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Events .............................................................. 2 Note Brevi, Pat Braden ................................................. 3 Competizione,j. Michael Hemsley ...................................... .16 II ~'lercato .......................................................... 25 Chapter Directoryffech Hot-Line Info .................................... 28

FEATURES Hindsight, by Bill Gillham ............................................. .7

(A new, periodic column featuring tech tips from the past.) Dawn and Dusk, the Changing of the Guard, Steve Piantieri .................... 8 Monterey Montage, Michael Williams .................................... 10 Into the Winner's Circle, David Kane ..................................... 12 Fangio in the Mille Miglia, Allen Smith .................................. .18 Chapter Newsletter Recognition, Bernie Zelazny ............................ 27

TillS MONTII'S COVER: The face of a 1949 6C2500, Villa d' Este at the Concoltrs

Italiano ill MOlltere)'. The car is owned by Malcolm Harris. (Photo by Michael Williams.)

DATA: Alfa OI\llcr (ISS~ 0.~64-930X. [.lSI'S 543·520) is pUblished monthly b)' MeG Publications. a dilision of ~Iedia Consulting Group, 3015 East Skelly IJri\~, Suite 313, Thls:l, OK 74105, (918) 743·7866, fortheAlfa RomeoOllner.; Club,lnc., 10 II:JSkin Road. !l\orriSlo\\lI, NJ., 07960. Subscription is $45.00 and part of AROC member.;hip dllt'!i :md is a\'ailablc only to paid member.;. Publicalioll\ postage paid at nlls.1, OK, and additional mailing offices. Unsolicited manllSCripts. pho­togr:ljlhs. mId art are 1I~lcorne but cannot be relumed unl~ accompanied by a st;unped. self·add~ en\'clope bearing suffident postage. Photogr.!phs should be 5x7 glossy black and white lIith bonier.;. Manuscrip15 should be tlllewrillen and double·spaced 011 one side only.

Send address changes to A1fa ~ner, 10 Ra$kin Road, Monlsla.\n, NJ., 07960. All member QIIIllJItmicaIlon regardjng 1IOIXIeIJrery. :OIress changes, InforntIlIon on m orchapter Informalion should be ~ to the Em:ull\-e Secretaly at the AROC na!l0IllIJ address.

DISClAIMER: While it is a prim;uy S{'1\;ce of tlle AUa Romeo ~lIers Club to disseminate technical infonnation. an)' maintenance technique or possible modifica· tion published in Alfa O\\ner should be weighed against conl'Cntional,trJtiitional, and generally accepted techniques and modifications. Alfa OIIner should no! be considered tlle authori~' on mainL1ining or impro\ing Alfa Romeos and the \iell~ exp~ are those of the author of an article or persall qUOled. TIle mention of a product. sel\'ice, or procedure herein does not constilute endorsement of it by tlle club, its officers or employees, Alfa OIIl1er, its editor, the author, Alfa Romeo Ilistributors of North America, Alfa Romeo, SpA, or Fial Auto, Pmdelll U\\ller.; should consider possible techniques or mooifications in light of common sense rom· promises :unong economy.longelity, perfoml3/lCe, reliabili~; dri\'Cabili~',legali~' alld re;ale value. Any modifications possibly affecting emissions or safety are the sole responsibility of tllC person perfonning them and wilen such possible modifications are presentl'll in A!fa <>.Iller, it is lIith the understanding that they \\ill be used for rncing and not on public highwa)~, It is also incumbent upon tile O\\ller of an Alfa Romeo to consider the effect of any changes in his \'Chide upon any warrall~' in force before undert.1king ;U1Y technique or modification, Failure to do so could re;uli ill denial of wammt)' cOI't!r:tgc by Alfa Romeo Ilistriblllors of ~orth America. 111is publication and this organi7.1tion lIill notassullle liability for ;my such cOll"l'qucnces, Adl'Crtisement of pnxlucts or sel\ices in Alfa OIIller magazine does not necessarily imply endorsement or al'proml by the Alfa Romeo 0II11Cr.; Cluh,

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October Oct. 3 - 'Third Annual Southern California Private Collection Tour. Held in conjunction with the 16th annual Newport Beach concours. Tour includes visits to Swift Engineering, the collection of General William Lyon and the collection of Peter Dunkel. For more informa­tion contact (949) 756-0993.

Oct 9-20 - European Tour, New Jersey AROC. Will include watching an Italian tour­ing car race, as well as a trip to the Alfa muse­um and styling center at Arese, and maybe some time on the factory test track at Balocco. Tour limited to 16 people, fares will include hotel, breakfasts, ground transportation and certain fees. All other meals/independent travel is extra. Price estimated at $2,500 (U.S.) total. For more information contact Enrico or Ann Ciabattoni at (732) 530-9105 or <euroim­ports@aol.com

Oct 17 - Torrey Pines Vintage Hill Climb, La Jolla, Calif. Featured marque is Alfa, with the AROC of San Diego helping run the event. Last year entries included an Alfa P3, a Mercedes SSK, an Abarth Boano Spider, a 427 Cobra and a Ferrari 275LM. Symbolic Motors, La Jolla, is a sponsor. For entry infonnation call (619) 642-7469 or e-mail torreypinesl@fda.net.

Oct 18 - Torrey Pines Concours d' Elegance, La Jolla Featured marque is Alfa and vintage racecars, with expected entries to include a 6CI750 Zagato Spider, an 8C2300 Spider, a P3, a 8C2900B Spider and a Mille Miglia-winning 8C2900B Berlinetta. An

unjudged AROC show will be held in conjunc­tion with the concours. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the event. Information/tickets available at (619) 642-7469 or e-mailtorreyp­ines 1 @fda.net. Proceeds will go to the Institute for Childhood and Neglected Diseases at the Scripps Institute in LaJolla.

Oct 24 - Alfa-Porsche Challenge, Willow Springs. AROC of Southern California. Paul Blankenship (818) 883-0266.

Oct 24-25 - Annual fall get-together, Eureka Springs, Ark. Traditionally hosted by the Kansas City chapter, this event usually draws cars and alfisti from a five-state area. Rally, concours, autocross and banquet are tra­ditional weekend fare. For reservations call (SOl) 253-9768.

Oct. 31-Nov. 1 - Time Trials, SoCal. Contact Blankenship, number above.

January 1 ggg Jan. 21-24 - 28th annual Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction, Scottsdale, AZ. Presented by Chrysler Corp., the event will offer more than 800 fine and rare collector automobiles, many with no reserve. Last year the event marked $17 million in sales, more than $2 million over its take the previous year. 'The auction brought an industry-high sales rate of 80 percent during one day of the event. Auction is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, Jan. 20 through Jan. 24. For bidder/general informa­tion call (602) 273-0791 or visit the web site, www.barrett-jackson.com.

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T he last installment ended with the observation that liquid fuel flows at

different rates from the air, and at higher engine speeds, proportionally more fuel flows than air. In this installment, I'll

Alfisti are fortunate in that they have only two carburetors to learn, Solex and Weber. While several different models of each have been bolted to the alloy twin-cam, both oper­ate only the same principles and, for our pur­poses, can be described together.

examine the ways liquid fuel gets to be churned into an atomized, burnable mixture.

I'm a little reluctant to delve into carbure­tor operation because it's been years since A1fas had carburetors (1977 in the U.S.), and most carbureted A1fas are valuable enough now that the people working on them under-

stand their principles very well. However, I've

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describe carburetors first and then apply that information to a fuel injection system than to start out cold with fuel injection. The reason for this is that carbure-tors use separate cir­cuits to accommodate the various engine operating require­menlli, while fuel injec­tion appears to do it all at once, seamlessly. It's helpful to distinguish between the various engine requirements if you are to have a good understanding of the fuel system.

Liquid fuel will not bum. It has to be bro­ken into droplets (atomized) which are small enough to be temporarily suspended in air. It's the oxygen in

the air that makes the fuel droplets burnab The basic mechanism for atomizing , depends on the rule of nature that a liquid a gas flowing in an enclosed path speeds up . that path is narrowed. Further, there will b , drop in pressure at the point of the restrictio . That is, the speed of the material and the pr sure it exerts are proportional: as spe increases, the pressure drops more.

H you insert a tube at that point whi leads to a reselVoir of gasoline, fuel will b , forced into the airstream by the pressure " ference between the tip of the tube and th ambient atmospheric pressure on the gaso II

line in the reselVoir. A nice point: the fuel i I

forced into the barrel of the carburetor, no sucked into it. Please note (for future refer ence) that this is precisely how a fuel injectio system works. The only difference is that th injection system provides the pressure differ- I

ential and not Mother Nature. The physics described so far apply to the

main barrel of the carburetor, which contains , a restriction (called Venturi, in honor of I

Italian Giovanni Battista Venturi) and a throt- I

de plate downstream that rotates to control II

just how much combustible mixture gets I

inside the cylinders. On both the Solex and I

Weber carburetors, the Venturi is remoWble. Back to the top: Fuel and air flow at differ- I

ent rates. In order to slow the fuel down to I

flow at (approximately) the same rate as air, you mix the air and fuel just before it is drawn into the Venturi. At higher speeds, you need to bubble more air into the fuel so the mixture always flows at about the same rate as the air alone. Here's how that's done.

Fuel is stored first in the gas tank. A pump forces the fuel into the float boat of the carbu­retor. The force provided by the pump is not great; only two to three pounds per-square­inch (tires carry air at about 10 times that pressure). The level of the fuel in the float bowl in maintained by a float acting on a nee­dle valve in the fuel line. As the level of the fuel in the bowl rises, the needle valve is forced against its seat, cutting off the fuel flow.

From the float bowl, the fuel flows through the main jet into a ''well.'' The main jet sets the baseline flow of fuel within the carburetor. Changing its size affects all the operations of the various circuits that draw fuel from the float bowl. After passing through the main jet,

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I. .. ALFA SERVICE DIRECTORY ~

a The service/parts providers listed are seriously interested in keeping your Alfa, the marque and the AROC alive and well in America! ( tDenotes factory authorized provider. t* Denotes only factory authorized provider in the state. **Denotes an independent facility.)

State and SelllBuy Phone Metro Area Service Location Alfas Service Parts & Fax ARIZONA Phoenix AUTO INTERNATIONAL·. Yes Yes Yes (602) 997-6792

9609 N. 21st Drive Fax 997-6792 Phoenix,AZ

CALIFORNIA Los Angeles HARBOR CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTHt Yes Yes Yes (80S) 656-4030

6660 Leland Street Fax 658-1836 Ventura. CA Pans 656-6273

Orange County ALFA PERFORMANCE CONNECTION·· Yes Yes Yes (714) 588-0500 22692 Granite Way Fax 588-0186 Laguna Hills. CA

San Diego FOREIGN AUTO MENDERS, INC.·· Yes Yes Yes (619) 486-0350 13955 Poway Road. Ste. "c" Fax 486-5118 Poway.CA

San Francisco ALFA CENTER·. Yes Yes No (415) 928-0163 857 Columbus Ave. Fax 928-8922 San Francisco. CA

SAN FRANCISCO AUTOCENTERIAUTOMOBILlAt Yes Yes Yes (415) 292-2700 170 Van Ness Ave. Fax 292-2790 San Francisco. CA

SOMA AUTOMOTIVE·· Yes Yes Yes (415) 495-7777 951 Folsom Street San Francisco. CA

San Jose ROSELLI FOREIGN CAR REPAIR·· Yes Yes Yes (408) 297-0303 390 Lincoln Ave. San Jose. CA

San Luis Obispo GROVE MOTORSt Yes Yes Yes (80S) 543-0832 1219 Monterey St. Fax 543-7962 San Luis Obispo. CA Pans (800) 234-5394

COLORADO Denver FERRARI OF DENVERt· Yes Yes Yes (303) 730-7340

4300 South Federal Fax 797-8874 Englewood. CO www.ferrariofdenver.com

CONNECTICUT Norfolk ALFAS UNLIMITED, INC. t Yes Yes Yes (860) 542-5351

U.S. Rute44 Fax 542-5993 Norfolk. CT Pans ordersToll Free (888) 843-4503

New Haven CONTINENTAL GARAGE INC. t Yes Yes Yes (203) 777-8579 205-209 Dav~ort Ave. Fax 865-8524 New Haven.

