OK - time to fess up - it was me !!
I tend to agree with the more learned members of this board - I think I did pay a tad too much

but the car has a few parts I need to finish off my runner , and the rest will be sold.
I am a long time lurker on this Forum , always having had a sneaking liking for Alpines - after all - I have got a Matra Murena , so am no stranger to "odd" French cars
My mind was made up back in July , when I went to Classic Lemans , and obviously saw quite a few GTA s (I dare say a few of you were there)
In fact I offered to swap my Jagermeister RSR for a GTA turbo with a very nice chap on the Caen ferry - but I don't think he believed me
Anyway - to cut a long story short , I saw a rather neglegted Turbo on Ebay a few weeks later - only 30 miles down the road . I went to see the car , bid on it - lost out to a Frenchman , who then failed to collect - so 3 weeks later the car was mine.
A bit of tlc on the handbrake , new wiper motor (

) headlamp glass , and a stainless exhaust later the car flew through the MOT , and has now joined my fleet.
I am collecting the "new" car tomorrow - so we shall see exactly what it is I have bought !!!