spaitalia in Spa BE - 28-29 April
will anyone attend other than a hoard of Gammisti Nutsos ?
see lanciagammaforum.com for link & more important news from the wierd&wackyworld of Gammania !
yes, I've registered to motor west - but not on Route 66. From Heidelberg DE to Spa BE should be 4 hours of trouble-free motoring west - if they no-longer-there border guards let me across the (no longer existant) DE - BE border ...
I am planning to leave many hours in advance for the "jes in caso scenario"; cause ya neva neva know what might happen in an ol' Lancia (or any other old vehicle) traveling west
Event of Great Historical Importance in Belgium
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gamma a.i.
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Re: Event of Great Historical Importance in Belgium
yes, I am / we are excited- in-advance - for we are going to Spa---in a Lancia Gamma - to meet other International Gammisti, Lancisti & whatever riff-raff italo-cars also show-up at Spaitalia ! ho ho - ha ha; I'll probably drool on some of them 'other Cars' & still be quite happy that I don't own any "really expensive to buy/own/drive" Italo rarities any longer.
Be that as it may - our Gold-Bug Gamma S1 Cpe was in an adandoned in-a-dry-corner state-of-neglect once cold-weather arrived in SW Germany. For it was no longer was swapped every 2d day with our RedWihiteBlue FSZ - which was also in a similar state-of-decline ... oh my hvns, there is some dust on the precious-metal .... type decline) over the 4 weeks of real winter that we softies suffered in 2012.
I guess what I am saying is that in winter 2011/2012 there was no state-of-lancialess despression like in all other recent winters... for our little Lancia collection are not salt/sleet/snow-creatures. This non-winter winter allowed Lancia driving almost daily ! ! ! ! I actually drove our now-sold Citroen Ami8 on the real cold-days; it is great on ice...since it is so slow !!
Its heater system is "dressing like Ed Hilary climbing Everest" heating; for the 4 miles to the office daily & back to a wind-blown covered-parking, filled with BMW & Porsche (not mine!)
Getting ready for the 1st real "Gamma-Trip" of 2012 - starting in 5 days - it meant getting a fine-fettle state-of-tune (silent-running, no vibration) + replacing rather-porous looking fuel-lines & various grelated askets, filters et al; so as to not relive the excitement of the 2010 Gamma Fuel-Fed Flame-Out, which ´would have been more-serious if not for quick- action by folks I never saw before nor since ! Thanks Guys, also for towing the car 1km back to the barn !
More Gamma prep - replacing various falling-off original joint rubber-boots, disassembling & rebuilding the brake-calpiers, replacing brtake pads; oil, water hoses, PS hose & reservoir & who know what stuff done by a Gamma.Man (a rare & dangerous breed !)
Yup, it is smarrt to have a few 'parts-source-gamma' in the barn - of which there are now 3 in the barn; the 2 Bernina are now stacks, pallets, boxes of various-parts, glass, interior, wheels, motors & trans & panels etc ! Thanks to Micheal & Alfred !! Gamma-Man Michael will revive #3, a S2 Cpe (poor deluded fool!) to its full-glory.
& yes, should any more "free-of-charge Gamma" pop-up locally, we will take it / them !
In any case .... Team Gold-Gamma depart on Friday for a 4 hour liesurly drive up the hilly Rhein-Vally - then over to the low hills of Belgium....where the Sun Will Shine !!
Be that as it may - our Gold-Bug Gamma S1 Cpe was in an adandoned in-a-dry-corner state-of-neglect once cold-weather arrived in SW Germany. For it was no longer was swapped every 2d day with our RedWihiteBlue FSZ - which was also in a similar state-of-decline ... oh my hvns, there is some dust on the precious-metal .... type decline) over the 4 weeks of real winter that we softies suffered in 2012.
