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Sprint Speciale “Low-Nose” • Racing Legend Arturo Merzario • Giallo Pagoda Pushes Up Price 2 ALFA OWNER AUGUST 2018 ALFA OWNER AUGUST 2018 3 4 ALFA OWNER AUGUST 2018 ALFA OWNER • V OLUME 62 • N UMBER 8 • AUGUST 2018 Alfa Romeo Owners Club www.aroc-usa.org NAtiONAL OFFiCE AROC Administrator: Barbara Clark 971-254-6660 Contents P.O. Box 92155, Portland, OR 97292 aroc.offi[email protected] BOARD OF DiRECtORS Executive Committee President: Cindy Banzer 6505 SE Stark St., Portland, OR 97215 503-709-7277 [email protected]

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Legend. by Chris Bright ...... 12 DEPARtMENtS Advertising The Sprint Speciale “Low-Nose” by Dave Hammond ...... 16 John Duncan: Advertising Coordinator 859-274-7945 [email protected] AROC Goes to the U.S. Grand Prix ...... 19 Barbara Clark: Classified Advertising 971-254-6660 aroc.offi[email protected] Sharon Spurlin: North American Representative AROC Goes to Italy by Mary Brown ...... 20 256-729-6288; 954-579-5280 [email protected] Alfas in Focus: The Museo Storico's 33.2 Coupe Speciale ...... 24 Competition Chair: tim Spruill Special Thanks to Our Verde Members ...... 26 Alfa Owner Liaison: Elyse Barrett Pre-Publication Review: Enrique Zuniga, Dave Hammond, Mille Miglia: Total Sensory Overload by Cindy Banzer ...... 28 Doug Zaitz, Brewster thackeray, Barbara Clark, Cindy Banzer, Elyse Barrett Alfas at Auction: 105/115 Spiders Report by Bob Abhalter ...... 34 FCA Liaison: O. 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Editor: Casey M. Annis [email protected] Cover photo by Dave Hammond ALFA OWNER AUGUST 2018 5 AROC PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE From the Driver’s Seat

Summer Days – and the Driving is Easy!

The soft breezes of and to him and his wife, Dolly Samson, for summer Alfa experiences in an upcoming summer are wafting their hospitality; to Bill and Judy Gehring issue of Alfa Owner . Send contributions throughout much of for the après social hour; and a special and pictures to Elyse Barrett, Alfa country, hopefully acknowledgement to NWARC President [email protected] and copy me at beckoning many of Fred Russell for his leadership and a huge [email protected] by no later than you to wind your way to Sempreverde Sea bouquet of appreciation to the many August 13th. Please identify the makes to Summit , the AROC Convention, August chapter members that attended the and models of the , as well as the 8-12, in Olympia, Washington. We will tell meeting, sharing with me their ideas and names of participants as appropriate. tall tales, share memories and make new thoughts. It was an informative, delightful Among the joys of serving as your friends, while surrounded by our beloved evening. President are the communications I Italian pocket rockets. We from the Pacific As a follow-up to the meeting, I was receive from many members. After the Northwest are eager to share our bountiful heartened to receive a missive from Tom Club60 letter arrived in all our mailboxes, farm-to-table cuisine, our renown craft Hall, a former AROC member who John Wright, AROC #207, from Florida, beers and wines, our scenic, winding roads attended the meeting, letting me know composed a thoughtful, agenda-setting, that unfold with one mountain-peak vista that my soft admonishment to renew his bullet-point style letter, elucidating how after another. membership paid off. Once again, Tom to improve existing programs and The membership’s response to the Hall is a card-carrying AROC member. establish new ones. His writing lays the AROC Club60 appeal has been Welcome back! groundwork for what could become the outstanding. Your AROC Board of While it seems like summer has just “2018-2019 AROC To-Do List”. It was Directors joins me in extending our arrived, fall is certain to be close behind, breathtaking in its scope, foresight and deepest thanks for your willingness to which means the U.S. Grand Prix in practicality. propel the Club to the next level of activity Austin, Texas, October 18-22, is nearly As example of the letter’s content, Mr. and program expansion because of your here! AROC Goes to The U.S. Grand Prix Wright writes, “In the day, Road & Track generous donations. The rapid growth has a few tour spots still open as we go and Car and Driver had a lot of race AROC has experienced these past several to press. Join your Club members at the coverage. Today, not so much. Throughout years has both stretched the pocketbook Circuit of Americas to welcome Alfa AROC history, I submit that most and has called for continuing our push to Romeo back to Formula One racing. Our members have dreamed about driving a upgrade our services. Your contributions dream of Alfa back in racing has become a race car, which drew us to Alfa’s long allow us to continue expanding AROC reality. racing history; plus, in the late ’50s/’60s, programs without increasing dues. Thank Summer is about driving your Alfa. Alfa offered state-of-the-art spiders and you for you support and for sharing our Whether it’s a solo drive, a rendezvous coupes that could be made competitive, mission! with family and friends or participating in resulting in active racing by AROC Last month, I was delighted to be a Club event, send us your stories from the members. While I do not know if AROC invited to attend the NWARC Summer of ’18, so your editorial team can members currently participate in the IMSA (Washington) chapter’s monthly meeting. showcase the many interesting, diverse, Continental Tire Challenge, I learned that The evening was a wonderful way to usual, unusual and non-conventional IMSA is adopting a third class – Touring connect with folks I have met at Car Racing. Under ‘new cars accepted’ are conventions, shake the hands of members the Alfa Giulia Quadrifoglio, TI and a with whom I’ve shared emails and phone Coupe! Speculative, perhaps, but good calls, and hear firsthand about the local news for Alfisti.” events and activities at a chapter other And on that upbeat note, let me again than my home chapter. invite you to join us soon in Olympia, In discussing AROC’s Alfa Romeo Dealer Washington, for the convention. So much Outreach Program with members, Shane to share! Capper, head of corporate sales, Rairdon’s Motor On, Maserati Alfa Romeo and of Kirkland, expressed genuine interest in considering providing gift AROC memberships to new Sheila and Keith Owens, texas, and Alfa buyers. Stay tuned for an update! Cindy Banzer enjoy the evening at Cindy Banzer Special thanks go out to NWARC Vice tenuta Caretta vineyard, at the conclu - President President, Gordy Hyde, for the invitation sion of the 2018 italy trip.

6 ALFA OWNER AUGUST 2018 MEET AROC MEMBER BRIAN SHOREY Member Profile

Name: Brian Shorey drove it. It also came with 225/70 series Best thing about owning a vintage Occupation: tires, which felt like driving on balloons. vehicle: The closeness with the car; that Engineering Finally, I never properly sorted the Spica whole “oneness of man/machine” thing. leadership. system, so it usually took 10+ minutes of If you could have any one Alfa: Where do you live? cranking every morning to get it started. TZ2 . n Gilroy, California; Favorite road to tour? Lime Rock formerly Boxborough, Massachusetts. racetrack. But seriously, when I lived on What was your first car? Your first the East Coast, the Kancamagus Alfa Romeo? Datsun B210 hatchback, Highway in New Hampshire. Here on mercifully totaled after just a few the left coast, the Pacific Coast months. My second car and first Alfa Highway, just south of Monterey (when Spider at Lime Rock, 1999 was a 1969 Berlina. I have not been you can drive it without traffic). without an Alfa since then. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Currently, what Alfa Romeos are in your collection? 1966 Giulia Super; 1969 Berlina x2; 1971 Spider; 1972 You Write, We Listen Berlina; 1972 Spider; 1974 GTV; 1983 GTV6; 1984 GTV6; 1987 Milano x2 (one Points of Clarification Alfetta/Milano De Dion setup that he dis - is a LeMons race car, featured in Alfa An editing error in July’s “Alfa Romeo cusses briefly, and to which many drivers Model Mini-Profile” deleted the number of such as I can happily attest, was an obvious Owner years ago); 1995 164 LS. Alfa Romeo 1990s built by Ghia-Aigle. The application of Jano’s goals in a much sim - Do you have other vintage cars? line should read: Number Built: 19,000 of pler, less expensive form. I would however Other less-worthy cars are a 1971 the 1900 series; 1,896 Sprint/Super Sprint; have appreciated his giving credit to that Porsche 914 and a 1974 Maserati Bora. 15 Ghia-Aigle bodies. system’s original designer, the pre-WW2 Specifications were also confusing as the Chief Engineer for Alfa’s competition cars, Favorite Alfa owned? 1972 Berlina. article began with a broad overview and the brilliant Spaniard, Wilfredo Ricart. Nothing else gives me more grins. This is 1900 Berlina specifications, then switched Referred to in much of the in-house liter - also the “Class H dominating Berlina” to Ghia-Aigle cars, all of which used 1900C ature as the “Ricart axle”, it was originally that I’ve brought to more than one (corto/short) variant which slightly differed designed to place the ball-jointed apex of National Convention. It usually and were not “austere” (as noted for the the triangular member behind the final standard sedans). Also the “Alfin” brake drive, the layout that Ricart later used in his “dominates” Class H because nobody ever drum being designed in-house is strongly Spanish-built postwar Pegaso cars. It was shows up in that class, but it’s also beaten speculated by a knowledgeable source, but also used that way in the never-raced Alfa a lot of higher-classed cars in the it is not verifiable fact. Type 158 (1943), with a blown flat-12 mid- autocross as well! In the June issue’s “Profile”, a 1965 2600 engine. Sprint Zagato received caption typo listing it Alfa’s next application that I know of was Worst Alfa owned? 1978 Alfetta sedan. as a “965 Sprint Zagato”. We apologize for laid out like the Alfetta version, in the 3-liter It came with a coffee-can exhaust, so it the errors but hope you enjoy reading the “Super Flow” of the 1950s that is now mak - sounded like a prop plane when you continuing series. ing the rounds of shows from Monterey to Dave Hammond Goodwood. There was a delightful La AROC-Detroit, Michigan Tourette cutaway drawing of this accompa - nying an article by Griff Borgeson, who got Ricart Frees the Monoposto to drive it (in New York traffic!), published in The second installment of Allen Smith’s Sports Car Graphic , in 1962. I have article piece on the Monoposto (May issue, pages and illustration in PDF form, and will be glad 32-34) was particularly interesting to this to send it to whomever is interested. No suspension geek in addressing the de-cou - charge, of course. pling of driveline torque, braking and sus - Will Owen Milano at Sears Point, 2013 pension loads as a way to better manage AROSC, Southern California them. The benefits of the 115/116

