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$5.95 THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ALFA ROMEO OWNERS CLUB DECEMBER 2018 Concorso Italiano 2018

Alfas on Display at Monterey Bay

1953 Alfa Romeo 1900 Supersonic • Alfa Roads: The Ozello Trail • Alfas at Auction: Monterey Report 2 ALFA OWNER DECEMBER 2018 ALFA OWNER DECEMBER 2018 3 4 ALFA OWNER DECEMBER 2018 ALFA OWnER • VOLUME 62 • nUMBER 12 • DECEMBER 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]

Vice President: Enrique Zuniga 303 Highfield Lane, Nutley, NJ 07110-2410 201-650-7351 [email protected]

Secretary: Mike Bange 92 Soper Avenue, Northport, NY 11768 631-379-4060 [email protected] treasurer: tim Spruill 5031 Bardwell Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70808 225-454-2925 [email protected]

DiRECtORS Lance Dong San Marcos, CA 760-822-2532 [email protected] Joe Faherty P.O. Box 104, Fox island, WA 98333-0104 253-549-6828 [email protected] Anthony intintoli Nesconset, NY 631-767-7526 [email protected] John Justus 1544 SW 41st St, Lee's Summit, MO 64082 816-668-0399 [email protected] On the cover: Alfa Romeos old and new were out in force at Concorso Italiano 2018 in Monterey Bay. Arno Leskinen Above: The rain gods tried their best, but the ItalianCarFest went on as planned. More on page 14. 2905 S. PalmSt., Gilbert, AZ 85295 480-722-1316 [email protected] Brewster thackeray 6516 Montrose St., Alexandria, VA 22312 A Magical Year by Cindy Banzer ...... 6 703-508-4418 [email protected] Doug Zaitz Club60: Special Thanks ...... 7 P.O. Box 1364, Deer Park, WA 99006 509-768-4312 [email protected] Member Profile: George and Alma Beston ...... 8 Bernie Zelazny P.O. Box 523, Alpine, tX 79831-0523 Would You Like to Serve on the AROC Board of Directors? ...... 9 432-238-4747 [email protected] 2018 Concorso Italiano: A Brilliant Day by the Bay ...... 10 DEPARtMENtS Advertising Alfa is Best of Show at Italian Car Fest 2018! by Harmon Heed ...... 14 John Duncan: Advertising Coordinator 859-274-7945 [email protected] Barbara Clark: Classified Advertising Records Tumble at 2018 ICAMS by Robert Ludwigson ...... 17 971-254-6660 aroc.offi[email protected] Sharon Spurlin: North American Representative Atlanta Concours d’Elegance by J. Michael Hemlsey ...... 18 256-729-6288; 954-579-5280 [email protected] Alfa Roads: Ozello Trail, The Lizard of Oz by Harmon Heed ...... 20 Competition Chair: tim Spruill Alfas in Focus: Herb and Rose Wysard's 6C 2500 SS ...... 24 Alfa Owner Liaison: Elyse Barrett Pre-Publication Review: Enrique Zuniga, Dave Hammond, Book Excerpt: “The Art of Racing in the Rain” by Garth Stein ...... 27 Doug Zaitz, Brewster thackeray, Barbara Clark, Cindy Banzer, Elyse Barrett 1953 Alfa Romeo 1900 Supersonic by Dave Hammond ...... 30 FCA Liaison: O. Delmas Greene 1410 Pineapple Ln., Clearwater, FL 33759-2315 Alfas at Auction: Monterey Report by Bob Abhalter ...... 32 (727) 799-1486 [email protected] AROC Chapter Directory & Member Services ...... 36 AROC Convention Coordinator: Dave Hammond, Enrique Zuniga Calendar of Events ...... 38 Concours Chair & Chief Concours Judge: Arno Leskinen AROC Platinum Business Sponsors ...... 40 insurance Chair: Gene Kessler, 301-989-0792 Legal Counsel: George Pezold Alfa Owner Marketplace ...... 44 120 Main St., Huntington, NY 11743-6906 (631) 427-0100 [email protected] DATA: Alfa Owner (ISSN 0364-930X, USPS 543-520) is published monthly by AROC, P.O. Box 92155, Portland, OR 97292. Alfa Owner is edited and produced by Parabolica Publishing, LLC., 5212 Katella Ave., Suite 206 Los Alamitos, CA 90720; for the Alfa Romeo Owners Club, Inc., P.O. Box 92155, Newsletter Exchange Liaison: John Justus Portland, OR 97292. 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Editor: Casey M. Annis [email protected] Cover Photo by J. Hutson Hart ALFA OWNER DECEMBER 2018 5 e e AROC PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE From the Driver’s Seat e A Magical Year e e As the holiday sea - ing, chapters are welcoming new really be happening?” look on our son unfolds in these enthusiasts, invitations are arriving e faces barely describes the thrill coming weeks, our e to join in collector car events AROC members felt, watching as two of thoughts will turn to around the country that will feature our members and the F1 drivers waved to family and friends as Alfa Romeo, and new activities are being the crowd as they proceeded around the we celebrate by coming together for good added to supplement our ongoing race course. cheer, bountiful repasts and shared mem - favorite events. With complete coverage of AROC ories. For a brief time, all the challenges The pinnacle of the year came Goes to the U.S. Grand Prix in the Janu - of the Alfa not being ready for prime- when, most unexpectedly, an e ary 2019 issue of Alfa Owner , I assure time or it coming to a dead stop during a inquiry was received from Italy asking if you that the members who took a leap of road rally are set aside. In these longer AROC could provide two classic faith to join us in welcoming Alfa Romeo nights and shorter days, we can take time Alfas to ferry the Alfa Romeo e back to Formula 1 racing in America had to chuckle over the potholes and pratfalls Sauber F1 team around the Austin, Texas, an extraordinary, unforgettable weekend. of the past months while recalling the Grand Prix circuit for the parade lap. Two The level of excitement about Alfa wonderous moments of driving our Ital - hundred members responded, and while Romeo and the intense interest in ian autos. These halcyon days are a it was necessary to pare down the list to e AROC membership was akin to being respite before we start the New Year and two specific cars, the outpouring of heralded as the star of the runway. We a new driving season. support was gratifying and exemplary – look forward to bringing you the story. What a year it has been for Alfa demonstrating your passion to As my beloved ’78 Alfa Spider enjoys Romeo! From David and Ginny Sydorick’s support Alfa in America in all of e her 40th year of running the Oregon 1937 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring its endeavors. roads and byways, it is hard not to reflect Berlinetta taking Best of Show at Pebble Our profound gratitude goes to Thom on the passages my own life has taken Beach, the three Alfas (the 6C 1500 Gran Flewell, his wife, Janet, and their daugh - these past four decades. I’ve had some Sport Testa Fissa, the 6C 1500 Super ter, Allison, and Nicola Cervera and challenges along the way, but mostly Sport and the 6C 1750 Super Sport Giuseppe Dipaola, who on a moment’s experienced an enriched life lived to the Zagato) placing one-two-three overall at notice transported their gorgeous ’59 fullest because of the love of beloved the Mille Miglia, to strong sales figures Spiders from both the West and East family, dear friends and Alfa Romeos. Not for Alfa in the U.S., including Coasts to Austin for the USGP. Seeing the a moment goes by that I don’t repeat my a record number of AROC members sweet classic Spiders circulating the 3.4- favorite oft-used phrase, “The cars bring purchasing and leasing new Alfas, are mile track of the Circuit of the Americas us together; the people keep us together.” phenomena that fulfilled Alfisti’s most (COTA) with Charles Leclerc and Marcus As this season of festivities, thankfulness fervent hope of the marque being redis - Ericsson aboard, amidst the vintage and kindness surrounds us, I want to covered by our country. Corvettes that all the other drivers used, thank all of you for your support, your The impact on AROC cannot be under - was an emotional moment. Proud, happy, enthusiasm and your passion for Alfa stated. Membership numbers are climb - excited, awe-struck with a “Can this Romeo. Together, we have a bond that brings joy and happiness to our days. Your dedicated AROC Board of Direc - tors and I wish you the merriest of holi - days. May your Alfa run true and strong in the New Year. May the magic continue into 2019 and beyond. Motor On, m a e T r e b u a S y s

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What a team meeting at Austin! Doug Zaitz, tatiana Calderon, Joe Faherty, Cindy Banzer, Marcus Ericsson, Mike Bange and Chris Bright.