FLORIDA Daytona Beach RMLAUTOMOTIVE·· Yes Yes Yes (904) 258-0243

510 Ballough Road Fax 258-0243 Daytona Beach. FL E-mail:veloce@sprynet.com

Miami AUTO VELOCE, INC.·· No Yes Yes (305) 891·9556 1440 N.E. 129th Street Fax 891-9556 North Miami. FL

AUTO VOLANTE, INC.·· Yes Yes Yes (305)266-0810 4422 SW 74TH AVE Fax 266-0894 Miami.FL

Orlando EUROPEAN SPORTS CARt Yes Yes Yes (407) 831·9741 850 North H YI'j 17-92 Fax 831-2246 Longwood. FL

Pompano Beach STEPHENS ALFA CORP·· No Yes Yes (954) 946-5005 1321 S. Dixie HWkW. Fax 946-0555 Pompano Beach. E-mail: stevnsalfa@aol.com

GEORGIA Atlanta ITALIAN MOTOR WORKS·· Yes Yes Yes (770) 433-0552

623 Dunton Circle Fax 951-8750 Smyma.GA

PAULSPRUELLALFAt· Yes Yes Yes (770) 458-8458 3320 Laventure Drive Fax 458-8849 Chamblee. GA Pans (800) 552-2532

ILLINOIS Yes (708) 450-4430 Chicago SUBURBAN AUTO IMPORTSt Yes Yes

415 West Roosevelt Rd. Fax 450-0280 Maywood.IL

INDIANA Yes Yes (219) 471-7278 Ft. Wayne BLACK BART'S EMPORIUM·· Yes

2639 Goshen Rd. Fax 471-6359 Ft. Wayne. IN (800) 473-0078

MARYLAND Yes Baltimore DIFATTA BROTHERS LTD·· No Yes (410) 426-7524

5928 Belair Road Fax 426-8194 Baltimore, MD www.difatta.com

STAR AUTO SERVICE, INC. t No Yes Yes (410) 339-7827 1024 York Road Fax 339-1237 Towson.MD

Washington. D.C. ROSANOVAALFA ROMEOt Yes Yes Yes (301) 779-6616 4107 Baltimore Avenue Fax 779-8267 Bladensburg, MD www.rosanova-alfa.com

State and SelIlBuy

Phone Metro Area Service Location

Alfas Service Parts & Fax MICHIGAN TRAILAUTOt

Yes Yes Yes (313) 561-33~~

DelJ'Oit

24349 Ann Arbor Trail

Fax 561-457~ Dearborn Heights, MI

NEW JERSEY SAL'S AUTO SERVICE ••

No Yes Yes (973) 335-5373

Morristown

222 Boonton Avenue

Fax 334-8202 Boonton, NJ

Vineland PETER D'AMICO ALFA ROMEOt

Yes Yes Yes (609) 794-2020 200 Chestnut Avenue

Fax 691-9420 Vineland, NJ

Parts (800)781-3278 NEW MEXICO

Yes Yes Yes (50S) 265-0855

Albuquerque PERFORMANCE IMPORTSt. 4505 Lomas Blvd N.E.

Fax 265-1558 NEW YORK Albuquerque, NM Buffalo

VILLAGE IMPORT SALES &SERVlCE Yes Yes Yes (716) 633-8686

5363 Main Street

Fax 633-1322 Williamsville, NY

Queens ALFA IMPORT CENTER ••

Yes Yes Yes (718) 381-6764 I

953 Cypress Avenue

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fuel flows to the well and then to the opening in the Venturi.

The well's opening to the atmosphere, however, is capped by a jet that controls the amount of air entering the well. Attached to the jet is a tube that extends into the well. The ttlbc has holes along its length. The position of the holes in the tube control the amount of air which is bubbled into the fuel in the well. The tube is called an emulsion tube, for obvious reasons. At higher speeds, fuel level in the well drops, fewer holes are available to bub­ble the fuel, and the mixture goes rich. The placement of the holes in the emulsion tube controls the rate at which the fuel is emulsi­fied: more at slower speeds, when the level of fuel in the well is high, and less at higher speeds, when the level is lower. The net result is that the air correction jet and the holes in the tube work together to assure a linear rela­tionship between the flow rate of the fuel and the mixture requirements of the engine.

Ab, if it were only so Simple. The main cir­cuit, which we have been describing, works acceptably well for engine speeds over, say, 2,000 rpm, but is not sensitive enough to han­dle lower engine speeds. Speeds between idle and this arbitrary 2000 rpm crossover point are handled by another circuit, itself divisible into two distinct circuits.

At a dead idle, air flows from the main jet through an idle jet, which is smaller and pass­es less fuel. Fonn the idle jet, fuel then flows past a needle valve into an opening in the bore of the carburetor downstream of the throttle plate. Since the throttle plate is open slightly, there is a Verturi effect at its edge, and fuel from the idle circuit is pushed into the airstream. Clearly, as the throttle plate is opened, its Venturi effect diminishes quickly and the idle circuit no longer functions. Fuel flow in. this circuit is adjusted by the needle valve, which is screwed in to reduce the amount of fuel and screwed out to increase the amount.

All, if it were only so simple. The main cir­cuit works fine for higher engine speeds, and the idle circuit works fine at dead idle. The challenge comes in the transition between dead idle, and, say, our arbitrary 2000-rpm crossover, when the main circuit is wholly responsible for the airlfuel mixture.

The transition is a time when the engine is

accelerating, frequently (for an Alfa) at full throttle, but low engine speeds when there is almost no vacuum in the intake manifold. A lot of fuel is required to keep the engine accelerating smartly under these conditions. Let's take less-than-wide-open-throttle accel­eration from idle first.

Between the main jet and the idle needle jet, and at the edge of the throttle plate itself, there are transition holes which dump fuel directly into the carburetor barrel. The holes are positioned so several are partially covered by the throttle plate. As a result, as the throttle opens, it progressively uncovers these holes and allows more fuel to dribble into the airstream. This simple enrichment scheme works fine for partial-throttle acceleration.

For more aggressive throttle movement, an entirely different circuit adds considerable fuel to the mixture entering the cylinders. This circuit contains a pump that is controlled directly by the movement of the accelerator pedal. Every time you depress the accelerator pedal, the accelerator pump squirts extra fuel into the airflow upstream of the Venturi.

You now understand the circuits control­ling airlfuel flow at cruising speeds, idle and during acceleration.

All, it only it were so simple. The fact is that a very cold engine needs more fuel to start than an engine in higher ambient tempera­tures. So, some provision must be made to provide an over-rich mixture for cold weather starts. You can provide a burst of extra fuel by using the accelerator pedal to operate the accelerator pump but unless you do a tap­dance on the pedal, this is a momentary effect. The easiest way to provide enrichment which continues even after the engine has started is to put another "throttle plate" above the Venturi. \'Vhen this (choke) plate is almost closed, there is a dramatic Venturi effect pro­duced high in the barrel of the carburetor and proportionately more fuel is drawn into the airstream. This is the practice on most American carburetors, but not Solex nor Weber.

Instead, those carburetors provide yet another circuit which is separate from the main, transition and idle circuits. This "choke" circuit provides an additional fuel circuit to the airstream when the "choke" lever is pulled.

Ah, it it were .... ln addition to .the circuits described so far, later PAIA Solex carburetors

(as fitted to the Giulia in the U.S.) added a dashpot to assure that the throttle plate does not snap closed (thereby momentarily enrich­ing the mixture by creating an excessively high drop in pressure in the manifold). This is an emissions-control device that neither adds nor detracts from perfonnance.

Eduardo Weber invented the two-barrel carburetor. Over and above the circuits described so far, some carburetors, such as the Solex, reserve the second barrel for speeds higher than some arbitrary figure. On the Alfa's Solex, this barrel is opened by the mechanical advantage of the airstream bear­ing on a counterweighted secondary throttle downstream of the main throttle plate. As air­flow speed rises, the secondary plate is forced open. Some carburetors (notably the Solex used on the 2600 Alfas) use a vacuum-con­trolled diaphragm to pull the secondary throt­tle plate open.

At its most simple, that's how a carburetor works. Next month: fuel injection.

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umn that looks back at articles and tech tips gleaned from past issues of the Alfa Owner. Gillham will update or annotate material, if relevant infonnation has become available since publication.

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ter adapters to those of you who are still run­ning the old canister-type filters on your cars.

The incident involved a beautifully detailed, somewhat modified Sprint GT, which trailed a three or four-quart line of oil into Taos before the leak was discovered by the owner. No harm, but it was a near thing. The leak was caused by an old, cracked can­ister gasket. A problem easily fixed if you have the gasket. Not so C'JSily if you don't.

This brings us to the problem: canister fil­ers are getting hard to find, even when you don't have an emergency. Plus, they usually

don't come with the correct gasket included in the box. Hurlock's spin-on oil filter adapters uses common filters that can be purchased at any auto parts store.

For the restorers out there: You just have to paint the spin-on filter black and glue on an original oil filter sticker (or use a photocopy of the stickers provided with this article). The filter will look so "stock" you should be able to fool most con­cours judges.

I have run Hurlock's adapters on my Alfas for at least the past 12 years. They work, I swear by them!

This article was published in the May 1987 issue of A!fa Owner. It was part of Stewart Sandeman's A/fa Doc col­umn. It first appeared in lniezione, the Northwest chapter newsletter. It was written by Chuck Lewin. Photos are by Les Hurlock

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Having trouble finding a source of oil filter ' cartridges for your older Alfa? Or they don't I

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you could trash the whole set-up and use a . spin-on filter instead? Now you can. Hurlock ' Engineering can provide you with an adapter I,

that will allow you to use spin-on filters com- , monly found in local auto parts stores on your 750, 101 or 105 series Alfa

The adapter is made up of a machined aluminum plate, a steel center pipe with machined threads, and a high quality "0" ring to seal the plate to the filter housing. Also supplied is a list of spin-on filter types that can be used with the adapter. Most adapters are bolt-on installations with parts provided. However, early 101 and 750 series housing reqUire machining, which is not included in the price.

Price for all styles of adapters is $75. Not cheap, but then neither is an engine rebuild ~aused by trying to slide by without chang-109 the filter, or by failure of the filter case seal. Perhaps it's better to replace the sys­tem now than to find out you can't later.

If you are interested, contact Les Hurlock, Hurlock Engineering, 18710 Williams Rd., Newberg, OR 97132-6778. Phone: (503) 530-1312. (Note: This is a new address since 1987, B.G.).

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T he beautiful Monterey Peninsula is

1 the site each year for three motor

events featuring three different marques

on three consecutive days, creating an

automotive Nirvana and sensory over­

load for elJen the most hard-core and

enduring Alja enthusiasts.

This was the 12th running of the Concours Italiano at Quail Lodge in Carmel, the 24th annual Monterey Historic Races at Laguna Seca and the 48th year of the Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance on fabled 17-Mile Drive.