ALFA OWNER AUGUST 2018 7 ITALIAN MONSTER TALIAN MONSTER I Part Two

By Casey Annis 1933 2300 “Keenan Wynn Special”

Desert Rat uncomfortable silence the officer the-wool speed junkie. Ultimately, Late in 1953, Tucson, Arizona, native replied, “You know I’ve been chasing you McCain settled in the Tucson area and Bob Nelson was in Burbank when he for over an hour!” Fortunately, like built a successful business spotted a red hot rod on the lot at Nelson, the officer was also smitten by manufacturing and repairing fiberglass British American Motors. Captivated by the Alfa, so Nelson was able to escape water storage tanks. One day, in the late its unique looks and throaty Cadillac with just a warning ... very different ’90s, McCain was asked by an insurance sound, Nelson purchased the car, loaded times! agent friend to help adjust a claim on a it up with gas and proceeded to drive it Nelson claims to have raced the car in burst water tank. The owner of that tank, home — 500 miles across the desert! the Tucson area, as well as various other of course, was Bob Nelson. After According to Nelson, who passed away a locations from 1955 to 1957, though no learning that McCain was a racer, Nelson number of years ago, he drove hour documentation can be found of either he showed McCain his car, which now sat upon hour across the California desert, or the Alfa participating in any SCCA without an engine or , but averaging about 100 mph. Tired and events from that period. In 1957, Nelson refused to part with it. McCain didn’t hungry he pulled into a hamburger joint and his wife began a family and so the know at the time that this was a valuable in Blythe, got out of the car, ordered his Alfa made its way to a corner of the “barn find” 8C, just that it was a cool- meal, and began eating when a highway garage, where it remained for the better looking hot rod that once had a Cadillac patrol car pulled into the parking lot. part of the next 50 years. V-8 in it. Over the coming years, McCain The officer stepped out of his car and Fellow Tucson resident Chuck McCain would make subsequent offers to Nelson made his way over to Nelson who was started racing in the ’60s and hasn’t that were all summarily rebuked. But eating near the Alfa. The officer asked, stopped since. With stints in everything finally, in 2000, Nelson relented and sold “Is this your car, sir?” To which Nelson from midgets and stock cars to Formula McCain the car with the proviso that he responded, “Yes, officer.” After an Fords and Atlantics, McCain’s a died-in- restore it back to the way it was when

8 ALFA OWNER AUGUST 2018 Bamford raced it. June, Tuscon was enduring a dreadfully After finding a deserted stretch of As one can imagine, it didn’t take long long 105-degree-plus heat wave. I road, deep in the park, we unloaded the before word got out that McCain had emailed McCain, “At least, we’re Alfa, set it up near a massive Saguaro bought an unusual prewar-looking car guaranteed good weather through July ... cactus and took some photographs. The with an Alfa Romeo radiator. The quick I’ll be out next week.” Of course, it was contrast of that blood-red Alfa against procession of offers to sell the car that pissing down rain in Tucson the day the desert landscape was about as followed made McCain realize that before I was to drive the Special! surreal a sight as Michael Schumacher in maybe he had bought something a bit While Mother Nature may have been a swamp buggy. And yet, the desert more important than an abandoned hot showing me who was boss, she was at really seemed to complement the car. rod. But it wasn’t until noted prewar least benevolent enough to grant me a Somehow, the stark, arid backdrop Alfa expert Simon Moore and Jarl de break from the rain the morning I seemed to accentuate the Alfa’s rounded Boer looked at images of the car that arrived in Tucson. After picking me up haunches and louvered engine cover, McCain learned that this monster had from the airport, McCain and I packed making it all the more alluring. once been a coveted 8C 2300. Despite the Alfa into his trailer and made our Snooping around inside the car the uncovering of this rich provenance, way out to the Saguaro National Park, a reveals an amazing amount of detail and and the staggering offers that ensued, wild and beautiful region of the lower period feel. Peer under the scuttle and McCain and his son Lucas spent the next Arizona desert that looks like a scene the bodywork is bare aluminum — still five years keeping his word to the late straight from a John Wayne western. bearing the scars of Emil Diedt’s gifted Bob Nelson and restoring the car back to the way it was when Tom Bamford raced it in 1952. With the help of Arizona Competition Engineering, the car was restored with a period-correct 1950 Mercury Flathead V-8 with Edelbrock aluminum heads, twin Stromberg 97 carburetors sitting atop an Edmunds intake manifold and a Mallory ignition system. This unit was in turn mated to a 1949 Ford 4-speed transmission. McCain also sourced an overhead-valve, Cadillac V-8 engine, so that the car could be run with either of its period racing power plants. Five years after acquiring the car, McCain and his son were rewarded with an invitation to show the Alfa at that year’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Driving the Beast It took well over a year for me to orchestrate a time to test drive McCain’s car. The original plan was for me to fly from California to Tucson, test drive it, photograph it, then clamber back on a plane and fly home, all in the same day. However, every time we coordinated our schedules, Mother Nature stepped in to send torrential rains. Finally, this past

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Putting my foot cautiously down on the tiny, drilled gas pedal released a snap of acceleration and a thunderous cacophony from the Flathead Merc. This raucous noise was then followed by a long silence, as I frantically tried to move my legs, double dip the clutch, then move the shift lever from first to second, despite my left leg being firmly in the way. Once completed, the Alfa again launched away with a booming burst of acceleration. handiwork. Looking underneath at the Alfa center-accelerator configuration) As I whizzed by Saguaro cacti and original, but shortened, chassis and one essentially slicing the footwell into two sagebrush, I was struck by what a is struck by the dozens of chamfered separate compartments. Combine this difficult car this was to drive! Not just in lightening holes, added by Diedt to make with my long legs, teeny, tiny original terms of my own issues with pedal the 8C’s chassis as light as possible. Alfa Romeo floor-mounted pedals, and a access, but the Indy car-style steering From the viewpoint of a lover of prewar brake and clutch separated only by a few was heavy and the gearshift positively Alfa Romeos, the car feels eerily atomic particles, and there was agrarian. Bamford had to have had his incongruous. Many of the traditional seemingly no way I was going to be able hands full to keep this at the front end cues like the radiator, and the front to operate the pedals! of the field in 1952! suspension, which you would expect to However, after so many failed After some practice, I was starting to see on an 8C 2300 are there, like familiar attempts, I was not going to be denied. I come to grips with how to strong-arm old friends. But these are then took off my shoes, splayed my legs the Alfa, when I caught the distinct juxtaposed with the presence of the wildly and pulled my legs back and up, aroma of coolant. With the ambient Mercury V-8, the Edelbrock heads and just like I learned in Lamaze classes with temperature hovering around 100-F, it the Halibrand quick-change rear end and my wife. (I knew those classes would was perhaps not surprising that the 50- wheels. If Salvadori Dali had built a serve a useful purpose someday!) If I year-old engine and the 70- year-old racecar, this is quite possibly what it held this position by tightening all my radiator were not happy with the heat. might have looked like. abdominal muscles (sort of a prewar With this in mind, I quickly made my With the visuals sorted out, it was now pilates workout), I could just work the way back to the trailer and shut down time for me to climb behind the wheel. pedals. the old Merc. As I slide one leg under the steering After a few deep cleansing breaths, I With the distinctive Alfa Romeo column and begin to lower myself down assumed my new driving position, radiator gurgling in the background, I into the seat, I come to a startling dipped the clutch, turned the key, and sat down under the shade of a cactus, revelation — Gil Schick must have been sparked the Mercury engine to life. The put my shoes back on, and marveled at seriously, seriously short! In 12 years of car awoke with a deep burble. Of course the long strange life this car has led. twisting and contorting myself into all the great irony of my difficulty with the From to Tucson, this car has gone manner of racecars that I really pedals was compounded by the fact that from sophisticated transport for shouldn’t fit into, this was the first one the Alfa features a nonsynchromesh dignitaries to modified jalopy over the where I had serious doubts about Ford truck 4-speed, which meant — you course of its 75-plus-year life. whether I’d be able to drive it at all. The guessed it — I’d have to double clutch Depending on your own personal large steering wheel fell right in my lap, every shift. Double your pleasure, double persuasion you might think of it as an as many prewar cars do, but the steering your ab workout. Italian monster or a rare piece of column descended down in between the With a slight graunch, I selected first American race history. Either way, you brake and the accelerator pedal (these gear, applied some gas and gingerly led have to admit that its story is were switched by Diedt from the original the Alfa out into the hot Arizona desert. remarkable. n

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FOR INFORMATION EMAIL: AROC.OFFALIFCAAL AOFELAWF @NAO EWGORNW MENSREE APRAT UEIAMGLUUBGE.SURTCS 2TO 0210M71 8 1 1 11 RACING ICON Arturo Merzario Champion. Cowboy. Legend.