6 ALFA OWNER DECEMBER 2018 Club60 We Are Still Celebrating!

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ALFA OWNER DECEMBER 2018 7 MEET AROC MEMBERS GEORGE AND ALMA BESTON Member Profile

stands out because it was such a experiences. revelation at the time. If you could have any one Alfa: It’s Worst Alfa owned? Let’s face it, they all hard to answer that because there are so have their moments, but nothing stands many desirable historic Alfas that it is out as “worst”. difficult to pick just one. There is a really Favorite road to tour? We are blessed sweet 1750 GS Zagato Spider in the with hilly topography in our area, and Canadian Automotive Museum in there are many roads that we really like. Oshawa, Ontario just 30 miles from home. Our absolute favorite is a back road route I (George) would love to liberate it from Name: George and Alma Beston between Cobourg and Canadian Tire its un-used confinement there. So, right Occupation: Retired. Motorsports Park (aka, Mosport), about 35 now, today, that specific car would be my Where do you live? Cobourg, Ontario, Canada. miles north and west of Cobourg. It has choice. everything from spectacular views to What was your first car? First car was What do you enjoy most about an MG TD. whoop-de-doos as well as some being a member of your local and challenging curves. All the Your first Alfa Romeo? First Alfa national Alfa Club? Romeo was a 105.48 1750 Berlina. Best thing about owning a vintage opportunities to bond with my fellow These days, it guarantees a lot of Alfisti. We have enjoyed the camaraderie Currently, what Alfa Romeos are in vehicle: friendly conversations with total and moral support for many projects, and, your collection? We have two Alfas, a 1969 Spider Jr. and a 1976 Alfetta Berlina. strangers who recognize a car nut when in turn, the opportunity to support and they see one and like to share their own encourage others. n Favorite Alfa owned? The 1750 Berlina

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8 ALFA OWNER DECEMBER 2018 Would You Like to Serve on the AROC Board of Directors?

Current AROC members are eligible endorse your nomination. to serve on the national AROC Board Alternatively, any member may be of Directors. Twelve members nominated by a petition signed by comprise the Board; six members are fifteen current AROC members, other elected each year. than yourself. As well as determining policy to Nominations may be submitted by fulfill AROC goals and corporate mail or email and must contain the obligations, responsibilities of Board candidate’s name, address, email and members include: attendance at phone number, along with the annual national conventions; appropriate three chapter officer participation in monthly meetings via endorsements or fifteen current AROC video conference/phone members’ nomination. A calls; participation in biography of 250 words club business discussions or less is requested and votes on motions. along with an optional Further, each Board photo, to be printed in member acts as liaison the Alfa Owner . All with assigned local nominations must be chapters. Directors elect submitted by midnight, the AROC Executive West Coast time, on Committee, which is January 15, 2019. comprised of President, Election ballots, along Vice President, Secretary, with candidate’s bios Treasurer and Legal and picture, will be Counsel. included in the March 2019, Alfa We own, we are the Board members serve a two-year Owner . Additionally, the option for Alfa Romeo passion term, commencing at the end of the voting on line will be provided via in the United States Board Meeting held in conjunction email. Voting concludes on April 15, with the AROC National Convention, 2019. Don’t miss another issue of which will be held in Pittsburgh, Please feel free to telephone the Alfa Owner . Be part of the passion! Pennsylvania, in July 2019. The term AROC office at 971-254-6660, if you Join the Alfa Romeo Owners Club of office ends with the conclusion of have any questions regarding the today! $68 per year includes the monthly magazine and the Board Meeting held during the requirements or process. Send onlline access to all things Alfa. 2021 AROC National Convention. nomination, biography and photo to Your local chapter may nominate [email protected] or to AROC WEBSitE • www.aroc-usa.org you for a position on the AROC Board Administrator, P.O. Box 92155, EMAiL • aroc.offi[email protected] by having three chapter officers Portland, OR 97292. PHONE • 971-254-6660

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ALFA OWNER DECEMBER 2018 9 CONCORSO ITALIANO 2018 Concorso Italiano A Brilliant Day by the Bay By Doug Zaitz, Mary Ann Dickinson and John Clemson

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AROC/ARA Booth, manned by Doug Zaitz. special Alfa models awards segment honoring our sedans, from which seven received recognition on the drive- through dais. As is customary at CI, a number of activities swirl through the day – appearances by automotive celebrities; shows-within-the-show, this year featuring Lamborghini Club America t r a H

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and several notable examples of the marque; plus an exhibit by the famed restoration house, Hachelli & Villa. There were so many cars on display that it’s impossible for a person to view each car and read its placard, much less chat with its owner. Moral of this story: set your priorities and manage your time while at this event! Plan early to attend in 2019. Thank you to Concorso Italiano for the display space; to our cadre of dedicated volunteers: Doug Zaitz, John Clemson, J. Hutson Hart, James Treadwell, Mary Ann Dickinson, and to g the Alfa Romeo Association for their r e b d l hospitality in again staging their post- o G

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Best of Show Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS the car that won this year’s Best of Show was a stunning and rare 1951 6C 2500 Super Sport touring Cabriolet, owned by Herb and Rose Wysard of Fullerton, California. it is notably the final 6C Cabriolet ever con - structed, and it is the last of the separate chassis automobiles, with an aluminum body designed by Pininfarina. this past spring the car was shown at the prestigious Villa d’Este Conscorso d’Eleganza. the tro - phy is a sculpture commissioned from Lam - borghini’s head of design, Mitja Borkert. s m a i l l i Rose and W l e a h

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One very interesting Alfa Romeos on display was the 1936 6C 2300 dual-supercharged hillclimb racecar, built in England in the 1970s by Murray Rainey for his daughter Joy to race. Rainey built a period-inspired, cycle-fendered hillclimb car on an original 6C 2300 chassis and engine. inspired by having raced g r

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sors and developed a twin supercharger system similar to that Best Sedan: West and Maggie Clark's '72 Berlina 2000. b o found on the 8C. Also note the steering box sitting outside of B the body. Current owner Dr. Roberto Assael of El Paso, texas just 2018 SPORTS CAR MARKET AWARDS completed a full restoration to its as-built configuration. this weekend was the first time ever that this car has been shown. Alfa Romeo Sedans

Keith Martin of Sports Car Market (SCM) has been presenting Alfa Romeo awards at Concorso Italiano for two decades. For several years now SCM has sponsored judging and awards for various featured Alfa Romeo models. This year, the featured models comprised the four- door sedans: Berlinas, Supers, Milanos, 164s and the new Giulias. • Best of Show: 1972 Berlina 2000, owned by West and Maggie Clark. “Stella” now has 370,000 miles, with one engine rebuild done at 175,000 miles. How could this be? Per West – just follow the maintenance guidelines in the owner’s manual. • Best Giulia Super, Stock: 1966 Giulia TI (166k miles), owned by David Ogle, the original owner. • Best Giulia Super, Modified: 1965 Giulia TI (the taxi), owned by Tyler Scott. • Best 1750 Berlina: 1969 (white, Canadian market), owned by Andrew Watry, keeper of the Berlina Registry . • Best Milano: 1988 75, owned by Nizam Zambri. • Best 164: 1992 164S, owned by Helia Cornejo. • Best Giulia Tipo 952: 2017 Ti Sport, owned by Cindy Akana and Fred Russell. Cindy clearly likes driving this car fast; she received a $1,100 ticket for going 110 mph, claiming that it was worth it! • SCM Choice – Most Miles Driven to Concorso: 1972 g

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Cate & Alyssa Crabb's 1960 Giulietta Sprint took Best in Show.

Then along came Hurricane Gordon, predicted to make landfall just west of Alfa is Best of Show Pensacola, where we planned to stop the first night. We put up our hurricane at Italian Car Fest shutters at home and delayed our departure a day to let him get ahead of us. We average 400-450 miles a day, so ...Weather or Not! shortly after entering the Florida panhandle, we caught up with his long Story by Harmon Heed onths ago Jo and I saw the ad tail, wagging wet and wild. Photos by Paul Valentine in Alfa Owner for the 2018 We prepped Abby, our 1964 Giulia Italian Car Fest at Nash Farm Spider, for a wet transit. Jo doesn’t mind and Art Weinman M in Grapevine, Texas, declared “Road too much not having side windows and I Trip!” and registered. We coincidently put the top up, ran a piece of clear duct received word from Texan friends that tape along the roof and windshield they had just moved there. We enjoy seam, slid plastic bags over the sailing together, so they insisted we stay sheepskin seat covers, applied Rain-X to with them, attend the car fest on the windshield, installed a new blade Saturday and crew on their boat in their and got the wiper working. Good to go! club’s regatta on Sunday. Life is We made it to Pensacola, but the next coincidently wonderful. morning Abby wouldn’t start. I checked

14 ALFA OWNER DECEMBER 2018 of the cars setting on the soggy field. The first one I saw was a sunshine- yellow Miura. Ninety-five cars had registered and 44 showed. We counted 18 Alfa Romeos, eight Fiats, seven Ferraris, five Maseratis, four Lamborghinis and one DeTomaso

Michael Kean's 1973 Gt Veloce Pantera. There was even a Maserati- powered Citroen SM, and a Conestoga wagon in Celeste blue.

