Iniezione The newsletter of the NorthWest Alfa Romeo Club I f you have an interest in some of the more unusual Alfas and a liking for good sto- ries, both can be found in abundance at founder mem- ber Jay Nuxoll’s place. His workshop/garage/storage area is known as the G’Raj Mahal in honor of his devo- tion to the cross and serpent, and a great turnout of 30+ members visited for our club meeting on June 11 to pay homage. The bright sunshine and hot weather had us constantly moving between the fascinating varie- ty of cars parked outside - some Jay’s, most be- longing to members - and the cool and intri- guing depths of the garage. Pizza and cake kept us fed while we perused the racks of spares and the wide range of cars, from a 1900 and a Montreal to the row of five 164s sitting outside! Being the self-titled “Old Two-Liter Lover” that he is, Jay has several of the classic 50s -60s 102-series Alfas, including one each of the three models they came in - Sedan, Spi- der and Sprint. The 1960 cream-colored Sedan with the tail fins is a late model - they were only sold from 1958-1960 - and is one of only two still running in the USA. The Sprint is the very first one completed for sale, and Jay believes it to be the only working one in the USA. The red Spider holds a special place in Jay’s heart as his first Alfa. How many of us still own the first Alfa we bought? Af- ter being smitten with two-liter Spiders during his army stint in Germany, he pur- chased this one in December 1964 (as he was finish- ing law school) from Andrea Frecchia, Hil- ton Hotels’ in- terior designer. It was originally grey with green Naugahyde interior but Jay’s done quite a bit to it since, adding parts and accessories from another dozen Spiders he’s owned. It was his daily driver until 1990. Back then (1965) Alfa owners in the Seattle area learned to maintain their own cars as there weren’t Rare Cars and Tall Tales Origin stories at our June club meeting at Jay Nuxoll ’s G’Raj Mahal (continued on page 4) July, 2019 In this issue… * The G’Raj Mahal ………. pp 1, 4 * President’s Column .............. p 2 * Historics BBQ ……………..... p 3 * Group 2 Alfa Romeo Day ..... p 3 * Twilight Lapping ……………. p 4 * A Giulia in France ..……. pp 5, 6 * Historics Car Corral …….….. p 7 * AROO NW Classic Rally ….. p 7 * Kirkland/Magnolia Shows …. p 7 * Concorso Italiano …………... p 8 * Half-Fast Lap …….……….... p 8 * Weekend at Maryhill ……….. p 8 * AROC Goes to USGP ……... p 8 * AROC Goes to Italy ………... p 9 * Classified Ads ………. pp 10, 11 * Membership Update ……… p 12 * Calendar ……….......……... p 16 Next club events… * Historics BBQ ……,,,,,,…. July 6 * Group 2 Alfa Day ……… Aug 10 * Brew Cruise ……………. Sep 10
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Iniezione The newsletter of the NorthWest Alfa Romeo Club
I f you have an interest in some of the more unusual Alfas
and a liking for good sto-
ries, both can be found in
abundance at founder mem-
ber Jay Nuxoll’s place. His
workshop/garage/storage
area is known as the G’Raj
Mahal in honor of his devo-
tion to the cross and serpent,
and a great turnout of 30+
members visited for our club meeting on June
11 to pay homage.
The bright sunshine and hot weather had us
constantly moving between the fascinating varie-
ty of cars parked outside - some Jay’s, most be-
longing to members - and the cool and intri-
guing depths of the garage. Pizza and cake
kept us fed while we perused the racks of
spares and the wide range of cars, from a
1900 and a Montreal to the row of five 164s
sitting outside!
Being the self-titled “Old Two-Liter Lover”
that he is, Jay has several of the classic 50s
-60s 102-series Alfas, including one each of
the three models they came in - Sedan, Spi-
der and Sprint.
The 1960 cream-colored Sedan with the
tail fins is a late model - they were only sold
from 1958-1960 - and is one of only two still running in the
USA. The Sprint is the very first one completed for sale, and
Jay believes it to be the only working one
in the USA.
The red Spider holds a special place in
Jay’s heart as his first Alfa. How many of
us still own the first Alfa we bought? Af-
ter being smitten with two-liter Spiders
during his army stint in Germany, he pur-
chased this one in December 1964 (as
he was finish-
ing law school)
from Andrea
Frecchia, Hil-
ton Hotels’ in-
terior designer.
It was originally grey with green Naugahyde interior
but Jay’s done quite a bit to it since, adding parts and
accessories from another dozen Spiders he’s owned.
It was his daily driver until 1990.