f you’ve seen Arturo Merzario, you Q. At 75 years old, you are still will never forget him. The white racing competitively like when you I cowboy hat over his thick, curly white were a young man. Tell us how you hair. The glint in his eye. The swagger of got started, and the secret to your someone who has lived life to the max. longevity. Merzario is a racing icon whose career is AM: I consider myself a very lucky one of the longest and most diverse in person, as I am still able to talk about it, was a FISA Cup race with 36 cars on the history. He has raced competitively for while many of my colleagues are no grid including 15 Simca Abarth 1300s. more than 50 years, beginning with his longer here, and not because of old age. My car had a radio and a heater so very first race on four wheels in 1962 in an I started my motorsport career in 1955 during the race I could listen to music! Alfa Romeo. Merzario scored points in his at 12 years old with a 49 cc DEEM Q. The record for the oldest driver Formula One debut in a Ferrari and went scooter and continued with some to race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans is on to win two World Sportscar appearances in hill climb races, first 68 years. What do you think about Championships and a behind with a RUMI 125 and then with the beating that record? the wheel of the dominant Tipo 33 ISOMOTO. I finished my motorcycle AM: I ran the Le Mans Classic, a 24- prototypes. career with the Ducati 125 Elite. Then I hour race for vintage cars, in 2008, but I Today, Merzario is a frequent guest at switched to four wheels. It should be was “only” 65 years old. I’d like to run it historic automobile events where he is one noted that at the time the go-kart had even now with a competitive car. What I of the “go-to” drivers for Museo Storico not yet been invented, so I skipped this like is the fact that the modern Alfa Romeo in . He demonstrates phase. regulations require a minimum of four cars ranging from pre-war grand prix Q. Your first race was in an Alfa drivers and a maximum of six. Into the single-seaters to modern, exotic sports Romeo. Can you tell us about that car 1970s we still ran only two, and the cars. He recently granted an interview to and the race? second driver only did a few hours of Alfa Owner for Club members throughout AM: It was a white Giulietta Spider driving – on average 4-5 hours out of 24. North America. Veloce at Monza on October 14, 1962. It Q. Your relationship with Alfa

12 ALFA OWNER AUGUST 2018 FLASH QUIZ

Dream car? Favorite track? A comfortable, fast sedan with Nurburgring Nordschleife, known By Chris Bright sports performance. as the most dangerous track in the world. Dream Alfa? La Nuvola, which would still be a Favorite driver as a child? Romeo was during the glory days of modern car now! Graham Hill and Jo Siffert. the Tipo 33 prototypes developed by . You won two World

Favorite racecar? The most important car you have Championships in 1975 and 1977, as Every racecar has its own story, owned? well as the Targa Florio in 1975 with every vehicle can give you joy and Miura and Daytona. Nino Vaccarella. The Tipo 33 was a pain. The winning car is not always legend; what are your memories of the best to drive. Even finishing fifth Favorite movie? driving it during those years? can be worth more than a victory I really like mysteries and thrillers, AM: It would take the space of an because only the driver knows the first [James Bond] 007 films are encyclopedia! Thanks to the ingenious under what it took to earn it. my favorites. minds of and Orazio Satta, after the very positive results of the Tipo

The biggest race of your career? Favorite musician? 33 2 liters, they built the 3-liter boxer The 1969 GP Mugello in which I Arturo Toscanini and Claudio Villa, engine. This innovation, inspired by the raced 820 km alone in an Abarth but I also like the Beatles and the Ferrari, was designed to lower the center 2000. I won and had the fastest lap – Stones! of gravity as much as possible in order and I also stopped to drink a Coca to take full advantage of the Cola at the racetrack café. There Favorite place in America? performance of the chassis above and were no full-face helmets then! California. the entire drivetrain. Since 1910, Alfa Romeo has been considered the “gold

The biggest race you didn’t win? Secret recommendation for Ameri - standard.” Winning the 1975 FIA World It was Le Mans 1973 in a Ferrari can travelers in Italy? Championship was quite easy after we 312 PB and I was teamed with Car - I suggest to not only visit Rome, proved the car’s excellent performance los Pace. I drove for 18 hours and 32 Florence and Milan, which certainly in 1974. minutes. We replaced the the fuel are symbols of Italy, but there are Q. Those days were dangerous, but tank an hour into the race and lost many villages and small towns what do you miss about that type of 52 minutes. I ran all night and we ar - which are less famous, but which racing? rived only 14 seconds behind the are equally beautiful. AM. I think it is right to create run-off winning Matra. Thanks to the team, areas at racing circuits and to remove I was happy with second place but obstacles near the track. But with all of wasn’t able to stand on the podium. this space, combined with the A taxi was waiting to take me to mechanical safety of the cars, both in Orly for a flight to Johannesburg for terms of design and materials, it is too the F1 trials – even having to change easy to miss a turn and make up for an in the taxi! I finished fourth with a error. It would be enough to put not very competitive Ferrari. Back in polystyrene cubes as a “harmless” Maranello, happy with what I had obstacle. It would surely change the accomplished in these two races, I mind of the driver and, consequently, felt humiliated by , who the times in the race, because he would pointed me out saying that the sec - take less risks. ond place in Le Mans is equivalent Q. Your distinctive “look” is your to the “first of the losers.” cowboy hat that definitely makes a

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statement! When did you start the most combative driver and departure of Apollo 11. At 4 p.m. in Italy, wearing one and why? presented me with a special cup in the I was the first across the finish line of AM : From the time I was a kid, I had middle of the podium finishers. I did the the Mugello GP. Without meaning to, always loved cowboys, I grew up with a lap of honor after the race on the back of they gave the news of my win live on pro-American mindset in every sense. a truck along with the top three national television, along with the The first time I came to the U.S., I finishers. departure of the rocket to the moon. immediately bought a cowboy hat, Then at the beginning of 1970, I was without knowing that in the USA there in Daytona for some tests with Ferrari in are different types of cowboys, each with preparation for the 24 Hours of Daytona. different types of hats. Thanks to Andy Granatelli, Mario For the size of my head, I took a Andretti’s boss, we went to dinner to Colorado style of hat with the narrowest represent Ferrari with the Apollo 11 brim. Since then it has been my emblem, crew of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and so much so that when I became an Michael Collins. advertising ambassador for Philip Morris Q. You have made many visits to the products under the Marlboro brand, they United States. What was your asked me to apply the Marlboro logo on impression of racing and visiting here my hat. From 1968 to 1971, when Phillip over the years? Morris entered the motor racing circus, I AM: I believe that if I had not been was already using the hat without their married with children that I would’ve trademark. Despite all of the moved to the USA. Also I would have merchandise that Marlboro made at the Q. Your time in Formula One also come because I was offered on a number time, they never sold Merzario-style led to a true act of heroism. When of occasions opportunities to race in the cowboy hats, because I didn’t ever give Niki Lauda crashed in 1976 at the USA, first by Bill France, owner of the them permission! Nurburgring, you stopped Daytona Speedway. I was one of the first Q. You are part of an elite club of immediately and bravely pulled him European drivers to take part in stock Formula One drivers. You made your out of the car that was engulfed in car races, now known as NASCAR, with Formula One debut in 1972 with flames and revived him with mouth- drivers like Andretti and many others. Ferrari and impressively scored a to-mouth resuscitation. How has this Unfortunately my rational thinking has point in the World Championship on influenced your career thinking back always brought me back to Italy. your debut. What are your memories on it 40 years later? Q. Are you planning to come back of that day? AM: I considered it and still consider soon? AM: For a rookie it was exciting to today a chapter in my life. It was very AM: I travel to the USA often, and it’s debut in F1 – even with my experience lucky for me that I was not overwhelmed always a pleasure. In 1968, I received a in sports and touring cars – on such a by the flames, like Niki was, and that I permanent B2 visa with no expiration demanding track as Brands Hatch, on a managed to revive him. date from the American consul in Milan. car emblazoned as Ferrari, with a Q. I read that you had dinner once I was very proud of this! teammate named Jackie Ickx, who was with Neil Armstrong shortly after he Q. You still have a strong the rival of Jackie Stewart, two icons of returned from his trip to the moon. relationship with Alfa Romeo. What the era for motor sport. How did that come about? have you been doing recently to Four laps into the race I had to stop in AM: Before that story, there was represent the biscione? the pits to replace the rear left tire, another coincidence with the Apollo 11 AM: I race vintage Alfa Romeo cars in losing a lap. I set off, recovered the lap, misison. I was lucky enough to race the competition and I have the privilege to and finished sixth. If there were two Mugello Stradale GP in an Abarth as a bring to these notable cars from the more laps, I would have finished fourth. solo driver on July 21, 1969. Italian collection of the Arese Museum After the finish, a jury of international television [was also] broadcasting from collection, even models from before I journalists decided to honor me with as the Kennedy Space Center [about] the was born! n

14 ALFA OWNER AUGUST 2018 ALFA OWNER AUGUST 2018 15 MINI-PROFILE

The Sprint Speciale “Low-Nose”

