The newsletter of the Northwest Club Iniezione November 2009

Half Lap of Washington… 3 Great Days of Wandering In This Issue:

* Half Lap Drive…. pgs 1-3 Saturday, Day 1… By Gordy Hyde * President’s Column..pg 4 * News …………..…...... pg 5 On the last Saturday morning of Sep- * Club Meeting ………. pg 6 tember a motley cast of eleven vehicles * Election info …... pgs 7-8 appeared in the parking lot of the Ren- * Australia 09 …..pgs 9–12 ton Shari‟s to begin the fourth Half-Fast * Swap Meet ……..…. pg 13 Lap. Motley, you ask? Well, the vehicles * Holiday Party ……...pg 14 * Auto Salon ……..…..pg 15 ranged from Jane Emerson‟s “new” Su- * Trivia Answer ……. pg 16 per to a Lotus Espirit to a “Quadri-Ford- * Classified Ads ….....pg 18 lio pickup to Walter Sullivan in the * Membership ……....pg 19 2009 Alfa Spider. After a brief time to socialize we headed off to Enumclaw Next club events... * Election / Meeting.. Nov 10 where the numbers increased as we * Holiday Party …….... Dec 5 were joined by the Larson‟s GTV, the * New Years Drive ….. Jan 1 Schmid‟s Spider, and the Mous clan in their family sedan. The weather cooperated and permitted top-down touring through Mt. Rain- ier, over Chinook Pass and on to Yakima. (...and undermining the hillside next to Hwy 410 which collapsed and blocked the Hwy within a week or so after they went past. Ed.)

Shannon Low‟s brother owns the delightful bakery “Essencia” right in downtown Yakima and we enjoyed a positively wonderful lunch of delicious soups and sand- wiches followed by wine sampling and some complimentary pastries. Thanks Ryan! Your hospitality was very well received and I‟m certain that many of us will

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Some of our numbers took the “short route” and returned to Seattle via Canyon Road and Snoqualmie Pass. Others continued south and east for wine tasting and eastern Washington road sampling. Fortunately for those who chose the latter and followed the “planned” route, Alan Brothers from Tri-Cities had joined us in Yakima. The wine-tasting was good, but having a “local” certainly came in handy as some of the planned roads turned out to be gravel (or non-existent) but Alan‟s knowledge of the locale got us pointed in the right direction to the Kennewick Red Lion for the evening. Doug Zaitz drove down from Spokane in his “Hondarati” to show us the way to a marvel- ous Italian ristorante that was just a few blocks from the hotel. Anybody visiting Kennewick or the environs should keep „Bella Italia‟ on their list for a truly wonderful and authentic Italian evening.

Sunday, Day 2 by Harry Reed

We left our Kennewick motel at 9 AM with Alan Brothers as our tour leader. We were guided over some great back roads on the way to Walla Walla. Gordy Hyde, Tom Mous and family left the group. Gordy went grape crushing at a friend‟s winery while the Mous family went exploring Fort Walla Walla and a few other places. The group of four cars de- cided to drive Southeast into Oregon.

Merril and Heidi Gordon became our tour leaders followed by the Emerson‟s, Alan Broth- ers and myself. Our path took us to Elgin, OR. where Merril was born and raised. We drove on the back roads with a rest stop at Minam State Recreation Area, where I checked the water level of the river. Minam is the put-in place for me and my son on their annual raft trip. Then it was off on route 82 continuing southeast. It was time to find a lunch spot, not a lot of choices in this area but we did well, and found a nice little family

Half Lap cont’d... The newsletter of the Northwest Alfa Romeo Club run road side stand in Wallowa. We had a great picnic lunch in the shade, table cloth and all. The town of Wallowa is named for the beautiful Wallowa Mountains whose snow melt supplies the Wallowa and Grande Ronde rivers, with ice cold water year round. River flow is very low dur- ing this dry time of the year.

We decided to leave Wallowa and head back to Walla Walla. We took a rest stop at a small general store somewhere out in the country. An older gentleman (about my age) came over to admire our Alfa‟s and then told us about his restored American car. Just by chance, he had his photo album with restoration pictures in his truck!

Returning to the Washington border some of us decided to stop and get some the less expensive OR gas. We split up here. I decided to follow the Gordons to a winery for tasting but, unfortunately, it was closed. We checked into the motel and each found our own solution for dinner. As I turned in for the evening, I reflected on what a great two days of driving and sighting seeing it had been, and was looking forward to an- other new experience in the morning.