Nice line up of italian cars and umbrellas. The judging was done by the entrants of 16 classes: four Alfa, three Fiat, one each DeTomaso, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Italian Connection, “Other Italian” and Race Car, Winners Circle and Best of Show. Every owner was given a ballot with the classes on it; he/she wrote in the number of the car she/he judged best in each class, and also the Winners Circle and Best of the battery, all of the wires and the resolute to see our friends, the Italian Show. ignition switch; all seemed copacetic. So Car Fest and sail in the regatta. In the The class winners were all worthy, but Jo pushed while I sat in the car and motel we worked the phones and got a we’re focusing on the Alfas here. Alfa popped the clutch. Abby kick-started transporter for Abby, flights for us. We Open thru 1996 went to Dave right up. (Jo doesn’t drive the car, so she left her covered in the parking lot with Chapman’s 1981 Spider Veloce. Alfa had to do the pushing. Honest.) Banging the promise from the transport company Open 2015 On, Dan Burch’s 2015 on the starter also helped. that she would be picked up that purple-wrapped, 4C Spider “Joker”. Alfa We enjoyed sunshine on the next leg afternoon. Closed thru 1996, Cate and Alyssa of the drive until we were off I-10 and We arrived in Grapevine right on time Crabb’s 1960 Giulietta Sprint. Alfa onto the highways through the cotton for dinner. That night the rain continued Closed 2014 On, Dan Book’s 2017 4C fields of Mississippi, where Gordon unabated and in the morning we coupe. Race Car went to Lily and Maor really let us have it. If you have driven in ventured out to see Grapevine, a suburb Primo’s 1967 GTAM. Best of Show was a southern rain you know it is blinding. of Dallas. It has a clean, quaint, old Cate and Alyssa’s 1960 Giulietta Sprint. When you drive through the rain of a downtown; there’s a lot of community Besides the cars that won that day, storm with a name, it is like driving pride here. Next to old town is Nash there were other excellent vehicles on through the Gulf of Mexico, under water. Farm, 5.2 fenced acres with a flock of display including Val Herrara’s red 1971 We sloshed on, got clear of Gordon by sheep, a rafter of turkeys, a few mid-afternoon, then near Hattiesburg, refurbished historic buildings and an Abby’s fifth gear disappeared. All other open barn for the vendors. And that gears seemed OK, and I began cogitating morning a herd of Portello ponies, about doing the next 600 miles in fourth cavalinos, Lambo bulls and frisky Fiats gear, 60 mph at 4,000 rpm. Then her were turned out in the pasture. tranny started making munching sounds We parked on the street and walked just south of Jackson. Jo got on the in. The ground was saturated and every phone, got us a motel room. We felt one held umbrellas. They also had big terrible that this would be the first trip smiles and warm greetings. I was

Abby didn’t finish with us, but we were impressed with the number and caliber Dan Burch and his wrapped 2015 4C Joker.

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1820 Conestogia spider in Celeste blue brings up the rear.

2Bob Rogers showing the rain top of his 1958 Giulietta spider race car.

Montreal and yellow 1971 Junior Zagato; Robert and Cindy Roger’s 1958 Giulietta Spider racer with an umbrella over the seat; Jordan Payton’s low and hot-looking 2017 Giulia; Michael Keane’s Amarato 1973 GTV. Next year, Abby will be there, top down! The main reason for the great attendance was the boundless energy and hard work of the two organizers. Bob Dezzany is show chairman for the

Italian Car Club South West (ICCSW) Lily and Maor Primo took and principal of the Italian Car Fest Best Race Car with their (ICF). He got the word out in magazines 1967 GtAM. like Alfa Owner, contacted clubs with Italian cars and organized onsite Convention Visitors Bureau; he We arrived home Monday evening. functions. Barry Feldman is events coordinated local advertising, parking, Tuesday morning the phone rang, “Jor coordinator of the Grapevine trash and finances. Jeff Briggs, president car, in pront.” I translated the Cuban of ICCSW and Richard Cross, president patois; we peered through the curtains, of Lone Star AROC, recruited entrants and there was Abby. The driver had and Lone Star AROC gave a $75 award to arrived during the night and slept in his the entrant who drove the furthest. truck. Viva Team Love Transport Corp, (Abby owes me $75.) Miami, Florida! Sometime in the night Gordon went We’re gratified that we continued on away, leaving an overcast sky to keep us to Grapevine. We encourage all y’all to cool while grinding winches in 10-14 enter and attend any future Italian Car knots of wind. After three races’ Fests at Nash Farm. It’s a quaint venue, combined times, we missed first place by low-key and friendly, with some high- two seconds. Aaaargh! Could Don’s boat end and exotic Italian cars. The 2019 been faster with local crew instead of me show is scheduled for the second aboard? He smiled, tossed me a beer, weekend in September when there is

Lone Star AROC president Richard Cross and said, “Glad to have you aboard, seldom rain. Honest, “just as true as the chats with another participant. mate.” Sail la vie. blue Texas sky.” n

16 ALFA OWNER DECEMBER 2018 Records Tumble at 2018 ICAMS

Story and Photos by Robert Ludwigson

A nice row of Alfas at the 21st annual italian Car and Motorcycle Show in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

he summer of 2018 was a monies were collected, a total of summer of Italian car festivals $2360.00 was raised, also a record and AROC-WI was part of if, amount! cTonducting the 21st annual Italian car After receiving the check for the and motorcycle show in Milwaukee, donation, Beth Grosman, Corporate Wisconsin, for owners of all Italian Director for the American Heart Asso - marques and models. The turnout for ciation said that this money will be displayed cars was heavy, with a used to further Heart Association pro - record total of 48 cars registered, in - grams such as training first respon - cluding 10 Alfas, 14 Ferraris and nine ders to identify potential heart the presentation of the check to the Fiats. Our show is held at a local col - victims, and training nurses to check American Heart Association. lector car repair and sales business, newborn babies for heart problems. Reina International Autos, and they Car registrants were given ballots were gracious enough to supply the to vote for their favorite Italian car, by space, great Italian food and enter - make. Certificates were awarded to tainment. the winners, and a silent auction was Our car show is also charity event, held to raise additional money. and this year, the charity was the Thank you to all who helped to American Heart Association. Both reg - make this the best Italian car show we istrants and spectators were very gen - have held. We are hoping to do even erous in their donations. After all the better next year! n Overview of the event.

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Adding Elegance Atlanta Concours

this GtV is a European version, complete with the Webers that originally came on the car.

A pristine Sprint Speciale. What better color for a Montreal than "electric" blue!

Grigio Alba is a lovely color on the Wagnon’s Giulia Spider Veloce, a model not often seen.

18 ALFA OWNER DECEMBER 2018 at the d’Elegance

Story and Photos by J. Michael Hemlsey

One lonely Alfa was on the field for Saturday’s Classics and Coffee, an Alfetta Gt.

Jay Maveety was able to keep this beautiful Sprint secret for five months.

he Atlanta Concours d’Elegance is one of the newer classic car T expositions available to us. Upon this, the third occasion of the show in late September staged at the Chateau Elan Winery and Resort in Braselton, Georgia, the organizers added a foundation to better support the Shepherd Center research and rehabilitation hospital and McPherson College Automotive Restoration program and their Concours Veterans Program. The greens were graced by approximately

David Yager and his 1900 Super Sport. 300 entries in European and American Sport, this car has a history that includes pre-War, post-War, Racing, Touring and racing, but it is now fully restored and Performance; Restoration, Brass Era, and a car that will leave you in lust. marque classes, including Alfa Romeo, for which Dave Yager’s 1957 1900 SS took Best in Class. n

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Alfa Roads: Ozello Trail The Lizard of Oz

By Harmon Heed

e aren’t in Kansas feet above the Cedar River estuary. If Although the start remains the same, “ anymore, Toto.” That global warming continues we’ll soon be Milt changes the pre-Trail part of the W was obvious to Florida doing this run on hydroplanes. trek annually. This year we cruised Alfa Club members as they studied their The Florida Alfa Club has made this north on the sweeping Suncoast drive on the Ozello Trail; they could see an annual run, organized and routed by Parkway through 40 miles of beautiful there aren’t any straight stretches of Milton Watts. He does it on his Suzuki horse country. For those of us with tops road, and Toto would have been Burgman 650cc motorcycle, and that is down, we were in shirtsleeves, 77 snatched away by an alligator as soon the best way to find it on Google: type degrees with a clear blue sky above. as he got out of the car. in “Ozello Trail motorcycles”. Milt’s Yep, we weren’t in Kansas ... or The Ozello Trail is to Florida what the rallies start in colorful Tarpon Springs Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota or New Tail of the Dragon is to the North (the sponge capital of the U.S.), on the England! Carolina mountains: nine miles of northern edge of the Tampa Bay The Suncoast Parkway is a toll road slithering twists and turns. Except it’s metropolis and close to open country. It so traffic, on Saturday morning, was flat here, almost sea-level flat and The also has a great Panera Bread shop for almost nonexistent and we could enjoy Trail snarls out into the Gulf of Mexico coffee and croissants and a covered area the pastoral scenery. There were 14 amidst the mangroves just a couple of for a driver’s meeting. Alfas, a Corvette and two cars carrying