By Dave Hammond

n Engine: 1300 Veloce (10120 winning races. The eventual solution was an Alfa shield up front, replacing a small high-performance) for Alfa Romeo to make the Zagato- badge on the upper surface of the nose. Power: 100 hp (rare Conrero- modified car an official Alfa Romeo This version also had a slightly shorter tuned engines made 127 hp) product, the Sprint Zagato. Bertone’s tail. The 1958 show car still exists and Years Built: 1957-1959 Sprint Speciale became an upscale lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. Number Built: 100 Sprint Speciale Giulietta Veloce Gran Turismo. The First Cars “low-nose” (13 exist) To understand the shape of the Sprint Following the first prototype were 20 Top speed: 124 mph Speciale, look at BAT 5, BAT 7 and BAT 9 cars, of which five or six had aluminum (1953-1955), penned by Franco Scaglione bodies. They differed from each other in The Giulietta Sprint for Bertone. The SS was a BAT without details such as doors in steel, some with Speciale (SS) is an wings, first shown in1957. The direct windows that were fixed, while others example of making lineage from BAT 9 is unmistakable. cranked up and down, and small interior success from failure. It That Sprint Speciale prototype shown details. On the first couple of cars, the was intended as an at the Salone di Torino in 1957 did not tail lamps were set in a horizontal row aerodynamic racecar have an Alfa Romeo grille, had no successor to the winning Giulietta Sprint bumper, and both rear and side windows Veloce. The SS received a more highly- were made in Perspex (plexiglas) to save tuned Veloce engine, but its long weight. The hood and doors were overhang and weight made it a marginal hammered from aluminum, the interior racer. When Sprint Speciale development remaining Spartan for racing on began in 1957, Zagato was busy weekends. modifying Giulietta Sprint Veloces into The Geneva Salon (March 1958) Sprint Veloce Zagato (SVZ) cars and introduced the first Sprint Speciale with

16 ALFA OWNER AUGUST 2018 instead of the familiar vertical style because the rear panel was very narrow and sat low. These Alfas were intended for racing, were driven hard, mangled, modified, crashed, then scavenged for parts. The shape is similar to production cars but no body panels or glass are shared with the later SS. The front and rear ends sit much lower and each curve is slightly different. As those who have tried to restore these rare Alfas can attest, even the right and left side differ slightly. One door might be a millimeter longer with a non-matching radius and harbor other such irregularities inherent of hand-hammered bodies. The Monza Autodromo of June 1959 presented the first Sprint Speciales intended for sale. It still had no bumpers, but otherwise had evolved into a Gran Turisimo with full-width seats and a steering wheel with three aluminum spokes designed by Enrico . On these ”low-nose” cars, the rear window slopes directly into the trunk and out to the tail lamps in a clean curve without a change in angle. Although the shape reportedly made the SS capable of 124 mph with its Giulietta 1300 Veloce engine, the weight and overhang of the longer body left the it unable to match the lighter, shorter Sprint Zagato on race Market Comment tracks. Zagato bodies of this period were Sometimes finding a solid value reference for rare cars can be a challenging task. instinctively shaped to be as light and This time however, serendipity intervened to make my job fairly easy. In May a “muso minimal as possible, but there was no basso” (low-nose) Sprint Speciale appeared at auction in Monaco at the RM Sotheby’s science behind them. Real testing and sale. After 50-some years in an Italian’s collection, the SS was fresh from a no-ex - airflow did not arrive at Zagato until pense-spared restoration. It sold for $462,000 – between three and four times the Ercole Spada developed the Kamm-tail value of a typical later-production SS. The other recent sale SZ or Coda Tronca a couple of years later. of record was in 2012, when a similar car brought $195,804 The exact number of low-nose cars at auction, twice the then-current value of a later car. built is somewhat disputed, with vague Between 2012 and today, Sprint Speciales have grown in records indicating 100 (reputedly for GT acceptance and increased in desirability. The early low-nose homologation), including the 20 early cars will continue to be the most sought after in cars. Only 13 low-nose Sprint Speciales the series and continue to command three to four times are known to exist. They are truly the value of the later cars. stunning automotive art. n — Bob Abhalter

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AROC Goes To Italy

By Mary Brown

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Mille Miglia Day 1, Brescia as Rome, and from coast to coast. We Mille Miglia Day 4, Alfa Romeo The thunder of dozens of engines is will later today see these same cars Museum, Arese emanating from a long line of stunning roaring past us as we stand in front of The vintage racers are rolling in to the vintage cars snaking their way down a the Mille Miglia Museum near the checkpoint at this architecturally red carpet to the final check out before official start of the race. modern tribute to all things Alfa Romeo. the Mille Miglia, “the most beautiful The Mille Miglia operated as a road Inside, the museum is jumping with race in the world.” race from 1927 through 1961, when it Alfisti, music and the sound of race The single line divides into two, ended because the speed of the cars engines coming from the video screens exactly at the point where we are made the race too dangerous for an scattered about showing historic Alfa standing among a throng of automotive unprotected course. Since 1977, the victories at the Mille. But no worries for paparazzi and journalists, close enough Mille Miglia has been reprised as a rally, us – prearranged tour guides are quickly to talk to the drivers as they await their where participation is highly selective. summoned, and we are off for a special turn with race officials. To qualify, a car needs to have run the look at some very special Alfas. Our VIP passes have whisked us past speed version of the race between 1927- We are greeted with a replica of this security and into the heart of the 1957, or be the same model car that did year’s Formula 1 racecar, the new Sauber staging area in the historic Piazza della participate. Naturally, Mille Miglia- C37, marking Alfa’s return to the Vittoria. As the loudspeakers announce eligible cars are highly prized in the Formula 1 circuit. The real racecar, the cars individually, and music plays, vintage car market. driven by Charles Leclerc and Marcus hundreds of people are lined up outside Ericsson, had a great start on the 2018 the barriers to have a look at the circuit, earning points in both roughly 450 cars chosen for this year’s Azerbaijan and Spain for top 10 finishes race. – a strong start to what fans are hoping The cars are polished, tuned and will be a comeback year. We were told ready, and the drivers and navigators the drivers were in residence that day,

are smiling, anticipating the four days Vineyards at Allegrini Pallazio but we were too busy to hunt for to come that will take them as far south autographs.

20 ALFA OWNER AUGUST 2018 Piazza della Vittoria, Brescia

Alfas we saw at Monza 250 SWB at Enzo Museo Museo Lambretta

The museum provides a great and mingle with the cars and drivers After lunch, when the 15th century perspective of the marque. From a awaiting the start of the next leg leading barn doors swing open on what was once presentation of production cars through them back to Brescia and the finish. a cavernous, brick-lined wine storage the years (my favorite – the tomato red Maybe the presence of the Alfa Romeo facility, we look in, and immediately feel Giulietta Ti known as “Italy’s Owner’s Club USA added a bit of magic, like Dorothy when she first enters the Sweetheart”), to the most beautiful but just hours later, teams driving Alfas Emerald City. It’s hard to find the words Alfas to have graced the highways (the finished one-two-three in the 2018 race! for this collection of original, unrestored Touring Superleggera, the 6C 2300 B Rhighini Collection, Outside Modena and amazing cars – the very first Ferrari, Mille Miglia, the 1900 C52 Disco We are sitting inside a country a sole surviving Auto Avio Costruzioni Volante, to name a few), and ending trattoria, the full busload of us, helping Tipo 815 from 1940 or the Alfa Romeo with a presentation of Alfa’s storied ourselves to platters of pasta Bolognese 8C 2300 that was driven to victory at racing history, the collection provides a made with wild boar, roast pork, Monza by one of the world’s greatest powerful argument for why this brand is pastries, wine and beer. The food is 20th Century race drivers, Tazio so desirable and popular. incredible, but our tour leader and Nuvolari, in 1931 and 1932. There was nothing left to do but hop automotive experience curator par Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile di aboard our bus and chase the Mille excellence, Steve Austin, tells us that an Torino Miglia racers down the road to their next equally incredible experience awaits us I am standing on a glass floor that is a checkpoint at the storied Monza Circuit across the street at the private Rhighini map of the 100 or so automotive raceway, where we once again got to mix Collection. businesses that have made such a

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AROC group at the Righini Collection special place in the history of the Show that year? (Our group saw both plain fun? automobile. That’s when it hits me: This cars at the Lopresto Collection.) Where Decades of innovation, collaboration, region of Italy is something like the else could you find deep engineering competition and a celebration of car Silicon Valley of cars. talent to produce world-class winning culture have conspired in this part of Where else could Alfa Romeo invite racecars and the engines that continue Italy to produce cars that bring a smile both Bertone and Pinninfarina to to fascinate? Where else is there such a to the faces of people like us, who are develop competing designs for their deep cultural appreciation for driving, lucky and crazy enough to drive these 1955 Spider, only one of which would be with the simple proposition that cars beautiful Italian cars. Experiencing this selected and displayed at the Paris Art that go fast and handle well are just firsthand is why we are here.

Doug and fireplace at Allegrini Villa della Pasta making demo at trattoria da Bollo Brian Redman and Rob Steele torre in the Valpolicella

22 ALFA OWNER AUGUST 2018 Ristorante Punta di San Vigilio

Quintessential Italy and the lovely Grand Hotel Gardone on An Italian car experience would not the shores of the lake. There, we made be complete without also experiencing a wine-tasting detour to the Allegrini the special places, food and wine that winery for a tasting and a tour of its ALFA OWNER make Italy so unique. Our tour began historic Villa della Torre, containing in the heart of historic Bologna, where the wildest fireplace designs you will ESSENTIALS we strolled beneath porticoes (covered ever see. At Lake Como, we stood on All-New AROC Merchandise sidewalks) dating from the Middle our lakefront hotel balconies, is Now Available Online! Ages. We then moved to Lake Garda, observing the social scene unfolding on the town square below, and rode the ferryboat to and from the Village of Bellagio, where some of us shopped and others strolled the beautiful gardens of Villa Melzi. We ended our stay in the old Fiat Lingotto Factory, now a luxury hotel in Turin, where an art gallery now adjoins the former Fiat test track on the roof, open for touring. As a fitting finish, we enjoyed an exclusive dinner in a glass-enclosed dining room high atop a hill at the Tenuta Carretta winery, which has been

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this 1969 Alfa Romeo 33.2 Coupe Speciale by Pininfarina (on display in the Alfa Romeo museum), was a follow-up design to the Ferrari 250 P5 of the year before. the chassis is from the Alfa Romeo tipo 33.