Back then (1965) Alfa owners in the Seattle area
learned to maintain their own cars as there weren’t
Rare Cars and Tall Tales Origin stories at our June club meeting at Jay Nuxoll’s G’Raj Mahal
(continued on page 4)
July, 2019
In this issue…
* The G’Raj Mahal ………. pp 1, 4
* President’s Column .............. p 2
* Historics BBQ ……………..... p 3
* Group 2 Alfa Romeo Day ..... p 3
* Twilight Lapping ……………. p 4
* A Giulia in France ..……. pp 5, 6
* Historics Car Corral …….….. p 7
* AROO NW Classic Rally ….. p 7
* Kirkland/Magnolia Shows …. p 7
* Concorso Italiano …………... p 8
* Half-Fast Lap …….……….... p 8
* Weekend at Maryhill ……….. p 8
* AROC Goes to USGP ……... p 8
* AROC Goes to Italy ………... p 9
* Classified Ads ………. pp 10, 11
* Membership Update ……… p 12
* Calendar ……….......……... p 16
Next club events…
* Historics BBQ ……,,,,,,…. July 6
* Group 2 Alfa Day ……… Aug 10
* Brew Cruise ……………. Sep 10
Iniezione page 2 July 2019
The Busy Days of Summer
I love being surprised and that is just what happened the
other day when a friend gave me a wonderful gift. It was a
coffee table book with the exaggerated lines of the one-off
Alfa Romeo B.A.T. 5 gracing the cover, a few more Alfas and
other great cars inside, with the title: Bellissima!
The book is very nice and includes stunning photography
by Peter Harholdt, with dramatic lighting on all of the twenty-
two cars and motorcycles featured. The forward and text are
written by Winston Goodfellow, Robert Cumberford and Ken
Gross. The book was created to go with a great temporary
display of Italian Automotive Renaissance cars in the Frist
Center for Contemporary Arts in Nashville Tennessee during
the summer of 2016. Ken Gross was the guest curator of
this show and, like all of the car displays he has put together,
gathered stunning cars and produced a beautiful and informa-
tive display. Within the books covers you'll find all three
B.A.T. cars as well as an Alfa 6C2500 C, Lancia Stratos HF
Zero, Ferrari 250 GTO, Cisitalia 202 SC, and many more
works of beautiful Italian design.
Many of us were lucky enough to attend the AROC National
Convention in 2016, held in Nashville, and enjoy this exhibit
first-hand. Cindy and I were two of those people and I am not
alone in saying how amazing it was to get up close to each of
the great cars. I also remember seeing the book on sale, and
not wanting to carry it the whole time I was walking among
the cars, I told myself buy a copy before leaving. I forgot and
left empty handed. That is fixed now, thanks to my friend and
the latest gift.
Every weekend has something to do during this busy car
event time of year. From vintage races to club BBQs, from
car shows to drives, there’s always something... plus we have
our family or home chores to try to achieve. Tough to sched-
ule but well worth it as there is so much fun to be had when
we get together. Coming up on the first Saturday in July we
have the club BBQ held at Gary & Marie Patitz’ home. When
you arrive you can see they have a wonderful place nestled in
a fantastic wooded yard. Then the garage doors open and
you get the bonus of the Alfa Romeo collection, and the nu-
merous additional displays, toys, vintage radios, books and
more. All while being fed 'dogs and burgers hot off the grill.
This is a fantastic way to end the day after enjoying the Pacif-
ic Northwest Historics just a mile away at Pacific Raceways.
The Historics run Friday, Saturday and Sunday and we
have a spare Car Corral ticket if you'd like to park with the
club. I'll also have a table out there to greet possible new
members and rumor has it, I get that free toaster if I sign up 3
people. Make sure you stop and say hello while you're there.
The second weekend in July is the Rose Cup Races in
Portland. There will be a few different classes of racing going
on but the key for the weekend is the chance that the Alfa
Romeo Giulietta
TCR race teams will
be there. No prom-
ises but they've
been racing in the
series around the
country and if they
can attend, this is
the closest the get to
the NW. This last
weekend, they raced
at Mosport and one
of the cars suffered
a major crash that would have ended the car in years past.
Now, the crew worked overnight and thanks to cool technolo-
gy and car design, they were able to swap out parts and go
racing the next day. Amazing. If they make it to Portland... I'll
be there to cheer them on, and I'll be parked with the Alfa
Romeo Owners of Oregon Car Corral and general party area
while I'm there! You should be there as well.
Coming up we also have the Kirkland Car Show on Aug.
11. I still have spaces available for you to show your car! We
have a rockin' event planned for the August club meeting at
Group 2 Motorsports on Saturday, August 10th. (Yes, we
moved the date from the Tuesday back to the Saturday!)
We'll have other great reasons to gather like a tentative
drive in August, and the pre-screening of The Art of Racing In
the Rain with Garth Stein on September 8! Soon after that is
our Brew Cruise and then our Half Lap of Washington... both
in September!
Thanks goes out to the whole Nuxoll family who hosted us
for our June club meeting and club birthday celebration. To
have 30 people come over takes a huge amount of effort and
it paid off for us with a wonderful mix of cars and personali-
ties. As Jay Nuxoll helped start the club, we have him to
blame for all the fun we have together driving, socializing,
swapping tall tails, and enjoying this fun club.
Lastly, it was great to see so many people from NWARC
wandering the Olympic Sculpture Park on the Seattle water-
front during last weekends Art of The Car display and fund-
raiser for Seattle Art Museum. With three amazing Alfa Ro-
meos displayed and 15 other fantastic cars, the crowds were
very good, and very thrilled to see the art or the design. At
one point, all three Freds in the Alfa club were together in the
same area, yet nothing cosmic happened. My schedule with
this event and my being slow with the column caused our
newsletter to be delayed. (It’s not all due to Fred’s insanely
busy schedule; there were some hold-ups on this end too. -
Ed) Sorry about that and we'll see you at the next event!
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