bits in it, are you?

geoffh Scoot Pro Not mine just another lost scoot scared and very alone Posts: 2,324	Rust Bucket Alfa Being Rebuilt Sept 29, 2019 15:09:58 GMT -5 milly likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by geoffh on Sept 29, 2019 15:09:58 GMT -5 Trouble is Alfa have not made a "nice" car. Geoff

milly
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Rust Bucket Alfa Being Rebuilt Sept 29, 2019 17:08:44 GMT -5 via mobile aeroxbud likes this

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Post by milly on Sept 29, 2019 17:08:44 GMT -5

I think they call it addiction. He has and these are all non completed projects 2 Austin Healy's one Lancia Fulvia and possibly another lurking somewhere abouts.
Ah 2 BMWs M3 for saloon car racing one working and another for racing not working a Alfa probably from 90's or early 2000's

Last Edit: Sept 29, 2019 17:12:27 GMT -5 by milly: additional information

Violet the Vespaclone (lml star 2t 150cc 4speed) with sidecar.
It's TYRE'S not TIRE'S
A reminder to self, do buy more scooters but not Peugeot's or Vespa 4 poke with in inaccessible spark plugs ever!

milly Scoot Master! Fish heads eat them up yum! Posts: 6,638 Location: Wales	Rust Bucket Alfa Being Rebuilt Nov 7, 2019 16:30:34 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by milly on Nov 7, 2019 16:30:34 GMT -5 The saga continues now for the spare wheel well.
	Violet the Vespaclone (lml star 2t 150cc 4speed) with sidecar. It's TYRE'S not TIRE'S A reminder to self, do buy more scooters but not Peugeot's or Vespa 4 poke with in inaccessible spark plugs ever!

aeroxbud Scoot Legend! Posts: 14,304 Location: Portsmouth U.K.	Rust Bucket Alfa Being Rebuilt Nov 8, 2019 6:03:31 GMT -5 milly likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by aeroxbud on Nov 8, 2019 6:03:31 GMT -5 What's the hold up Milly? Thought you would of finished this by now!
	Yamaha Aerox NS50 2016 project Yamaha Aerox NS50 2016 Piaggio Typhoon 2019: Great scooter, poorly built (sold) Yamaha Slider 2002: The problem child (sold) Yamaha BWS NG: The Family affair (son now owns) Yamaha Aerox YQ50 2008: The fast one (sold) Yamaha Jog RR 2004: The first one (sold) Mrs Bud 10/06/22 you are not going to pull that engine apart and put lots of new bits in it, are you?

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Rust Bucket Alfa Being Rebuilt Dec 6, 2019 12:30:43 GMT -5

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Post by milly on Dec 6, 2019 12:30:43 GMT -5

THE SAGA CONTINUES
It has now been sandblasted at a cost of £500 an hour but lost most of the rear end which is most likely been sucked up in the hoover and a lump of filler fell out being an inch thick by about a foot long.

Last Edit: Dec 6, 2019 12:31:31 GMT -5 by milly

Violet the Vespaclone (lml star 2t 150cc 4speed) with sidecar.
It's TYRE'S not TIRE'S
A reminder to self, do buy more scooters but not Peugeot's or Vespa 4 poke with in inaccessible spark plugs ever!

Rune 75 Scoot Enthusiast Posts: 441	Rust Bucket Alfa Being Rebuilt Dec 6, 2019 12:33:45 GMT -5 via mobile milly likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rune 75 on Dec 6, 2019 12:33:45 GMT -5 OMG. It's so extremely rusted.