Iniezione Iniezione Iniezione September 2011 The newsletter of the Northwest Alfa Romeo Club Allure of the Automobile Portland Art Museum In This Issue: Gather some of the nic- est people, mix in some of the most beautiful cars in the world, and the end re- sult is a great car day. On August 14th, NWARC toured to Port- land and back to see the Allure of the Automobile show at the Portland Art Mu- seum that featured stunning cars from the 30‘s to the 60‘s. These 17 cars were put to- gether based on their stunning good looks by curator Ken Gross, for- mer curator at the Pe- tersen Automotive Mu- seum, and judge at Pebble Beach Con- course d‘Elegance. Ken is also the ghost writer of the column for Jay Leno‘s Garage. Our group drove to Portland with the usual chal- lenges of I-5 traffic but not too bad, until Portland when we found they had closed the I-405 bridge we had planned to take… this caused us to get off track but thanks to Mike Willson and his phone navigation, we quickly got to our destination. Along with Mike, was his father Keith, plus Lee Atkins and his friend Eliscia, Kim and Tina Christiansen, Bert and Diana Cripe, and my daughter Madi and myself. Funny, but * Allure of the Auto ... pg 1 * Club Meeting ……..... pg 4 * Presidents Column .. pg 5 * News ……………….…. pg 6 * Half Fast Lap ….…… pg 7 * Monterey Car Week . pg 8 * Kirkland Concours . pg 10 * Elections ………..... pg 11 * Membership …..... pg 12 * Alfa Bookshelf …...pg 13 * Books4Cars …...… pg 14 * Sept Lapping ..….… pg 14 * Classified Ads . pgs 15,16 * Calendar ………...…. pg 17 Next club events... * Club Meeting …….... Sept 14 * Lapping Day ……….. Sept 15 * Half Lap ………... Sept 24-26 Ferrari 250 SWB & Jaguar XKSS
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IniezioneIniezioneIniezione September 2011 The newsletter of the Northwest Alfa Romeo Club
Allure of the Automobile Portland Art Museum
In This Issue:
Gather some of the nic-
est people, mix in
some of the most
beautiful cars in the
world, and the end re-
sult is a great car day.
On August 14th,
NWARC toured to Port-
land and back to see
the Allure of the
Automobile show at
the Portland Art Mu-
seum that featured
stunning cars from the
30‘s to the 60‘s. These
17 cars were put to-
gether based on their
stunning good looks by
curator Ken Gross, for-
mer curator at the Pe-
tersen Automotive Mu-
seum, and judge at
Pebble Beach Con-
course d‘Elegance.
Ken is also the ghost
writer of the column for Jay Leno‘s Garage.
Our group drove to Portland with the usual chal-
lenges of I-5 traffic but not too bad, until Portland
when we found they had closed the I-405 bridge we
had planned to take… this caused us to get off track
but thanks to Mike Willson and his phone navigation,
we quickly got to our destination. Along with Mike,
was his father Keith, plus Lee Atkins and his friend
Eliscia, Kim and Tina Christiansen, Bert and Diana
Cripe, and my daughter Madi and myself. Funny, but
* Allure of the Auto ... pg 1
* Club Meeting ……..... pg 4
* Presidents Column .. pg 5
* News ……………….…. pg 6
* Half Fast Lap ….…… pg 7
* Monterey Car Week . pg 8
* Kirkland Concours . pg 10
* Elections ………..... pg 11
* Membership …..... pg 12
* Alfa Bookshelf …...pg 13
* Books4Cars …...… pg 14
* Sept Lapping ..….… pg 14
* Classified Ads . pgs 15,16
* Calendar ………...…. pg 17
Next club events... * Club Meeting …….... Sept 14 * Lapping Day ……….. Sept 15
* Half Lap ………... Sept 24-26
Ferrari 250 SWB & Jaguar XKSS
Allure cont’d...
there wasn‘t an Alfa Romeo in the bunch. Luckily, we
spotted one en route and another in Portland as we ap-
proached the Museum.
After a quick lunch, we went in for a special presenta-
tion by Ken Gross who had flown in from Georgia for
events over the weekend. The presentation, Behind
The Headlights, had stories and details about many of
the cars on display. Sitting next to him was Dana Ray,
a local DJ and radio personality. Though pleasant
enough, I‘m still at a loss about her contribution.
Ken shared stories about Ettore Bugatti, his artistic and
talented family, and the passion behind his distinctive
cars, including the 1937 Type 57S Atalante
on display similar to one that sold recently
for $35 Million. Ettore‘s son John became
part of the family car business but Ettore
wouldn‘t allow him to race for fear of what
could happen. Unfortunately, Ken shared
about how John did eventually die in a car
accident when he swerved to miss a
drunken bicycle riding postman.
There were other stories, like the light
green Plymouth Explorer designed by Virgil
Exner and built by Carrozzeria Ghia in Italy.
A tale about the Blue Train Bentley driven
by Woolf Barnato and the controversy over
which car (of two) was the real race winner
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Talbot Lago
1959 Corvette Stingray
Allure Cont’d...
against Le Train Bleu… luckily Bruce McCaw has both possible cars
and all the research. One of the cars was on display and looked
fantastic. Additionally, other amazing cars we heard about were
the silver 1937 Dubonnet Hispano-Suiza H-6C known as Xenia. The
flowing dark blue Talbot Lago, one of 4 built, and a Tucker sedan, a
Duesenberg, and one of sixteen Jaguar XKSS cars, this one built for
Steve McQueen, based on the Jaguar D type that won the 1955
LeMans.