Monday, Day 3 By Dave Emerson

Harry Reed, the Mous family, Merril and Heidi Gordon, Jane and I headed north to Waitsburg then to the town of Starbuck… no Starbuck's in Starbuck, no traffic lights, no nada. Somehow, we took a wrong turn, which is hard to do in a town with two streets. All this on fresh tarmac. From Starbuck we headed west on WA 261 to my planned rest stop, Lyon's Ferry Park by the Snake River. Surprise, it was closed for the sea- son. Onward to WA 260 then WA 17 and to WA 26 and across the Columbia River at Vantage for a brief stop. We then went up the Vantage Highway. Coming off the ridge well outside Ellensburg, we let Jane's new Super (she says it's hers) hit triple digits. We slowed to legal speeds through Ellensburg to the Red Horse Cafe.

Along the way Merril and Heidi headed back to the Tri-Cities for an- other night. The walls of Red Horse if you haven't been there are covered in old gas station memorabilia and make it a worthy stop. They could probably put it all up on eBay and retire. (With the way they cook maybe they should.) That part of central WA is also home to the Teapot service station, defunct but still a historic landmark… better than Hat 'n Boots in south Seattle. After the Red Horse, Jane and I broke off and took advantage of The Elms in Sunnyside. Owned by Gary and Cheryl Pira, who have put a night at their B&B into the Holiday Party silent auction for quite a few years now. Gary's an Alfa guy and Cheryl‟s a good cook. As the Michelin guide might say, "Her breakfasts are worth a detour." A great way to fin- ish off 3 days of Alfa wandering!

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Splendid Alfa Stuff

We finished up September with our fourth annual HALF FAST LAP OF WA. Like the other three years it was a splendid trip. This year we combined the 1/2 fast lap with Terry Larson‟s fall tour. This worked out quite well and what a great lunch we had in Yakima at the bakery owned by the brother of Shannon Low... That was just the start of three Alfa days. Our thanks to Terry Larson, Gordy Hyde and the Emerson‟s for their excellent planning and coordination of this three day tour.

On the first Saturday of the new month many of us took advantage of the good fall weather and drove up to Burlington to visit the new facility of VINTAGE CUSTOMS. Cyndi and Daron were the perfect hoists for this event. There was lots of Alfa stuff at the swap meet, I noticed a few people putting good things in their car. While talking with Daron I mentioned that if someone was going to start from scratch and put up a restoration facil- ity, his shop would be a great blueprint. What a fine facility, there were lots of Alfa‟s in the shop are in various stages of restoration. We were pro- vided a fine lunch, so we all went home with full stomachs and minds full of ALFAS. I chased a few country roads on the way back to Edmonds, a fitting way to end an ALFA day.

Our October meeting was held on the West side of Lake Washington and was hoisted by Auto Salon at Leschi. Jeff Gopal the owner and operator of the salon sure knows his stuff, it was a very informative morning. Merril Gordon was the lucky person who had his Milano detailed by Jeff and crew. It looked great! We had our lowest turnout of the year for a meeting/tech session??

Please mark your calendar for our November meeting. (See page 7 of this file!) This meeting is the only real important business meeting we have each year. Members decide who will be their officers nest year and guide the club. It is your chance to run for office and make your imprint on what the club does in 2010. We have a lot of creative people in NWARC; this is a good time to take an officer‟s position and use your leader ship ability.

We have some set dates for Pacific Raceway and are working on Bremerton, the competition committee will meet soon to plan for the 2010 season.

The BACKROADS are getting a little wet, if we have a break in the weather, maybe I will see you there.