I guess what I am saying is that in winter 2011/2012 there was no state-of-lancialess despression like in all other recent winters... for our little Lancia collection are not salt/sleet/snow-creatures. This non-winter winter allowed Lancia driving almost daily ! ! ! ! I actually drove our now-sold Citroen Ami8 on the real cold-days; it is great on ice...since it is so slow !!
Its heater system is "dressing like Ed Hilary climbing Everest" heating; for the 4 miles to the office daily & back to a wind-blown covered-parking, filled with BMW & Porsche (not mine!)
Getting ready for the 1st real "Gamma-Trip" of 2012 - starting in 5 days - it meant getting a fine-fettle state-of-tune (silent-running, no vibration) + replacing rather-porous looking fuel-lines & various grelated askets, filters et al; so as to not relive the excitement of the 2010 Gamma Fuel-Fed Flame-Out, which ´would have been more-serious if not for quick- action by folks I never saw before nor since ! Thanks Guys, also for towing the car 1km back to the barn !
More Gamma prep - replacing various falling-off original joint rubber-boots, disassembling & rebuilding the brake-calpiers, replacing brtake pads; oil, water hoses, PS hose & reservoir & who know what stuff done by a Gamma.Man (a rare & dangerous breed !)
Yup, it is smarrt to have a few 'parts-source-gamma' in the barn - of which there are now 3 in the barn; the 2 Bernina are now stacks, pallets, boxes of various-parts, glass, interior, wheels, motors & trans & panels etc ! Thanks to Micheal & Alfred !! Gamma-Man Michael will revive #3, a S2 Cpe (poor deluded fool!) to its full-glory.
& yes, should any more "free-of-charge Gamma" pop-up locally, we will take it / them !
In any case .... Team Gold-Gamma depart on Friday for a 4 hour liesurly drive up the hilly Rhein-Vally - then over to the low hills of Belgium....where the Sun Will Shine !!
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gamma a.i.
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Re: Event of Great Historical Importance in Belgium
OH YES; it is time to report shortly on Spa-Italia in short form:
via the Eyes of "Corporate Sponsored - Team Gamma Gold & Green
we went, we survived, we returned
after a lot of unsupervised but intelligent / safe / exciting track-time
most cars in our (street) category were not really racing ... but us still trying:
a) to not get passed by Ital cars that we should not have been passed by; we were able to do this; usually !
b) to pass Ital cars that we should have been able to pass (see * below)
c) to stay up with Gamma** ! from UK; IT, NL & us (USA via DE) ...
** Gam that we should have easliy been able to stayed up with.... ahem.... Gam that I did not keep up, for which I have many weak-excuses !
d) to welcome all big hairy fast Ital cars, incl hoards of hairy little fast Abarth - of all size & color - both newer & older Abarth, to pass our non-racing Gam without us blocking any of them.......too much (ha ha ha)
my my my them real racing Abarth are F A S T
e) to drive smooth clean lines, to brake not too early norbrake not too late, to keep eyes on all 3 mirrors all the time ..to keep mind on the track...to keep eyes on the dozens of other cars on the track & on the camera men that were standing in every corner shooting photos of every car every lap; photos that were for sale some minutes later
f) to not do anything stupid while have a ball & not really racing anyone else !
g) to not forget keep applying sun-blockers...since it was sunshine all the way !! Thank You Lord !!
What a Track !
A challenge a minute, no lap the same as the previous
oh my oh my...
if we only had another 100HP !
and better brakes !
and and and.........
Our Top Speed was 120kph, which may seem slow---however behind the wheel on the track 120kph from 140HP was fast enough for us rookies !!
We did some kinky-sections flat-out - 2 wheel in the grass stuff - while smiling about our great driving skill s!
other funfunfun parts:
damp cold 180° corners with early AM fog
the expected blind 90° r / l / r turns on lap 1 - causing all of us in Gamma to reconsider our prefered-driving-line "on the spot" (no 1 went off track though).
