Iniezione The newsletter of the Northwest Club

This Article Didn’t Write Itself It Had Help from the October Club Meeting

Ever wanted to write an article for the newsletter but didn’t know quite how or where to start? Several budding scribes attended our October 10th club meeting at Wild About Cars Garage to learn from a true professional. Cindy Akana has a strong back- ground in technical and creative writing, and current- ly teaches in the Seattle area on, among other sub- jects, communications skills. The fact that she can keep Fred in line (more or less) is testament to her ability to take charge of a boisterous group. But first, our regular club business included the all-important social greet-and-eat in the inspiring surroundings of Wild About Cars Garage. It’s always fascinating to see what new cars are on display there, and amongst the Porsches, Cobras and Cor- vettes this month the gems included a rare and high- ly-regarded Noble M12 GTO-3R, an English sports/ track car of which only 220 have been imported to the US. Now that would be fun at the Driving School ing an article for publication. This produced a fair in November... amount of nervousness on its own, but its value After a run-through on recent activities, current showed immediately we got up the courage to share status and future attractions from various club board our thoughts, as it turned out everyone was worried members, it was on to the main event. Cindy initial- about the same things! Not having anything original ly assigned us to write down every reason we could or relevant to say, being boring, being too general or think of why we were nervous about or afraid of writ- too specific, we all have the same insecurities—as (continued on page 4) Wanted—Club Secretary! We need a scribe! With nominations for the Board positions still open, all members are wel- come to volunteer for any role they can help with but in particular we need to fill the Secretary position. Wondering if you’re up to this? Sure you are! In a nutshell, it involves taking notes at club and board meetings, then forwarding them to other board and committee members. It requires some organization and communication skills and minimal time each month. Gordy Hyde, who’s held almost all of the Board positions at some time, reckons this is the easiest one to perform and still gives you a voting voice in club decisions. If you haven't volunteered for a position before, this is your chance! Call Fred Russell at 425 308 6621 to discuss, clarify or dive right in. Thank you!

Inside this November 2017 issue…

* Writing Articles ……... pp 1, 4 * Driving School, Lapping .. p 6 * Membership …...... …. p 11 * President’s Column ...... p 2 * Festa di Amici party ..…... p 7 * Calendar …………...……… p 12

* November Club Mtg …..... p 3 * Make a Wind Deflecter .. p 8 Next club events… * Alfas in Austria ……...... p 4 * Alfa History Snapshot ...… p 9 * Club Meeting ………………..…… November 10 * Autumn Drive Report ...... p 5 * Alfa News, Classifieds ... p 10 * Driving School, Lapping …….. November 19 * Festa di Amici …………….....…. December 10