Ciao, Harry

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Nominees for Directors to AROC Board of Directors Club Liaisons Board Members The deadline for Nominees for Directors to the AROC National Board of Di- Italian Car Club of British Columbia President Harry Reed rectors is Midnight, CST, January 15, 2010. A chapter can nominate a Fritz Duernberger (604) 988 7904 8111 184th St. SW Edmonds, WA 98026 person for a position on the board or any member can be nominated by 15 [email protected] or more AROC members by petition. AROC will need a short biography Society of Vintage Racing Enthusiasts (SOVREN) Vice President (250 words or less) to print in the Alfa Owner. Any nomination biogra- Tom Mous Steve Schaeffer (206) 789 9317 phy longer than 250 words will be edited. If anyone is interested in run- 595 SW Mount Cedar Drive Issaquah, WA 98027 ning for a role as national club Director, please contact Harry Reed, Gordy (425) 391 6429 Alfa Romeo Owners Club of Oregon Hyde, or Joe Faherty. Questions… contact Jolene Justus, the AROC Admin- [email protected] Dan Sommers (503) 274 0064 istrator, at (816) 459-7462. Secretary George Gibbs www.nwalfaclub.com 23326 55th Ave S Team Seattle has decided to race again at Daytona! Work is under- Kent, WA 98032-2817 way to take the team back to its roots - the 24 Hours of Daytona in Janu- (206) 465 9415 The Iniezione is the monthly newsletter of the [email protected] ary. The Team Seattle crew is hard Northwest Alfa Romeo Club, a non-profit organi- at work securing funding, talking zation of Alfa Romeo enthusiasts. NWARC is a Treasurer Ron Calkins with potential partners, and gener- regional chapter of the national Alfa Romeo PO Box 33512 ating new ways to raise money for Owners Club (AROC). Chapter meetings are held Seattle, WA 98133 the second Tuesday of every month except De- (206) 403 3445 Seattle Children's Hospital. Stay [email protected] cember. tuned for updates. Membership dues are $63 per year, which in- Committee Directors cludes subscriptions to the Iniezione and the national publication, Alfa Owner. For information Activities University of Washington’s new- Merril Gordon est dept… Automobili Lamborghini Advanced Composite Structures about joining the club, contact the membership (206) 290 4704 director, whose name appears on the previous [email protected] Laboratory (ACSL). Lamborghini has made a substantial financial contri- page. bution to the ACSL, reported to be one million dollars. The goal being to Competition TBD further the university‟s long-time research in aeronautics and astronautics Opinions expressed in the Iniezione are those of with partners such as The Boeing Company and the FAA, which will also the author and do not necessarily reflect those lead to application in exotic car development. Lamborghini intends to util- of the club. Publication of articles describing Membership technical procedures does not constitute an en- Mirko Freguia ize the studies to develop future vehicles with lighter, stronger and more dorsement by the club, its officers, or AROC. It is [email protected] (425) 898 0232 x100 versatile materials. Go Dawgs… Go Carbon Fibre! Maybe Alfa Romeo will the responsibility of the person performing any ______join with WWU vehicle research ??? That would be a nice rumor to start. procedure to accept all consequences of his or her actions. Iniezione Editor Fred Russell Jon Shirley just returned from a great event in Australia… [email protected] the Grand Carnival 2009. Lobethal was the site of the 1939 had been run in the hills area. Jon took his Technical Editor Wes Ingram fantastic P3 and was joined by another P3 as well as a rare Alfa 6c1500 15613 “C” Peterson Road and the ultra rare Alfa G1. (The only remaining G1 on the planet!) See Burlington, WA 98233 more on Page 9 of this newsletter! (360) 707 5701 [email protected]

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Group2 Motorsports Tuesday - November 10, 2009 Shop Tour / Meeting / Elections 6:30 - 9:30 PM 4442B 27th Ave. West Seattle, WA 98199 206-378-0900 http://www.group2motorsports.com

This will be a real treat!! Group 2 always has fun projects to check out, but this evening will have extra items. There will be a number of special cars from some of the neighbor- ing car collections. Race Cars, Collector Cars, Fun Cars, Rare Cars… Its all good!

In addition, Group 2 has a great collection of car books and DVDs to check out and buy. One of these may be a great gift idea for yourself, or buy one and donate to the Auction Table at the NWARC Holiday Party.

The business side of this meeting is the important elections we‟ll hold for club Presi- dent, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. We‟ll provide Pizza, Pop, and Water... and you‟ll even have a chance to win a Door Prize. Make sure you attend and have a voice in our direction and success. See you at Group2!

Monthly meetings are usually held on the second Tuesday of every month. See you there!

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Elections set the tone for the club for a year. Don‟t leave that tone or direction up to the crazies like me who show up. Make sure you are there as well. We‟ll enter you in the drawing for a free toaster… okay maybe not a toaster, but at least a nice door prize.

No one task is overwhelming and each requires the talents we have, or we know of the person with the talents. A great example was last month‟s Whidbey Tour, setup by a new member who did a great job after seeking advice from a couple of seasoned members. The same holds true for the Competition Director role. It has been held by a few people, and identified as being a bit demanding, so we are working to spread the effort out differently to make it more manageable. Almost any member can perform the elected roles, if they seek advice and support from the other mem- bers who have preceded them. Our elections on November 11th will be for: President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. All positions are part of the leadership Board along with the Competition, Activities, Membership Directors, and Webmaster, and Newsletter Editor. The meeting will be your chance to finalize the nominees and take the actual vote for the elected positions. If you think the club is running great… volunteer to be part of the Board and it‟s success! If you think the club needs to do things a little differently, volunteer for a role and step in and help change it. As a member of the board, you‟ll meet four times a year. These meetings may be face-to-face or via phone / e-mail. Here are outlines of the elected roles so you‟ll know what you are volunteering for, or may be nominated for. It‟s actually fun and rewarding… it‟s not at all like being an indentured servant. President: The easiest job on the Board. Controls the activities of the overall Board and runs the Board meetings and presides over the club meetings. Writes a monthly column for the newsletter. Helps to find and fill openings in club committee spots. Typically uses around 5 hours monthly… plus attendance at the club meetings. Does not require Alfa ownership… only passion and some leaderships skills! 90% of our members can do this role. Contact Harry Reed for specifics: [email protected] Vice President: Fills in for the club President if the President cannot attend a meeting. Arranges locations and speakers (if any) for monthly club meetings. Tracks attendance at monthly club meetings. Typically requires 2 or 3 hours effort per month making arrangements for speakers or meeting locations. Also coordinates with Activities Director and Newsletter Editor for timing and announcement. Keeps records of contacts and hosts of prior events for future reference. Does not require Alfa ownership… only organization and communication skills! 90% of our club mem- bers can do this role. Contact Tom Mous for specifics: [email protected]