PS: the 1st blind turn occurs immediately after flying over a blind peak .... which lightens the suspension in a hurry....not for getting that what goes up will come down...quick & hard !!
quik quik run around the car quikquikquik driver-switch - in a safe-spot - so the passenger could have fun too
She say that she did. I say that she did it well.
* yes, even passing several off-track big hairy scary monster Ital Cars that had decided to cut some fancy new lines in & out of corenrs... via grass & lots of flying gravel ... !!!
Wow----Gold Gamma passes out of controll spining Red Pantera in a 120° bend; avoids it & then stays ahead !!
as expected:
great Lancia crowd, great Lancia ambiente, great Track-Assistants everywhere around the track...
as expected: jam-packed Lancia-Only parking area, lot of old Lancia friends, many laffs, many different Lancia; good food at low price; cars & Teamas from almost everywhere around Europe.........
as expected: many multi-colored lovely Alfa, Fer, Mas, DeT, Lam etc etc etc
We will give the Event 10 of 10 points; we definately look forward to attending in the future !!
In a Flying little hairy Fulvia !
via the Eyes of "Corporate Sponsored - Team Gamma Gold & Green
we went, we survived, we returned
after a lot of unsupervised but intelligent / safe / exciting track-time
most cars in our (street) category were not really racing ... but us still trying:
a) to not get passed by Ital cars that we should not have been passed by; we were able to do this; usually !
b) to pass Ital cars that we should have been able to pass (see * below)
c) to stay up with Gamma** ! from UK; IT, NL & us (USA via DE) ...
** Gam that we should have easliy been able to stayed up with.... ahem.... Gam that I did not keep up, for which I have many weak-excuses !
d) to welcome all big hairy fast Ital cars, incl hoards of hairy little fast Abarth - of all size & color - both newer & older Abarth, to pass our non-racing Gam without us blocking any of them.......too much (ha ha ha)
my my my them real racing Abarth are F A S T
e) to drive smooth clean lines, to brake not too early norbrake not too late, to keep eyes on all 3 mirrors all the time ..to keep mind on the track...to keep eyes on the dozens of other cars on the track & on the camera men that were standing in every corner shooting photos of every car every lap; photos that were for sale some minutes later
f) to not do anything stupid while have a ball & not really racing anyone else !
g) to not forget keep applying sun-blockers...since it was sunshine all the way !! Thank You Lord !!
What a Track !
A challenge a minute, no lap the same as the previous
oh my oh my...
if we only had another 100HP !
and better brakes !
and and and.........
Our Top Speed was 120kph, which may seem slow---however behind the wheel on the track 120kph from 140HP was fast enough for us rookies !!
We did some kinky-sections flat-out - 2 wheel in the grass stuff - while smiling about our great driving skill s!
other funfunfun parts:
damp cold 180° corners with early AM fog
the expected blind 90° r / l / r turns on lap 1 - causing all of us in Gamma to reconsider our prefered-driving-line "on the spot" (no 1 went off track though).
PS: the 1st blind turn occurs immediately after flying over a blind peak .... which lightens the suspension in a hurry....not for getting that what goes up will come down...quick & hard !!
quik quik run around the car quikquikquik driver-switch - in a safe-spot - so the passenger could have fun too
She say that she did. I say that she did it well.
* yes, even passing several off-track big hairy scary monster Ital Cars that had decided to cut some fancy new lines in & out of corenrs... via grass & lots of flying gravel ... !!!
Wow----Gold Gamma passes out of controll spining Red Pantera in a 120° bend; avoids it & then stays ahead !!
as expected:
great Lancia crowd, great Lancia ambiente, great Track-Assistants everywhere around the track...
as expected: jam-packed Lancia-Only parking area, lot of old Lancia friends, many laffs, many different Lancia; good food at low price; cars & Teamas from almost everywhere around Europe.........
as expected: many multi-colored lovely Alfa, Fer, Mas, DeT, Lam etc etc etc
We will give the Event 10 of 10 points; we definately look forward to attending in the future !!
In a Flying little hairy Fulvia !