20 ALFA OWNER DECEMBER 2018 more folks than we could fit in our duoposto Alfas. The only 4C with us this year should have been opportuned the lead through The Trail. The screaming exhaust and apoplectic pop when the 4C gears shift would have scared all the gators, snakes and lizards off the narrow road. The curves aren’t banked and one must be careful not to drift off the road and narrow shoulders because you would end up in either water or swamp. In the last two years, due to the increasing popularity of The Trail, speed limit signs have been posted. Prior to that, the signs were all yellow warning signs with “recommended” speeds and LED lights that blinked and showed your actual speed. I can’t say that any of us surpassed the posted speed limits (we were watching our tachometers instead of our speedo- meters) but there did seem to be an annoying blinking going on in our

Chip Denyko's, Jim Fergusons and Bob & peripheral vision. Carolyn's beautiful spiders. After a pit stop for more/less coffee,

Cathie Foster and Mary Kaehryn Paolini take a breather en route.

the Ozello trail is as twisting Car trouble has a way of as the Cedar River delta. bringing people together.

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Having to pass on the right on the Participants study the Ozello trail route. narrow Ozello trail. the caravan continues up old County concrete bridge and the road is Hwy 494 and turned left onto “The bordered by only mangroves. If your Trail.” It begins as long straightaway tires hit the coquina here, you’re in the with wide swales of grass sloping down water. to forest of pine, oak and palm on both The next surprise is that halfway sides. Halfway down the chute there is a through the trail is a small settlement small, white shed on the right; it’s the of a few houses on stilts and a one last place for a cop to hide. Soon the pump gas station and bait shop. This is swales narrow, the forest forms a funnel old, Gulf Coast Florida, rusty ol’ pick-in and the Trail goes into shadow. And ups and slow-driving mullet net casters. that’s when the zig-zagging starts. This is their home, and they ain’t gonna The turns are quick, tight and so close git outta your way. together you counter into another The rest of the weaving and winding before you’re out of the one you’re in. is on bleached white asphalt built up You wish you had a third hand for the above the tops of the red mangroves. gearshift. Cabbage palms become dense They almost look like soft, landing and if you go off you have a hedge of spots. Here you can see some of the A table for 28 at Peck's Old Port. prickly palmettoes to soften the blow. tight twists coming but it’s definitely The zig-zagging becomes a hard not a place to be with morning dew on your hands caress the steering wheel weaving of the wheel. There’s no the road or driving into the setting sun. and you smile. straightening out these tight turns. When you slide to a stop in the coquina At the end of the Ozello Trail you Suddenly you’re back in bright sunlight parking lot of Peck’s Old Port Cove & literally run out of land and slide to a and shoot over a narrow, bright, white Seafood Restaurant & Blue Crab Farm stop in the coquina shell-covered

53 years of hard and soft top Alfas at Peck's Old Port blue Crab Farm.

22 ALFA OWNER DECEMBER 2018 parking area of the Peck’s Old Port Cove Next year, maybe Milt will route us to and Seafood Restaurant & Blue Crab Ozello on a Yellow Brick Road. If any of Farm. There is a sign over the entrance y’all are in Southwest Florida in April, to the dock that extends out into the join the Florida Alfa Club on its annual shallow estuary where blue crabs are run of The Trail. But don’t wear red plentiful. Milt made lunch reservations shoes. n for just before the crowds arrive. And the crowds do arrive due to its location, good food and service. The staff arranged for all 28 of us to sit at one long table and be served in two segments instead of individually, eliminating the discomfiting, “Oh, go ahead and start, don’t wait till I am served.” After the meal, since the attendees lived many miles apart, we left at separate times and went on our separate ways home. Fortunately, since most of The Trail traffic was still incoming and we were no longer in group mode, some of us had one last the Alfa Romeo caravan snakes its way chance to chase the lizard. through local traffic.

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Herb and Rose Wysard's elegant and well-loved 1951 6C 2500 Super Sport touring Cabriolet was Best of Show at Concorso italiano 2018.

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“The Art of Racing in the Rain” By Garth Stein Excerpted with permission from, and abundant thanks to Harper, an imprint of Harper Collins, copyright 2008

estures are all that I have; Depends stocked in the pantry. I’m sure sometimes they must be grand Denny would get me one of those little G in nature. And while I wagons I’ve seen on the streets, the ones occasionally step over the line and into that cradle the hindquarters so a dog can the world of the melodramatic, it is what drag his ass behind him when things I must do in order to communicate start to fail. That’s humiliating and clearly and effectively. In order to make degrading. I’m not sure if it’s worse than my point understood without question. I dressing up a dog for Halloween, but it’s have no words I can rely on because, close. He would do it out of love, of much to my dismay, my tongue was course. I’m sure he would keep me alive designed long and flat and loose, and as long as he possibly could, my body is a documentary that explained therefore, is a horribly ineffective tool for deteriorating, disintegrating around me, everything to me, made it all clear, told pushing food around in my mouth while dissolving until there’s nothing left but the whole truth: when a dog is finished chewing, and an even less effective tool my brain floating in a glass jar filled with living his lifetimes as a dog, his next for making clever and complicated clear liquid, my eyeballs drifting at the incarnation will be as a man. polysyllabic sounds that can be linked surface and all sorts of cables and tubes ------together to form sentences. And that’s feeing what remains. But I don’t want to The flash and fury of a sprint race are why I’m here now waiting for Denny to be kept alive. Because I know what’s grand. The strategies and skill of a race of come home – he should be here soon – next. I’ve seen it on TV. A documentary I five hundred miles are spectacular. But lying on the cool tiles of the kitchen floor saw about Mongolia, of all places. It was the race for the true racer is the enduro. in a puddle of my own urine. the best thing I’ve ever seen on Eight hours, twelve hours. Twenty-four. I’m old. And while I’m very capable of television, other than the 1993 Grand Even twenty-five. I introduce you to one getting older, that’s not the way I want to Prix of Europe, of course, the greatest of the forgotten names in automotive go out. Shot full of pain medication and automobile race of all time in which racing history: Luigi Chinetti. steroids to reduce the swelling of my Ayrton Senna proved himself to be a Chinetti was a tireless driver who joints. Vision fogged with cataracts. genius in the rain. After the 1993 Grand participated in every motorsports race at Puffy, plasticky packages of Doggie Prix, the best thing I’ve ever seen on TV Le Mans from 1932 through 1953. He is known mostly for winning the first ever Ferrari victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, in 1949. Chinetti drove more than twenty-three-and-one-half of those twenty-four hours. For twenty minutes, he relinquished control of the car to his co-driver, Peter Mitchell-Thompson, the car’s owner, a baron from Scotland. That is all. Chinetti drove all but twenty minutes of the twenty-four hours. And he won. A brilliant driver, mechanic, and

Yes, Garth is an Alfa guy and loves his gorgeous GtV. businessman, Luigi Chinetti later

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convinced Ferrari to sell their cars in the heart still beats for the thrill of the race, determination and awareness. It makes United States, and he convinced them to this child’s soul awakens. one realize that the physicality of our grant him the first – and for many years, And a new champion walks among us. world is a boundary to us only if our will the only – Ferrari dealership in this ------is weak; a true champion can accomplish country. He sold expensive red Often things happen to race cars in the things that a normal person would think automobiles to very rich people, and they heat of the race. A square-toothed gear in impossible. n paid very rich prices for their toys. a transmission may break, suddenly Chinetti always kept his client list leaving the driver without all of his gears. Inspired and gladdened by the confidential, shunning the garish light of Or perhaps a clutch fails. Brakes go soft appearance of author Garth Stein as our conspicuous consumption. from overheating. Suspensions break. keynote banquet speaker at A great man, Luigi Chinetti. Clever and When faced with one of these problems, sempreverde2018, we thought portions of smart and resourceful. He died in 1994 at the poor driver crashes. The average “The Art of Racing in the Rain” would be the age of ninety-three years. I often driver gives up. The great drivers drive good winter reading (for those who have wonder who he is now, who possesses his through the problem. They figure out a winters). We’d also like to recommend soul. Does a child know his own spiritual way to continue racing. Like in the Garth’s other work, “Raven Stole the background, his own pedigree? I doubt it. Luxembourg Grand Prix in 1989, when Moon”, and a series of young people’s titles: But somewhere, a child surprises himself the Irish racer Kevin Finnerty York “Enzo Races in the Rain!”, “Enzo’s Very with his endrance, his quick mind, his finished the race victoriously and later Scary Halloween”, “Enzo and the Christmas dexterous hands. Somewhere a child revealed that he had driven the final Tree Hunt”, “Enzo and the Fourth of July accomplishes with ease that which twenty laps of the race with only two Races”, and “Racing in the Rain: My Life as usually takes great effort. And this child, gears! To be able to possess a machine in a Dog”, also available from Harper. who has been blind to his past but whose such a way is the ultimate show of – Elyse Barrett !