Quail Lodge on Aug. 14 was the site of Francis and Janet Mandarano's Concours Italiano, an all-you-can-eat smorgasbord of spaghetti-flavored cars for the apassiona/i of all Italian cars and motorcycles. Promoted as a "Celebration of Italian Style," the day fea­tured an Alfa entree of red meat on the field's center plate. There were no less than a dozen pre-war examples for all to feast upon.

Golden Triangle Gems Additionally, Ferrari, Lancia, Lambor-

7be author, seeO/lti Jrom left wi/h his cretJI (/lui "//;a/ yel/ow spider, .. u-bich has enjoyed a lIo/able presence on Florida mel! /r(lCRs.

ghini, Fiat and a wide variety of lesser­known makes, generally from the "Golden Triangle" of Italian automotive design and construction, were served up on the putting green of Carmel's finest golf club resort.

Featured Italian motorcycles were wedged beside these. Under exhibitor canopies, vendors sold parts, literature, art­

work and services of interest to all vintage and contemporary automotive enthusiasts. Further onward from the circles of featured cars were large, overlapping areas of other marque enthusiasts' cars.

The geographical region formed by the Italian cities of Milan, Thrin and Bologna, known as the Golden Triangle, is regarded as having produced the vast majority of transportation for which Italy is so well known. Over 25 makes of cars and motor­cycles . . . 450 classic and exotic vehicles . . . were present from the Triangle at this concours.

There were other treats, too, including Italian opera Singers and a Milan-style fashion show.

71;e coachtrork oj l/a/i(11l master SergiO SCilglielli (left) U'tlS

Jea/un'(l aI/he Pebble Bead; COIlCOUrs. AI/hough 80 )'t!ars old and offidlll()' relired, Salglielli s/illltorRs as a consul/tllIl/o YOllnger desigllers, He s ShoWII bt'Te lli//; former mallg gretl/ Sterling Moss, who serl'ed wi//) Salglielli (IS (111 h01lOra,,' judge tI/ Pebble Beach.

Italian car designer Walter de Silva, recently noted by Alfa for his award-winning 156, was one of several celebrated body­work designers at the events. He added col­orful commentary, along with other automo­tive personalities on hand. Representing the older school of automotive racing and design were Sergio Scaglietti, Carroll Shelby and Sterling Moss. The newer school of design was expressed by Fabrizio Giugiaro, Adolfo Orsi and Paolo Vannini, vice presi­dent of Fiat USA.

The theme of this year's concours was sport and design and it showcased many magnificent rare, concept and production Alfas, many of which have never seen these shores. Entrants represented 29 U.S. states and seven countries.

The concours was full of Italian sights, sounds and smells, with a pace only as hurried as you wished. "If Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael were alive today, I feel certain they would have been at Quail Lodge, admiring the symme­try and purity of the creations of their 20th century countrymen," said John Bleimaier, Mid-Atlantic regional director of the Mercedes Club of America.

Come Back Alia Master of ceremonies and alfista Keith

Martin (publisher of the respected Sports Car Market Letter), verbally dressed each car with

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colorlul attire as they paraded across the ele­vated stage. Other notables offering commen­tary were David Davis, editor of Automobile magazine; De Silva; Orsi, son of the fonner controlling family of Maserati; Dottore Giorgio Pavia, manager of the Alfa brand in Italy; Fabrizio Giugiaro, son of famed design­er Giorgetto; Shelby and Moss.

Shelby and Moss were particularly enter­taining. They have been friends for years, despite lethal competition between them, and were able to tell the stories that have made their racing and personal lives envi­able to all. "There are six or seven cars here that I raced, and several more I raced

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against," Shelby noted. "They look so much better now than they ever did."

On display for the first time in America at the concours were:

* Alfa 156, the 1998 European Car of the Year. This sedan was a sleek answer to many of the streamlined sports coupes that have sold well here in North America. Unfortunately, this was this model's first and last display here in America.

* Alfa SZ, a limited production Zagato­design, v6 sports car

* Alfa P3, the 1932 Mille Miglia ,vinner

"Come Back Alia!" There were also hundreds of round, red

stickers brightly emblazoned with the state­ment, " Come Back Alfa!" These hopeful but doubtful wishes brought smiles to the faces of alfisti everywhere. More than one of us wondered why, with such a monumental presence by Fiat at the concours, and such heavy promotion of the marque, that new examples are banned from our shores with­out hope of ever reappearing here again.

On Saturday, Laguna Seca was the scene for all racing enthusiasts, especially lovers of Porsche, the featured marque. The facto­ry brought in some 20 rare cars from Stuttgart, many of which haven't been out-

A Giu/iella Sprint hatlles a competitor during the 24th rtln-fling of the Alonterey Histories. '

side the museum in decades. An estimated crowd of 65,000 was treat­

ed to wonderful races organized by I the Sports Car Racing Association of Monterey Peninsula, a group that formed in 1957.

Only two cars have raced at all 24 of the Monterey Historic Races. Both are stunning examples of Italy's finest...Lou Sellyei's 250 Ferrari Testa Rossa and Pete Lovely'S ever­popular 250 Ferrari Testa Rossa. There were many Alfas at the track, from the 1932 P3 to the T33s of the 1970s, and Quads. '

On Sunday, the Alfa party moved to the formal and well-polished Pebble Beach Lodge. After being told of the horrific crowds that come to this event, I rented' a scooter instead of a car. The hills leading to the entrances of several sites were daunting, but cruiSing past miles of standstill traffic at the stately pace of 25 miles-per-hour, with the wind in my hair and California fruit flies in my teeth, made me glad I chose this method of transportation.

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r/)uilding a racecar takes lots of

'D money, time, brains and hard

labor. But tl's all worth it, especially when

you win.

As the tri-color Alfa swept under the checkers at Dayton International Speedway, Ric Lovecchio and RML Racing returned to victory lane for the first time in almost two years.

The race was a thrilling, hard-fought, 10-lap shootout over the high-banked, high-speed road course at Daytona. The competition was tough, as the fastest cars and drivers from the SCCA's Central Florida Region were in town in August for a double SARRC weekend.

The RML RacinglPerformance Ignition­sponsored Alfetta started seventh due to wet weather in qualifying, and had to battle through a strong field (Spiders, an Audi GT, BMWs, VW Rabbits and Golfs) to be in con­tention for the dash to the finish line.

Heading into the final lap with four seconds down to the leading two VWs, Ric put in his fastest lap and nosed ahead at the strip by half the length of a front fender.

Here is the story of the circumstances, the effort and the people who brought this car and team into the winner's circle.

Happiest Day The happiest day in a race car owner's

life is the first day the car goes around the block under its own power, and when someone else gives an absolute commit­ment to buy the car. Everything in between is a litany of spent money and energy, love and hate, success and failure, care and neglect, absolute delight and medieval torture.

It's not often one gets a chance to sell a racecar. But opportunity knocked and soon RML's race-proven 1974 Alfa G1V (cover car, GrassrootsMotorsports, Nov-Dec 1991), was loaded on a mad Hungarian's car hauler and sent to California. This left us in a dilemma. What would we do for a racecar?

Bench Racing The crew at Ric's shop were of two

minds. One, we could move up in class and build some sort of Alfa v-6 powered car, either a Milano or GTV-6 Alfetta, or we could stick with what we knew in the four cylinder class, find a new body, and build a racer that incorporated the proven ideas and techniques used on the earlier, G1V­based car.

We eventually decided that race prepar­ing an Alfa V-6, even for the highly restric­tive SCCA Improved Touring class, would be prohibitively expensive. We had the parts and knowledge, but decided the develop­ment time required to field a competitive entry would strain our resources to the limit. We didn't want to build a new car from scratch and build a new engine pro­gram at the same time.

With RML's experience with the 2000cc Alfa four cylinder engine, we set about find­ing a chassis to build into a new racing vehicle. Serendipity qUickly delivered a 1976 Alfetta: complete, straight and slightly rusty. Now the real work began.

More Bench Racing We immediately realized the potential

stumbling blocks of trying to race this body/chassis type. Our old car, the 1975 GTV, was a type 11;. The alfetta chasSiS, a Type 116, was a completely different design. It was still a unit body car, but with a front engine/rear transaxle layout, con­nected by a large reciprocating mass called the driveline. Front suspension was longitu­dinal torsion bars, rack and pinion steer­ing, lower A-arms and upper links, rear

Oil the brakes entering Tum 7bree a/ Day/Q1Ul. Note the minimal squat. (Photo by Ket,'in Doxslator.)

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suspension by DeDion, with double-jointed halfshafts, coil springs and Panhard rod.

The design has virtually two flywheels, one on the engine to provide mass and a starter ring gear, and the other in the transaxle to provide a home for the clutch. These are separated by the two-piece, rub­ber-coupled driveshaft, with a support bearing in the middle. The hydraulic clutch lives on the transaxle out back, and the shift linkage runs backward in the driveshaft tunnel to the gearbox.

The obvious advantage of this design was balance. With the battery and fuel tank located in the rear, the car could be very weU balanced, by weight, at all four cor­ners. The disadvantages included the com­plexity of the layout, the limited production run of the chassis type, which restricts access to necessary body and suspension spares, and the limited racing history of the type. This all meant that we would be devel­oping a car and chassis based on engineer­ing and instinct, rather than already-estab­lished data and procedure.

In the end, the team decided our motor program was capable of building reliable, powerful engines (extremely important in our restricted class) and our combined skills and talent would allow us to modify, re-engineer, build and develop a winning chassis.

It was the fall of 1996 and as the saying

goes, if we had only known what we were getting ourselves into ....

The Team In 1996 our team consisted of a diverse

group of players, including: * Ric Lovecchio, owner of RML

Automotive and Performance Ignition. He has a lifetime of Alfa experience, a moun­tain of Alfa parts and a Rolodex full of peo­ple to call for parts, help and advice. Also RML's financier and a very good road racer. He has held the ITB class record at Daytona and other southeastern tracks on numer­ous occasions. His desire to see Alfa remain a recognized force in SCCA competition has inspired us all.

* Steve Stafford, an aeronautical engineer graduate who had acted as RML crew chief for the previous three years. He also crewed with Flis Motorsports' 1995 entry at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. He was recruited by Swift Engineering and now operates their wind-tunnel facility in California. Steve has also worked with the Jackie Stewart Formula One team, Penske Racing and, of course, the Swift CART chas­sis as raced by Michael Andretti and Christian Fittipaldi.

* Paul Lanham, a graduate of the Nissan-sponsored Automotive Technology program at Daytona Beach Community

Engine lvitiJ tubular headers amI cus/om pipe, remote oil ' adapter, ctlstom dipstick. (Photo by Roger Sims.)

College. And RML employee and Ie assembler for Performance Ignition, he w " responsible for all the chassis, suspensio and driveline maintenance and buil', repaired any electrical or electronic sy , terns we needed. Our present two-way radi setup in the car was Paul's handiwor Another recruiter, Uncle Sam, recently too Paul to Fort Knox, where he is in basi training with the U.S. Army.

* Jerry Tobin, who grew up with SC Rally and PRO Rally cars in Michigan, where he began developing his fabricating " skills. Jerry was able to transform into I

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metal any idea or concept we could come I

up with. All exterior repairs and bod~ prep, " interior repairs, bulkheads, panels, and subframes were designed and fabricated by Jerry. He also painted the car in the Italian national colors: red, white and green.

