Lancia Beta Forum

May 1st
Auto Italia - Brooklands http://www.auto-italia.co.uk/events.aspx (http://www.auto-italia.co.uk/events.aspx)

Yep, definately up for this.... even moved my week in France Carp Fishing

Brooklands Museum have introduced a new pre-booking service this year to avoid the queues via the Brooklands Road entrance, please pre-book and save a few ££s,  otherwise you may have to park in the public car park or get entry via the Mercedes Benz World entrance if coming in your Lancia.

Book via this link:

http://www.brooklandsmuseumshop.com/Shop/Auto-Italia-Advance-Tickets/prod_15.html (http://www.brooklandsmuseumshop.com/Shop/Auto-Italia-Advance-Tickets/prod_15.html)

Ticket prices in advance:
Adult £10.00  (gate price on the day £12.00)
Child (5-16) £5.00  (gate price £6.00)
Family (2 adults & 3 children) £28.00 (gate price £30.00)
Senior/Student £9.00  (gate price £10.00)

-copied from the LMC forum.

Booked my advanced tickets today.

Will be the first outing for the Beta this year.....  ;D

Suppose I better buy some Road Tax then  >:(

Guess who parked the Beta in the garage since NEC, and forgot to SORN a refund  :-[

And guess what else.... it runs out on April 30 !

A few of us are meeting at the Byfleet and New Haw railway station car park KT15 3LQ (just around the corner from Brooklands) and make a 5-minute trip in.  Our departure from the station will be 08:45 SHARP.

LAWRENCE

Just booked mine online today.

Will hopefully join you at Byfleet station if i get up in time ....... ::)

Will be my first ever outing in the Spyder so really looking forward to it.

I'll be there in the Coupe.... regardless of the early start  ;)

Idea!!!

Matt, how about you coming to mine then we both cruise cross country to Old Woking pick up Spyder79 then all onto Byfleet, I'm cool with a early start   :'(

Just so none of you are surprised/shocked on the day -

'the colonel' will be attending

Tony, that would be cool - I'll have my Dad with me - he's usually up at about 6am !!!  So I'll hgead to yours first and we can set off from there - I'll follow you this time :-)

Last day today(Friday 16th) to purchase discounted tickets

http://www.brooklandsmuseumshop.com/Shop/Auto-Italia-Advance-Tickets/prod_15.html (http://www.brooklandsmuseumshop.com/Shop/Auto-Italia-Advance-Tickets/prod_15.html)

If you've never been to Brooklands before, here are some pics from previous years: http://www.flickr.com/search/?ss=2&w=88589821@N00&q=brooklands&m=text (http://www.flickr.com/search/?ss=2&w=88589821@N00&q=brooklands&m=text)

Tony,

I'm fine with that and will be ready and waiting.
What time do you reckon you will be at mine?

How about:

leaving mine (Farnborough) @ 07.30  just off J4 M3

meeting Spyder79
Total petrol station, Old Woking 08.00

to get to Byfleet around 08.30

if anyone else would like to join please add you name ;)
pm if you need address's

That works for me  ;D

Me too

Just for info:

a few are meeting at
Winchester services     07:15-07:30 or
Beaconsfield Services   07:45-08:05 or
Byfleet & New Haw Stn 08:30-08:45
to arrive at Brooklands in convoy

 
Geoff

I might be coming along too.

I wonder if I can convince them a Pininfarina built 406 coupe is Italian ;)

Does anyone coming to this event have a wheel bearing retaining ring removal tool that I can borrow for a couple of weeks ?

The one I had on order has disappeared in the USPS....

Stuart

Does anyone going to Brooklands know how to tune twin 40 decoe's on a Spyder 2000?

Any advice gratefully received....
I am a nube and I think I messed em up  >:( >:( >:( >:(

Stuart - Front or rear lock ring?  - I have spare new ones left over from the Hawk builds (99% sure anyway)  Worst case you can chisel out the old ones with a drift or big blunt flat blade screwdriver and replace with new.  Could swap for a Beta side mirror rubber seal... the thin triangular one with one big hole and one small hole. 

Bearing locking rings on a Beta should be the same front and rear.

Geoff

Not the locking rings themselves but the special socket to remove them without the chisel and hammer method  - they're a finite resource after all !

I only have the oval S1 mirror gaskets  - sorry.

Stuart

There are definately two sizes, theres not a huge difference but I had about 40 in total and sold half to Gerry Hawkridge for use on the Hawk kits.  They had two different part numbers (Lancia P/N's) and only when put together  could you see the difference.

Aha, didn't realise that, I thought that as the bearings were the same the
locking rings would be as well.

You never stop learning.