Secretary: Keeps notes during our club and board meetings. Forwards the meeting notes to other board and committee members. Typically re- quires less than 1 hour effort monthly outside of the meetings themselves. Does not require Alfa ownership… only organization and communica- tion skills! 95% of our members can do this role! Contact George Gibbs for specifics: [email protected]

Treasurer: This role keeps our club finances in line. The key tasks are to track the money, pay the club bills, cover the track and driving events with insurance certificates, reimburse club members for club expenses, and manage the Accounts Receivable side. This uses a bit more time than the other roles… it varies monthly. 4—8 hours monthly is a good estimate. Requires good accounting accuracy. Once again, no Alfa ownership is required… but we changed the rules after Fred Wright so you don‟t get a free car with this role. This is the toughest elected role, but check with fast livin‟ Ron Calkins for specifics: [email protected]

The non-elected positions you can volunteer for are Activities, Membership, and Competition Directors. Additionally, the Webmaster role, and Newsletter Editor tasks. It‟s not unheard of for people to sign up as a team with another member. (Wife & husband? Friend & friend? New mem- ber and long standing member?)

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Competition: Very important role in the club since it effects our finances, safety, and some deep speed passions. You will need to manage all the track lapping events. What makes this role easy is the great existing program, tools, and volunteers… and past directors who will help. What is tough is we have a lot of track events so we need to work with you to spread that responsibility out across others. Help us determine how we do this and we‟ll ensure you don‟t get overloaded. Our track events cannot happen without this key role, and the role can‟t happen without our club members support. Requires track experience, attention to safety, good organization and communication. For specifics, contact Brian Williams: [email protected] or Dave Kingstone: [email protected]

Activities: The master of the calendar. This role keeps all the events on the calendar and helps work with those planning the events to best fit the schedule, with minimal conflicts. They also work with the Treasurer to ensure events have insurance coverage when needed, and to help keep event costs under control for the club and members. The role requires social skills and some organization talent as well as 1 or 2 hours per month. No Alfa ownership needed. 95% of our members could do this role! Contact Merrill Gordon for specifics: mgor- [email protected]

Membership: This is usually a simple fun role. First you get to welcome any new members to the club with an e-mail or phone call, as well as provide info about the club to prospective members who may have shown up at an event or meeting. Both gives you a chance to brag about the cool things we do as part of NWARC. The other fun aspect is looking for ways to attract new members… we don‟t expect you to wear a sandwich board and walk a college campus or some downtown streets. You may work with other club Membership Directors or tap the National Membership chair… a local resource we call Joe. It takes no more than a couple hours per month and requires good social skills. No Alfa is required! Contact Mirko Freguia for specifics: [email protected]

Webmaster: If you like to stay up late, put your feet up on the computer desk and have the patience to be a computer person… this role is for you. You‟ll need to help keep information up to date on the website with the latest meeting info, and newsletter postings. If you can update other items, all the better. You would need to invest about 1 or 2 hours a month unless you get hooked, then you can put in 20+ hours. You choose. You do have to understand web applications and programming. (I know, I know… most kids can do this but only a few adults can.) Contact Taru Ross for specifics: [email protected]

Newsletter Editor: A role with infinite rewards… if you talk too much. You need to gather stories and photos from people attending events, or “report” the event yourself. Pull together info about news, upcoming events, meetings, or any dirt you can find to put into the newsletter. You do this each month to your own entertainment, and hopefully to a few members as well. You can create your own design / layout that you feel is best and ensure the newsletter is published / mailed. Forward a pretty color version to the Webmaster and via e-mail to the members. The require- ments are some mild computer skills, reasonable communication, and about 16 hours per month… plus attendance at events. Until we create a role of “Director of Driving w/ Eric Hawley in his 8C” then this is the most fun role in NWARC. Ask me (Fred Russell) for specifics at: [email protected]

You know the roles… now jump in, take your turn, and be a leader in the best Alfa Romeo club around. Thanks, and we’ll see you Nov 10th! Fred R

Lobethal Grand Carnival, , 3-4 October 2009 Original Story and Photos by Vince Johnson Reprinted/Altered with permission from the author & VeloceToday The newsletter of the Northwest Alfa Romeo Club

Seventy years ago the 1939 Australian Grand Prix was held on the Lobethal circuit in the Adelaide hills. According to the excellent book, “The Official History 50-race of the Australian Grand Prix” (R&T Publishing 1986) there were three Alfa Romeos entered in the event. The 2.9 litre Tipo B Monoposto, chassis 50002 finished sixth after 150 miles of racing; a 2355cc Monza chassis 2211134 driven by Alf Barrett finished 8th; and a

The Talbot Lago leads Jon Shirley’s P3 and the field

8C (2373cc) 2 seater chassis 23112028e (believed to have been raced in 1933 Le Mans by Chiron) driven by John Crouch, which fin- ished 7th.