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illed as the “most beautiful race in the world,” the 36th reenactment of the Mille Miglia concluded in mid-May with Bthe top three finishing teams driving Alfa Romeos. The 2018 Mille Miglia champion is the Argentinean team of Juan Tonconogy and Barbara Ruffini, driving a 1933 Alfa 6C 1500 GS “Testa Fissa.” This team is celebrating its third first-place finish, having taken top honors in 2013 and 2015. Roaring into second place was the 1928 1500 SS, piloted by the Italian team of Giovanni Moceri and Daniele Bonetti. The 1928 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Zagato, shepherded by the 2017 champion team of Andrea Vesco and Andrea Guerini, from Brescia, Italy, claimed third place, according to the event-conclusion classification released by the race organizers. Conceptualized in 1926, when two Italians envisioned a 1,000- d

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i Hill and Berryman Entering Roma. J 1000 Miglia , now recognized by car aficionados all over the world. Until American Derek Hill (son of F1 1957, it was a flat-out race. Due to Champion Phil Hill) got an official spectator fatalities, the Mille ended with ride from Alfa Romeo Museo Storica the 1957 event, but reemerged in 1977 in a 1900 Sport Spider right off the as a regularity contest for vintage and museum floor, to drive with co- classic cars. piloto Guy Berryman (bassist for This year, the Mille Miglia covered the band Coldplay). The pair did 1,743 kilometers, 112-time trials and six well until the car’s water pump gave time-speed-distance scoring sections up on the return to Brescia. Repairs known as TSDs. Maneuvering an often were effected and they completed fragile, cantankerous classic vehicle the course, but without classifica - wherever the Red Arrow pointed, tion. Hill, an Alfa owner currently crossing seven Italian regions, 200 ferrying his family around in a municipalities plus the Republic of San Stelvio, will recount the experience Marino in 40 hours was the task at hand in a future issue of Alfa Owner. for the driver, navigator and car. Some Alfa trivia: out of 450 vehicles accepted Alfa test track, before heading onto to participate, 47 were Alfa Romeos. Monza. Your AROC team then followed Our own AROC Goes to Italy 2018 team them to Monza, to chronicle the final observed the ceremonial beginning of stop before the finish line in Brescia. the MM at the Partenza in Brescia, then Simply breathtaking in the array of hobnobbed with the drivers and marvelous machines and the roar of the navigators at the Mille Miglia Museum, crowd, experiencing the Mille Miglia up (the official departure point), and caught close and personal is a major event of a up with the snaking line of vintage lifetime for Alfisti, as our beloved cars We own, we are the vehicles when they arrived at the Alfa continually take the gold! n Alfa Romeo passion Romeo Museum to careen around the – Cindy Banzer in the United States

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ALFA LOFWA NOEWRN EARU GMUASYT 2018 33 105/115 SPIDERS REPORT BY BOB ABHALTER Alfas at Auction

Spider finished in rosso Farina. This car was owned and operated originally in Wisconsin, passing through at least two owners before being purchased nine years ago by the selling owner who subsequently relocated to Ohio. The Spider was treated to some modifications over the years, including a Weber carb conversion, Nardi steering wheel, lowered suspension, BWA Sportstar wheels and 1969 Spider Veloce Supertrapp exhaust silencer. The removed SPICA bits and original steering wheel Series 105/115 Spiders are by far the seller then spent some serious money were provided with the sale. The car was most plentiful of the Alfa Romeos found tending to the mechanical necessities, repainted in 1985 and shows signs of in our garages. With a 27-year production documented by paid invoices from a normal use with a few dings and rust run totaling more than 124,000 units, a Houston shop and plenty of packing lists bubbles starting to show. The top looks healthy majority of which were sold in the from Classic Alfa, a reputable U.K. parts serviceable and the trim is still shiny. U.S., a Spider is what the average person source. The Spider retained its SPICA Inside, the seats are waiting for a envisions when you tell them you own an injection and sported new dual brake recovering. A later radio fills the dash slot, Alfa Romeo. servos. The engine compartment could while a pair of unmoored speaker boxes Perhaps you’re ready to move into or otherwise be described as “functional.” roam the parcel shelf. out of the Spider owners group. How The exhaust was cobbled, the seat The sale price on April 25, 2018, was much should you pay for a good example? coverings were starting to go, the $10,750. Overall, this Spider was a How much should you ask for yours when replacement hubcaps were the later style, perfectly suitable driver in condition 3- you sell? A portion of that answer lies in the tires were eight years old, and there minus or condition 4, depending on how the age of your car. Spiders generally are was surface rust in the usual interior you judge these things – a healthy grouped into four series based on areas. The trunk lid badging and discount from the price guide numbers. production and engine displacement Pinninfarina emblems were missing and Why the low price? Because condition changes over the years. Scott Johnson’s the soft top was an uncomplimentary and originality count. When comparing generally excellent Alfa Romeo Spider shade of beige. results, remember that the median prices FAQ (www.alfaspiderfaq.org) breaks down On the positive side, there seemed to in the Pocket Price Guide generally the details. This month we’ll review some be no irreversible modifications from represent sales of condition 2 vehicles, the representative cars from these series. standard, and most major maintenance typical level for cars offered at public Many other examples of recent sales can items had been taken care of. The Spider auction. Hagerty.com provides values for be found on www.bringatrailer.com. presented well in the pictures and it condition 3 and 4 cars, and the price Series One looked like the new owner could just jump realized for this Spider is consistent with Series 1 Spiders — the “roundtails” in and drive it away. On May 31, 2018, it that listed for a condition 4 car. produced from 1966 to 1969 — command sold for $32,600, perhaps suggesting that An issue for buyers is that when trying top dollar due to their relative rarity and, the price guides are somewhat behind the to set an asking price, many sellers tend to some would say, purity of design. The market. Sports Car Market Pocket Price Guide lists a Series Two median value of $39,500 for 1967 Duettos Series Two Spiders, nominally those and $29,500 for 1969 Spiders. Hagerty.com sold between 1971 and 1974 after Alfa lists values somewhat lower than that for squared off the tail, but before the onset condition 2 examples. of more stringent crash standards, are Bring a Trailer (BaT) recently offered a next down the value chain. At a $19,000 white 1969 Spider Veloce in decent median value the Price Guide pegs them driver condition. The Texas car received roughly $10,000 below a 1969 Spider of an exterior refresh sometime prior to its equal condition. 2012 purchase by the listing owner. The In April, Bring-a-Trailer offered a 1971 1976 Spider

34 ALFA OWNER AUGUST 2018 over-estimate the quality ranking of their The interior and engine compartments normal defect for a sunny-weather car. car, discounting the defects they have were clean and serviceable, and the owner The maintenance records provided become blind to. The seller’s challenge is did the proper maintenance, including a document the typical catch-up that some buyers will pick at the smallest 2013 Wes Ingram SPICA rebuild. The maintenance, customarily performed all in scabs in an attempt to downgrade the burdensome emissions air pump was one big lump for a premium price. offered car. deleted as it was not required in Georgia. This high-grade driver sold for a Condition aside, originality adds value. In this case, condition and mileage reasonable $10,250 on March 26, 2018. Personalization may be psychically trumped any concerns about weight or Series 4 satisfying but will almost never pay off in impaired performance. Series four Spiders are the last of the higher sales values. In the U.S., Weber Series 3 breed. Featuring a tasteful redesign, they conversions of SPICA-injected cars do not In 1982, Alfa could no longer meet were produced from 1991 until the final add value. Nardi steering wheels and full emissions requirements with SPICA CE (commemorative edition) produced in carpeting are tolerated, but things like mechanical injection; Bosch injection was 1993 and sold in 1994. These cars were open exhausts, non-period sound systems, introduced, improving drivability and popular with enthusiasts during Alfa’s and non-standard seats and exterior power. This marked the start of the Series declining years in the U.S. They were colors tend to detract from value. I’m not 3 Spiders. expensive when new and have ridden the saying that you shouldn’t personalize In 1985 the Graduate model was depreciation curve over the years. Today your car, I’m just warning you not to introduced to complement the Veloce and $10,000 to $11,000 is a typical value for expect to get your money back when you Quadrifoglio editions. It was an attempt to the ’91 and ’92 Spiders, while the average decide to sell. make a connection with the movie from ’94-only commemorative edition Series 2a 18 years prior. Apparently the association commands around $14,000. If you are at From 1975 until 1982 Alfa’s challenge worked, because there are a lot of Series 3 that stage of life where operating a clutch was to meet tightening emissions and Spiders out there. They appear regularly at has become difficult, automatic series 4 crash standards. U.S cars became heavier auction and are plentiful in the Spiders are available and usually sell at a with big steel 5 mph bumpers, and marketplace. Sales values vary widely in discount. emissions tuning reduced power output. the eight-year run of the series 3 Spider. If you have a very good, low mileage Median auction values for these cars are The sweet spot seems to be the 1985 and Spider for which you are seeking top generally half the values of the 1971-1974 ’86 models. Leather seating, power dollar, you might want to take it to a Spiders. windows and air conditioning are not public auction. A car on which we BaT offered a very nice 1976 Spider uncommon options. previously reported, a 22,000-mile 1991 that ticked many of the value boxes for Typical of the later cars in this series is Spider , changed hands at the RM potential buyers and sold for $13,000 on the 1990 Spider Veloce offered last Auctions’ April Fort Lauderdale sale for May 3, 2018. This price was about 50% March on BaT. The Alfa red California car $20,625. The red car with tan upholstery over the price guide’s median value. Why? with tan top and leather is stated to have and black top looked neat as a pin inside Although it was a driver and not a show covered under 45,000 miles. Paint and and out. The only visible issue was the car, the color was an attention-grabbing upholstery were redone last year and the slightly warped glove box door, a common giallo pagoda (bright yellow). The car was car has passed its recent California smog problem. Series 4 cars in this condition are from the South, having spent its life in inspection. It wears the desirable 5-spoke popular outside of the Alfa-enthusiast Tennessee and Georgia. The 50,000 miles wheels, the engine room is clean and in community. They offer a more civilized on the clock were believed to be actual good order, but the a/c is non-operational, driving environment and can be used as a and there was no rust visible anywhere. a frequent issue. The dash is cracked, a holiday car at the vacation home. If you have been following along up to this point, you should have figured out that price guide median values are only useful as a general guide. The value of any given car depends heavily on condition, combined with the motivation of buyer and seller. Bob Abhalter tends his Alfas new and old in Kenosha, Wisconsin, former home of Nash Motors, and can be reached at [email protected] n