* Dave Kane, procurer and scrounger. Provider of hardware, from nuts and bolts, to bushings and heim joints. Former off-road racer and builder of high performance VWs. Composite fabricator. Started hanging around RML and ended up involved in various projects, including mov­ing the office to a new location, the com­plete restoration of a Porsche 914, and race crew member. Became crew chief when Steve Stafford moved to California.

The New Racer Its body was not as nice a starting point

as we would have liked, but we were a com­mitted group so we jumped right in. Paul, Jerry and Ric stripped the car down to the shell, removing the interior, windshield, dash, doors, hood, rear decklid, engine, transaxle and driveline and all the trim. Jerry started welding the few floorboard rust areas, and a few underbody bad spots, while Ric tore down the motor. Steve start­ed designing the suspension modifications and making the necessary calculations.

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Paul stripped and cleaned the entire stock wiring harness, making repairs and remov­ing un-necessary leads.

We all took turns discussing and sketch­ing various roll-cage configurations. An SCCA rules change would allow us to have a safer, more rigid, better handling car by allowing us to tie the cage to the unit body structure at eight places, instead of the pre­vious car's four. We also wanted to include very beefy driver protection bars in the new rollcage.

Safel, and Racing These go together at RML, so our after­

market parts expenses started with a

FuelSafe fuel cell, an aluminum seat, five­point harness, and window net from Racer Wholesale, and a Halon on-board fire sup­pression system.

With the cage extended into the gutted driver's side door, Jerry custom-built steel closeout panels that wrap around the cage when the door is closed, and capped off the opening for the window so nicely it looks as if Alfa made the car that way. We fitted the seat with Ric in the car. Jerry welded in the necessary brackets, finished all the metal work and sprayed the com­plete interior, from firewall to bulkhead, floor to headliner, and door-to-door, in a light gray enamel.

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For the front suspension, we found larg­er diameter tubular torsion bars, which Steve pOSitioned for our proposed ride height and pre-loaded for our designed spring rate. The upper control arms were re-bushed for stiffness, and the upper and lower ball joints replaced.

OverSized, very stiff neoprene washers replaced the soft factory bushing in the lon­gitudinal link that ties the chassis to the upper control arm. The stock rack and pin­ion was dis-assembled and found to have excessive wear on the aluminum housing at the passenger side. We made a repair bush, cleaned and re-installed the unit. It has been trouble-free.

The front hubs were fitted with new discs, the calipers rebuilt, fitted with steel­braided hoses and racing pads. The anti­sway bar was replaced with an oversized aftermarket unit, and the links made up with double-adjustable heim joints. Shock absorbers were changed to Bilstein.

In the rear, the factory rubber bushing that pivots the DeDion was replaced with a precision heim joint in a custom-machined aluminum hOUSing, and the rear coil springs were replaced with shorter, stiffer units.

We then added NASCAR-style spring perches to the stock pans on the DeDion carrier. Ric's amazing parts bin contributed NOS axle limiting straps from a Spider, and these went around the massive DeDion tube to limit the down travel.

The 116 chassis utilizes inboard rear brakes, so only one braided line was required to carry fluid to the rebuilt calipers. We fitted new discs, cleaned and serviced the CV joints, replaced all the CV joint bolts, fitted new stub axle bearings and replaced a new defective wheel studs. The DeDion is controlled laterally by a dou­ble articulated Panhard rod, with one rod tied to the chassis at each side, and meeting

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...................................................... .................... ~. in the middle of the carrier on a beIlcrank. The steel rods were replaced by adjustable alloy tubular rods with heim joints.

The Really Custom Stull With the ride height pretty well set, Steve

and Ric built a square-tube cage for the fuel cell and Jerry modified the trunk floor to accept it. Clearancing notches in the rear apron allowed us to set the cage and cell combination as far rearward as possible and level with the underside of the car, to help lower the center of mass.

Steve and Paul ran all new fuel and hydraulic lines through the car's interior. Battery cables and the mandated battery disconnect switch were installed, routed and tied down. We built our own battery hold-down clamp and modified the stock cover to accept Dzus-type fasteners. Ric built and installed the two-pump fuel sys­tem, which had been race-proven on the GTV. The pumps mount on an aluminum panel in the rear compartment, and the supply, return and vent lines are all braided stainless steel.

We added an Autometer tach, VDO oil temp, pressure and water gauges to the stock dash and only needed to trim one­half inch from each side to make it fit back in the car with the new roIlcage.

Our class rules require a header core to be mounted, so one of Steve's English sportscar relics gave up its miniscule foot­warmer.

The foot pedals, steering column, shifter and passenger seat are all stock, and the re-worked stock \\1ring harness was re­installed and fastened with Adel clamps everywhere.

Steve built a clever, hinged aluminum panel that closes out the fuel cell compart­ment when the huge rear decklid is closed, yet allows full and easy access to the fuel fill and pressure pumps. We also made anoth­er hinged door directly above the rear brake calipers, for ease of service and pad changes at trackside.

Jerry began prep work on the exterior

painting. He shaved all side marker lamps and the fuel cap door, and straightened, blocked, filled and sanded all panels. He pre-painted all the door jambs, along with the hood and decklid channels.

The nose, fenders and hood were paint­ed green, while the roof, doors and quar­ters were painted white. The rear hatch and tail went red.

We used the natural lines of the car's "A" and "C" pillars to make radically slant­ed breaks in the colors. We later used these areas for logos and decals for the team and our sponsors.

Finishing touches again came from the RML parts bin, with straight bumpers and end caps finished in semi-gloss black; black split grilles for the nose; and a chrome Alfa emblem.

We glued the windshield back in and filled the trim seam flush. The doors, deck­lid and hood all operate on the stock facto­ry latches and handles, and the windshield wipers, hom, headlights, turn signals and taillights are fully functional.

To Go Fast Alfa motors like to stay at optimum tem­

perature. RML's GTV had been happiest with a Griffin aluminum radiator and a good oil cooler. These motors operated at speeds up to 7000 rpm, so we planned the same approach for the Alfetta. The new radiator was a bit wider than the stock one , so Jerry worked his metal magic on the front engine room bulkhead, and soon the new piece was snuggled up against the reworked opening.

Ric fitted an adapter plate in place of the stock oil filter, connected braided steel hoses to a remote filter, then to a muIti­plate oil cooler mounted in front and to the side of the radiator. All Alfa engine rooms are tight, so we made an insulated plate to shield the master cylinder from the heat of the exhaust, shielded the wiring harness, fuel lines and brake lines, and modified the stock air cleaner box to allow room for braided steel fuel lines from the SPICA

pump to the injectors. Fortune and a mod to the radiator i 1 t

and outlet necks allowed us to use up and lower hoses from a Spider. Performance Ignition racing coil \ mounted to the radiator bulkhead, with control module/rev limiter mounted ne r by on the inner fender. An oil breather b was installed on the firewall and plumb to the front timing cover and the C'

cover. SCCA rules for IT are very restricti e

regarding engine modifications, so hors :­power gains come mainly from removi flow restrictions, careful parts selectio " balancing and blueprinting, and years f experience.

Ric built the first engine with all the be t parts we had, plus some new items, suc " as pistons and liners. We installed a cus , tom, cockpit-adjustable SPICA fuel injcc ' tion pump, which would allow us to reall !

dial in the mixture at the track. We bal I,

anced the crankshaft, rods and pistons ' match-ported the intake and exhaust man­ifolds, carefully hand-lapped the valves and spent hours removing burrs and casting flash from everything we thought might affect performance.

We installed the motor with a set of tubular headers that were originally built to fit the Alfetta, in a four-into-two design that routes the exhaust around a motor mount. Our local muffler shop welded up a head pipe that bolted up to these headers and then transitioned to a two-and-one­half inch round pipe. This pipe runs rear­ward, then turns 45 degrees to exit just head of the rear lire on the driver's side.

We used our shop press to squish the round tube into an oval shape over its entire length, both for flow and ground clearance. We rebuilt the driveshaft and went through the gearbox, with the critical issue being bal­ance and alignment. With the total mass of crankshaft, rods, pistons, flywheel, drive­shaft, couplings, clutch pressure plate, disc and transmission input shaft till spinning tlU

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1 was visiting my son recently and,

(ifter watching a New Hampshire

NASCAR race, we flipped channels to see

what else was on. On one of the bazillion

sports channels he gets via a satellite dish,

we stumbled on the Zweibrucken round

of the German Super 'lburing Car

Championship, the second to last pair of

races in the series.

Well, it reminded me I hadn't covered Alfas in competition overseas since they left the British series and the International Touring Car championship dissolved. So, it's time for a look.

AlIa Update Early in the year, Motorsport News

International announced, " In a surprise move, Alfa Romeo entered Nicola Larini and Fabrizio Giovanardi with a pair of new Alfa 156s for the German Super Touring Championship in 1998. It is expected, how­ever, that the Italian works team will contest on a couple of German rounds, including the prestigious Norisring event."

In fact, this pair did only compete in a few races, although Stefano Modena did the entire series for EuroTeam of Italy. Early on, the 156 looked as thorough it would be quite compet­itive. Several of the other teams had cut back on their involvement in the series, and the Alfa was quite quick in testing.

While the rules specify that a car looks quite stock, under the bodywork it can be quite different. The 156, for example, uses the basic two-liter 1\vin Spark engine, but with special rods and pistons that work toward producing 300 hp, double what the stock engine puts out. The gearbox is a six­speed, sequential box that drives the wheels through a limited slip differential. Finally, a dry sump is used.

Some of the general rules include pro­duction of at least 25,000 examples of the car, a minimum length of 4.2 meters (165.31 inches), either four or five doors, and a minimum weight of 1000 kg (2,210 lbs.). Engines are limited to two liters and no more than six cylinders, but they can be located farther back and lower in the frame, as much as the stock bodywork allows.

The front splitter rules are more liberal. No automatic or semi-automatic gearboxes are allowed. Pump fuel is required. Some suspension improvements are allowed, but antilock brakes are not. All in all, the rules are pretty successful in keeping costs down while allowing for some innovations that make for good racing among a wide variety of cars.

That variety includes BMW, Peugeot, Opel, Audi, Honda and Nissan, as well as Alfa. Despite early hopes, the Alfas have not done wonderfully in the German series. I would hope they are doing better at home, in the Italian series, but I haven't been able to find results, much less articles on racing. (One of these days I have to learn Italian.)

Modena's Results There have been some results, however,

from Modena. He finished 10th at Nurburgring in the fourth round of the series. He was ninth at Wunstorf in the 11 th round, and 10th again at Zweibrucken in the 13th round. Larini did the fastest lap of race eight at the Norisring, but he didn't fin-

ish in the top 10. That's all On Track report­ed .... sigh.

Hopefully, 1999 will be a better year for the 156. There are strong rumors that AIfa will be back in the British Touring Car Championship, the top-ranked in the national series. The British weekly Autosport reported that news in March but I have heard little more since then. In fact, the report said Alfa would compete in two races this year, but I haven't seen results yet. Stay tuned for more news as I can find it.

Just in case, BTCC starts with an Easter weekend race, April 4-5, 1999, at Donginton Park. If you get Speedvision, you might be able to see it!

One F3 When I started reporting on Alfa compe­

tition in Europe, AIfa engines were winners in every F3 series in Europe. Use of Alfa power plants has dwindled to a very few these days. I have to think part of that is due to Fiat building its own F3 engine.

Whatever the reason, there has been only one Alfa-powered F3 racer in the results this year. Maurizio Mediani has been racing his Dallara 396-Alfa Romeo all year in the Italian F3 Championship and has scored in rounds two through six. While he's running a two-year-old chassis, that isn't uncommon in the series. There are Dallara 397 and 398 chassis also running, but they don't seem to have any particular advantage over the 396.