At last year‟s presentations, event director Tony Parkinson had hoped Giddings (left) and Shirley (right) enjoy Southern Australia the Lobethal Grand Carni- val would become an an- nual event, attracting cars of the calibre that raced there in the thirties and forties. The 2009 entry list proved that, and there were several pre War Alfas on hand to celebrate the seventy-year anniversary. Alfa P3 chassis numbers 5006 and 50005 are well known at historic race meetings around the world, in the hands of Peter Giddings and Jon Shirley. Gidding‟s 5006 (according to Simon Moore, the first series of P3s had a four digit serial number) dates from 1931 and is the only surviving first series Tipo B. Its racing history with includes Guy Moll‟s win at Monaco in 1934. Shirley‟s 50005 is documented as the 1935 German Grand Prix winner. ‟s skill in overcoming the power- ful Mercedes and Auto Unions from behind at the Nurburgring is well recorded as his most famous race.

Lawson’s Delage Le Mans This year‟s event started on a cold Saturday with the rain holding off during the driving events. Sun-

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day was both warmer and drier. “It was a fun event al- though the speeds were con- trolled by a pace car.” said Jon Shirley, “You did get a real feeling of what it must have Jon Shirley chases the Delehaye been like to drive it for real with no protection of any kind on tree lined bumpy county roads and narrow pieces through the towns. The P3 was jumping around like mad and 90 or so felt really fast.” The current event is run on the exact same course used Peter Mullin had Jim Stranberg drive his Delahaye in the event. Seventy in 1939. Once during a post war race, Sterling Moss averaged 91 MPH in a years ago the same car placed fourth in the Australian Grand Prix. Maserati 250F.

Also attending was the Delahaye Type 135 that placed fourth in the 1939 Grand Prix. Now owned by American Pe- ter Mullin and driven in his absence by Jim Stranberg from Colorado, it had placed 2nd in the 1936 French Grand Prix and won the Marseilles GP at Miramas. Also in blue were John Lawson‟s 1936 Delage D6 70 Le Mans and Ron Townley‟s 1948 Lago Talbot Type T2C. Chassis 110002 was

Rod Quinn’s Type 35B the second of Tony Lago‟s 4500cc cars built to the 1948 un- supercharged formula. In 1953 its factory rebuild included Kent Patrick’s Type 37A GP rounds Mill Corner twin magnetos and dual plugs per cylinder, ZF limited slip differential and work to the windscreen and oil tank. Sold by Tony in 1954 to Aus- tralian Doug Whiteford, it came third in the 1955 Australian Grand Prix.

Bugattis included George Hetrel‟s well known 1927 Type 35C, Rod Quinn‟s Type 35B, the 37As of Kent Patrick and Andrew Cannon and Roderick Amos‟ Type 40.

Trevor Montgomery ran his 1500, the “Little Alfa” previously raced by 4 time Australian Grand Prix winner Lex Davison. In spirit with these were the Argentinean Pur Sang recreation cars of Mick Hone (Type 51), Ray Delaney (Type 35B) and Phil Schudmak (Alfa Monza).

The only Alfa G1 in existence More a tourer than a racer, the world‟s only Alfa G1 shared marquee space in the

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pits with the Delahaye and the two P3s. Fac- tory records show 50 were built from 1920 with two prototypes possibly included in this figure. Two were imported into Australia. This car‟s first owner was a Brisbane busi- nessman who was declared bankrupt before the Alfa had covered its first thousand miles.

The story goes that he drove it 900 miles west to leave it at a cattle station in the middle of Queensland so that it would escape the accountants. Unfortunately he

never picked it up as he died three Alfa G1 years later. The car stayed there in a shed and eventually tangled with a tree while in the hands of two lads working on the property, suffering front suspension and steering damage. The station foreman saw the value of its 6.3 litre six cylinder engine. He stripped off the body, welded an- gle iron to the chassis and connected up a centrifugal pump. There the Alfa stayed, ticking over at 1100rpm and pumping water into feeder dams. In 1965, Queenslander Ross Flewell-Smith heard about it from a contact out west. A deal was done which saw Ross provide the cattle station with a Holden-engined pump unit in exchange for the car. Too big for his trailer, it was trucked back and unloaded with a fork lift. The curator at the Alfa Museum, Luigi Fusi, confirmed it as the only known G1 survivor and sent blueprints and photographs to help in the ten year restoration.