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I I AUGUST 2018 August 15 (Wednesday) August 26 (Sun) ------AROO (Oregon) August Evening tour and Chicago AROC Annual Concours d'Elegance I August 3 (Friday) Dinner , 6:30 to 9:30 PM. Contact Doug Zaitz at in Geneva, Illinois. Visit www.caroc.com or AROC of Oklahoma First Friday Arts Crawl [email protected] or 509-768-4312. contact Dennis M. Sbertoli at 708-579-9724 and Dinner, Tulsa Arts District, Ok at 5 PM. I I Contact Claudia Oswald at August 18 (Saturday) August 26 (Sunday) [email protected] Deep South AROC Cars and Coffee at NOLA South Florida AROC Cars & Coffee in Fort Motorsports Park, New Orleans, LA, 9 AM- Lauderdale, FL from 8 to 10 AM. Contact I August 4 (Saturday) Noon. Contact Bill Sims at Armando Paredes at [email protected] for info. Deep South AROC Cars and Coffee at [email protected] or 985-246-9257 I Mercedes-Benz of Baton Rouge, LA, 8-10 AM. August 30-September 2 (Thu-Sun) I Contact Tim Spruill at [email protected] August 18 (Saturday) AROO (Oregon) indyCar Grand Prix of AROC Detroit Annual Woodward Avenue Portland Race Weekend . Visit I August 4 (Saturday) Cruise in Detroit, MI. Contact Dave Hammond http://www.portlandgp.com for info. Deep South AROC italian Foodfest at the at [email protected] or 248-798-4805. Spruill Home in Baton Rouge. Contact Bill Sims SePTeMBeR 2018 I at [email protected] or 985-246-9257 August 18 (Saturday) ------I three Rivers Alfisti (PA) Driving tour and September 1 (Saturday) I August 4 (Saturday) BBQ to Youngstown, OH, 10 AM to 4 PM. Deep South AROC Cars and Coffee at AROC Detroit track Day at Grattan Raceway Contact Jim Neville at [email protected] Mercedes-Benz of Baton Rouge, LA, 8 to 10 NE of Grand Rapids, MI. Contact Scott AM. Contact Tim Spruill at t.spruill@aroc- I Whitford at [email protected] or August 18-19 (Sat-Sun) usa.org Randy Velikan at [email protected] AROCCC (Central California) tour to Cold I Springs tavern. Contact Christopher September 8 (Saturday) I August 4-7 (Sat-Tue) Armstrong at A.L.F.A., inc. (tennessee) Quarterly AROC National Sempreverde 2018 Pre- [email protected] Luncheon Meeting and italian Food Fest Convention tours in Olympia, Washington. at the Tildens, 3659 Sourwood Trail NW, I Visit www.sempreverde2018.org or contact August 23-26 (Thu-Sun) Cleveland, TN 37312 at 12:30 PM (Eastern). Convention Registrar Doug Zaitz at AROO (Oregon) Annual Summer tour to Contact Phyllis at [email protected] [email protected] or 509-768-4312 Eastern Oregon. Contact Tom McGirr at or 423-472-3646. [email protected] I I August 8-12 (Wed-Sun) September 8-9 (Sat-Sun) I AROC National Sempreverde 2018 National August 24-26 (Fri-Sun) AROO (Oregon) SOVREN Columbia River Convention in Olympia, Washington. Visit A.L.F.A., inc. (tennessee) Moonshine and Classic Races at Portland International www.sempreverde2018.org or contact Rattler tour . Contact Raceway. Visit SOVREN Columbia River Classic Convention Registrar Doug Zaitz at johnvasileff@yahoo.com or 423-608-0721 at sovrenracing.org [email protected] or 509-768-4312 I I August 25 (Saturday) September 8-10 (Sat-Mon) I August 9 (Thursday) AROC National AROC Goes to Concorso NWARC (Northwest) the Annual Half Fast three Rivers Alfisti (PA) Winery Event in italiano , Black Horse Country Club, Monterey Lap of Washington will travel the Olympic Gibsonia, PA 5-9 PM. Contact Jim Neville at (CA). Contact Cindy Banzer at c.banzer@aroc- Peninsula with details to follow. Contact Fred [email protected] usa.org or Doug Zaitz at [email protected] Russell at [email protected] or or 509-768-4312 425-308-6621. I August 12 (Sunday) I I CAROC (Chicago) Annual Chapter Picnic at August 25 (Saturday) September 11 (Tuesday) Barbara key Park at Lake in the Hills, IL. AROC of Oklahoma Corinthian Vintage NWARC (Northwest) Meeting, Dinner and Contact Dennis M. Sbertoli at 708-579-9724 (CVAR) at Hallett Raceway, Ok. Program at Wild About Cars Garage in Contact David Simmons at 918-865-4957 kirkland, WA 98033. Contact Fred Russel at I August 12 (Sunday) [email protected] or 425-308-6621. I Wisconsin AROC 21st Annual italian Car August 25 (Saturday) I and Motorcycle Show at Reina's Motors at AAROC (Arizona) Breakfast Run to Payson, September 11 (Tuesday) 127300 West Capitol Drive, Brookfield, WI AZ. Visit the Arizona AROC Calendar of Events AROC of SW Florida Dinner Meeting at from 10 AM to 3 PM. Contact Bob Ludwigson at clubs.hemmings.com/azalfa for info. Enrico's Ristorante in Bonita Springs, FL at 6:30 at [email protected] or 262-527-2396. PM. Contact Buddy Guynn at 239-267-8929 I August 25-26 (Sat-Sun) I I August 14 (Tuesday) AROCCC (Central California) Monterey September 15 (Saturday) AROC of SW Florida Dinner Meeting at Historics , Concorso Italiano and Pebble Beach Deep South AROC Cars and Coffee at NOLA Mastello's Ristorante in Fort Myers, FL at 6:30 Concours. Contact Christopher Armstrong at Motorsports Park, New Orleans, LA, 9 AM- PM. Contact Buddy Guynn at 239-267-8929 [email protected] Noon. Contact Bill Sims at [email protected] or 985-246-9257.

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38 ALFA OWNER AUGUST 2018 I I I September 15 (Saturday) October 9 (Tuesday) October 21 (Sunday) Florida Alfa Club Monthly Meeting & Lunch AROC of SW Florida Beach Club Sunset AlfaBuff (Buffalo, NY) Fall Brunch at the Log at MacAllisters in Tampa and Tour at The Vault Outing Potluck Dinner in Bonita Springs, FL Cabin Restaurant, Buffalo NY from 11 AM to 1 Exotic Car Storage. Contact Barry Andress at at 5:30 PM. Contact Bob Lombardo at 239- PM, buffet $15 per person. Contact Phil Pyrce [email protected] or 727-412-5660. 628-8800. at [email protected] for info.

I I I September 15 (Saturday) October 9 (Tuesday) October 27 (Saturday) AROO (Oregon) Annual Old Super tour . NWARC (Northwest) General Meeting, AROC of Atlanta 2018 italian Car Day in Contact Bill Gillham at Dinner and Program. Contact Fred Russell at Downtown Historic Norcross, GA from 10 AM [email protected] or 541-979-2210 [email protected] or 425-308-6621. to 3 PM. Contact show coordinator John Montgomery at [email protected] for I I September 16 (Sunday) October 13 (Saturday) info. AROCCC (Central California) tour to Los Deep South AROC Euro Fest Renaissance I Olivos Art Gallery and Wine tasting. Car Show in Ridgeland, MS. Visit www.Euro- October 28 (Sunday) Contact Christopher Armstrong at fest.net for info. South Florida AROC Cars & Coffee in Fort [email protected] Lauderdale, FL from 8 to 10 AM. Contact I October 13-14 (Sat-Sun) Armando Paredes at [email protected] for info. I September 19 (Wednesday) AAROC (Arizona) Overnight tour to Alpine AROO (Oregon) General Membership AZ. Visit the Arizona AROC Calendar of Events Dinner & Program , at The Old Spaghetti at clubs.hemmings.com/azalfa/calendar.html Factory Restaurant in Portland, OR at 7 PM. for info. WWW.AROC-uSA.ORG Contact Doug Zaitz at [email protected] I or 509-768-4312. October 14 (Sunday) Florida Alfa Club Annual Picnic and Car I September 22 (Saturday) Show at DeSoto Park in Tierra Verde, FL from three Rivers Alfisti (PA) Alleys, Axles and 11 AM to 3 PM. Contact Jim Zitnick at Ales in Pittsburgh, PA. Contact Jim Neville at [email protected] or 773-612-6445. [email protected] I October 14 (Sunday) I September 23 (Sunday) AROO (Oregon) Volunteer Appreciation AROC Detroit Autocross at Livonia Police Reception, TBD at 5:30 PM. Contact Cindy Skidpad near Roush. Contact David Small at Banzer at [email protected] or 503- [email protected] for info. 709-7277.