President ’s Column By Fred Russell

Plenty to enjoy while we head into the busy holi- read, "Drive safe- day season. ly. The loaf you Once a year, our chapter holds elections for the save may be your own." More info officer positions. The nominations for President, Vice- President, Secretary, and Treasurer were all opened can be found on page 6 of this at our October meeting and stay open until the elec- tions at our November meeting. There are candidates newsletter. for each position except the role as Secretary, which That same we need to fill. Wondering if you can do this role? afternoon (Nov Yes, you can! Call me at 425 308 6621 with ques- 19) we are also tions, thoughts or to volunteer. holding another High-Performance NWARC’s full board met recently, and one of the business items was to update the chapter By-Laws, Driving Experi- ence (HPDE) at Pacific Raceways. This is also to im- the official set of rules that we follow to manage the club. Our review was to ensure they accurately re- prove your skills but is focused more on performance driving, with 3 different groups on the track based on flect our process, and to amend our process or the by -laws as needed. We also made sure they don't con- skillset and car speed. If you have experience in driving at speed around a track, you'll have a great flict with the by-laws of the national AROC. The good time improving your times, cornering, braking and news is we had only minor changes that primarily re- track positioning around the 2.25-mile track. We'll flect modern wording or process, as well as making have safety measures in place to help ensure every- the language gender-neutral. We’ll post the newly updated by-laws on the club website for you to re- one has a good time. Maybe you're really good and just need to give the car a good test... come be part view. If you’d like a hard copy, let us know (call me at 425 308 6621) and we’ll mail you one. We'll take of this day. New to this? We can help. Everyone on the track had to start somewhere and we'll have a vote on the adoption of these amended rules at a future general meeting. coaches to ride along with you to give you the help throughout the event. This isn't for everyone, but if The Seattle International Auto Show is on No- it's for you, you'll find more info about registering on vember 9-12 at Century Link Field. It’s a treat to page 6 of this newsletter. look at the floor map and see not just Ferrari and December has the Holiday Gala, a wonderful so- Maserati (both upstairs), but also Alfa Romeo and Fiat cial event with lots a people, excellent food and a spots (on the main floor). This year, the Alfa booth slew of items on the auction tables to bid on. I try to will display the 4C, Giulias and Stelvios. It’s been a do a little Christmas shopping at those tables while long time since we've seen this many new Alfa choic- es at the show. out-bidding some of the other members. Hint: Bid rather high to ensure I won't out-bid you. Check We know how much we like to drive, but some- out page 7 and get signed up! times we could use a little extra guidance or prac- tice. Great news... we are holding another Skills When the winter chill fills the air, our family have all returned to their homes, the post-Christmas quiet School at Pacific Raceways on the morning of November 19! It’s part of our charter "to promote is starting to settle and the urge to drive to some- where other than the grocery store or mall sets in... and encourage safe driving on the public highways" it's time once again for our New Year's Day Anti Foot- and this is a ton of fun. Even if you know your skills, ball drive. Clearly the weather gods like Alfas as then bring that new car out and better understand its we've had nice weather each year for 7 or 8 events... adhesion limits and weight transfer. Okay, so you know your car and your skills... what about your except for some huge rain drops that fell a few years ago along Hood Canal, and the occasional ice patches spouse or friend? ...your 16 or older child? ...that boy who is dating your daughter? This event is an thrown in to keep our hearts pounding. This year, we head north again using parts of long-ago routes but excellent chance for any driver to learn car control and some fun basic safety tips they can use to avoid mildly updated. I'll have the specifics in the Decem- ber newsletter. - Fred Russell the next crash. It brings back memories of the slo- gan on the back of the old Gai's Bakery trucks that

