Hello everyone,
I'll quickly introduce myself - my name is Haydn, I come from an Alfa-mad family and have owned Italian cars exclusively from my first car onwards. To date I have owned eight Alfas and two Maserati Biturbos. Of these ten cars, six were bought as non-running projects (some of which I still own). As you can tell, I like to get stuck in with my cars and I maintain them all myself.
I've admired Themas for a few years, particularly the 8.32, and I can't shake the urge to try and acquire one as a project. I can't afford a really good example with current MOT, but I like to get stuck in and work on my cars anyway (as you can probably tell) so I'm looking for one as a project to fix up and improve over time.
I have been watching the market for them for a few years so I have an idea of what I'd be willing to pay for one needing work, but this of course will be different from car-to-car.
I don't mind doing mechanical work but bodywork isn't my forte so preferably I'd like a car that doesn't need lots of bodywork and a full respray. But this isn't totally essential.
Good service history is pretty much essential, even if the car has been laid up for years. I don't mind if the car doesn't run - that's to be expected - as long as we can verify that the engine turns over.
I prefer the looks of the series 2 cars but I wouldn't say no to a series 1. I don't have any preferences re: bodywork colour but I'd quite like to have the beige full leather interior.
So...does anyone know of an 8.32 project that somebody may be willing to part with? Perhaps somebody here has one that they would consider selling?
I look forward to some responses.
I am based near Leeds but can travel for the 'right' car.
Haydn
