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April Showers Stephan de Pénasse navigating the waters of NHIS in his GTV. As one wag put it, “It’s good that you put the port and starboard colors on the car, so you can tell which way it’s listing!” (If you don’t understand this, visit www.velocissima.com and download this issue in color.)

3 Press Release - Alfa Romeo under new ownership as of April 1st e G EVENTS u 4 Next Events - The 2008 AONE Event Calendar is ﬁ lling fast! IVIN -TTWOWO DDRIVINGR EVENTSL ! s - The AONE South Shore Beach & Waterfront Tour sails on Saturday, April 19th APRI IN s - The Mohawk Country Drive and Garage Tour runs on Saturday, April 26th IN APRIL I

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h 8 Alfa History - From the B.A.T. 5 to the B.A.T. 11 - The legend of Bertone’s Berlinetta Aerodinamica Tecnica concept cars - with photos of old and new T 10 Classiﬁ ed Ads - Spring fever? Cure it with another Alfa! n

I In This Issue 11 Letters to the Editor - Alfa History Redux - by AONE founding member Sue Holaday

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What memories the piece by Doug Cook (Velocissima, March 2008) conjures up of my own introduction to Alfa Romeo! In 1970, I had a Saab Sonnett that t had its own set of problems, not the least of which was inducing claustro- phobia, especially on rainy days. My husband at the time, Bill Holaday, t who died in 1977, was at Gaston Andrey’s with the car for service and began chatting with someone who had brought an Alfa in for a checkup. He left e there with a burning desire for two items the guy discussed with him: an Olympus Pen FT half-frame camera and an Alfa Spider. r At the time, I had an old green Pontiac LeMans that I hated. It was bor-

ing. At Bill’s urging, I went with him to Gaston’s and wound up buying a s green ‘69 Spider on a trade-in that cost me $3,000! For my birthday, I received an Olympus Pen FT! I still have the camera, though it hasn’t been used in a long time. I sold the car to a woman in Newton in 1979 because I had moved from Framingham, and later Auburndale, into Boston. Living at Harbor Towers, the car was a target for theft in the garage at the Aquar- ium. After replacing the rag top, I ﬁ nally decided it was impractical to keep in the city. I still miss it - it was named “Charlotte” since, obvi- ously, it was a Spider.

Another memory evoked by the newsletter was the recounting of the Alfa Own- ers convention in NJ which, if it was at Alfa’s US headquarters in Secau- cus, I was at. At that event, I met George and Paulette Whitcomb from the Denver club and became friends with them. It is thanks to Paulette that I Alfa found the best graphic designer I have ever had the good fortune to work with about ﬁ ve years ago!

The Winter event pix reminded me of the several Alfa Owners Of New England Christmas parties at my apartment in Framingham in the 70s - great fun, History potluck, and wonderful. I have happy memories of AONE, which began its life in my Framingham living room! Eager to learn more about the marque and to deal with the Spider’s vicissitudes, I joined AROC and got a list of all of the New England owners. Since no chapter existed anywhere in the Northeast outside of Manhattan, I wrote to them all and invited them to my Redux home for a meeting to form a group. As luck would have it, Fred and Ann DiMatteo, Carl and Faye Bolivar, Bob and Baiba Menke, Jim Miga, Bob and Terry Moran, and others came to that ﬁ rst meeting, and AONE was born! We had a contest to design a logo and Bob’s won - it’s the one you use today.

Needless to say, I am so proud of the way AONE grew. After Bill’s death and the sale of my Spider, I lost touch with many of the group except for the Menkes. When I rediscovered AONE online, I was amazed and ﬁ lled with excitement and pride. Thank you for taking the seed I planted and growing a strong and vibrant plant!

Susan Holaday Charlestown, MA

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