At Mugello, Mediani was seventh. He was second at Varano and won at Monza. Round five was at Imola and he was back to sev­enth. However, he pulled another podium finish at the most recent race at Misano, where he finished third. Mediani isn't win­ning the championship, but I suspect he's in the top five. It's hard to tell, since On Track doesn't report the championship results for the Italian series.

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.......................................................................... , .. The Brils Know Fun

When it comes to racing, the Brits know how to have fun. Geez, they have more rac­ing series per capita that anywhere else in the world. One thing they do is race in marque series. And you guessed it, they have a series for both Italian cars and for Alfas in particular.

The Auto ltalia Championship is for all Italian cars and offers an interesting format, with the fastest qualifiers starting at the back. The reversed grid is divided into groups according to car performance potential. So you have the fastest cars in a group starting at the back of that group, and the fastest groups starting behind the slowest groups.

The slowest group starts first, then a time gap to the second, and so on. Kind of a hand­icap race. The point is still to cross the finish line first when the race laps have elapsed

Phew! Can you imaging starting up front in your AlfaSud and having a Ferrari 328 catch you up a lap or three before the finish? I sus­pect the drivers in the slower cars have to spend a lot of time watching their mirrors.

Auto ltalia magazine reported on one of the early races this year and it seems that the odd format probably works. For a time, Peter Smart was the leader in his GTV 2000, until he was caught and passed (at least he had some exposure) by faster cars. Seems Martin Parsons took the lead for good in his 164, followed by Colm Flanagan and Dave Ashford in 33s. Fourth went to the car I probably would have picked, the Ferrari 328.

The Alfa-only series is called the Chris Nott Alfa Championship. From the photos in Auto Italia, there are quite a variety of Alfas taking part in the series. photos show Suds, 33s, a 75 and an impressive looking 155, unfortunately sliding into a tire wall.

With six classes for Alfas, there should be a class for nearly any recent car. Geez, they even mention that an Alfa Arna won its class.

Hmmmmm. It would be a lot of fun to live in England, except for the weather and the food. Let me think about this, though. Alfa racing, good beer.... I do have a lot of sweaters and a Gore-Tex rain suit. And I could eat a lot of Chinese .

Eulouy lor a Friend .By J. Mich:iel HEmsley

In Memory of Ken Kimbell. I

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On Aug. 6th, Robert Pinkowski posted the folloWing message on the Alfa Digest: I

« I just received a call that Ken Kimbell, former regional execu­tive of Wichita Region and longtime road racer, died earlier today of a heart attack.

it I know Ken served at least two tenns, 1995 and 1996, as BE of Wichita Region, and he may have held other offices as well. He was best known as an E Production racer in his A/fo Spider, winning the Midwest Division Championship (national points) for 11 straight years, 1984-1994. He also raced a Ford Fiesta for a few years in lTC, winning the MiVid's Mid-Am Championship in 1993 and 1994, and was MiDiv Driver of the Year in 1993-

«Ken was also known as a driver who cared for the race workers, to the extent of having a flyer slipped into the entry forms for Wichita Region's lake Afton Grand Prix, asking drivers to donate a couple of bucks beyond the entry fee to be used for worker lunches and the like. From what I understand, the plea was usually well received (having eaten afew of those lunches myself as a timer)."

I met Ken at the Runoffs. He consistently came and conSistently had problems that kept him from being competitive. He was certainly competitive in the Division, but a good finish at the Runoffs escaped him. That didn't keep him from being selected AROC Driver of the Year, though. While he never won at the Runoffs, his attitude made him a regular candidate for the honor.

Ken was a character. He loved to have fun and especially enjoyed including his friends in that fun. Back when the Runoffs were at Road Atlanta, Ken ran #9 on his racer and was sponsored by Coors, just like a racer named Elliott from Dawsonville. He decided to visit the Melling race shop and point out the similarity between he and Bill and, as was so much like him, and was nearly adopted into the Elliott family. For sev­eral years thereafter Ken would make a stop at Charlotte Motor Speedway and join the Melling crew for the NASCAR race. Then, during the Runoffs, it became part of the tra­dition to stop in at the race shop, visit with the Elliott brothers' parents, who lived next door, and have dinner with one of the brothers at the Dawsonville Pool Hall, where you either had a "Billy Burger" or you ate your burger the "wrong way." The owner looked forward to Ken's annual visits with a troop of racers, race fans and journalists in tow. Even though it was a dry county, an old jug was usually passed around and toasts drunk to the health of everyone there.

The memories are good ones. My thoughts and prayers are with Ken's family and friends. He will be missed.

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tp he race ojftcia/s, wearing overcoats

1 against the chill of the April morning,

stared attentively at the hands oj the clock

as it moved toward 6:02. On the minute ,

the flag dropped and Juan Fangio, the

driver oj a red Alfa coupe #602, sent his

car down the starting ramp and onto the

road toward Verona.

In the early morning light, the trees and crowds lining the road were still a dark mass, punctuated by the retina-searing flash of camera bulbs. The car rapidly gained speed and disappeared into the dis­tance. The crowd's attention turned to the next car, Alfa #603, as it made its way into the starting position.

Fangio's car was the first of three Alfas entered in the unlimited-sportscar catego­ry in the 1953 Mille Miglia. It was an important race for driver and car. For Fangio, the race was an opportunity to demonstrate uneqUivocally that his crash at Monza almost a year earlier had not diminished his ability or his drive to win.

Abol'e left: BrighflJ' illuminated by the flash of photo-flash bulbs, Fangio and 5<lla accelerate (lU'ayfromthe starting ramp on the lI'ay to their epic second-place finish ill the 1953 Mille Miglitl, (Photo courtesy of Centro Doctlmenlazione, Alfa Romeo.)

Abot'e rigbt: FolloUling their racing careers, the Discos (l'ere filled with dramatic bodies by (!ariolls coach ll:orks. '/be ertlmple bere was bodif!(J by Boano and ollmed by Juan Peron, tbe Argentine didator. A sborltime after this photo ll'as taken attbe Pittsburg/} Vintage Grand Prir, itllYlS badly llT£'CRed 1/ has since been rebodiw/ in the s/)'Ie of the compe­titiol1 coupes. Photo /J.,' aut/Jor.

For Alfa, it was a chance to recapture the Mille Miglia, following several years in which factory efforts had been half-heart­ed, with the primary focus on the Alfettas and Grand Prix racing.

The red coupe carrying Fangio and his companion, Sr. Sala, was an Alfa 6e 3000 eM, Disco Volante. The DV project started in 1951, with the idea of installing the excellent mechanical components of the 1900 Sprint in a lightweight space frame to yield a competitive sports car.

The program also drew from the aero­dynamic studies conducted by Alfa and Bertone, exemplified by the stunning BAT coupes. The resulting car had a dramatic, streamlined body that promptly earned it the name Disco Volante, flying saucer.

Several cars had a slightly longer wheelbase to accommodate the 6e 3000 Six-cylinder engine. These cars showed such potential that a new deSign, capable of challenging the Ferraris and Lancias, was developed. The new cars employed a 3500cc version of the 6e 3000 engine, a transaxle and DeDion rear suspension. Their bodywork was more conventional, although it was still dramatic, and they continued to be called Disco Volantes.

The Mille Miglia was an open race from Brescia to Rome and back. The race was open to all categories of cars, from bubble cars to unlimited sports cars. Almost 500 vehicles were sent off, one at a time, beginning the night before race day. The smaller family sedans were sent off at 30-second intervals, with the big sports cars being sent off at one-minute intervals.

Each car carried a route control card that had to be stamped at control points around the course. The roads were closed and lined by crowds of fans. In the cities, wooden barriers and hay bales were used to mark the course. The results were transmitted to scoreboards in most towns across Italy_

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Fangio and Sala accelerated between the lines of spectators along the Viale Rebuffone, headlights showing brightly in the half-light of dawn. The first control point was at Verona. The route carried them, mostly flat-out, along the south shore of Lake Garda toward Verona, 70 km to the east, and on to Vicenza, another 50 km away.

At the controls, the route card of each car was stamped. The officials got a good workout, since cars would not come to a complete stop as they passed over the black-and-white-checkered stripe across the road. Officials would run alongside to stamp cards. Pit crews were usually sta­tioned near the controls and could replenish the cars and pass along stand­ings to the drivers.

The streets through the towns were typ­ically lined with spectators and straw bales. Fangio snaked the car through an "S" bend, around the 17th-century man­sion and piazza in Vicenza and headed south across the broad Adige River Valley, toward Padova.

Negotiating a tricky left leaving Padova, Fangio hustled the red Alfa toward Rovigo and across the Po River Valley to Ferrara.

The car blasted through the city, under an archway and the railroad bridge and headed toward the second control at Ravenna, on the coast. His car was very

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fast and able to employ its speed effectively on the long straights during the first half of the race.

As he turned inland toward Forli, Fangio was in fifth place, close to the leaders. Sanesi, who started at 6:31 a.m. in another Disco, was driving brilliantly, averaging more than 113 mph to Verona, and was leading the race. Taruffi was in second place, fol­lowed by Farina and Villoresi in 4.1 liter Ferrari Spiders.

By the time Fangio turned back toward the coast on the Via Emilia, the last of the leaders had cleared the control point at

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Ravenna. Villoresi and Taruffi had retired but Kling, who had passed Fangio on the road, had brought his Disco, #603, into third place. He was followed by Franco Bordoni's blue factory Gordini in fourth.

provided a brief change in rhythm befor i

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road, with bordering trees and hedge . blurring past at 160 mph.

The run from Forli and down the coast to Pescara was mostly flat and straight. Every few kilometers the Disco flashed though small clusters of buildings near the roadway. With the Adriatic sparkling in the background, the cars speeding down the coast made a dramatic Sight for travelers on the railroad that ran parallel to the highway.

Ferrari Into Contention Fangio streaked over the asphalt rib­

bon, the sidelines flashing past, the car leaping over humps and bridges, and screaming across the cobblestones, through the narrow streets of the ancient villages. The high ground around Ancona

As the cars cleared the control a ' Pescara and turned inland, Sanesi still Ie on time, with Farina second and Kling , , solid third. Bordoni's Gordini had faltered on the coastal straights. Marzotto moved his 4.1 Ferrari, #547, into contention, just behind Fangio on time, but ahead on the road.

Leaving the Adriatic, Fangio and Sala headed up the valley of the Pescara the , ,

bark of the Disco's engine rising and falling, echoing in the valley, as the road twisted and fell but steadily climbed into the mountains. At least there was no rain this year and the mountains were clear against the sky.

On the leg up to Popoli, in the moun-

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ies hy the Italian coachwork master, Sergio Scaglietti. This was the first time he was honored at a major event, since he at times has been overshadowed by other famous can'ozzerie, Pininfarina, Bertone, Zagato.

Scagliett's designs and coachwork shone through the dense fog of the Monterey Peninsula. His work represents the dusk of an automotive era when the permanence of a car's design was an inherent trait, not a fad for the current decade.

When asked the difference between then ~md now, Scaglietti explained, "Now we design cars like dishwashers ... as appli­ances ... not as sculpture."

He described the bravado of an age long gone. For example, the Ferrari 250 California Spider, built by Scaglietti to a design by Pininfarina, progressed from an idea directly to the actual creation. No

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Scaglietti officially retired in 1987 but is still active, at age 80, as a consultant to younger designers and fabricators.