Now owned by Neville Crichton and driven over the weekend by David Berthon, in top gear the G1 travels over 2.7 metres for every engine revolution. With two fuel tanks totalling 275 litres, it has a range of over 1000 kilometres. On its last run on Sunday, the tube in the right front

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tyre let go and it finished the lap of the 14 kilometre circuit on the back of the rescue vehicle.

As in 1939, MGs, other British and European sports cars and Australian built specials, several with Lobethal racing history, and over thirty racing motor- cycles and sidecar outfits, completed the entry list. Frank Moore‟s Mercury-engined “Black Bess” won a race in the last meeting held at Lobethal in 1948 and was victorious at the 1950 Australian Grand Prix. Its bench seat was the ideal place from which to hear and smell two P3 Alfas taking on the best French and Brit- ish cars from the era. Trying to hold the camera steady while facing backwards over the fuel tank be- hind the seat was just a minor issue.

Peter and Jon in their P3s

Spectators were treated to the sights and sounds of these cars on a public road circuit that hasn‟t changed its layout since before World War 2. Alan Tomlinson, now 93 years old, had flown in from New York. In 1939, he was driving a heavily modified, supercharged MG TA. Much of the modifications being done by himself. He was a long shot to win, but win he did. A recently completed replica of his MG TA Special ran all weekend. On Sunday after- noon when he was presented with a trophy to commemorate his win in 1939, he modestly gave credit to his team of twenty year olds as though it was yesterday. And the memories came flooding back. (One great evening, Jon Shirley was honored to have the chance to dine with Alan.)

In a recent issue of VeloceToday, Jon Shirley was asked how to get the next generation interested in historic and classic cars. If the kids in the crowds lining the Lobethal circuit are anything to go by, they already are.

Trevor Montgomery with his Alfa Romeo 6C 1500. Special thanks to Tony Parkinson and Frank Moore. www.lobethalgrandcarnival.com.au www.VeloceToday.com

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Swap Meet Wrap up

There were plenty of tables and club members with a ton of Alfa parts for sale. In addition, Jim Simpson had a nice display of rare memorabilia for sale. Steve Schaeffer hobbled around on his crutches, chatting, as many of us enjoyed the sunshine, good BBQ, and great facility of Vintage Customs. Though the percentage of buyers was smaller than the percentage of sellers, it was a fun atmosphere with plenty of socializing and a few good sales made. It was also a great chance to gather information on items you had on the shelf for a long time. In- side a weathered old paper bag was a set of old stainless trim pieces, possibly from an aged Alfa. A few of the Alfa fanatics tried to recognized them. The discussion / debate lasted well into the eve- ning with books being opened and searched. The guesses fell to grill pieces from around the 1920‟s or the 1947 6c2500 Freccia d‟oro. We‟ll have to look forward to a better economy and more buyers next time… also we‟ll make this a regular event people can plan for! For info about Vintage Customs, or to thank our hosts… e-mail: [email protected]

Member Resources... Selling Something???

The following members have volunteered to pro- Interested in placing a classified ad? vide Alfa Mentoring!!! Ciao, Mirko E-mail to [email protected] with your Model/Series Member Name Contact GTV-6, 164 Randy Rumley [email protected] text. Please include name, phone, and pref- 164 Dan Jardine [email protected] erably an e-mail address. Add in a photo if GTV Dave Emerson [email protected] 70‟s Spiders, Series 4 Greg Miller [email protected] you‟d like but keep it small. Your ad will run 70‟ Spiders, GTV Fred Wright [email protected] for sixty days or two newsletters. Spiders (101/105) George Gibbs [email protected] 80‟s Spiders Harry Reed [email protected] Everything! Fred Russell [email protected] Want your ad to continue to run for an- other month?

E-mail: [email protected] before the 15th of the month.

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NW Alfa Club Holiday Gala!!! Name(s) ______

______Saturday

December 5, 2009 E-mail address ______

5:00 PM Phone ______

The Museum of Flight $40.00 per person 9403 East Marginal Way South (Remember to choose an entrée for each person.) Seattle, WA _____ Herb-roasted Prime Rib of Beef

_____ Fillet of Salmon stuffed with Dungeness Crab and Brie Now is the time to register for the 2009 Holiday Gala. This is the biggest social event of the NWARC year and we look forward to see- _____ Artichoke, Goat Cheese, Wild Mushroom, and Spinach Strudel ing all of you there. Also included: Salad of mixed field greens, herb roasted red potatoes, We will be returning to the Skyline Room at the Museum of Flight. seasonal vegetables, and dessert buffet.