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ALFA OWNER DECEMBER 2018 29 MINI-PROFILE

1953 Alfa Romeo 1900 Supersonic

By Dave Hammond n Engine: Modified 1.975 liter competitive racecar be delivered. behind a long hood, followed by a short (1900) inline-four with 4 Conrero was arguably the best of a rear deck. Twelve years later that Dellorto carbs group Turin-based engine builders. became the formula for the Ford n Power: 115 hp (stock) hp; The Supersonic began with the Mustang and muscle cars that likely 140+ hp in Conrero tune match-up of a1900 engine, Fiat 1400 followed. The rear window extended n Years Built: 1953 front axle and Lancia Aurelia rear axle, over its low roof. The body had a n Number Built: 1 constructing a large-diameter tube fuselage shape, the front fenders chassis, then adding a body by Ghia. included an arrow shape and it all his new car The timing was perfect, as Cisitalia was ended at tail lamps that looked like jet epitomized jet- sliding into oblivion and its storied turbine exhausts. It is very possible T age styling and designer, Giovanni Savonuzzi, had that Savonuzzi was inspired by the was shown at Salone di moved to Ghia. 1952 Plymouth Explorer by Chrysler’s Torino, then wore What Savonuzzi created was a coupe styling chief Virgil Exner and built at number 453 for its 4:53 that sat low with a short cabin set back Ghia. Cues from the Supersonic show AM start time for the Mille Miglia race, and was wrecked between Brescia and Rome. There was only one, but the spectacular Supersonic was of major the 1900 Ghia Supersonic at the transatlantic influence in auto styling start of the 1953 Mille Miglia. over the next six years. The Supersonic existed because Swiss driver Robert Fehlmann asked Virgilio Conrero to build a car around the 1900C Sprint engine for the 1953 Mille Miglia. Conrero was a master tuner and builder of racecars and high-performance Italian hot rods. On this side of the pond it would have been similar to taking a 1952 Ford Flathead V8 to Offenhauser and requesting a

30 ALFA OWNER DECEMBER 2018 the eye-catching 1954 DeSoto Adventurer ii. Alfa Supersonic chassis at Conrero. Connect The Dots Bill Mitchell worked under Harley Earl at General Motors. After Earl retired, Mitchell wasted no time Market Comment revamping the entire 1959 General Sadly, the Alfa Supersonic is no more. If you want one, you’ll have to build your Motors lineup. Cars such as the Cadillac own. However, if you have the money and a yen for a car with that striking Savonuzzi adopted Mitchell's fuselage shape, design, it would probably be a better idea to find one of the Alfa’s Fiat-based siblings. tucking under along the bottom edge. Ghia-bodied Fiat 8V Supersonics appear occasionally at auction and sell in the range Under each big fin sits a turbine of $1.5 to $1.8 million. exhaust-like hunk of chrome. Buick Cars produced in small numbers (Fiat made 115 8Vs but only were 8 received Ghia Invicta coupes suddenly grew long, Supersonic bodies) often come with interesting stories – such as the two-owner 8V sloping roofs with curved glass and thin Supersonic that resided for over 50 years in a humble Detroit-area two-car garage C-pillars, rounded side contours and until its owner finally decided to set it free. The original and unrestored car sold for pointed tail lamps. To my eyes (I have $1.705 million at Gooding’s Scottsdale auction in 2011. an automotive/industrial design degree If your tastes run more to British cars there are a Jaguar XK-120 Supersonic and and grew up around this stuff), Bill one or two Aston Martins, but expect to shell out north of $2.0 million for them. If Micthell studied the Supersonics and yours is more of a beer budget, consider one of Bill Mitchell’s Supersonic-inspired adapted their style. But it appears that designs – say a ’59 or ’60 Buick. A good one might set you back $20,000 to $30,000. Savonuzzi in turn had studied Exner, You’ll be able to validate your entry at next year’s Concorso Italiano by discussing its who was Mitchell’s competitor and only design lineage. a few miles from the new GM Warren, — Bob Abhalter Michigan Technical Center. The connections are fascinating. up in later Exner-Ghia concept cars Several Ghia cars for Exner have As for the original 1900 Supersonic, such as the Dodge Firearrow III and simple large-grid-style grilles. Chrysler Fehlmann survived the Mille Miglia DeSoto Adventurer II. A few photos of generally did not design cars with such crash. Conrero later salvaged the chassis clay models were found in cabinets, grilles, but it was a favorite of Boano. and placed a different body on it. n suggesting that scale models were Ghia built eight Supersonics on Fiat 8V created at Chrysler’s Highland Park, chassis. In 1956 three were built on Michigan headquarters and sent to Jaguar XK 120s plus one surviving Aston Ghia as reference for making the car. Martin DB2 variant. The Aston Martin The person in charge of those shops at was in Brian Joseph’s Classic and Exotic Ghia was Mario Boano (Gigi Segre after Service north of Detroit approximately 1953). Some clay models contained no three years ago, undergoing a full grille details, merely a flat surface restoration. The shape was eye-catching where the grille would go. even as a bare metal shell. the 1956 Aston Martin DB2 Supersonic.

ALFA OWNER DECEMBER 2018 31 MONTEREY REPORT BY BOB ABHALTER Alfas at Auction

1948 6C 2500 Competizione

The year was a good one for auctions When its competition days were over, This time the sale price was $3,525,000, during Monterey Car Week, and Alfa this car was purchased by a Swiss collector reflecting the current state of the market. offerings were abundant. According to and went into long-term storage – one of Certainly, this restoration was a labor of Sportscarmarket.com, sales at the five 50 classics stashed in a horse barn outside love, not done for financial gain. auctions totaled at least $371 million, the Paris. Ultimately, the French Alfa Romeo Bonhams also offered a 1949 6C 2500 third-highest sales volume after 2014 and Club prepared the rediscovered car and Super Sport Cabriolet with body by Pinin 2015, and $41 million more than last year. entered it in the 1984 Mille Miglia Storica. Farina. The car, chassis #791749, still had The star of the weekend was the Ferrari The car was then sold and restored in 2003 its original engine and coachwork. 250 GTO, #3413, offered by RM Sotheby’s by its next owner. Ultimately the car was Originally delivered in Italy, the cabriolet which at its hammer price of $44 million purchased by Washington collector David made its way to the U.S. then went back to ($48.4 million, all-in) set a record for cars B. Smith, who undertook a new rest- Europe in the 2000s. Originally finished in sold at public auction. Every auction oration, returning the car to its original black, the car was repainted red and offered desirable Alfas among its configuration, including its original retrimmed in cream leather during its consignments. engine. In 2005 it was awarded second in well-documented Slovenian restoration. All-Star Alfas its class at Pebble Beach. From all appearances this looked like a As all-star Alfas go, the sale of the Smith bought the coupe for $4,840,000 well-restored example. The engine weekend was the 1948 6C 2500 at the 2013 Gooding Pebble Beach auction. compartment looked immaculate and the Competizione , #920002, offered at the Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction . One of three competition coupes produced after WWII for sportscar racing and the sole survivor, the factory started with a lightened and shortened 8C 2900 frame and dropped in a race-prepared 6C 2500 engine producing an estimated 160 bhp. They covered the assembly with a sleek coupe body. The racer was designed primarily to compete in the Mille Miglia, Targa Florio and similar events. After some initial failures in the hands of factory drivers, the cars achieved several 1949 Super Sport Coupe class wins in the hands of privateers.