Several Alfas were present at Pebble Beach, including a 1939 6C2500 Sport Touring Berlinetta; a 1956 1900 Super Sprint by Zagato Coupe; a 1932 P3 Grand Prix; a 1933 1750 Grand Touring Spider; a 1954 1900CSS Ghia Coupe; and the 1997 Scighera concept car designed by ItalDesign. The Scighera featured a twin turbo, mid-mounted 3.0 liter Alfa v6 with sequential gearbox and electronic clutch, like that of the current Ferrari Formula One car. Built in aluminum and carbon fiber bodywork, versions of this silver sleek testbed are planned to be built for road and race use.

The weekend ended with an awards ceremony, after which cars drove over an elevated platform where a ground-level microphone permitted the distinct tones of each grand vehicle. The variety of sounds was amazing.

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the time, any unbalanced or out-of-line com­ponents would vibrate so badly the car would be undrivable.

Our machinist, Hal, built a new bushing for the front driveshaft. The beautiful 14"x6" Campagnolo alloy wheels were pol­ished to a mirror surface and fresh 205/55-14 racing tires mounted. Our chas­sis set-up man, Jeff Thompson, dialed in the camber and caster setting for the front and used adjustable Panhard rods in the rear to make sure the car was properly centered on its own track.

August Races We began racing the car in May 1997,

with varying results. But we knew we had a good shot of winning at the August SARRC races.

And we did, on Saturday. On Sunday, we qualified second, diced with another Alfa for three laps, then started to reel in the leader. The track was hotter and slipperier than it had been the day before, and we developed a pretty nasty understeer.

On the last lap, the leader locked up his brakes in turn one. Ric put on a charge all the way around the track only to come up 100 feet short at the stripe. The official margin of victory was one second. And, we set the fastest race lap both days, only three-tenths of a seconds' difference day­to-day.

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tains, AHa (which had dominated to this point) suffered its first setback when Sanesi's steering failed. Farina, who was in contention, crashed into one of the stone walls along the road. Flashing over the Bailey Bridge at Popoli, the survivors headed toward l' Aquilla. At that control, Kling led Fangio, who led Marzotto's Ferrari on time.

Running within a few minutes of each other, the leaders sped down the curves of the Via Salaria toward Rome, the Eternal City. Spectators on both sides of the wide boulevards had narrowed the roadway to a couple of car widths. The crowds were too much for even a veteran of the Argentine open road races, and Fangio slowed coming into Rome.

At the pits, just past the control, essen­tial serviCing was completed quickly and cars sped away north. Leaving Rome, after more than five hours of racing, Fangio and Sala were a minute and 20 seconds behind Kling, and still ahead of Marzotto's time.

The section from Rome to Siena, up the Via Cassia, was a key to the race. The seg­ment was difficult and a good time here had a significant effect on the elapsed time for the race. Fangio and Sala chased Kling through Viterbe, around the shore of Lake Bolsena and on toward Acquapendente and the Radicofani Pass.

On the climb, Kling's transmission failed and he pulled off the road, moments before Fangio flew by. Fanio swept toward the top, carving switchbacks, with a low retaining wall, and a line of spectators separating the road surface from a precip­itous drop down the mountainside.

Between Siena and Florence, across the ,rolling hills of Tuscany, the road sur­face was rough, but Fangio kept up the pace. His reception in Firenza was tumul­tuous. After eight hours of racing, he was a scant two minutes ahead of Marzotto.

Fangio Reluses 10 Qull The stretch from Firenza to Bologna,

through the heart of the Appenines, crossed the crests of the Futa and Raticosa Passes. While charging up the switchbacks of the Futa Pass, the tie rod of Fangio's Disco came adrift, so that the only the front right wheel responded to steering. By the time Fangio passed the memorial to Climente Biondetti at the crest of the pass, Marzotto had taken the lead.

Fangio refused to withdraw and pressed ahead, struggling up the bends of the pass and into Bologna. With control over the one front wheel, he raced out of Bologna across the board plain of Emilia­Romagna, on the Via Emilia. The road ran straight past Modena and Parma, and on to Piacenza, where it turned north toward the finish line at Brescia.

For the most part, this section was straight and very fast. Refusing to give up, despite having only a single wheel responding, Fangio drove the wounded Disco flat-out, averaging more than 100-mph from Bologna to Brescia.

The Will 10 Win The crowd at the finish line knew that

Marzotto had won but Bonetto, driving an inspired race, had brought his Lancia into contention. Likewise, Cole's Ferrari and Parnell's Aston Martin were running very well.

The echo of a racing engine heralded the arrival of the car to crowds standing six-and-eight-deep along the course into Brescia. The effect of Fangio's appearance around the final comer was electric. After 10 hours of racing, driving the last 143 miles steering with only one wheel, Fangio brought his Disco across the checkered finish line in second place, only 12 min­utes behind Marzotto. Seldom had the will to win been so forcefully and courageous­ly demonstrated.

Turning Polnls The 1953 Mille Miglia marked several

turning points. Fangio was given a ride with Ferrari for the remainder of the sea­son. It was the last time an AHa would lead a Mille Miglia, a race it had won more times than any other manufacturer.

Back in the pack, the AHa 1900 sedans continued their astonishing performance, winning their class and finishing ahead of all the sedans, and all sports cars 1500 cc and below (including all the Porsches), except the very fast 1100 cc sports cars of Venezian-Albarelli (OSCA) and Sani­Bianchi (Fiat).

It was a sign of things to come. Alfa sports sedans would ably sustain the performance tradition of the marque until, in the Type 33, Alfa would once again field a sports car capable of challenging all comers.

Acknowledgements: The author is indebted to Mille Miglia 1927 -by Lurani; '11 Master in the Mille Miglia" from Men of Thunder, by Nolan; "With Moss in the Mille Miglia, " by Jenkinson, from When Engines Roar, edited by Nolan and Beaumont; Conte Maggi's Mille Miglia, by Miller; Alfa Rome Disco Volante, by Bianchi Anderloni; and Automobile Quarterly magazine, Y7 N2.

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1960101969 1960 Sprint/AR 149322952/101 Giulietta 1750 wi 40mm Webers, 100 miles complete rebuild, 2 liter front discs, red Konis with sport springs, techno mag­nisio 5x15 wheels with continentals, absolutely straight, black plate, CA car wlbare metal overspray, NOS and Re-Originals interior, new rubber gaskets and bushings. Redlblack. $13,000. Tom (212) 906-7664. NJ 1965 Giulia Sprint GT, redlblack, bare metal respray, no rust or dings, new door/glass seals, new Pir-ellis, service documentation. 62K miles, solid mechanicals. $7,500. Vince (810) 228-9546. MI

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rust, car in primer. $2,500. Rasey (423) 927-5873. TN

1969 Spider, light bluelblack Repainted in 1975, othelwise original condition. Always garaged and meticulously maintained. $7,600 for car alone, or $8,200 with original Pininfarina hardtop, numerous spares and manuals. Bob (540) 722-5648. VA

1969 Spider, too many items to Iis~ include burl mahogany dash with interior details (First place in Alfa sculpture contest). Many show awards. If you want to drive a unique and exceptional Alfa, you'll want to consider this one. Photos available. $18,000. Don (760) 726-4930 or djwl@home.com CA

1970 to 1979 1971 Montreal, redlblack, good original interior and paint. Runs great, everything works, no rust. $16.000 OBO. Chris (562) 426-9803. CA 1972 GTV with spare engine, new tires, completely stock with records. Second owner, always in family. Needs clutch and usual rust repairs. Excellent restoration project for just $1,800. joe (303) 751-6614. CO 1974 Spider. Original owner now truly the "little old lady from Pasadena," and must sell. All original engine, drivetrain, interior. Excellent condition, well­maintained. 142K miles. $3,500. DeniselJohn (626) <149-6861 days; (626) 792-4422 eves. CA 1974 GTV, complete renovation. New everything; this is as complete, clean in and out G1V as you'll ever find on the road. A great daily driver. Redlblack $13,500 BlO. Heinz (415) 507-0301 or (415) m­~321 ext. 114. CA

1974 Spider Veloce 2000, one of the fastes~ best sorted out and best-looking Spiders in existence. Cover and three-page article in European Car mag­azine,june 1993. Complete Ward & Dean upgrades. Car has never been raced. Over $15,000 documented spent in improvements. Too much to list. Shown in 1996 and 1997 Concours Italiano in Monterey. This is a no-stories car that needs nothing. Will send detailed list and photos. Reduced price $7,000 (negotiable). C'Ul arrange delivery. Carlos (310) 446-1554. CA 1976 Alfetta Sport Sedan. Redlblack interiOr, complete restore except transmission. Stored winters. Vel}' nice, no rust $5,500. Rich (414) 628-2528. WI 1977 Spider, Webers, no rust, all bodywork com­plete except final sanding. Seats and door panels newly reupholstered, needs top. $1,500. If same per­son buys this car and my 1967 (listed above), price for both cars is $3,000. Illness prevents me from fin-

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1977 Spider, silverlblack. Rustproofed when new, solid body, new upholstery, head rebuilt 5K ago, two piece exhaust header, runs strong, garaged. $3,200IBRO. Robert (508) 746-5706. MA

1978 Sprint Veloce, Best of factory original. Gray/gray velour. Air, stereo, cassette, Ziebarted­Campagnolos, 49,9511\, no restoration needed. No winters, little rain. I purchased new july 1978. Serious inquiries only. Photos. Duwane (219) 356-5496.IND

1980 to 1989 1981 GTV-6 projecVtrack day/race car. Minor front end damage, comes with two v-6 motors, two transaxles, four 6x15 wheels. $1,495 OBO. Denny (503) 590-3132. OR 1982 GTV-6 Balocco #304/350. Fresh gearbox, Milano clutch, 901\, daily driver, Midweit rust Complete, asking $3,000. Bernie (317) 251-2972. IN 1984 GTV-6, with 3 liter engine, 164s cams, Sperry stage 2 heads, 7x15 stilautos with 225x50 comp TA ZRs, Recaros with matching rear seat material, Alfas GoCa plates, Alpine CD, VDO, more. Red/tan. Asking $8,500. Joel (818) 994-4730 eves, Pacific TIme. CA 1984 Spider Veloce, silver with blue leather, 8K miles. Completely original, always garaged, has rarely seen rain. $6,800. Todd (918) 744-0338 eve/weekends. OK 1985 GTV-6, show condition original. 56K miles.