Once again, McCormick and Schmick will be catering the event. Items in the Silent Auction will open for bidding at 5:00 p.m. There Pay by Check... (payable to NWARC) will be an unhosted bar and complimentary hors d‟oeuvres. This is a or... great opportunity for you to catch up on the year‟s events with fel- low Alfisti. The Museum of Flight will be open for complimentary Pay by VISA/MC... viewing for party attendees from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Dinner Card#______exp._____/______will be served at 7:00 p.m. Mail payment and choices to:

Sponsors and donors NWARC Party c/o Ron Calkins The success of this holiday tradition is directly proportional to the generosity of our sponsors and silent auction donors. Despite the P.O. Box 33512 economic downturn over the past year, our Alfa family has donated Seattle, WA 98133 some outstanding items for your bidding pleasure. Of course the best way to show our appreciation is to use their products and ser- Online reservations are available through: vices and support their endeavors throughout the year, but it‟s al- ways a lot of fun to enter into competitive bidding for their donations http://nwarc.motorsportreg.com/ too! It is easy. If you have not yet done so, you will need to create an account, We already have donations of original artwork, weekend getaways, but you will not have to answer all the questions that you would for a track wine, and homemade goodies. If you wish to contribute, or have event. Name, address, phone, e-mail, and emergency information is all questions about the auction, contact: that is necessary. Jessica Hyde (206) 778-9923 [email protected] If you have any questions, please call or e-mail Jessica or Gordy. Gordy Hyde (425) 241-9307 [email protected]

The newsletter of the Northwest Alfa Romeo Club October Meeting Wrapup… Auto Salon at Leschi

It's all in the details. Track Season Wrap up...

On Saturday morning, October 10th, the Auto Salon at The rains had finally come to the NW as we held Leschi opened up shop to host our monthly meeting and to our last track event of the 2009 season. Bremer- educate us on detailing our prized Italian cars. ton had approx. 30 cars ready to face the day…

rain or shine. Undeterred by the low number of Alfisti showing up that cold and grey morning, our host, Jeff Gopal and his staff All, in all… 2009 was a great year for track graciously welcomed us and introduced us to the different events. Almost no real weather problems, only one services they provide, which even includes detailing boats!! major oil slick, but no bad car crashes. Fairly

smooth process each and every time. It all worked Once a club member was found willing to volunteer his car for the detailing demo (Merril thanks to all of our drivers, instructors, track and Gordon's black Milano ), Jeff and his crew got out the pressure washer, buckets, shampoo turn workers, and our need for speed. Remember and other wonderful cleaning agents and started to tell us all about the steps of detailing a to say thanks when you see one of the above men- car, while demonstrating these activities on Merril's car. tioned people.

Here comes 2010 with a number of great track Lots of questions were asked and many cleaning tips exchanged. I think we all learned dates in the works. Lets hope the season is every something new and received lots of great advice on techniques and products to use when detailing our Alfas ourselves bit as good as 2009!

All in all a great morning, and as bonus for Merril a nicely washed car with a well detailed hood. If you are ever in the Lecshi area, Jeff and the guys invite you to swing by the shop and park your Alfa in front of it. By Tom Mous

Trivia Question for November! What is this car?

Trivia Question from October! The newsletter of the Northwest Alfa Romeo Club Which Alfa Romeo was advertised with the following tag line? "For the man who has everything, here is the car to keep him company.”

It was June of 1959… The production car was released to the public at the Monza Autodrome and the ad campaign from Alfa Romeo for their new, and very unique Giulietta Sprint Speciale had the tag line, “For the man who has everything, here is the car to keep him company.”

The car closely resembled many of the lines from the B.A.T. show cars. When viewed from above, the overall cars have a nice teardrop shape, with an even more exaggerated teardrop shape to the passenger cabin area.

Alfa made the initial low nose cars with the body lines at the front dropping approxi- mately 4 inches below the standard height. These cars were made extremely light with aluminum body panels, plexiglass window glass (rear), and more. As rare as Sprint Speciales are, the low nose is the rarest style since with only around 100 of the total 2765 production has the special front style. Produced from 1959 as Giuli- etta SS, then as the Giulia SS from 1963 to 1966, the look didn‟t change much, but engines did grow a bit. The initial production cars had 1300cc engines with the later models having 1600cc.