Geoff

hi wants wrong with the twin 40s on your spyder. i will have a look for you on saturday also give you that paint.
cheers steve.

Betaboyz Gezebo/chairs dusted off and packed


anyone else joining us on route ?

Steve,

I messed about with them , mot was a tight thing on emissions and i was getting hesitation between half acceleration and full throttle.

Changed the air filters which solved that part but noticed I wasnt getting 90 degrees butterflies on full throttle.
Tried to rectify that with the throttle cable adjustment and carb balancing screw and idle screws...messed it up.

Fixed it yesterday after reading the Dellorto book......running very smooth and nice acceleration.

Where you staying in Weybridge?

Thanks to everyone that made Auto Italia such a great event today.

Geoff

Had a good day to, spent most my time taking pictures (I was in the mood): http://www.flickr.com/photos/lanciamad/sets/72157623845710379/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lanciamad/sets/72157623845710379/) Car drove spot on all the way there and back just the throttle linkage or pedal needs some freeing up.

Saw the car - but not you !

Who's was the body-kitted spider BTW ?

Stuart

Ya I know I didn't see or speak to many people yesterday. I'm not the type that hangs around their car all day (not that there's anything wrong with that), and I can never remember all the stuff i've done to the car anyway, thank god for the blog. I thought the day would drag on a bit, but by the time i'd looked round all the cars taking pics. as I went, watched the hill twice, the day was gone and I didn't even go in any of the museum nor look at any of the stalls.
Somehow I didn't get a chance to say hi to Matt either, towards the end of the day as I got back to the Lancia's later on I made a point of having a chat and he'd gone.
Did have a brief chat with someone towards the end of the day that has an IE HPE, and for some reason had a strong interest in my interior, taking many pics. Not sure why, as my interior consists of the dashboard and that's it. He did ask me how much weight i've lost out of it, so maybe i've got some competition :D

Absolutely top day at Brooklands, weather held out and helped no end towards the overall enjoyment.

I did a bit of everything watched the Hill Climb, hung about the Lancias & their owners shooting the breeze which was great.  Handed over a few parts to those in need of particular items, spoke to the Alfa 75 guys about the wheels I have to sell (that were once going to go on my current Hawk build), found out that I should have bought a 308 GTS exhaust not a 328 GTB exhaust for my current Hawk build and other uses for the Fiat Croma 2000 cylinder head and cams I have sat in the garage loft (8v Integrale / Thema ) Thanks to Steve I got to  measure the PCD off Delta Turbo for the adjustable top mounts I have to flog, so all in all I got a lot out of it.  Plus I finally got to see the Ferrari P4 racer that my friend Graham makes parts for (the green one in main courtyard in front of the Brooklands Cafe).

Was great to see and catch up with some old friends too!

Sorry I missed a few folks, Marcus in particular!  I wanted to have a shufty at your car but your like me your off and away appreciating the other cars.

My fantasy shopping list went off the scale  ;D

Pictures taken on the day, no Lancias as I wanted to spend the time looking at other marques:     http://www.flickr.com/photos/49229034@N02/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49229034@N02/)

Still, I'm more than likely going to LMC Goodwood track day (just as an observer - unless anyone wants a passenger!)

Thanks to every that made it, how lucky were we with the Weather today is yuck!
I was good to put a few more faces to names, now looking forward to Goodwood

here are my photos of the day: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonysphotos/sets/72157623845626579/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonysphotos/sets/72157623845626579/)

Love the photos guys. I had a great time and got to chat to several betaboyz and LMC members although I still missed a lot of people.
Hard to pick my favourite non-Lancia. Might just be the little red Fiat 1200 convertible.

Good day out, insulted lots of people (( didn't get any slaps though ))

Tony can I have a copy of  img 9165  (new computer background)

regards
Geoff

help your self Geoff
click on all sizes then download original file, all are full size
any probs I email it over

when you were driving towards me, i'm glad you stopped

I was begining to wonder if you actually saw me lying on the floor  ;)

Thanks Tony.

it was 50/50 then I thought  that's rather a good camera so I stopped  ;-})

Thought that the blue Biturbo was a skirted up Beta at first! I'm always surprised how alike they look at first glance.

Thanks Geoff  :D

img 9165  is a little out of focus, so I've made a crop of IMG_9164 so it's now landscape

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4571930074_aa600c2a52_b.jpg)
see: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonysphotos/4571930074/# (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonysphotos/4571930074/#)

Thanks Tony, I've downloaded the cropped picture, just can't adjust to full screen for some
reason.

Missed the day out, glad it went ahead, pics look great.

But oh ermm... what happened here?

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4569489796_eb4f5cecef.jpg)