My father just had his wheels restored...

"Flavien Vidal" (flyingfrenchy) 12/14/2016 at 20:19 • Filed to: None

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... not sure why as they were fine but well. Thought I would still share.

Next is a full respray of the car done by the Garage Hamelin, in Tours, France, one of the best Alpine specialist in the world... According to him, the paint is crackling a bit at some points... I haven’t seen the car for almost a year but I somehow doubt it really needs it also. That would be the second respray in 40+ years of ownership (fairly normal for those cars, the paint crackling problem is fairly common).

I try to convince him to install a 1800 rear-axle with a LSD, but not sure if he will as he wants to keep it 100% stock. Oh well...

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Flavien Vidal 12/14/2016 at 20:21

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Gib. Now.

crowmolly > Flavien Vidal 12/14/2016 at 20:21

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Car looks really nice!

That would be the second respray in 40+ years of ownership (fairly normal for those cars, the paint crackling problem is fairly common).

He’ll do a BC/CC paint job, correct?

S65 > Flavien Vidal 12/14/2016 at 20:22

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I WANT TO BE LIKE YOUR DAD

TELL HIM TO TEACH ME HIS EPICNESS

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Flavien Vidal 12/14/2016 at 20:26

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What is that? It’s lovely!

LongbowMkII > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 12/14/2016 at 20:33

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Alpine A110 iirc. Renault 4 hanging over the back axle.

LongbowMkII > Flavien Vidal 12/14/2016 at 20:34

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Whatever gives an excuse to post more pictures.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 12/14/2016 at 20:34

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Alpine A110.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > S65 12/14/2016 at 20:36

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I ALSO WANT TO BE YOUR DAD IF I CAN ALSO HAVE AN A110!!! O_o

Flavien Vidal > crowmolly 12/14/2016 at 20:40

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The whole car will be stripped down, fully sanded and fully repainted yes... It will take a while and probably cost an arm lol

crowmolly > Flavien Vidal 12/14/2016 at 20:42

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Reason I ask is because some “old timer” paint/resto guys I know say that single stage and lacquer paints are more prone to spidering and cracking. Take that for what it’s worth I guess.

Nick Has an Exocet > Flavien Vidal 12/14/2016 at 20:47

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Is it fun to drive?

Flavien Vidal > crowmolly 12/14/2016 at 21:39

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It will be redone just like it was at the factory... cracks or not :)

Flavien Vidal > Nick Has an Exocet 12/14/2016 at 21:41

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It’s fast and fun yes :)

A LSD would make it even more fun though...

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > Flavien Vidal 12/14/2016 at 22:51

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That looks glorious. Going to keep the same color I’m assuming?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > LongbowMkII 12/14/2016 at 22:57

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Thanks.

Flavien Vidal > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 12/14/2016 at 23:00

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Yes, nothing will change...

hellriaser > Flavien Vidal 12/14/2016 at 23:58

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That thing is amazing! The wheels look great. How does it drive? One in that exact color is on my bucket list.

Flavien Vidal > hellriaser 12/15/2016 at 01:03

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You’re in luck 60 or 70% of them are in that color haha

It’s pretty fast (700kg for 140hp), not that tail happy compared the 1600S thanks to the A310 rear axle and suspension... Other than that, it would take me an entire article to describe the whole thing haha

IanZ - limited-slip indifferential > Flavien Vidal 12/15/2016 at 01:05

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pip bip - choose Corrour > Flavien Vidal 12/15/2016 at 04:54

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your father has excellent taste in cars.

Flavien Vidal > pip bip - choose Corrour 12/15/2016 at 06:00

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Don’t talk too fast... The Tiguan TDI behind is his car too...

pip bip - choose Corrour > Flavien Vidal 12/15/2016 at 06:06

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gotta have a crap car to enjoy the toy. like i say he has good taste. ;)

Flavien Vidal > pip bip - choose Corrour 12/15/2016 at 06:13

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Nah he could have bought something nice lol... He wanted a freaking SUV because some of a the paragliding sites he goes to are “hard to access”... Didn’t matter he could still access them before with his Golf...

Jobjoris > Flavien Vidal 12/15/2016 at 08:34

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Looks great! Did he go to the reveal last April in Monte Carlo and join that trip with over 100 Alpines driving up to the Hotel de Trois Vallees? Amy Shore made an excellent portrait of that event, if you’ve got time check it out . Be warned: took me over 2 hours to complete the scrolling...

Flavien Vidal > Jobjoris 12/15/2016 at 08:39

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Nope he didn’t go... Not his kind of stuff. He has been talking about getting the new Alpine though. I keep on telling him it’s gonna be nothing like what he’s used to, but he doesn’t listen and just wants it because “new Alpine”...

I wouldn’t buy one if I could afford it. It’s just a badge on a car that shares NOTHING but vague design hints with the A110... So nope, not for me.

Jobjoris > Flavien Vidal 12/15/2016 at 09:25

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Haha, you can’t teach an old dog new tricks! I’m highly intrigued by the new one, if it’s price is decent I am interested. But with our tax system it probably will be out of reach ;-)

I ran into two Dutch A110s heading for that meeting back then!

Flavien Vidal > Jobjoris 12/15/2016 at 09:31

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Around 60000 euros in France... So... A lot more in Holland lol.

I think he’ll be seriously desappointed once he understands how its gearbox really feels like... I think he has driven automatics twice in his life lol.

Jobjoris > Flavien Vidal 12/15/2016 at 09:56

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It all depends on how the ECE fuel consumption is over here nowadays. It’s “only” a four-banger but still will be over 70k I’m afraid ;-)

My Volvo was more expensive than that but that one had a massive (30K!) tax-refund for being able to drive the ECE with less than 50 CO. Yes. I’m that cheap ;-)

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Flavien Vidal 12/16/2016 at 09:26

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I’d never seen one of those cars before, bit it’s very handsome. And Pops’ wheels look awesome and they really make the profile. And I like the old-school 70-series aspect ratio. The rubber bands they put on cars nowadays are idiotic.