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November 14 - NWARC Club Meeting Board Members President Fred Russell (425) 308-6621 [email protected] My volunteer recognition plan for searched for, someone with the moti- Vice President the November meeting changed so we vation and the technical expertise to Cindy Akana improved upon the plan. As a real deliver the goods. “We make an excel- (425) 502-1185 treat, we have noted author Garth lent team, you and me,” Oleg said. [email protected] Stein coming to talk about the be- The binders were inside a large card- Secretary hind-the-scenes of writing, pub- board box in the trunk of my other car, Gordy Hyde lishing, and promoting successful a black Corvette Z06. “You could (425) 241-9307 books. Maybe he'll give us an update make a lot of money,” Oleg said. [email protected] on what Enzo has been doing and how “What’s a lot?” I asked him. “That Treasurer life is with a daily driver Alfa. Corvette you are so proud of?” said Ken Case "...bought in California in 2011 off Oleg. “What about it?” I inquired. [email protected] eBay sight unseen. Once I got it I re- “You could buy ten." he answered. Committee Leadership alized immediately that if you’re going to buy a 1974 GTV 2000 you’re also Activities Directors going to need a Vespa since it’s going Judy & Bill Gehring 425 822-4231 [email protected] to be in the shop a lot. And if you live in Seattle you’re going to need rain Chief Driving Instructor gear for that Vespa." Mirko Freguia 206-795-0861 Membership Chairs Paul & Kristy Affolter 206-523-8534 [email protected] [email protected] Newsletter Editor Jon Inge 206-355-3111 [email protected] For more info on Garth, visit www.garthstein.com and for Naveed, Webmaster try www.naveedjamali.com . Earl Krygier 206-349-3913 [email protected] Prior to these speakers we'll have a Communications Director short business meeting that includes Shannon Low 206-715-9670 our annual elections. We have an [email protected] open position for Secretary and Technical As a bonus, we'll also have a every one of you present has the Wes Ingram 360-707-5701 15613 “C” Peterson Road second guest, Naveed Jamali, who skillset to do this job for us. Please Burlington, WA 98233 co-authored the book, “How To volunteer for this role before the nomi- [email protected] Catch a Russian Spy: The True Sto- nations close! ry of an American Civilian Turned Digital Printing Dan Hatch Double Agent.” “The year was Remember to bring your dinner, or Swifty Print Seattle 2008, nearly two decades after the order ahead and have it delivered be- Berlin Wall tumbled and the Cold War tween 6:30 and 7:00 PM. Lastly, if http://nwalfaclub.com was consigned to the history books. you have any magazines to share re- www.aroc-usa.org The Jeep was a black-on-black SRT8 member to bring them along as well. www.alfabb.com 6.1-liter Hemi V8 with 425 horsepower Facebook: NWARC and all the subtlety of a cinder block November 14, 6:30 - 9:30 PM through a giant plate of glass. I’d Wild About Cars Garage been waiting for this day for almost 11200 Kirkland Way, Suite 200, Club Liaisons two years. I was the kind of American Kirkland, WA 98033 asset the secret-hungry Russians AROO (Alfa Romeo Owners of Oregon) Doug Zaitz 509-768-4312 Informazioni Generali [email protected] FEN The Iniezione is the monthly newsletter of the Northwest Alfa Romeo Club, a non-profit organization of Alfa Romeo en- thusiasts. NWARC is a regional chapter of the national Alfa Romeo Owners Club (AROC). Chapter meetings are typically (Fiat Enthusiasts NW) held the second Tuesday of most months except December. Membership dues are $68 per year, which includes subscrip- Gordy Hyde 425-241-9307 tions to either the digital and/or print versions of the Iniezione and the monthly national publication, Alfa Owner. For infor- mation about joining the club, contact the membership director listed in the right hand column. Opinions expressed in the MGCCNWC Iniezione are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the club. (The author may simply be nuts!) Publi- (MG) cation of articles describing technical procedures does not constitute an endorsement by the club, its officers, or AROC. It is the responsibility of the person performing any procedure to accept all consequences of his or her actions. Wouldn’t it Ken Bottini 425-883-9615 be nice if everyone would take personal responsibility? Commercial advertisements in the newsletter are a win! During this tight economy, give your business added exposure Pacific Coast AROA while supporting the NWARC. Ad rates are: 5”x8” $85/Qrtly $200/Annu 4”x5” $65/Qtrly $170/Annu 2”x3.5” (BC, Canada) $50/Qtrly $120/Annu E-mail a color tif, or pdf file (300 DPI) to [email protected] Don Best 604-939-5056 To subscribe to the digital newsletter: Send an e-mail to [email protected] ...then when the dlbest@telus automated tool sends you an e-mail message, simply reply to the message and you’re on the list.

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How To Write an Article — continued

does anyone who writes for a living. With the right the best part, and winding down with other approach and framework, all of these can be over- highlights afterwards. Use whatever medium come. helps words and thoughts flow for you, wheth- er that’s a computer keyboard or pen/pencil With that out of the way, Cindy gave us the follow- and paper. Don’t worry about length; that’s ing excellent guidelines: the newsletter editor’s job! 1. For the event or activity you’re writing about, 6. Don’t compare what you’re writing, or even the what was the best part? The most fun, the topic, to other people’s work. Each person’s most interesting? Think about how it made experience is different, valid and interesting. you feel; what sights, sounds and smells made it special? What brought it to life? 7. Write as soon as possible after the event, while you can still smell the burning oil and hear the 2. What other highlights were memorable? The squeal of tortured rubber. If it helps, record people, roads, scenery, meals, wine? Any ex- your thoughts by speaking into your phone to ceptional cars? For nearly everyone there, it capture your feelings and thoughts in a voice was seldom the cars or anything technical to note. do with Alfas! 8. Write in the active voice: “X did Y”, not “Y was done by X”. It makes things much more vivid. 9. Give as much thought as you can to the open- ing sentence; you want something that grabs the reader’s attention immediately and encour- ages them to keep reading. Similarly, spend some time on a good closing sentence to tie it all together. 10. Once you’re done, go back through your text and look for ways to bring it to life by adding Class in session. Curious note: of the six people adverbs, descriptions and images to the ac- at the far table, five are left-handed... tions and events you’ve reported. Also, look 3. What was the funniest/most amusing part of for ways to simplify or streamline your text, so the event? that it flows easily into the reader’s mind. 4. Who’s the audience? Don’t be negative about OK, teacher, how did I do? And to everyone else, anyone or anyone’s car; we don’t want to al- you have all had some Alfa-related experience, at- ienate any current or potential members. tended some interesting event or have some topic you think is worth discussing. Take a minute to jot down 5. Just start writing. You won’t know how it’ll your thoughts about it and send them to me. Even if turn out in the end, but just start putting down you think it’s a bit rough we can work together to all your thoughts on the above questions, polish it for publication. Wouldn’t it be cool to see keeping the highlights in mind, building up to your name in the newsletter?! - Jon Inge