NWARC has at least 5 members with Sprint Speciales. Next time you see one, take the time to both enjoy their rarity, their fantastic lines, and remember that many of us are old enough to have bought one when they were new. Heck, they sold for about $5,663 in 1959. For reference, a Giulietta Sprint sold for approx. $3,800 and a typical Chevy was $2,275. (BTW… gas sold for .25 per gallon.) Fred R

The newsletter of the Northwest Alfa Romeo Club ALFA Classified Ads... For Sale: 1979 Spider Veloce Here is a car to turn heads. It has new paint and new interior. In 2001 Wes Ingram rebuilt the top end, including new pistons, head and injection system. The car had 97,000 at the time of the rebuild. It now has 113,000. Was wife‟s car, but she suffers from foot problems, so can no longer work the clutch. Car needs a new driver, someone who can appreciate the uniqueness of an Alfa convertible. I am asking $7500 for it. Call Walt at 509-670-8668, or email [email protected] for more details.

For Sale: 1974 Spider 53K miles Ivory (Straw) exterior with Black Interior. Excellent condition...looks and drives great. Complete history and receipts, well sorted out car. Engine and Transmission rebuilt. New brakes, converti- ble top and interior. $9,500.00 Contact Mike at 206-605-7091

For Sale: Good running 1974 Alfa Berlina, good engine and suspension, body and interior a little rough, good car for the track Engine has been overhauled with new rings and bearing, the head has been ported, has reground valves, and has performance cams.No oil leaks. The brakes have been upgraded with larger calipers and vented rotors, new ferodo brake pads, rebuilt calipers, new master cylinder, new brake hoses. The front end has new ball joints, tie rods, a larger sway bar, negative camber. The rear end has an adjustable panhard rod. $1500 Matt 206-310-1673 or Mttear- [email protected]

Parts: Four 14x7 wheels, two with BFG G force R-1 205 55 ZR 14 fits GTV, Spider,Berlina good for your track day tires. $240 Lincoln welder AC/ DC 125/225 like new, very little use.$350 Marquette model 42 151 two gas analyzer, $150. Works fine, I had it serviced after I bought it and hardly used it after that. Matt 206-310-1673 or [email protected]

Parts: Two sets of 14 by 7 Panasports with Hoosier R6 tires deep offset wheels for early 105 cars $750.00 per set some heat cycles left on tires. Several sets of slotted, drilled front rotors, some new some slightly used $75 to $100 per pair. 4.56 LSD diff $250.00. Too many sets of OEM ex- haust headers for 1600 thru 2000 -$50.00 a pair. All items in Anacortes. Fred Schueddekopp 360-588-8311 giuliasu- [email protected]

Parts: Alfa GTV6 2.5 V6 motor parts all from 1982, 1983: 1 intact engine less pulleys and Cam shafts, 2 bottom end, one with no oil pan, 3 cleaned (before I got them) blocks, Heads, several sets, only one with a cam shaft in it. The rest are in various stages of undress. 2 loose crank shafts. Additional: Intake runners, air manifolds, valve covers, injection parts, pistons, rods, and liners, other misc. All Available for $1000 or offer. I will sell individual pieces (make offers), but would prefer to have all of it out of my garage. Also available, tan leather seats (1983 GTV6 non - Recaro). Worn cond. Leave message: Randy 425-814-6459 or email [email protected]

Parts Wanted!!! Rear view mirror for 1968 1750 GTV. Philip at 604-240-0864 [email protected]

Many of us would prefer buying services from fellow Alfisti before looking outside

the “family”. Advertisements in the newsletter are a win, win, win. 1. Ad revenue goes to the club. 2. Members feel better about who they contact. 3. Your business gets added exposure during this very tight economy. From contrac- tors, attorney‟s, designers, printers, landscapers, etc… Spread your word by placing an ad. Advertising Rates Full Page: $25 Monthly $175 Annually Half Page: $20 Monthly $120 Annually

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NWARC / AROC Membership Application Photo of the month: On the Half Lap Tour… a Lunch stop included the Alfa Club Sandwich. By Dave Emerson Name:______

Calendar of Events Spouse:______Nov 10 NWARC Election Meeting Address:______Dec 5 NWARC Holiday Party Jan 1 NWARC Anti Football Drive City/State/Zip:______March TBD NWARC St Paddys Day Tour Home Phone:______June 23-27 AROC National Convention June 24 100th Birthday of Alfa Romeo E-mail address:______Aug 13 Concorso Italiano

Work Phone:______

Do you wish to be affiliated with the local Alfa Club, NWARC? ______Digital Copy of the Newsletter???? Please indicate your interests: If you are still getting a mailed copy of the club

newsletter, even though you told me to switch to Technical_____ Tours_____ Social______Rally______Vintage Cars______just a digital copy via e-mail… you may need to re- Cost: $60 annual + $3 to join NWARC mind me. I had a computer virus that helped me Make check payable to: ALFA ROMEO OWNERS CLUB loose a little info. Don‟t feel bad telling me again, if E-mail:[email protected] needed. Thanks!

Mail to: ALFA ROMEO OWNERS CLUB P.O. BOX 12340 KANSAS CITY, MO 64116-0340 [email protected]