32 ALFA OWNER DECEMBER 2018 reasonable. Perhaps the need for a mechanical resurrection scared the bidders away. Finally, Gooding and Company sold a 1949 6C 2500 Super Sport Cabriolet , #915770, at its Pebble Beach auction. The Pinin Farina-bodied cabriolet was finished in blue metallic paint and sported red upholstery and a dark blue top, said to be the original color combination. The car appeared to be fresh and in immaculate condition and was said to retain its original engine. A highlight was the wonderful dash, complete with the mandatory St. Christopher medal. The car had three owners and resided in Italy through 1959. It was said the second owner purchased the car after spotting and pursuing it through Los Angeles traffic. 1932 6C 1750 Series V Grand Sport Roadster Following the purchase, the car was disassembled in preparation for restoration; however the owner’s plans changed, and the car sat in storage, 1959 2000 Spider disassembled, until 2011 when it changed hands again. The latest owner commissioned a restoration in 2014 which was completed in 2016. The cabriolet took several best-in-show or first-in-class in several California concours events. The car changed hands for $825,000. Gooding also offered a 1932 6C 1750 Series V Grand Sport Roadster , #10814377, with body by Figoni. I wrote about this car when Gooding sold it at Scottsdale in January of 2017. The French- delivered and bodied roadster has a documented history since new. It bears the interior very well done. There were minor restoration in its history, as well as the distinctive Alfa Romeo – Paris badging and scratches on the dash and, strangely, a 2014 refinishing in the present two-tone is designated a “grand” sport, rather than masking tape label on the distributor light over dark gray colors. The car using the Italian “gran.” The handsome- indicating the firing order. When painted appeared at the 2015 Pebble Beach looking car, painted white with black in darker colors, these cars are elegant; Concours, but was not judged. fenders, sold for $1,595,000 in 2017, but however in my opinion, the shade of red The little-used car had an engine rebuild failed to move this time as the consigner selected for this redo was anything but 10 years ago during which the block was apparently wanted to see a number closer subtle. The car sold for $423,000, including replaced. The auction description states to $1.8 million. fees. that the car will need to be revived 1950s and ’60s Alfas RM Sotheby’s also offered a 6C 2500: a mechanically before use. The auction Alfas from the ’50s and ’60s were well- 1949 Super Sport Coupe , #915.831. The photos show and overall well-finished car. represented this year, starting with an Touring-bodied coupe was first sold into Some aspects of the dashboard are eye-catching 1959 2000 Spider , chassis Switzerland in 1950 and then passed from improvable. The auction estimate was AR10204*00137, offered by Bonhams . brother to brother, staying in the same $550,000–$750,000 but bidding did not Originally delivered to the U.S., the car family until the 1970s.There is a 1990s meet reserve. The “ask” seemed was “found” in 1980, showing 70,000 miles

ALFA OWNER DECEMBER 2018 33 ALFA AT AUCTION and reconditioned for road use. In 2013 the Spider’s owner commissioned a three- year restoration and repainted in its original white with red upholstery. It was stated that the car resided in a Northern California collection and had covered less than 1,000 miles since the restoration. While the car presented well overall, there were detail issues with the restoration. The interior was fresh, but not quite correct in form. The dash was all white – certainly not the original 1958 Giulietta Spider Veloce configuration. Some of the dash knobs were crusty and fogged. Although clean, the engine compartment was untidy and showed the wrong clamps and other incorrect details. The incorrect grille badge stood out like a zit on prom night. The car sold for $95,200, near the low end of the auction estimate. The 1957 Giulietta Spider offered by Bonhams fit the definition of a “restomod.” Constructed as an event car with a two-liter engine, four-wheel disc brakes, and performance shocks and 1959 2000 Spider springs, the car was campaigned in several domestic and international rally events since being finished in 2014. The first owner had the car for 55 years before the present owner acquired it in 2012 and commissioned the re-do. It’s unlikely the present frog green finish was an option in 1957, nor was the cognac brown upholstery, but what does it matter? The Spider is well done for what it is. What it is not is a potential concours entrant. The sale was for $84,000, substantially below the auction estimate of $110,000–$140,000, but still well sold, 1960 Giulietta SS in my opinion. The 1958 Giulietta Spider Veloce $161,000. The sale was for a hammer price accurate. offered by Bonhams was a potential of $125,000, which translates to $140,000 The Spider underwent a color change concours entrant. After 50 years in a single with fees added. from its original white with red upholstery ownership, and having been campaigned RM Sotheby’s offered a 1959 2000 and the drive train was completely rebuilt. across the Midwest, the Spider was sold in Spider , #AR10204-00512, that sold for a It appeared to be in generally excellent 2014 to a Chicago collector who significant premium over the median price condition inside and out, but was not a commissioned a nut-and-bolt restoration. for these cars. The black car with tan perfect car. Expert observers pointed out There appeared to be little to fault. The leather upholstery was purchased out of that the dash was done in black crinkle gray car was reupholstered in red leather, long-term ownership in 2013 and finish rather than satin, some side trim matching the shade of the original vinyl, underwent its documented restoration in was missing, and incorrect hose clamps and a 5-speed transmission was 2016. The owner claimed that the 57,600 and ignition wires graced the Weber- substituted for the original. The miles showing on the odometer were likely carbureted engine. The normal setup here restoration bills were claimed to total

34 ALFA OWNER DECEMBER 2018 This precursor to the GTA was built with aluminum panels, lightweight trim, plexiglass sliding side windows, and lightweight engine parts, saving 150 pounds over the normal car. This ticket to the Mille Miglia sold for $350,000, right at the low auction estimate. The Gooding auction offered a 1959 Giulietta Spider “normale.” The black car with red upholstery was redone in its original colors, and is claimed to be “show 1957 Giulietta Sprint Veloce Alleggerita quality,” after undergoing a no-expense- spared restoration. The California car certainly looked the part in its auction photos. Everything appeared to be immaculate and correct. The only obvious deviation from stock was the very common application of edge trim to the front grill. This feature is so prevalent many think it is stock. They didn’t come that way. The no-reserve sale was $137,500. Worldwide Auctions offered a 1958 Giulietta Spider Veloce , 1495 F 05063, in red with black upholstery at its Pacific 1959 Giulietta Spider “normale” Grove auction. It had its original engine and underwent a documented three-year restoration from 2009 to 2012. It won best in show at the 2011 AROC National Convention in Lexington, and has travelled a scant 200 miles since its restoration. The car appeared to be nearly perfect, although the seats did seem to be a little overstuffed. The car did not sell at auction at a high bid of $110,000, however a post-auction deal was put together for a sale at $125,000, a good price for a well- done 1958 Spider. Russo & Steele offered a 1962 Giulietta Spider in barn-find condition at 1958 Giulietta Spider Veloce its Fisherman’s Wharf auction. This Arizona car appeared to have been in is Solex carbs. Despite this nit-picking the Finally, RM Sotheby’s sold a 1957 long-term dry storage at an average bidders liked the tourer well enough to peg Giulietta Sprint Veloce Alleggerita , temperature of about 120 degrees. The the sales price at a lofty $207,200. #AR1493 E 04159. The coupe, one of 200 fresh-baked car, although complete, needs RM Sotheby’s 1960 Giulietta SS , lightweight cars sported a Celeste Blue everything. The $50,050 sales price is just AR10120*00338, in dark blue with gray finish. The interior was done in crème with silly. For $10,000 to $15,000 more one upholstery and red carpeting, sold at no blue piping and blue carpets. The Austria- might find a running, driving example. reserve for a market-correct $142,800. The delivered car competed in several That same money won’t even begin to car was an older restoration and appeared European events when new then start a restoration on this “find.” The to be clean throughout. The engine was disappeared until 2008 when it was auction blurb suggests it would make a the original. While most details like the rediscovered. A ground-up restoration was wonderful conversation-starter when hose clamps were correct, the distributor completed in 2016 and the car has covered (continued on page 37) wires were not. less than 50 miles since.

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shown next to the rest of one’s very Unfortunately, that project proved too expensive collection. That’s the only way daunting. The Alfa heritage begins and this sale makes any sense. ends there, however. The body, while 1970s and ’80s Alfas retaining many period Alfa styling cues, AROC Library tech Material Alfas from the ’70s and ’80s were also was chopped and sectioned and fitted to a Jim Neill [email protected] represented in Monterey. The Mecum custom chassis. Powered by a Corvette LS3 P.O. Box 248 Monterey Auction offered two ‘80s with automatic transmission, this tan car Ironia, nJ 07845-0248 Spiders and one very special coupe. with tan and ivory custom interior is an AROC technical Advisors A garden-variety 1981 Spider , silver eye-catcher. I can pretty much guarantee tom Sahines [email protected] with black upholstery – a California car you’ve not seen anything like it. It failed to 408-262-6279 with 58,442 claimed miles – was said to be sell, however. The high bid was $200,000, 9 PM–10 PM Weekdays PST Pre-SPICA Models rust free and wore a newer convertible top short of the $225,000 low auction estimate. which could have used some further Russo & Steele sold a 1972 GTV for Stewart Sandeman adjustment for a proper fit. The vendor $17,600. A bargain? Perhaps, but there [email protected] 949-395-1656 claimed to have recently spent $10,000 on were enough things wrong with this car to 7 PM–10 PM PST cosmetics and mechanical improvements, raise a flag or two. This “original” car had a All Postwar Models including a change from SPICA to Webers. repaint, new windshield, suspension mods, Wes ingram The investment didn’t pay off, as the and new red and black seat covers. The [email protected] 360-707-5701 wesingram.com Spider sold for $44,000. pictures provided weren’t that good, but 10 AM–4 PM M–F PST The other Spider, a red 1985 Graduate good enough to see the custom upholstery All 105 & 115 cars; All SPICA models with 19,932 miles showing, was offered by was not well done; the dash was cracked; Steve Patchin a well-known collector/dealer. This well- and there was a crusty, non-original, [email protected] equipped, all-original, expertly prepped Bertone badge on the steering wheel. The Alfa Romeo 164 Models car claimed only one owner from new. It engine was either euro-spec or converted. “Online” AROC members are encouraged to sat on new Michelins and needed nothing A 1975 Giulia Super was a late addition contact Club Technical Advisors via email. Be sure to include your AROC member number but a new owner. This Spider was arguably to the R&S auction no pictures, no catalog when sending email inquiries. the best 1985 Spider Graduate available on listing. It was described as green with new

