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Farinati
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Hi from Spain

Post by Farinati » 14 Jan 2021 09:20

Hi from Spain, hope visit U.K. in the future with my A 40.
Hard work, but will try to do.

Kind regards.

Miguel

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Keith Bennett
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Re: Hi from Spain

Post by Keith Bennett » 14 Jan 2021 12:15

Olá Miguel! Welcome to our Club site and for owning an increasingly rare car. She looks like there's some tender loving care needed before any trip to the UK but we are all here to offer help and advice, so please feel free to ask whatever you want.

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Re: Hi from Spain

Post by scotty » 14 Jan 2021 13:15

Good luck with that Miguel. Perhaps you would also register your car details with The A40 Farina Register Page on Facebook, as we are trying to get as much information on all the surviving cars we can. Thanks Scotty.

Paul & Diane
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Re: Hi from Spain

Post by Paul & Diane » 15 Jan 2021 13:32

I guess it's the MK2 Innconti's A40 berlina? Assembled version, The assembly line quality control and workers were a lot more fastidious than the UK 1970s equivalent :roll:
The good old British BMC Longbridge assembly line workers were equally fastidious ;) in teas breaks, Lunch breaks, tea breaks and if Birmingham city FC were playing at home? Going on strike :D

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Mike Hodgson
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Re: Hi from Spain

Post by Mike Hodgson » 15 Jan 2021 14:18

Not Innocenti just a lhd longbridge product.

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Re: Hi from Spain

Post by Paul & Diane » 17 Jan 2021 14:49

Only see that the speedometer was in kilometres :oops: Was just trying to do my bit to heal EU :arrow: Uk relations 8-)
Ah Longbridge :?: It must be then 1st class quality British dedicated to the tiniest of detail workmanship :idea: If you find any Smiths or Golden Wonder potato crisps packets behind the trim panels that was foreward thinking by the workforce as there now collectors items here in the UK :)

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Re: Hi from Spain

Post by Stoney13 » 17 Jan 2021 20:52

hi and welcome would be nice to see this and yourself in the uk , longbridge would be good .

im sorry for some that think that the decline in bmc happened in the sixty’s, but sadly it wasnt untill the 70s then ill fated british Leyland and it was much to do with management or lack of it and the unions where the start of the down full and then HONDA in the 80s put the nail in the coffin ! not my words but workers from longbridge that i know, some i meet at the NEC and a good friend who moved down my way. from longbridge
if it has wheels RACE IT, break it,fix it, RACE IT :twisted:

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Re: Hi from Spain

Post by exlkrs » 19 Jan 2021 19:56

Great to see! Still makes me smile that these little things I worked/learnt on as a spotty youth have quietly made their way all over the globe!! Greetings and good luck from a very soggy Manchester!

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Re: Hi from Spain

Post by Farinati » 24 Jan 2021 10:22

https://youtu.be/PAobIJ-jv_g

Whao, engine looks and sounds very smart. Stopped from 1985 and runs so good. Many turns without spark plugs to free the components and oil in the spark holes. Ah, and refill oil in the pump.

Nos ponemos en marcha ¡¡¡
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Re: Hi from Spain

Post by Farinati » 24 Jan 2021 10:33

scotty wrote:
14 Jan 2021 13:15
Good luck with that Miguel. Perhaps you would also register your car details with The A40 Farina Register Page on Facebook, as we are trying to get as much information on all the surviving cars we can. Thanks Scotty.
Done. Thanks for your work, Scotty.

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