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1987 Milano Gold, 58K. Red, needs repainting, very minor rust. Recent new style tensioner, Pirellis. Runs good, drives lovely. $3,000 OBO. AI (757) 488-3048. VA 1987 Spider Veioce, exc. condition, garage kept, blue with tan leather. New Robbins top, Alpine CD stereo. $8,000. Brad (410) 893-4898. MD 1988 Milano Gold, 35K, auto. Trans, black. No rust, paint is good. Needs rear shocks. Recent new style tensioner, Pirellis. Runs good. $3,000 OBO. AI (757) 488-3048. VA 1988 Milano Verde, black, 84K miles, all new Pirellis, free flow ANSA, Konis, Shankle suspension, rebuilt front end. Includes Alfa seat covers, mats. Invested $7,500. All accessories and docs., $7,500. Kevin (973) 783-5906. NJ

1 g90 to Present 1991 164 sedan, 126K, very \vell maintained. Anthracite gray \vith charcoal fabric interior. New Dunlop D40-M2 205-VR 65 tires, recent extensive tranny rebuild. 5-speed manual. Have all records and receipts. Reluctant sale ... plenty of life left to it; needs another good home. $7,000 OBO. David (508) 476-2214 eves. MA

19911641., 125K miles, mostly highway. Dealer maintained, excellent condition, all options. Med. Blue w/tan leather, auto, new tires, AGIP oil, garaged. Love it but must sell. $8,000. Lynda (503) 628-3750 msgleve. OR

1991 Spider Veloce, green/tan, excellent condi­tion. Like new, 13K, garaged, original owner, all records. $13,500. Frank (614) 875-4660. OH 1991 164S, blacklblack, 70K miles. Garaged, very clean. Recaros, tile/slice roof. New pam; and exhaust $7,900. Bill (440) 899-9685 eves., (440) 930-1465 days. E-maiI103122.3602@compuserve.com OH 1992 1641., dark green w/ tan leather interior. AT, four new Pirellis and four new Hakkapeliittas (this is in MN after all). Always garaged and cleaned. Excellent condition (even though this is in MN). 89K, $8,900. Charlie (507) 645-9269 eve. Or (651) 310-6488 days. Or cps@deskmedia.com MN 1993 164L, burgundy w/tan leather, auto, sunroof, 65K miles. Have all records, alarm system, bra and snow tires, all services done. $12,500. Jeff (719) 531-9211 days or (719) 443-3348 eves. CO 1995 164LS, excellent condition. Less than 20K, always garaged. Sun roof, champagne leather, dark green exterior. Under warranty untillYl. $18,000. Ron (248) 347-6837. MI 1995 164LS, 5-speed, redlblack, 38K miles, ext wamUlty, 7 year/WOK miles. All books/records. New tires. $21,500 OBO. Martin (404) 223-3273 days; (770) 435-5336 eves or Euram@mindspring.com GA

ParIS 14" Emkei wheels for Spider, gold center, pol­ished lip, similar to BBS type. Perfect condition. $50 per wheel. Wolf (704) 548-8659. NC For G1V-6AC condensor (new in box), power win-

dow switches, clock instrument panel. For Milano Verde, 3.0 limited slip, trJllsaxle comp with DeDion, brakes and swaybar, pO\ver window SWitches, starter, exhaust manifold. For Duettol'69 Spider, rear bumpers, inside door handles. For GlV 2000 center console, parking light assembly. For '76 Spider speedo, tach, gauges (Carello), license plate lights, side markers, parking light assembly. For Giulia Super, everything, parting out a '66. Pasquale, before 10 p.m. EST. (973) 966-5413. NJ AIfa stuff for sale: 1988 3.0 litre engine, $1,850; 3.0 trJllsaxle, $1,200; eum intake manifold wlDellorto carbs, $550; complete interior for Alfetta GT, black, perfec~ $600; Marelli Plex system'i com­plete two, $200 each; 1054032001 euro cams 2.0 litre, $250. Ric (904) 258-0243 (w); (904) 788-2091 (h). FL

Panasport rims, boUght four that don't fit my i Spider, off a 116 series Alfetta 2000. 4 lug, 15" larg r pattem than Spider. Silver, good condition, some nicks. Asking $300. Jeff (714) 860-1097 or e-mail Jeff7599@aol.com CA

Miscellaneous Rare AIfa cycling jersey from the late 19805! Brillhmt Alfa red with large Alfa logo front .and bac I

and small logos on sleeves. Limited aVailabililty. $ includes shipping. Douglas (617) 374-9902 or (77 ) 991-2274 or people.ne.mediaone.neVdclinglalfa.h MA I

I will research your car's hiStory, exact date of manufacture, date of first sale and owner's natne, I

exterior car color, etc. $25. Send me your car's VIN. I

Large variety of kitsch and literature for sale. E-m

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Chapter Newsletter Recogniti n E¥' Eerni.e ZeIazqy

The follOwing chapters have actively published newsletters during the past year. Those editors who exchange 10 or more issues annually receive an AROC lapel pin. Those ex ang-ing one issue per quarter, or five issues a year, receive a certificate. Congratulations!

10 Issues or More Annuallv Newsletter Editor Chapter A/fa Advocate Bruce Sharer Mid-Atlantic AlfaBits Erik Roe Oregon AI/a De/Sud Hans MHo Atlanta A/faZia Ed Mackey New Mexico Atfacionada Tom Suter Southern CalifOrnia A/fantics Eugene Kessler Capital AIfotisb Ned Parker Ohio Valley A/flsti Melanie Zimmerman Central California ARCCUpdate Dave Willis Canada CamCbatter Margaret Bethke Central Indiana iSaiute Rich and Janet Hirsch St Louis Iniezione Dan Jardine Northwest La Pilota Bernie Zelazny Texas Hill Country Notlzie Loyd Heimbruch Stella Del Nord TbeRedLlne Gary English and Patrick Hayes Orange County Romeo and Glutietta Pat Garrett San Diego Sotto Veloce Robert Clauss Chicago Una Notizia Eileen Simmons Oklahoma

One Issue Per Quarter or Five Issues Annually AI/a Bits and Bytes Bill pfeiffer Northeastern Ohio AI/a Bull Susan Ferguson Buffalo A/fa Dell' Isola SusanLo Re Long Island A/faGiornaIe Dave Hammond Detroit A/faRumor Dick Botkin Arizona Atfantic George Meikrantz Wisconsin Georgia Alflsti Matt Dawson Georgia La Veloce Vita Sandro Marcantonio Colorado

: I Parlo Veloce ·Herb Mishler Buckeye Scuderla Corriere Mike and Julia Cosgrove Scuderia Alfa Romeo West Michigan Gerry Albers West Michigan

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Alfa I{OIllt'O ()wlwr':; Clui, Chapter ()in~ettll'Y ALABAMA • Al;lhlIllJ ARoc. ROlli1\' Roberts. m~ CltM~ Tri .. \esWia 1Ii11s. AI. (205) 979-4207

ARIZONA • Anwn;! AROC. Russ Staub. ~6H:\ 11311\5 Rd .• Mesa. AZ85207. (602) 357·0818

CALIFORHIA • Alta RI'lllt'O (}.\ners of Soulhem California. Charlie Schwanz. 111\(11 III..JJy Street. Valley \il1age. CA 91601. (818) i6H«;x)3 • AIHIe "f Central Califomia •• ·red Zimmennan. : 12.~ Pal ,rnillO Road, Santa Barbara 93105 (m5) (\~2·S744 • :U:OC oJ San Diego. Dalid La)1on. ~T ['dlll Sir. Apt. 302. San Diego. CA 92107-2-141. (619)226-0602 • DdtJ ~icrra Alfa R()meo Club. Jame; Tre:Jdv.~lI. ~9i~ ~al'l(5 Sl. Sacralnento. CA 95826·3625 (916) 381·2578 • Orang" Coun~' Chapter. TerJ)·llooley. -3): \t>rnng Cir..llooting1on Be3cl192648. (m) 960-8936

COLORADO • Alfa Club of ColoraJo. Bob Self. !~Ol QIlIulI3n Sl. Oenwr. CO rom· 1210. (303) 477·9554

CONNECTICUT • (J,mlt'l.1Jcut Ch~ Frank l:u:obellis. 62 I'alisadrs Rd .. R)~.1\i·lOsro·3827 (914) 967·5;;0

FLORIDA • .t~OC ~~. Florida. Bill ~Iankin 1-18-0 fl. ,naire Ilt, Fort ~Iwrs. t1. 33~ Iro1 (9Hl 489-3323 • Florid.l Alfa Club. Bill Harkell. 1.)413 Fo)~t !Iills Ilril~ Tampa. t1. 33612·3339. (813) 269-9385 • f'orid.l First Coast Alfa Romeo Club. Stephen l'atchin. 16~j Br.llnl Pl., Orange Park..t 32073-5269. ('JI}l) 2JS.9288 • Ct11tr.t1 Florida. ROOm ~1iI1er. 679 SilwrCreek Dt. ~lnterSprinF,'i. t1.327(k<!.3H2. (407) 327~3 • South Florida.James Lawrence. lOCI S. s..oquoia Ilr .• West Palm Heach. t1.33409. (<;61) 61).8851

GEORGIA • AtlantJ Chapter. Bill B.1in. lH ~\dh Walk, Marietta, GA 30062 (770) 971·5591 • (;t'O~la:\Roc. WardA \\ltkoll'ski. 11"" S~\\'t lloUom Court. Marietta, GA 30064·5222 (770) 499-1855

ILLINOIS • (hiogo Chapter. Stel~ CroII·ley.

10106 r.ambridge. "'(5ICheslcr. It 60154. (708) 681·2532

INDIANA • Collectil\! Indiana Alfa (}.\ners, Scott Bethke. 6776 CoIing1on Creek Trail. Fort "'ayne. 1~ 4®!. (219) 436·2812

KENTUCKY • Kentucky Alfa Romeo Society. Robert Rollins. 10816 ~'ard AI'e.. Louislille.lli· 40223. (502) 245·2672

MICHIGAN • AROC Detroit. Ian lDmax. 509 N. Ashley St .. Ann .o\JOOr. ~1l48103. (313) 332-0659 • ~'est ~Iidligan Alfa (}.\'OO'S. RaM), Ball. 1435 ~lapICliell' SE. Grand Rapids. ~II 49508 (616) 455-4155

MINNESOTA • Rick Vaicius. 5657 Girard A\~. S .• ~Iinneapolis. ~IN 55419. (612) 869-8306 MISSOURI • AROC SI. Louis. Jim Crisler. 261.:unplight l.ane. Glen Carbon, It 62034-4057. (618) 288-3723 • Stt.lda Fantasma. Phl'l\is IJesbien. 11953 Alila Dr.. !\ans:Is'City64145 (816) 942·6201

NEW ENGLAND • Alfa (}.\ners of /\ell' England. Roger La Ferricre. 355 \1;'. Sutton Rd. Sutton. ~l~01590·1203. (508) 865·9596

NEW JERSEY • Mfa ()~ners of 1\eII' Jersey. FJlrico Ci:!banoni (President & 1\eIIsietter Ed). 46 Peters Place, Red Bank 07701 (~) 530·9105

NEW MEXICO • /\ell' ~lexico Chapter.jo Cunningham. 110 Tarpon AI'e. SE. Rio Rancho 87\24·26&). (505) 8924136

NEWYDRK • AlfaBuff. Tom Mann. 114 Mis~·l.ane. EaslAinhel'Sl14051 (716) 688-8887 • loog Islml ARoc. \ic Cerami. 110 BaIs:un St.. <ke:tnside. ~j' 11572-4502. (516) 536-2517

NORTH CAROLINA • Mid·Atlantic:\Roc. Oal\! Brndyhouse. 5216 ~'ood Valley Or. Raleigh, ~C 27613. (919) 848-2362 • Piemonte. Ron Steele. 9SOO G\enwater Dr. ChariOlte 28262 (704) 547·9128

OHIO • Bucke)~ :\Roc,Jim Schubert, 1340 E. Choctaw Ilt.London. 011 43140 (614) 852-8902 • Sortheaslern Ohio Chapter. Joe \fahl. &lOS Allt-tl Dr. NE. Alliance. Ohio 44601·9729. mOl 935·2652 • Ohio Valley: Fo)'d Cosmi, 7427 Etoncmss Ct. CinCinnati. 011 45244. (m) 231·«;X)20

OKLAHOMA • AROC of OklallOma. Catll)' Garossino. 5«;X)2 East 100th. Thlsa. OK 74137·5511. (918) 299-5726

OREGON • Mfa Romeo (}.\ners d Oregon. Char Sommcrs. 12608Ii\\' Barnes Rood. Apl2. PonJand. OR 9m%037 (503) 3SQ..Ji05