Alfas on the Grossglockner Held for the first time on August 4, 1935, the Grossglockner Grand Prix celebrated its 80th anniver- sary a couple of years ago with more than 120 cars, pri- marily pre-war racers. It is one of Europe’s best vintage hillclimb events, held on Austria’s tallest mountain (12,460 ft.), but was organized only three times before WWII put it on hold.

The 9-mile course has 92 curves and 14 hair- Vintage action in the snow in 2015 pins, with gradients between 4 and 11.5%. Conditions were a little sunnier this year, but the spectacle was as exciting as ever! (Adapted from an article by Máté Boér in Petrolicious) A Montreal storms upwards in the sun this year NWARC November 2017 newsletter page 4

Enjoying NW Autumn Splendor - October 15 The first inhabitants, the Suquamish, have many might get slowed a bit driving the Panhard. So we stories of the wealth of plentiful wildlife, natural food darted ahead (which meant no slowing) and stopping and excellent life they had in their home: Suqua. The to wait for them provided good scenic viewing of all early white explorers sailed near the Kitsap Peninsula the other cars as they passed by. The route wound and described a beautiful setting and a land of plenty. up over the ridge and down to the shoreline along the Loggers claimed the trees were so large they only cut western edge of the Kitsap Peninsula. the ones close to the shore since they were too big to The mix of small rural homes, farm land, fancy es- transport. There are many historical writings about tates and small communities rolled along with an the beauty of both the Kitsap Peninsula and the sur- amazing mix of dark green forest, early fall colors and rounding mountains and waterways. perfect weather. The route took us south through Seabeck where we had wonderful views out the right side onto Hood Canal. At times, the directions took us onto the dirt backroads off the paved backroads. One of those scenic dirt road excursions was about 15 miles long (NE North Shore Rd) through the woods, as it twisted its way above the water’s edge to the tiny town of Tahuya located where the sharp bend is along Hood Canal. From here we headed west and then northwest, still staying along the shoreline of the nar- rowing Hood Canal. After a few more miles, at the very end of Hood Ca- Kitsap Peninsula, named after the local Suquamish nal we turned back south on the Kitsap Peninsula to Chief Kitsap, would be our destination to wander back the tiny town of Allyn. This short stretch is the nar- roads for the Autumn Drive on October 15. This tour row piece of land that connects Kitsap to the main- was a multi-club event organized by Paul Melrose in land, making all the difference between an island and his rare French Panhard with its 2-cylinder motor and a peninsula. Most of us didn’t notice this thin land- suicide doors. The question would be if we’d find the form as instead we stopped to enjoy a wonderful meal beauty our native ancestors and explorers described. at Leonard K’s Boathouse to end our tour. The tour started at the Austin Coffee Shop in the The times have changed considerably since the ear- small town of Silverdale. The parking lot was filled ly explorers wandered this area. More speed limit with the usual mix of unusual cars. As my daughter signs, junk cars and occasionally boarded-up old Madi and I arrived in my new Giulia, we noticed Mike houses. On the other hand, they didn’t have Paul, all Yates was there with his stunning red GTV, and then these fun cars and these good roads. In its own way, we spotted Jim and Cami Johnson in the red Alfa Giu- it’s still a land of beauty well worth exploring. As for lietta Spider they bought from the Gehrings and And- the local wildlife, we didn’t see any - but then we did ersons. As the parking lot socializing went along I have that rumbling Cobra which rattled windows and saw a silver Milano in the group hiding among the forests along the whole route! As a final treat, when Fiats, Porsches, a Viper and a Cobra continuation car. Madi and I returned on the Kingston – Edmonds ferry, Mary Zeitner also joined along driving her Honda Civic a huge grey whale swam past just next to the boat. so we had good NWARC representation on the day. What a beautiful, rich NW day. Weather was sunny as the driver meeting wrapped Article and photos by Fred Russell up and we headed out westward following turn-by-turn instruc- tions created by Paul. Details, details, and more details are in- cluded. Paul had warned that there was a steep hill and he An eclectic group - BMW, convertible Citroen DS and Viper NWARC November 2017 newsletter page 5