AROC Action item Recorder the peninsula, but for a while it looked like upholstery and carpets. It sold for $8,800. Doug Zaitz the car wasn’t going to move to a new Thus, Alfas were well represented at [email protected] 509-768 4312 home. It was bid to a $17,000 no-sale but every price point. From blue-chip to Alfa Owner Back issues sold post-block for $19,800. bottom-of-the- barrel, there was an Alfa Barbara Clark The 1938 Custom Coupe was an Alfa of for every interested bidder. Phone: 971-254-6660 P.O. Box 92155, Portland, OR 97292 a different color. Dubbed the “Italian A long-time AROC member, Bob Abhalter aroc.offi[email protected] Stallion,” it is based on a 6C 2300B Sedan tends his fleet of Alfas in Kenosha,

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I I DECEMBER 2018 December 15 (Saturday) January 8 (Tuesday) ------A.L.F.A., inc. (tennessee) Quarterly NWARC (Northwest) General Meeting, I December 1 (Saturday) Luncheon Meeting and Holiday Party at the Dinner and Program at TBD. Contact Fred AROC of SW Florida Annual Meeting and Bavarian Bierhaus in nashville at 11 AM Russell at [email protected] or Holiday Party at 6:30 PM. Contact Bob (central). Contact Laura Greason at 425-308-6621. Lombardo at 239-628-8800. [email protected] or 901-755-9796. I January 12 (Saturday) I I December 1 (Saturday) December 15 (Saturday) AROC of SW Florida Alfas and Friends Deep South AROC Cars and Coffee at Deep South AROC Cars and Coffee at nOLA Winter tour. Contact Scott Crater at 239-290- Mercedes-Benz of Baton Rouge, LA, 8-10 AM. Motorsports Park, new Orleans, LA, 1969. Join us for a sprightly driving tour of SW Contact Tim Spruill at [email protected] 9 AM-noon. Contact Bill Sims at FL for Alfas and Friends. for details. [email protected] or 985-246-9257. I January 16 (Wednesday) I I December 1 (Saturday) December 30 (Sunday) AROO (Oregon) General Membership AROCCC (Central California) Christmas South Florida AROC (SFAROC) Cars & Coffee Dinner & Program, 7 PM at The Old Spaghetti Luncheon at location TBD. Contact in Fort Lauderdale, FL 8-10 AM. Contact Factory Restaurant in Portland (OR). Contact Christopher Armstrong at Armando Paredes at [email protected] for more Doug Zaitz at [email protected] or 509- [email protected] for information. 768-4312. details. I January 18-20 (2019) (Friday-Sunday) JANUARY 2019 I December 2 (Sunday) ------AROC National Sixth Annual AROC Mid-Year I in Palm Desert, CA. Contact Cindy AROO (Oregon) Annual Holiday Party, January 1 (Tuesday) Retreat Banzer at [email protected] or 503-709- 5:30-9:00 PM at the Multnomah Athletic Club, NWARC (Northwest) Annual New Year's 7277 for details. Portland OR. Contact Cindy Banzer at Day Anti Football Drive, time and location [email protected] or 503-709-7277. TBA. For more information contact Fred I Russell at [email protected] or 435- January 19 (Saturday) I Deep South Alfa Romeo Club Cars and December 8 (Saturday) 308-6621. Coffee, Lakefront Park, new Orleans, LA, 9 AM Florida Alfa Club Lunch and Meeting at I to noon. Contact Bill Sims at Alfano's Italian Restaurant, Clearwater, FL January 5 (Saturday) [email protected] or 985-246-9257. from 11:30 AM to 2 PM. Contact Polly Greene Deep South Alfa Romeo Club Cars and at [email protected] for reservations. Coffee, Mercedes-Benz of Baton Rouge, Baton I Rouge, LA, 8-10 AM. Contact Tim Spruill at January 27 (Sunday) I South Florida AROC (SFAROC) Cars & Coffee December 8 (Saturday) [email protected] in Fort Lauderdale, FL, 8-10 AM. Contact AAROC (Arizona) Winter Gimmick Rally. I Armando Paredes at [email protected] for more The Arizona AROC Calendar of Events can be January 5 (Saturday) information. found at AROC of SW Florida Alfas and Friends clubs.hemmings.com/azalfa/calendar.html Winter tour. Contact Scott Crater at 239-290-1969. FEBRUARY 2019 for details. ------I I I February 2 (Saturday) December 9 (Sunday) January 8 (Tuesday) at Deep South Alfa Romeo Club Cars and NWARC (Northwest) Annual Festa d'Amici AROC of SW Florida Dinner Meeting Enrico's Ristorante in Bonita Springs, FL at 6:30 Coffee, Mercedes-Benz of Baton Rouge, Baton Holiday Dinner and Silent Auction, at 5:30 PM. Contact Buddy Guynn at 239-267-8929. Rouge, LA, 8-10 AM. Contact Tim Spruill at PM. at Mariana Ristorante, Renton, WA. [email protected] Contact Judy Gehring at I [email protected] or 425-822-4231. February 12 (Tuesday) AROC of SW Florida Dinner Meeting at Christof's Restaurant on McGregor Avenue in Fort Myers, FL, 6:30 PM. Contact Buddy Guynn at 239-267-8929.

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I Reach Out to Your February 16 (Saturday) Deep South Alfa Romeo Club Cars and Coffee, Lakefront Park, new Orleans, LA, Local Alfa Dealer 9 AM to noon. Contact Bill Sims at “Always Looking For Another” means we’re not only searching for [email protected] or 985-246-9257. another great Alfa, but also looking for another great Club member.

I February 20 (Wednesday) DID YOU kNOW AROO (Oregon) General Membership n AROC has a Dealer Outreach Program to Dinner & Program, 7 PM at The Old Spaghetti introduce buyers to our Club? Factory Restaurant in Portland, OR. Contact n You can help steer new members to your Chapter? Doug Zaitz at [email protected] or 509- n New buyer-members can be congratulated in 768-4312. Alfa Owner ? I February 24 (Sunday) Does your local dealership know they can provide an introductory South Florida AROC (SFAROC) Cars & Coffee in Fort Lauderdale, FL 8-10 AM. Contact membership to help close the deal on the next 4C, Giulia or Stelvio? Armando Paredes at [email protected] for more Yes, they can. Let your dealer know your Club and Chapter are there information. to support their buyers and that we have a deal for them. Major 2019 Events I March 9 (Saturday) AROC National AROC Goes to Amelia island Contact AROC-USA at Cars & Coffee at the Ritz-Carlton, Amelia aroc.offi[email protected] and ask Island, FL, 9 AM to 1 PM. Contact Cindy Banzer for details on the Dealer Outreach Program. at [email protected] or 503-709-7277 or Doug Zaitz at [email protected] or 509-768-4312.

I March 10 (Sunday) AROC National AROC Goes to Amelia island AROC twitter Concours d’Elegance at the Ritz-Carlton, AROC-USA@AlfaRomeoClubUSA Amelia Island, FL, 9:30 AM to 4 PM. Contact AROC instagram Cindy Banzer at [email protected] or 503- 709-7277 or Doug Zaitz at AlfaRomeoOwnersClubUSA [email protected] or 509-768-4312. AROC Facebook Page

I Alfa Romeo Owners Club USA May 12-22 (Sunday-Wednesday) AROC National 3rd Annual AROC Goes to italy tour. Contact Cindy Banzer at CONNECT, SHARE [email protected] for details. TWEET, POST I July 13-15 (Saturday-Monday) AROC National 2019 National Convention Pre-Convention tours to Pittsburgh, PA. Visit www.pvgp.org for details.

I July 16-21 (Tuesday-Sunday) AROC National 2019 National Convention in Pittsburgh, PA. Visit www.pvgp.org for details.

I August 17 (Saturday) AROC National AROC Goes to Concorso italiano at the Black Horse Country Club, Monterey, CA. Contact Cindy Banzer at [email protected] or Doug Zaitz at [email protected] or 509-768-4312.