PENNSYWAKIA • Central Penns),I1':111ia AR()(,~ Mike ~1iI11J\. 17251'uAtler ~1iI1 Rd. York 17403 (it7) 7414160 • OeJall'3l'e Vallev :\ROC, llalid \fest, 157 RidgefIeld R~.l\t'IItO\\n Sq. 1«;X)73 (610) 3-;;-1621

TENNESSEE • Bob ~lcJioo;ln. ALFA Inc .• 2rol BrighlwoooAIl~, Sasllli11e,lX 37m. (615) 292·1830

TEXAS • Lone Star AROC. \res and Kara U1l1iams. 715 Roral Crest Dr.. Ridlardson.lX 75081·3S4!. 1214) 690·5916 • Scuderia Mfa Romeo. Bob liabine. 935 Park \1100 Dr .• Kat)' i7450 (713) 492·2786 • Texas Ilill CoOOIlY. Tom Mdlull>. 3001 Clcaniew. Austin 78703 (m) 472'()282

VERMONT • :\ROC \ermont, Frank Caruccio. 23 Brookes AI~ .• Burlington. \T 0Si01·3368. (~!) 6IiO-27;()

WASHINGTON • /'.'\\:\RC. Georges lIebr.ult. President. 6730 1SOth AI~ SE. Redman. \lA 9&152-1713. (425) 881'()705

WASHINGTON, D.C. • Capital Chapter.llugh Tompkins. 5216 Abingdon Rd .• Hetll~a, Mil 20816. (301) 320'()181

WISCONSIN ·:\ROC \liscoosin. Gal)' Schommer\1'I~1 S6672 ~Iemoll' Lane. ~Iroocmnee Falls. ~1 530)1. (414) 2;2·3750

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AHa Owners Service Directory ARDeLiBRABlES

TECIlMA,'r.Ituu. Ed Gdler 10 RasldnRilad, MOl'risIaim; NJ 07960 (973) 540-8913 7 p.m;1D 10p.m Eastern 1lme

CHIU"l'ERINBrAIS£EfTER IlXCIlJiNBB Unda F.dinbwg 916 Oregon _ \VyomIng. 08 45215 (SI3)811~160

TECHNICAL·1l1iT UNES SIew;trt SlIndeman(7l4) 588-14517 p.m. to 10 pm. Padfic'ltme All postwarmodels

BtU Daemke (5(13) 366-03457 p.m. to 10 p.m.Padffc l1me All post-~ .WaNnOOS

\VI5 tngriuD (206) 76~9313 p.m. to 7 p.rn. WeelaIar.; Paclftc 11meSPlrA'ltiledliln S}'SIems

FmI m Matteo (1)41) 768-9384 7 :un. to 11 pm. (empt belva>n 5-7 p.m.) 'Ea5Iem 'Dme All post. '71 models; G'J'V.6 an.d Milano

Dennis Black (508) 'R>-2737 (l pm· 4 pm F.amn)

AtFA·DrAfNEB!II~1t I.SUBS Shayna. Gellet; AROC ruUfonaJ office, 10 Raskin Road, Morristown, NJ 07966-2924 Sing1eTsles 1953-1984 ... $2I00py 1985-preset1-··$4IalpY Indexes 1~1964 ... $119654970 ... $11971-1980 ..• $2

1YPe orprint )'Our address a1ot1gwtth volume and isme numJjer and date, and~ dlflCk ornlOne'jorderfor the full amount of purchase. Prices include ' pa5Iage.and Iw!dIing. In the few c::zes ohery rare is:sufS, fOU \\ill be sent a photoropy Insteadtlan ortgfnal

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Alfa Owner / October Edition

~~ ~ Power-Plus MUFFLERS

The new standard of performance, fit and sound,

Ricambi's Power-Plus mufflers for Alta Romeo Spiders, GTVs and in early 1998 the Alfettas. Designed to install without any welding or specialized tools, they offer improved perfor­mance and sporty sound. Made of 16ga. fully aluminized steel for corrosion resistance, "turbo" style free flowing muffler and finished in heat-resistant black crinkle-paint with dual chrome tips. 67-on Spider .................................... AL4366 '65-'74 GT, GTv, Berlina .................... AL4367

Hi-Flow Catalysts are manufactured in the USA. They directly replace the original equip­ment and are smog legal in all 50 states. They offer improved performance and huge sav­ings over the factory units.

g5~-CI 75-'76 Spider/Alfetta AL4248 "" '77-'81 Spider/Alfetta AL4249

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GTV-6/Milano 60531 077A

springs) Which ... ~ra ... ".~ .. mto.--.~!.··.~ta ... ~._,"i ... ~.c.' .. ,~ ~ will lower your " :flafldling;.~n(l _ 'Glraooutl 'it ! lower yo~f' Alta- •• and front sway , abOut', -"i.oS!' • bar for the bestfor a mote combinatiqn agg~iv~look ~ on the street -as well.,'Sport', 'Sup~rSpqft' spring~ttQrsiQ.n ~!!!!!IIII!IJ.!!I!!.~~~.KI':1 springs are'for . . . bars~tef6r serious autocross/tfm~ trial,lower the car street, 'Superspott' for ~t ()r (),aq~sidinall about 1.5

1' to be used with our rear sway bar. All springs aild'sw~y't>ai'$1 are'!JXlwdJen

"Race" springs are for competition, they coated and come With 'ute' thal(le,:I~U$I,jn~ItJ the car about 3

n and require shortening of necessary hardware and lin ~,.. ,'\.U'''''I';)'

front spindles to maintain. proper geometry. bars and springs sold itt pairs. Springs sold in pairs only. -Front TOd/on SorS-'Sport' springs, front ............. .AL0486 •• $99.95 'Sport' Alfetta/GTV-6 (up t() .

'Sport'springs, rear •.••••••••••• .AL0424 .. $99.95 25Amm ••.••••• AL4714 ............. , •• ~ ... , ••••• .pJ4.~'ru 'Super Sport' springs, front. ••• *AL0501 .... $228 'Sport' '85-on GTV-6/Milano 'Super Sport' springs, rear .... *AL0502 .... $213 25Amm ....... .AL4707 ............... ~ ........ .p,J4.~U 'Race' springs, front .............. *AL0487 $99.95 'Supersport' Alfetta/GlV-6 (up to 'Race' springs, rear ................ *AL0488 $99.95 27.3mm ........ AL4703 ............... ~ .. , .•••• , . .pJ4.':fV

Sway bar, front. ..................... *AL0503 •... $160 'Supersport', '85-on GTV-6/Milano Sway bar, rear .............•........ AL0085 ...... $200 27.3mm ......... .AL4702 .•.••..•..•• *special order only -Rear Sprlngs-

'Sport' springs Sport are 20% stiffer, Alfetta .••.....••.•. .AL4710. 'Supersport' GlV-6 ....•.•.••.•.•. .AL4716 • 40% stiffer Milano '87 2.5 • .AL471 0 ____ ' ... L" ....

than stock and Milano '88-on . .AL4704 , .... J>::7;r~JIlJ lower the car -Anti-Sway Bars- i 1-1.511

• 'Sport' L1®~/LlLI~ ~[p~cl1~[fq IS-sport' front, all •........•• .AL4705 •• j ... . sway bars, will @iiJ'W

q ~ [B@[f{l~III~ IS-sport' rear, Alfetta ...... AL4708 ......... .

increase roll IS-sport' rear, GTV-6 ...... AL4709 ........... . stiffness dra- IS-sport' rear, Milano ...... AL4706 ..• l ...... .. matically. 'Race' springs are 75% stiffer and Give your 164 I

will lower the car 2-3". To be used with 'Race' precise han-

rear sway bars, special order only. All springs dling along and sway bars are powder coated with all with aggressive hardware and instructions.

good looks. -Springs- With our pro-

'Sport' front, all.. .................. AL0468 .... $99.95 gressive rate 'Sport' rear, GTV/Spider ...... AL0491 .... $99.95 springs, expect 'Sport' rear, (stock ride height), a ride that is L1~ ~~0'fJ<w

Spider, GlV .................... AL0492 .... $99.95 approx. 35% 'Supersport' front, all .......... AL4733 .... $99.95 stiffer and 1"-1.5" lower. Springs and 'Supersport' rear bars are powder coated with mounting

GTY, Berlina .................... AL4732 .... $99.95 hardware and instructions. 'Race' front, all .................... *AL4941 ...... $200 'S rtf . f t AL4949 , 'II AL 942 $190 po spnngs, ron .... . ...... Race rear, a ...................... * 4 ...... 'S rt" AL4950

b po spnngs, rear ...... . ....... -Anti-sway ars- $

'S 'f '71 '86 AL4724 $9995 Sway bar, front ............ AL4951 ........... . port ront - ............ ..... S b AL4952 $ 'Sport' front '86-'95 Spider .. AL4725 .... $99.95 way ar, rear .............. .. ........ ..

'Sport' rear '69-on ................ AL4728 .... $99.95 'Race' rear GTV .................... *AL4944 ...... $150 'Race' rear Spider ................ *AL4943 ...... ~-r; * special order only ~~ ~

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Outer Rocker Panel, as original... ............ ..................... . ................... $149.50 Complete Nose Panel, GTV 2000 ...................................... . .............. $395.00 Front Fender 2nd Series .... H...................................................... . ....... $485.00 Set of Floorpans, 1st or 2nd Series (4 pieces) ..................................... $829.00 Outer Door Skin .................................................................................. $229.00 Rear Outer Wheelhouse, 2nd Series .................................................... $229.0p Wheel Arch Repair Panel .................................................................... $ 37.50 Windshield Weatherstrip ..................................................................... $ 48.50 Chrome Side Mirror, with Alfa Emblem .............................................. $ 48.59 Heater Lever Cover Chrome ............................................................... $ 29.50 Serpent Emblem .................................................................................. $ 38.50 Rubber Floor Mat Set 1750/2000 (7 pieces) ....................................... $549.00

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Front Fender '83 up, Original ............................................................. $295.00 Outer Rocker Panel, Original .............................................................. $ 95.50 Outer Door Skin, Complete ................................................................. $239.00 Outer Tail Panel, Duetto ...................................................................... $379.00 Spare Wheel Tub All 105 .................................................................... $129.00 Windshield Weatherstrip, '71 up ......................................................... $ 69.00 Conv. Top Frame Weatherstrip Duetto (6 Pieces) ............................... $149.00 Ashtray DuettolFB, to '74 ..................................................................... $49.95 Rubber Floor Mat Set, Duetto (9 pieces) ............................................ $495.00 Rubber Floor Mat Set, FB (10 pieces) ................................................ $595.00

Mise: Red Koni FrlRR Adj., 105 ................................................................... $ 87.50 Clutch Kit, Original Valeo & F&S ...................................................... $149.50 Alfa Romeo Milano Emblem, Metal Enam. (55 mm) ......................... $ 34.50 Golden Lodge, 2 HLIHL ..................................................................... $ 3.95 Front Brake Caliper, Remanufactured with New Pistons ................... $ 89.95 RR Brake Caliper, Remanufactured with New Pistons ....................... $ 99.95 Sport Tail Pipe, GTISpider with Chrome Tip ...................................... $ 37.50

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Front & rear seats $840 Set Front & rear seats $840 Set Front & rear seats $980 Set Front & rear seats $840 Set

DUETIO ROUNDTAIL: Front seats, includes heat-stitched seam on back of 1967 models, or heat-stitched headrests on 1969 models

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LEATHER . . . LEATHER . . . LEATHER

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