I I September 30 (Sunday) October 17 (Wednesday) South Florida AROC (SFAROC) Cars & Coffee AROO (Oregon) General Membership in Fort Lauderdale, FL 8-10 AM. Contact Dinner & Program at The Old Spaghetti Armando Paredes at [email protected] for info. Factory Restaurant in Portland, OR at 7 PM. Contact Doug Zaitz at [email protected] OCTOBeR 2018 or 509-768-4312. ------BeCOMe A I I October-TBD October 18-22 (Thu-Mon) A.L.F.A., inc. (tennessee) Club Drive in AROC National AROC Goes to the uS Grand Middle Tennessee (Central) – For date and Prix at COTA, Austin, TX. Contact Steve Austin's MeMBeR details Contact Adam Nitti at Great Vacations at [email protected] for [email protected] or 615-289-6533. info. TODAY! I I October 6 (Saturday) October 20 (Saturday) Deep South AROC Cars and Coffee at Deep South AROC Cars and Coffee at NOLA Mercedes-Benz of Baton Rouge, LA from 8 to Motorsports Park, New Orleans, LA from 9 AM 10 AM. Contact Tim Spruill at t.spruill@aroc- to Noon. Contact Bill Sims at usa.org for info. [email protected] or 985-246-9257.

I I October 6-7 (Sat-Sun) October 20-21 (Sat-Sun) AROO (Oregon) Annual Fall tour to the AROCCC (Central California) tour de Central Beach, Salem to Lincoln City, OR. Contact Tom Coast, San Luis Obispo to Paso Robles with McGirr at tomsredafl[email protected] or 503-983- overnight in Paso Robles and wine tasting. 3656. Contact Christopher Armstrong at [email protected] for info.

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ALFA OWNER AUGUST 2018 39 AROC PLATINUM BUSINeSS SPONSORS I I I Alfa import Center Besic Motorsports ingram Enterprises, inc. 33 Beechwood Ave 21W167 Hill Avenue 15613 Peterson Rd., Bldg. C Port Washington, NY 11050 Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 Burlington, WA 98233 (718) 381-6764 630-469-5626 - Phone 360-707-5701  www.alfaimportcenter.com 630-469-0739 - Fax Email: [email protected] [email protected] www.wesingram.com  I I $ Brake Materials & Parts inc. I 800 Sherman Blvd. international Automotive I Alfa import Center Fort Wayne, IN 46808-2816 Repairs, inc. Charlotte 260-426-3331 260-424-1331 89 East Main Street 1816 Lucas Lane Fax 888-440-5400 Toll Free Huntington, NY 11743 Charlotte, NC 28213 E-mail: [email protected] 631-421-2000 718-309-4614 website: www.BrakeMaterialsAnd - 631-421-2691 (fax) www.alfaimportcenter.com Parts.webs.com EmaiIl: [email protected] $ [email protected] facebook: www.facebook.com/BrakeMa -  I I I $ terialsAndParts London Auto Services, Ltd I I 7718 Lee Hwy Alfa Parts Desert Alfa Romeo 14850 La Paz Place Falls Church, VA 22042 1221 Fourth Street 703-560-6975 Berkeley, CA 94710-1302 Victorville, CA 92395 760-269-4100 www.londonautoservices.com (510) 525-9435 [email protected] (800) 890-ALFA [email protected]  I www.desertalfaromeo.com www.alfapartscatalog.com  I $ I Mondo Car Auto Repair I Alfa Performance Center I Rt. 82 East the Di Fatta Brothers, Ltd 2408 Ave E Twinsburg, OH 44087 5928 Belair Rd Levittown, PA 19056 330-405-0555 Baltimore, MD 21206 (215) 788-7340 www.mondocaronline.com/ 1-800-638-7656 (215) 826- 9250 [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] www.difatta.com  I  [email protected] $  I I Nick Falcone Enterprises, L.L.C. I I Alfa Performance Dominick European 161 Rockhill Rd. Connection Car Repair Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 1753 N. Batavia Street 148 Ferris Ave. 610-664-0944 Orange, CA 92865 White Plains, NY 10603 610-644-6815 Fax (949) 588-0500 or (714) 279-0500 914-949-0103 E-mail: [email protected]  I www.NickFalconeEnterprise.com (714) 279-0501 Fax 914-949-0618 Fax $  [email protected] $  I I I $ DriverSource: Redline Restorations Fine Motorcars I 2316 Fairfield Avenue Alfa Sport 14750 Memorial Drive Bridgeport, CT 06605 12216 N 62nd Street Houston, TX 77079 203-335-9555 Scottsdale, AZ 85254 281-497-1000 phone [email protected] (920) 946-1070 281-854-6979 fax www.redlinerestorations.net [email protected] [email protected]  I  I $ www.alfarex.com www.driversource.com $  I I $ I Restorations by Joseph Eurocompulsion Potter/Sports Car Shop I the Autobarn Fiat & Alfa Romeo 10763 Sahoma Lake Rd Restorations of Evanston Sapulpa, Ok 74066-8589 3472 West 11th Avenue 1034 Chicago Avenue 929-235-3456 Eugene, OR 97402 Evanston, IL 60202 [email protected] 541-510-5296 847-866-9666 wwIw.shopeurocompulsion.net [email protected]  I $ www.sportscarshop.com/restorations I  European Auto Specialists I Auto international 4453 Sycamore Rd I Reina international Auto 9609 N. 21st. Drive Cincinnati, OH 45236 12730 W. Capitol Dr. Phoenix, AZ 85021 513-891-8450 Brookfield, WI 53005 (602) 997-6792 513-891-8450 Fax 262-781-3336 aicd@qwestoffice.net www.euroautospecialists.com  I  I www.reinaintlauto.com $ $  I $

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The businesses and service providers listed here are Platinum Business Members of the Alfa Romeo Owners Club. These businesses support our Club, our cars, and our hobby. $ Please consider whether they can be of serv - Buys & Sells ice to you for your Alfa Romeo needs. Does your business serve Alfa Romeo owners, or Alfa Romeos would it be of interest to AROC members? If so, please consider supporting our Club as a Platinum Business Member. For informa -  tion, please visit www.aroc-usa.org or con - tact Club Administrator Barbara Clark at: aroc.offi[email protected]. Services Alfa Romeos I

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ALFA OWNER AUGUST 2018 41 AUGUST 23-26 Join Us at Concorso Italiano 2018 k AND SOME OTHER FUN VENUES, TOO e e W

r a t is time, now, to make some time aprés Convention to keep driving – to Monterey!

C AROC is returning for year two on the

I green at Concorso Italiano and has been welcomed by two California chapters and the

y Alfa Romeo Association to participate in a set of select Alfa activities. We want you to join us! Join the ARA at 5:30PM for a tasty dinner at

e Welcome Dinner: Thursday, August 23rd Black Horse. This is a proven and enjoyable SoCal Chapter is staging their Thursday Night traffic avoidance tactic ($54 per person). To r Dinner at Ambrosia India Bistro in Monterey at RSVP and prepay, go through AROC-usa.org 7PM. The prixe fixe is $25 per person for an Pebble: Sunday, August 26th e Italian-and-Indian buffet. Last year the speaker If you are attending the Pebble Beach

t was an industry observer who provided sly Concours d’Elegance, do visit the AFAS art tent insights into our state of automotive affairs. where Alfa Romeo is always well represented. RSVPs are required, via the aroc-usa website. Then enjoy master of ceremonies Derek Hill n Laguna Seca: Thursday - Sunday, August (Alfa Romeo Mille Miglia driver) who will be 23rd-26th announcing winners and interesting histories. o The Monterey Motorsports Reunion (historic) Note that “dawn patrol” observers are not races at Laguna Seca (Weathertech) Raceway run allowed on the green until after 5:30AM. Thursday through Sunday. If you are attending, Lodging: Bookings are Scarce obtain your Laguna Seca tickets and corral Affordable two-, three- and four-day stays are M passes directly from Weathertech Raceway. Alfa part of the group reservation arranged for AROC Corral Passes are $40 and are good all four days. members by Delta Sierra for the Alfa Club. Please Laguna Seca will send passes/tickets directly to do not contact the hotel directly. you. Visit http://www.weathertechraceway.com/ Information and contacts for all reservations Concorso Italiano: Saturday, August 25th are available at www.aroc-usa.org Come by and say hello! AROC will be settled in And these two sites are good general guides a booth at Concorso Italiano (CI) at the Black for Monterey Car Week: Horse Golf Course. Alfa Romeo is a featured https://www.seemonterey.com/events/sporting/ marque with Sedans and 4-Door models concours/ honored. Purchasing admission tickets must be https://whatsupmonterey.com/events/monterey- done on the CI website, at www.concorso.com car-week n