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ALFA OWNER DECEMBER 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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with hard top. 2nd & WANTED 1986 QuAD SPiDER 1990-1999 3rd show winner. 110,000 miles, new tires, WANtED Parts for 87 Spider Passenger battery, new engine at 100k, cool air, red door/window trim with gasket. Right and with grey & red interior, no rust, not winter left turn signal assemblies. Rear view driven, prof. maintained. $14,000. Kansas mirror. 415-290-4077 or email: City area owned since 2006 no issues. [email protected] (2/19) Owner’s manual all records since new. Gene Bruce 816-678-7180 or 816-554-7398 1970-1979 (3/19) 1971 SPiDER Fuel injected 2000 (Sept, 1971) Yellow ext. Recent - hard valves, black cloth top, extensive maintenance-have receipts. no rust-Southern. Interior great- 1991 SPiDER in good condition. British no cracks except bottom of console. 75K racing green. Automatic transmission. miles. RSuns, sOtarts exceLllentlyD . Third owner Convertible. Air conditioning, power is old. [email protected] 512-261- windows, radio/CD player. 25,000 miles. I 1711 (1/19) have owned it for five years and have not driven it much, nor did the previous owner, hence the low mileage. It attracts a lot of attention and admiring glances in parking BEAutiFuL 1986 SPiDER VELOCE Interior lots. $12,000 or offers. Fran Handy, and Body professionally restored. Winner Kennewick Washington of Peoples Choice Award, St. Louis, Spring [email protected] 509-783-4334 2017. 134,400 miles. Restoration kept (12/18) original paint color. Runs Great. Have maintenance records from previous owner 1991 SPiDER VELOCE quad wheels, hard as well. Original owners manual from 1986 top. Black with tan Int. 38k all original. Runs still with the car. Clear Title. $18,000. Call reat and looks hot. I will sell with one-year or email with serious inquiries. warranty on drive train. Must sell. Asking 1974 GtV. SPICA. White/black. Very 913-602-4086. [email protected] (1/19) $10,500. Salvatore 973-335-5373. (2/19) Original, never apart. 51K miles, Maintained by Autosprint and Besic Motor Sports in Chicago. Wes Ingram rebuild/update of SPICA less than 1K miles ago. Email for further info: [email protected] (2/19)

1976 SPiDER VELOCE European grill, headlight covers; Red with tan convertible top. 1750 with twin Weber 40’s, Euro 1986 SPiDER Great condition one-owner airbox. niki Lauda special edition tan seats. (little old lady) car with 57k miles. AC works, Galvanized rust-free rockers. Aftermarket cosmetically very good. Mechanically springs, Koni shocks; new radiator, brake excellent. Many years of records, OG booster, front rotors; $6,200 or best offer. manuals, car cover, even the cassette tape For pics & info e-mail from Alfa! Drives perfectly - ready to go [email protected]. Jensen Beach, anywhere. $11,995.00 OBO. 719-510-6272. Florida. (3/19) [email protected] (3/19)

1980-1989 1989 SPiDER in good condition. Red with black interior. Original except for radio. 100,000 miles. Starts and runs good, doesn't burn oil or leak. I have owned it for about 9 years, always kept in garage. It has been well cared for and driven regularly in good weather. Asking $5,000. Must sell. 913-433-6109 or [email protected] (1/19)

1983 SPiDER VELOCE Only 30,300 miles. This car looks great and runs like a champ. I bought the car with 14,000 miles and have owned and well maintained the car for the last 27 years. 412-721-7522 [email protected]. (1/19)

44 ALFA OWNER DECEMBER 2018 CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE FOR THE FEBRUARY 2019 ISSUE IS DECEMBER 13, 2018

CLA S SIFIED AD FORM & GUIDELINES The classified ad deadline is the 15th of the month, two months preceding the month of the issue. Ads may be mailed or e-mailed. Pictures for classified ads must be either emailed 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 continue publication of an ad beyond three issues please reconfirm by each deadline date. Our pricing structure is as follows: 1996 GtV tB (tYPE 916). The type 916 A basic ad is free to members and runs three months unless cancelled. were the first cars Alfa didn’t import to the A color photo ad is $25 for one month or $50 for three months for members. States. Mine was originally sold in Japan A basic ad is $30 for non-member for three months. A color photo ad is $50 for three months ($80 total) for three months for non-members. and imported through Canada a few years back. It’s a V6 2 liter turbo (Busso engine) Please print clearly and legibly to avoid any misprints. No commercial advertisers please. FWD with 202 hp and approx. 60k miles. K K PERSONS WISHING TO PLACE AROC Member Non-Member ADS SHOULD SEND THIS Very good conditions condition overall, KClassifiedK Section: K K FORM WITH PAYMENT AS some paint flaws and A/C not working, a Wanted For Sale Parts Miscellaneous APPROPRIATE TO: Barbara Clark, PO Box 92155 few racing mods, clean MI title. $16,000. KAd Type: Phone: 248-219-0027 (2/19) Basic ad for members: Free Portland, OR 97292 K Color photo ad for members: $25 for one month Monday - Friday • 9-5 Central K Standard Time PARTS Color photo ad for members: $50 for three months K Basic ad for non-members: $30 By E-mail: aroc.offi[email protected] PARtS 1974 2000 Spider hood, doors, dash, K (NOTE: Only 3 ads per month Color photo ad for non-members: $55 for one month per member) gauges, Tonneau cover. For details price K Color photo ad for non-members: $80 for three months and shipping please contact me at [email protected]. (1/19) Membership Number: Telephone: PARtS Weber DCOE restoration service: total Name: Email: strip-down to bare body, 12 hr Chem-Dip, Address: verify flow thru all passageways. Cadmium City: State: Zip: plate or renew ALL steel pieces, re-machine Ad Copy: (50 words max.) or renew external brass pieces, lubricate shaft bearings. new leather seals & covers, needle valves, filters, gaskets, O-rings. Check and tabulate jet sizes, set float levels, synchronize carbs on bench manifold. $475/pair. Dell’Orto DHLA, $525 /pair. Also, Weber IDF, IDA3C, DCnF, DCnL. Ship to G. W. Martin, 2123 S Plaza Dr., Suite D, Rapid City, DO NOT SEND YOUR AD TO PARABOLICA PUBLISHING. SD 57702. 605-430-7368 (3/19)

PARtS 1. GT JUnIOR Windshield gasket $125, 15’ trunk seal $35, 105 GTV Headliner PARtS Marelli-Plex Distributor and Coil $145, inside rear view mirror $50. 2. Four PARtS Parting out 1976 Spider Veloce. Model # SM804AX with about 30,000 miles “CHInA HAT” HUBCAPS 108mm w/plastic Sitting for 15 years. Good mechanical and use. Advance curve modified to Shankle hubcaps $125 set, two Alfetta “Mexican body parts. Call for needs. Sal 973-335- specifications. Extra GM amplifier modules Hat" Hubcaps $50 pair. 3. Foredit washer 5373 (2/19) included. $150 plus shipping. 253-228- fluid jar original with mounting bracket PARtS Body parts. Doors, panels, bumpers, 9751. fl[email protected] (2/19) $150. Photo available. All prices plus windshields, rear window new & used. shipping. Marty 206-427-1124. From Giulietta Series 1 to 1995 Spiders, MISCELLANEOUS [email protected] (3/19) Berlina, GTV’s, Alfetta sedan, Alfetta GT, AlfA OwneR MAGAZiNES from 2004 to Milano’s GTV6 and 164L. need to mine PARtS Milano Sheet metal. Roof with present in plastic boxes. 6 boxes @ $4.00 inventory. Salvatore 973-335-5373 aftermarket moonroof installed. Also each plus shipping. 904-829-9792 (2/19) passenger side rear fender and C pillar. [email protected] (2/19) Both items dent free and not rusty. Email PARtS (4) Four Panasport 14 x 6 wheels in or call for pics and price. 316-268-0268 or excellent condition. 23 mm offset. 108 bolt fi[email protected]. (2/19) circle. (5) Center caps and lug nuts included. $400.00 All plus shipping or pick PARtS Replica GTA airbox with snorkel. Price $300 + shipping Undrilled, thus up in Tacoma WA, Call or e-mail for suitable for 40-45-48. Excellent quality, pictures. 253-228-975. extremely sturdy. Can see photographs on fl[email protected] www.alfabb.com. Search "GTA airbox" (2/19) Contact: [email protected] (2/19)

PARtS Alfa Romeo 102 Weber conversion Air Plenum Airbox Conrero manifold OKP GET THE LIST: Buying a new-to-you Alfa? Consult AROC's handy Buyer's Inspection Weber carb application. Can see Check List, available at aroc-usa.org. Click on the Alfa Library tab, and scroll to photographs on www.alfabb.com. Search “Competition, Concours, Restoration” and download the PDF. Keep it on your smart "GTA airbox" Contact: phone or print it. Use it yourself or provide it to whomever is doing the PPI for you! [email protected] (2/19)

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