Upcoming Events - November 19 Track Day

Morning (8:00 - 11:30) - Drivers’ School and Car Control

Register today: msreg.com/nwarcNov2017 Please visit our partners at PROVA Motorsports if you have questions about any needed service to your vehicle in prepa- ration for this event: Christopher Benny at 206.420.8161 - https://www.facebook.com/provamotorsports

Afternoon (Noon - 5:00) - High-Peformance Driving Education/Lapping

This great track event will include multiple driving groups based on driver experience. A mandatory drivers meeting (11:45 am), track study and basic techniques, plus in-car instruction if needed. Rental helmets will be available at the track for $20. First time track drivers as well as experienced drivers - all are welcome! There is limited space so please do not delay. The event goes on, rain or shine... Cost: $175 per Driver. All drivers must be 18 or older and present a valid Driver License (no copies, no exceptions). Arrive and Check-in by 11:30am; Mandatory Driver Meeting before the track goes "Green" at Noon! Advanced registration is required. Full de- tails and Registration: msreg.com/Nov2017HPDE

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Upcoming Events - December 2017 December 10 - Festa di Amici Festa di Amici Holiday Party Sign Up Soon! The 2017 holiday party will be held on December 10, once again at Marianna Ristorante in Renton. Join your fellow Alfisti for an appetizer buffet, beverages and the ever-popular silent auction. Then enjoy a sit-down dinner, followed by a presentation including the introduction of new club officers, the Alfisti of the Year award and Fred’s always- entertaining recap of the year’s activities. The auction has always been successful because of the generous donations made by sponsors and club members. Please take some time to go through your closets, bookshelves and garage and see what you have that you no longer need. Auction items might include Alfa books, miniatures, art, services, gift baskets, wine, homemade treats, vacation getaways, dinners… be creative! To donate, contact Judy or Bill Gehring at 425-822-4231. Registration for members and guests is $50 per person. Please register by December 3, selecting your entrée and dessert from the list below. Sign up at MotorsportReg.com or send a check paya- ble to NWARC (plus your food choices) to: Bill or Judy Gehring, 129 19th Ave, Kirkland ,WA 98033

Entrees: Lasagna Chicken Marsala with mushrooms Chicken Picatta (lemon and capers) Ravioli with Aurora Sauce and mushrooms (vegetarian) Desserts: Tiramisu Spumoni

Coffee and soft drinks are included. The full bar has draft beer, espresso drinks and wines available for purchase. If you have special dietary require- ments, please call Judy Gehring at 425-822-4231.

Festa di Amici Holiday Party December 10 5:30-10:00

Marianna Ristorante 310 Wells Avenue Renton, WA 98057 Please Register by December 3*

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Evolution of a Wind Deflector

