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Title: Italian Car day in Belfast this Saturday Post by: kev131 on June 04, 2007, 06:20:29 PM Fellow 131ers - Does anyone fancy a day out in Belfast this Saturday?
If the day is fine I think I will head off around 6.30am to be in place to join a growing list of Italian cars meeting on the M1 north of Dublin. Mike & Marty have said that they will come (3 orange 131s). Is anyone else interested? Pat will have his fabulous Alitalia liveried Stratos there - I've seen it - It's stunning! Title: Re: Italian Car day in Belfast this Saturday Post by: kev131 on June 10, 2007, 10:32:27 AM Quick report on this event - Headed off at 6.30am with Kim in her Fulvia with a planned meetup with John in Roscrea with his 'grale where we headed to the M1 and the first planned meet up at the City North hotel. A good selection of Italians here and at 11 we headed up the motorway to meet a second group (incl Marty & Mike) at Dundalk.
Arrived at the Belfast meet with few incidents and took part in a very enjoyable meeting with a huge selection of cars from the last 4 decades - 82 in total. The orange boys created their own dramatic entrance arriving in convoy and managing to park together at what felt like a 45 degree angle!? :o (http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l250/kev131/AllIrelandItalianCarDayBelfast09-2.jpg) (http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l250/kev131/AllIrelandItalianCarDayBelfast09-1.jpg) (http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l250/kev131/AllIrelandItalianCarDayBelfast09060.jpg) We met up with Chris 131 who updated us on his plans for his own Abarth replica which has a target cpompleton date of the end of the summer - Plenty of time for 3MA08!? Chris - Please pop some details on the Project section of the forum!? :) Andy's Abarth was there along with his 600 and Pat had his Stratos..as well as the news that he is bringing in a very special 131 in the next few weeks. Watch this space...! (http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l250/kev131/AllIrelandItalianCarDayBelfast09-15.jpg) We also discovered that another 131 Abarth lives in Ireland - Belonging to a collector of Italian finery - It came from France originally and was in top class condition. Some pics... (http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l250/kev131/AllIrelandItalianCarDayBelfast09-4.jpg) (http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l250/kev131/AllIrelandItalianCarDayBelfast09-3.jpg) (http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l250/kev131/AllIrelandItalianCarDayBelfast09-5.jpg) We stayed for about 3 hours but a long drive home beckoned, and the orange boys stuck together with the motivation of a steak dinner at Mike's comfortable and welcoming hotel in Dunleer - Cheers Mike - Much appreciated break in the journey.? ;) The reaction from other traffic to the 3 Orange 131s was a treat, the highlight was the Mitsubishi full of females who I'm sure were throwing skimpy bits of apparrel at Marty! (http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l250/kev131/AllIrelandItalianCarDayBelfast09-6.jpg) (http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l250/kev131/AllIrelandItalianCarDayBelfast09-7.jpg) (http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l250/kev131/AllIrelandItalianCarDayBelfast09-8.jpg) Saturday was a very long and hot day - 15 hours door to door with about 10 spent driving in a car that had it's heater stuck on!!? - Jacquie detected an unusual odour from my sandals when I got home...! ::) Title: Re: Italian Car day in Belfast this Saturday Post by: jasonh131 on June 10, 2007, 01:32:43 PM ::)what a dazzling display of orange on the bank, strikingly good pics of your roofs
great almost converted??????????? 8) Title: Re: Italian Car day in Belfast this Saturday Post by: simon131 on June 11, 2007, 06:24:17 AM A sterling effort by all of you Orange 131 Boyz. Very well done! Looks like you had some excellent weather too. I'm sorry I couldn't make it this year - perhaps next time. ;D
Another red 131 Abarth eh? Is it my imagination or are they becoming 'common' :o Title: Re: Italian Car day in Belfast this Saturday Post by: martyk on July 05, 2007, 09:37:23 PM hi guys in sun light orange is so beautiful wounldn,t ye all agree not being bias or anything had great fun at traffic lights and on motorway ;D ;D
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