Yellow A610 Rescue Project!!!!

Well as I am snowed in at the moment with not alot to do I thought I would start my project thread and keep you guys up to date on my 610's developments!!This is the story so far.

Back in November 2009 I decided I wanted to buy one of my all time favourite cars, the alpine A610 so first off i joined this club and got talking to martin (BIG MVS) who was giving me tips on what too look out for and car he knew for sale. He knew of a few cars that were not for sale on the net, but I ended up by chance, finding just the thing hiding at the back of Chris Rabbets (Roadspeed) car park. It was a yellow A610 looking very sorry for itself as it had been standing there for four years. After speaking to chris he said it was for sale but he had lost contact with the owner!! So four months pass but i managed to track the owner down, he had moved to Amsterdam and forgot about his A610! So afer a couple of weeks chris got a MOT on it and sorted the brakes, I sorted a deal with the owner and the car was mine!

This is how she look when I found her!!!

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So with alot of spit and polish a week later she looked like this
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First up for restoring was to get the wheels referbed, I could of gone for silver but I do want to make it a bit different so I decided to go for a gloss gun metal grey! I also put on some new French style numbe plates, upgraded the audio with a double din JVC dvd player, clear side repeaters,new floor mats.
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After this I stupidly sold the car but luckely managed to buy it back, under the 4 month ownership of robv6 it has had a Stainless steel exhaust from Roadspeed which is something I wanted to do anyway.
So at the moment she is living in the garage out of the snow, I will post up developments as they come.
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The car looks stunning.

I like what you have done with the wheels, suits the car.

Jason

Sad to see someone had forgot they even owned the car.

Well done for finding it and getting it on the road where it deserves to be. I'm sure it will be another fantastic example when you have finished with it.

Looks lovely- I still think Yellow is the best colour for them- it suits the age too.
Well done
Lee

Paul, do you know what happened to the blue Le Mans in your picture

John

[BIG_MVS]

Glad you got it back Paul. I do like the grey wheels and will probably follow you next year, unless Mr Dell sorts an early set out for me.

JohnC - I think that Blue Le Mans is John Sweets and is still in use?

Yes, I agree with the others Paul...your Alp looks mint .....make sure you look after it now

Thanks for the info Martin.....nice to know it hasn`t been forgotten ....always fancied one of these, but on a Island measuring 9 x 5 with a 40mph speed limit, seems a bit silly ...still, I can wish I suppose

Yes well done.

It looks fantastic.

I had a yellow one and now have one in the traditional alpine blue but I too prefer the yellow A610's

Bit of a update on my 610 of this years work to her. As most of you know Andy has repainted it and turned her into a total minter it's got to be the best yellow 610 now eh John!!!! Here are some of the pic's of the cars stages trough paint. The full process can be found under A610 Re paint in this forum.









Here it is at Prescott 2011 after alot of polishing !!!!

Yellow is a great colour for these cars

[stephendell]

it's got to be the best yellow 610 now eh John!!!!

Get the car along to WSR and we'll find out!!

Me? Nice to think you see my 125,000 mile used and abused 610 as competition on that front.

it's got to be the best yellow 610 now eh John!!!!

Get the car along to WSR and we'll find out!!

Mate your 610 is far from used and abused she is mint every time i see it you can eat your dinner off it!!!

Thanks, I do try and look after it. It's still a very much used and (mildly) abused car though. It's a shame when they spend their life indoors never to see an open road.

Mate your 610 is far from used and abused she is mint every time i see it you can eat your dinner off it!!!

[BIG_MVS]

Thanks, I do try and look after it. It's still a very much used and (mildly) abused car though. It's a shame when they spend their life indoors never to see an open road.

Mate your 610 is far from used and abused she is mint every time i see it you can eat your dinner off it!!!

Will you 2 get a room or something

Yellow 610's are 4 PUFFS!