Spider drivers, are you tired of always driving with a tail- screen and used Velcro tape to hold it around the headrests. wind blowing down your neck? Or of going hoarse through Once again this was accomplished without modification to constantly shouting at your passenger? Or risking divorce the Spider. This screen worked extremely well; there was through not being able to hear what your passenger/ no vision impairment, it cut out most all of the wind on the navigator is saying? Help is at hand. Harry Reed came up back of the neck and in the cockpit, but its one drawback with a wind deflector design for his 1987 Spider several was that the added tail made it somewhat difficult to place years ago and has refined it through experience. Here’s or remove items from behind the seats. Harry’s tale of how it came to be and what changes he’s A few months later I decided to buy a GoPro Camera and made. - Editor mount it on the wind deflector to the right of my head to capture the road, speedometer and the tachometer. With In 2005 I saw a rectangular wind screen advertised that this in mind I decided to increase the thickness of the plastic would fit an Alfa Spider, and decided to make my own ver- screen to 3/8 inch. I also shortened the length of the tail sion. I used some PVC tubing for the frame as it was easy for more access to the rear storage space. While I like this to work with as a prototype. After a little thought I decided new version, because I mounted the GoPro camera to the ½ inch tubing and “T” fittings would work well, as the two right of my head mostly it recorded gray hair and neck wrin- prongs of the head rest would go through the “T”s and hold kles (not a pretty sight) and didn’t pick up the speedometer it in place without any modification to the Spider. I used or tachometer. The best way to pick up the instrument pan- 1/8 inch tinted plastic as the wind screen and fastened it to el is probably with the camera mounted to a helmet or a the PVC frame with screws and rubber washers. forehead band. I thought bigger would be better, but my first screen was I believe I’m through with major modifications. I did add too large for the Spider’s top to go up with it installed. It some thick plastic blocks that fit under the headrests and did work quite well as to cutting the wind down in the cock- make it easier to mount and center the deflector, and fitted pit, though, so I made a “production” model using ½ inch some Teflon-like disks that minimize squeaking as the plas- copper tubing and tinted plastic. It worked quite well but tic moves against the headrests. Oh, by the way, when I still had to be removed to put the top up (who wants the top purchased the thicker plastic I had enough left over to make up anyway?). a smaller unit, so now I have winter and summer models. The next model was made with the same media, but The summer one is a little smaller and allows more wind somewhat smaller to let the top go up and down with it in- into the cockpit, which helps on hot days. stalled. I used this screen for about 18 months, but got I do most of my driving on the open road at speed. The tired of looking at the frame of the screen in the rear view wind deflector makes my ride much more comfortable and mirror. So I set out on another prototype using clear plastic quieter. With the clear plastic and no frame, I don’t even 3/16 inch thick. I also cut the overall dimensions down notice that it’s installed. This makes for happy motoring. If slightly, and added a “tail” which extended downward be- anyone's interested and would like to make their own, I’d be tween the seats, which is where a large amount of wind en- happy to help them get started and provide help with a pat- ters the cockpit. I cut two slots on each side of the wind- tern. - Harry Reed

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Alfa History Snapshot

Alfa Romeo 6C1500 on its way to winning the Targa Florio in its first year of production.

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Alfas in the News Alfas take top places in Sport Auto voting The readers of Ger- man "Sport Auto" maga- zine awarded the 510-hp Quadri- foglio first place in its imported "Standard Sedans/ Station Wagons up to 100,000 Euro" category. The Alfa Romeo Giulia 2.0 Turbo Veloce was the readers' top pick in the "Standard Sedans/Station Wagons up to 50,000 Euro" category. A total of 234 models competed in 25 categories in this 25th edition of the "Sport Auto AWARD 2017". In total, 13,211 readers cast their votes. ------1949 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 – Best in Show, Art in Mo- tion Concours 2017 (Dom Milano image) ------

Nicholas Harris, an industrial designer in Melbourne, Australia, has created this styling exercise for a pos- sible successor to the Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale. ------The 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia has been named a Top Safety Pick+ by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The TSP+ designation is given to cars with the top rating of “good” in five IIHS crashworthi- ness evaluations, plus the top ratings of “superior” in Alfa Jolly? Seen at The Bridge Concours 2017, Long Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) system and Island, NY. (Kieran Buttrick, Petrolicious) “good” in Headlamp evaluations.

