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When you stick with the Italian Car specialists at Brisbane Alfa Romeo & Fiat, you are ALFA ROMEO OWNERS CLUB OFAUSTRALIA (07) 3853 0111 assured of getting both. (QUEENSLAND DIVISION) INC. 26 Reddacliff St &, Breakfast Creek Rd We look forward to welcoming you in for your P O Box 6190,Fairfield Gardens,QLD 4103 Newstead QLD 4006 next service soon. This journal is copyright and contains material that has been reproduced and communicated by or on behalf of the Alfa Romeo Owners Club OfAustralia (QLD Division) Inc.Apart from any use permitted under the CopyrightAct 1968,no part may be reproduced by any process, nor may any other exclusive right be exercised,without the permission of theAlfa Romeo Owners Club OfAustralia (QLD Division) Inc. Per SempreAlfa 3 Presidente | John Anderson Congratulations to Us! 'm sure it's covered elsewhere in the mag, but congrat- Toowoomba next Easter, with his SZ. So take the oppor- ulations to us! We won this year's Bocce challenge tunity to thank him personally when you see him. Iagainst the Fiat club. I was unfortunately very ill that day (just ask Jude, to whom I spoke on the phone), but Speaking ofAlfesta 2020,all but two rooms at the Burke Veep Keith Faulkner was there,and was able to hold the and Wills have been booked, and they might well have trophy aloft in yet another victory! That's 14 out of 15, been taken by the time that you read this!That means for those who are keeping count... FCCQ are welcome that we effectively have a fully booked Alfesta, and we're to try again next year.And all members are welcome to unlikely to need to dip into club funds very much at all be a part of our next victory! just to hold the event.A great relief to all members, I'm sure, as an Alfesta is the riskiest event (financially) that This month, the committee decided who would be the club ever does. Good thing we have good people on Queensland's nomination for the AROCA National the committee to minimise any and all risks.Any doubts Coordinator position. As the meeting hasn't actually about a move to the country by having it in Toowoomba been held at the time of writing (but will have done by are now dispelled, although I suspect Alfesta 2025 will the time you get this),I won't presume to pre-empt the probably most likely be on the beach again.Toowoomba committee's decision. But I'm pretty sure that we will is just about the only place within a manageable distance have at least one nominee.The committee will let inland of Brisbane (where most QLD members are) that current National Coordinator,Victor Lee, know who has the size and quality of accommodation that's needed that is, and he'll distribute that to the other clubs. Like- for an Alfesta. Perhaps someone will build a big enough wise,Victor will let us know of any other nominations.At hotel somewhere by then, but we'll go looking in the December committee meeting, the committee will 2023/24. Also, all the meal venues are booked (size of consider all the nominees, and select the nominee that meal venues is another limiting factor), and the Alfesta AROCA QLD will support.The other states will do the committee is now getting into the detailed planning,par- same, and we'll all informVictor.Victor will then let us ticularly for things like the Gala dinner.I'm starting to get know the winner of the election (with himself casting the excited! It's going to be a great event. deciding vote in the event of a tie).The successful candi- date will take up duties as of January 1st.We'll welcome Meanwhile, in my Alfa life, my two registered Alfas have that person then,but for now,I think I can speak for all been attacking my bank balance.All part of the fun of members when I say thank you toVictor for all his efforts ownership...The little red wagon (156 Sportswagon) has as National Coordinator over the past 13 years.Victor is had suspension problems. I bought it off a guy in Mel- certainly an Alfisti, and a petrol head in general, and is bourne, who told me it had the suspension redone and always willing to talk about his cars or yours, and the lowered by a reputable Melbourne outfit. However,there enjoyment we get from them.Victor will still be around, has been a noticable and infuriatingly intermittent of course, and we'll see him at Alfesta 2020 in "creaking" from the front right suspension for months. 4 Per SempreAlfa Baz from On the Spot Alfa (a club sponsor) has been one part needed replacing (under $200) and not much looking at it,but it seemed that the creak was scared of labour - all fixed! The moral of the story is: don't just him - whenever he looked at it,it went quiet! Eventually accept the first quote you get, unless you're desperate to he diagnosed that the likely get it fixed there and then.They cause was that the ball joint was “my two registered Alfas have might not be diagnosing the gone, meaning that the lower correct problem. It's your car - wishbone needed to be replaced been attacking my bank you're entitled to get a second (because that's how they come). opinion. If you can wait, there Baz always looks out for his cus- balance” might be a cheaper solution. tomers where he can, and managed to negotiate to get both the upper and lower wishbones for the price of the lower one.At that price, it made sense to replace both, given there was still a pos- sibility that the problem was in the upper one, although that was less likely.