42 ALFA OWNER AUGUST 2018 ALFA OWNER AUGUST 2018 43 THE PLACE TO BUY AND SELL Alfa Owner Marketplace

WANTeD WANtED Cars wanted: very serious buyer for Alfa Romeos and other interesting European and American cars (e.g. Jaguar, Xk-XkE, MG-“T” series, MGA Triumph, Mercedes SL, Austin Healey, etc.) Entire collections possible; any condition-any CLASSiC 1983 SPiDER VELOCE location. Generous finders fee. Steves CONVERtiBLE 137,000 miles. $7,500. My FuN, RELiABLE 1978 ALFEttA autoSedan British Connection USA 630-553-9023 brother-in-law bought it new and gave it 116.58. $40k+ invested for Cool AC & email: [email protected] (9/18) much TLC. Excellent condition inside and dependable cross-country drives. Engine out. Performance suspension, Bosch fuel upgrade 1990's Spider Motronic EFI. All WANtED used or new radio /cassette injection, new clutch, rebuilt head, brakes major systems & Rust repaired. Painted player for a 1993 series 4 spider. Contact replaced at 123,000 miles, Clean title. Smalto Avorio (Ivory) paintcode 103. Allen [email protected] British CarFax available. Runs and drives great! AM/FM/CD/HD Radio. Spares included. Columbia, Canada. (9/18) Contact: John kirchgessner 425-770-3526 Asking $10k OBO, for photo link & discuss, (cell and text) [email protected] WANtED Looking for a complete dash and contact Bernie Bennett, (11/18) console (not gauges) for 1970 GTV Euro [email protected] 1750. Hugh at 909-953-0299. 979-661-0433. (10/18) 1984 SPiDER one-owner, garaged [email protected](10/18) throughout. 81,800 miles. Yellow exterior, tan leather seats, canvas top. New water 1970-1979 pump and exhaust system. Well maintained and carefully driven. Very good condition. $8,500 Houston, TX Contact [email protected] for pictures and complete description. (9/18)

1985 SPiDER Black with new black seats and new black cloth top. Rebuilt engine, 5- speed with great synchros, alloy wheels, 1979 ALFEttA SPORtS SEDAN Rebuilt 76k miles, PW, PM, AM/FM/CD. The car is in motor with 1,800 miles. 9.5 pistons, very nice condition with no rust! Located in 1972 GtV Bone stock, 61k miles, very good modified head work, euro headers and Central Florida. $10,900 Peter 386-316- condition, runs well. Exterior has minimal exhaust, Weber carbs. Rebuilt trans axle, 8023 or pgagne@cfl.rr.com. (10/18) rust...never been in an accident. Interior in complete new brake system, original excellent condition, seats have no tears, interior w/new seat upholstery. N.O.S. 1990-1999 dash board has no cracks. Always garaged. instrument cluster, N.O.S. black grille 1993 164L one-owner bought new in I am the 2nd owner. Contact me for rebuilt sunroof, euro restored stainless December 1993, California car, always additional photos. $19,500. ken Scala, steel bumpers, original chromadora garaged, 3-liter V6 in great shape, regular [email protected] 203-650-1779 (10/18) refinished wheels, Calif. car. Absolutely no maintenance @ 3000-5000 miles, new rust. $7,000 OBO. [email protected] clutch, radiator, updated AC system, 5- 1975 SPiDER ALFA RED high performance 541-218-7606 (11/18) Speed, great driver's car, burgundy exterior California car.180 hp engine/SPICA by Wes and tan leather interior, smogged with 1980-1989 Ingram. Excellent mechanical condition. 2018 registration. $3000 or best offer. CA Very nice appearance inside and out. car. Call Doug at 805-459-2985 or Email: Alfaholics exhaust system last month and [email protected] (8/18) too much else to list since 2011. $35,000. Email for photo/details: [email protected] 1994 SPiDER C.E. Dark green with green (9/18) interior. 106k, $15,000. Cracked dash, hole in rear window, baseball sized dent in right 1978 SPiDER VELOCE 68k miles. Garaged rear fender. Runs excellent, all new fluids & since 1986. New headers, valve cover, belts. Health forces sale. Paul at 303-881- electronic ignition and main clutch. Runs 6585 (8/18) but needs work. Body sound with minimal 1982 SPiDER VELOCE SCCA itB RACECAR rust. Spica injection. Located in MA. Need PARTS room in garage. $5,200. 2011 annual inspection, Charcoal metallic, PARtS ( 4) BF Goodrich TA radials 155SR15 [email protected]. (10/18) silver graphics, 12 Campagnolo wheels. “Beck” Orion Motorsports suspension. in very good shape recently removed from Spares, canopy, towing cover, trailer with my 67 Duetto as I had my rims powder box, tire rack, hitch. Bell helmet, suit. coated and were installing new tires. $18,000 complete. $15,000 car only. Located in Rhode Island. They will need to Contact me for complete specs, spares and be picked up. $50 for all four. photos. Car located in Portland, OR. Bernie [email protected] (10/18) Mermis (503) 477-4784. PARtS Weber DCOE restoration service: [email protected] (9/18) total strip-down to bare body, 12 hr Chem-

44 ALFA OWNER AUGUST 2018 CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE FOR THE OCTOBER 2018 ISSUE IS AUGUST 15, 2018

Dip, verify flow thru all passageways. Cadmium plate or renew ALL steel pieces, CLA S SIFIED AD FORM & GUIDELINES re-machine or renew external brass pieces, The classified ad deadline is the 15th of the month, two months preceding the month of the lubricate shaft bearings. New leather seals issue. Ads may be mailed or e-mailed. Pictures for classified ads must be either emailed & covers, needle valves, filters, gaskets, O- or mailed on a disc. Ads are limited to 50 words and must refer to Alfa Romeo cars, parts and accessories. Ads will run for three consecutive issues unless we are instructed to cancel. To rings. Check and tabulate jet sizes, set float continue publication of an ad beyond three issues please reconfirm by each deadline date. levels, synchronize carbs on bench Our pricing structure is as follows: manifold. $475/pair. Dell’Orto DHLA, $525 A basic ad is free to members and runs three months unless cancelled. /pair. Also, Weber IDF, IDA3C, DCNF, DCNL. A color photo ad is $25 for one month or $50 for three months for members. Ship to G. W. Martin, 2123 S Plaza Dr., Suite A basic ad is $30 for non-member for three months. D, Rapid City, SD 57702. 605-430-7368 A color photo ad is $50 for three months ($80 total) for three months for non-members. (10/18) Please print clearly and legibly to avoid any Kmisprints. No commKercial advertisers please. PERSONS WISHING TO PLACE PARtS NOS 155SR15 Pirelli Cinturato CF67 AROC Member Non-Member ADS SHOULD SEND THIS Tire. Traditional Pirelli tread pattern, KClassifiedK Section: K K FORM WITH PAYMENT AS mounted once but never used (label and Wanted For Sale Parts Miscellaneous APPROPRIATE TO: mold marks intact). Age unknown but has Ad Type: Barbara Clark, PO Box 92155 K Basic ad for members: Free Portland, OR 97292 decorated my garage for 25 years. Good K Monday - Friday • 9-5 Central only for concours. $90 plus UPS shpg. Frank Color photo ad for members: $25 for one month K Color photo ad for members: $50 for three months Standard Time Barrett, Boulder, Colorado; 303/237-0911, K By E-mail: aroc.offi[email protected] Basic ad for non-members: $30 (NOTE: Only 3 ads per month [email protected]. (10/18) K Color photo ad for non-members: $55 for one month K per member) PARtS 2600 parts including pristine 0EM Color photo ad for non-members: $80 for three months S93A distributor; (2) never-used head, etc., gaskets; (4) unobtanium Pirelli-branded air Membership Number: Telephone: cleaner hoses including (2) N0S condition; Name: Email: N0S and used Spider replacement hubcaps; Address: rare spacer template allows fitting Webers City: State: Zip: to 0EM air cleaner; water pump; clutch, etc. Ad Copy: (50 words max.) List on request. Bob Yeager [email protected] (11/18)

PARtS 105, 1965-1967 N.0.S. grilles, “Elephant Trunk” air cleaner, complete w/carb intake assembly and valve cover. Alfetta sports sedan “Campagnolo” restored alloy wheels w/same well caps. 6 total wheels, $600 firm plus shipping. DO NOT SEND YOUR AD TO PARABOLICA PUBLISHING. [email protected] 541-218-7606 (11/18)

PARtS Pair of front indicator / sidelight lenses and rubber seals. Orange / Clear. AROC MEMBERS Never used, new in box from Alfaholics in Uk. Fits above bumper on late GTV. These AROC twitter appear to be for European spec cars and do not fit my 1972 GTV which has AROC-USA@AlfaRomeoClubUSA indicators below the bumper. $100 the pair AROC instagram plus shipping. 503-246-8359 [email protected] (9/18) AlfaRomeoOwnersClubUSA AROC Facebook Page PARtS Parts-Alfa 101 Series Parts: 6 Cam Shafts; 3 Pressure Plates-$75 each; 3 Solex Alfa Romeo Owners Club USA Intake Manifolds-$100 each; 2 Solex Carbs- $100 each; Multiple Pistons & Sleeves; Lucas Distributors. Let me know what you need. I mostly have mechanical parts. Call CONNECT, SHARE 732-278-5295 (9/18) TWEET, POST MISCeLLANeOUS MODELS Selling my collection of 1:43 scale Alfa Romeo models. 26 total and encompassing Alfas from 1938 8C 2900 to E Buying a new-to-you Alfa? Consult AROC's handy Buyer's Inspection

1968 tipo 33.2.SP. Also includes all post-war H Check List, available at aroc-usa.org. Click on the Alfa Library tab, Zagatos, the BAT series and several rare T T S one-offs. All in immaculate condition with and scroll to "Competition, Concours, Restoration" and download I protective plastic covers and original boxes. T the PDF. Keep it on your smart phone or print it. Use it yourself or L

Will sell as a group(s) or individually. E Pictures available upon request. provide it to whomever is doing the PPI for you! [email protected] (11/18) G

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