Classified Ads - Cars & Parts For Sale

Cyril Posthumus and David Hodges $10. Sports Car WANTED: set of 15 inch, 4 bolt wheels to fit a Road Racing in Western Canada. Tom Johnston $60. 1988 Alfa Spider QF. I have the 15 inch stock wheels First edition of Weekends of Glory by Martin Rudow, and am looking for lighter weight wheels for summer $65. Alfa Romeo, A History by Peter Hall and Roy driving on the roads. Thank you. John Parkey, Slater, revised Edition $150. Illustrated Alfa Romeo [email protected] Buyer's Guide by Joe Benson 1983, $25. Automobile Year number 7 1959-1960, book jacket worn, $50. ______Ferrari Caratreristiche techiche die motori Ferrari real- izzati dal 1946 al 1985 with Ferrari Club of America Books, badges, buttons - remaining items: Tech note 2c2, $60. Original 1972 Ferrari Daytona Alfa Romeo Giulietta Official workshop manual, truly steering wheel horn button, new, no box, perfect, used, $10. Alfa Romeo 2000 spider showroom publ. $300. All offers considered: I have priced these below 1978-9 $5. Alfetta showroom publ. 1978-79 $5. The market values to sell quickly. Patrick Meehan, text or Great Cars by Ralph Stein $10. Classic Sports Car by call 253-334-0619

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Member Recommendations!

Have a parts or service provider you have found to be highly satisfactory? Share your wisdom with us all at [email protected]. With your help, we can all be better automotive consumers.

Burien Upholstery, Burien - Upholstery, carpets Classic Interior Restorations, Seattle - Headlin- ers, seat coverings and seat rebuilds Dent Solutions, Mobile - Paintless dent removal 206 890 6456 Mark 2 Collision Center, Lynnwood - Collision repair Muffler King - Kirkland Custom exhaust services North Kitsap Auto Rebuilt, Poulsbo - Collision repair Professional Glass Company, Seattle - Windshield Replacement S&S Custom, Kenmore - Auto Upholstery & Interiors Security Safe & Lock, Inc., Bellevue - Lock rebuilding Tire Rack Internet - Tires, wheels and parts Vancity Plating, Burnaby BC - Chrome plating and polishing

All the above providers have been recommended by one or more club members as being highly satisfactory but are not specifically endorsed by NWARC.

Member Mentors

The following members provide Alfa Mentoring!!! Don’t hesitate to contact any of these members for good Alfa info!

Model/Series Member Name Contact 164 / GTV-6 Dan Jardine [email protected] GTV Dave Emerson [email protected] Spiders, GTV Fred Wright [email protected] 80’s Spiders Harry Reed [email protected] Almost Anything! Fred Russell [email protected]

Name: ______Spouse: ______

Address: ______

City/State/Zip: ______

Home Phone: ______Alt. Phone: ______E-mail Address: ______

Do you wish to be affiliated with the local Alfa Club? Yes…. NWARC Membership Application

Please indicate your interests:

ALFA ROMEO OWNERS CLUB OWNERS ROMEO CLUB ALFA CLARK BARBARA c/o 92155 BOX P.O. OR97292 PORTLAND, Technical______Tours______Social______Rally______Vintage Cars______

Cost: $68 annual AROC / NWARC dues

Make check payable to: ALFA ROMEO OWNERS CLUB

Or… Online registration http://www.aroc-usa.org/

Mailto:

NWARC / AROC

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2017 Calendar of Club & Local Car Events • Nov 14 NWARC Meeting / Wild About Cars / Elections + Garth + Naveed

• Nov 19 Driving School, HPDE Lapping / Pacific Raceways, Kent

• Dec 10 NWARC Holiday Gala / Marianna Ristorante, Renton

• Jan 1 New Year’s Anti-Football Drive

• Jan 9 NWARC Meeting / tba

• Feb 13 NWARC Meeting / tba • Mar 13 NWARC Meeting / tba

• Mar tba Driving School / Pacific Raceway, Kent

• April 14 MGCCNW Tulip Rallye / Burlington Mall

• April tba FEN All-Italian Show / XXX Drive-In, Issaquah

• April 28-29 AROO Old Spider Tour

• June/July TBA Lapping Day (prep for Sempreverde) / The Ridge, Shelton

• Jun 29—July 1 SOVREN Historics / Pacific Raceway, Kent

• Aug 4-12 Sempreverde AROC National Convention, Olympia

• Sep tba Half-Fast Lap of WA

• Sep 15 AROO Old Super Tour

Northwest Alfa Romeo Club 9301 236th Street SW Edmonds, WA 98020

Jim and Cami Johnson in their GiuliettaNWARC SpiderNovember on the 2017 Autumn newsletter Drive - pageFred Russell 12