The display also had the 1959 Corvette Stingray, a Mercedes
300SLR, a Ferrari 250 SWB, as well as a unique Porsche built for
the Carrera Panamericana.
The crown jewel (I am biased) of any display is the 1938 Alfa
8c2900B Lungo belonging to our member, Jon Shirley. Glimmering
in the lights of the museum, I enjoyed listening to guests, mostly
not ―car‖ people, talking about it‘s lines and beauty.
Many of us wandered the other displays within the art museum be-
fore heading home. The drive north on a Sunday was tough from
Centralia to Tacoma, but at least people had wonderful memories to
ponder in traffic!
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1938 Alfa Romeo 8C2900B
Mercedes 300SLR
Jaguar XKSS
Tucker
Plymouth Explorer
Carrera Panamericana Porsche
Carrera Panamericana Porsche
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Lombardi’s Cucina Gilman Blvd Issaquah
Wednesday, Sept 14 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Gordy Hyde was one of our club members repre-senting us at the AROC National Convention; Alfas
In The Bluegrass. Come see and hear all about the event. He‘ll share pre-tour, convention, and Keeneland info. We may even have added speak-ers as well. Come to mingle, eat, and listen!
Club Liaisons Board Members
Italian Car Club of British Columbia
Fritz Duernberger (604) 988 7904
Society of Vintage Racing Enthusiasts
(SOVREN) TBD
Alfa Romeo Owners Club of Oregon
TBD
FEN (Fiat Enthusiasts Northwest)
Gordy Hyde 425 241 9307
www.nwalfaclub.com
The Iniezione is the monthly newsletter of the Northwest Alfa Romeo Club, a non-profit organi-zation of Alfa Romeo enthusiasts. NWARC is a regional chapter of the national Alfa Romeo Own-ers Club (AROC). Chapter meetings are held the second Tuesday of every month except Decem-ber.
Membership dues are $63 per year, which in-cludes subscriptions to the Iniezione and the national publication, Alfa Owner. For information about joining the club, contact the membership director listed in the right hand column.
Opinions expressed in the Iniezione are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the club. (The author may be nuts!)
Publication of articles describing technical proce-dures does not constitute an endorsement by the club, its officers, or AROC. It is the responsibility of the person performing any procedure to ac-cept all consequences of his or her actions.
Commercial advertisements in the newslet-ter are a win! During this tight economy, give your business added exposure in both our print and digital newsletters. From contractors, attor-ney‘s, designers, printers, automotive, etc… Ad rates are:
Ok alright already, enough about me! Except one thing, I finally remembered to check the air in my GTV6 spare tire. It had 0 psi, now has 35. What about you? Well, time to find out. I started making a few queries to our members. Wanted to find out where they‘ve been driving and what they‘ve been doing with their special Alfa Romeos.
I e-mailed Paul & Kristy Affolter to see what they were doing. Paul said he had driven his Spider a number of times this
year but not a lot. He was happy to point out that he‘s had little to repair, but he plans to add some transmission fluid and do an oil change so the car will be ready for the Half Fast Lap drive later this month. They were helping out Fred Russell (how‘s he always getting into my articles?) on planning the drive. Kristy said she and Paul tried to check out a bit of Fred's route below Yakima, and due to a typo in his instructions, went about 50 miles off-track. Paul loved the road as it was wide open and no one was around.
Bill Gehring said he‘s got nothing new on his Spider, just permanent top down for the summer. It‘s his year round daily driver as Judy has a claim on the other family car. Not too exciting? Well the message I get is his Alfa is not a hanger
queen or garage art, but a fully capable car for the everyday grind. Pretty good I‘d say.
Doc Doolittle has been busy coaching and running "Verdego" his 73 GTV at Oregon Raceway Park in Grass Valley, Oregon. Get this, my older brother taught grade school there for a couple of years. Must have had a student body of fifteen kids. Anyway, back to Doc; he says the track is 45 minutes from his and Gloria‘s second home in The Dalles and "Verdego" lives there full time. Doc tells me, ―It has been fun watching this track develop and it is perfect for ALFAs. Other than that Gloria and I are still in re-assembly mode on "Pistachio" our 69 spider after an exceptionally stellar paint job by Darren Walker at Vintage Customs up in Burlington, she really is looking sweet.‖
You know, we‘ve got some exceptional wrench heads in our club. One of them is Brad Miller, he knows his way
around a tool box and a transaxle Alfa Romeo. He‘s created his own composite velocity stacks and intake ple-num, understands custom fuel injection (he‘s using a Motec ECU), gone through five cam designs, performed numerous hours of dynamometer tuning and, I‘m not finished yet, updated the suspension and performed body work among other skills. And I‘m not just talking pulled dents and fender resprays, no, Brad‘s crafted one-off body mods for his Milano and grafted unique aero appendages to his car. Get this, the car looks beautiful and yet it‘s not intended to be a poser for the hip but clueless set. He‘s expecting to have the car track ready for
our lapping day at Pacific Raceway on September 15th. I‘m going to have trouble keeping up as he‘s got the car pulling 225 hp at the rear wheels and over 190 ft lbs. of torque. Did I mention brakes? I didn‘t. Where was I? Trying to keep up with Wrench Brad, Custom Brad, Track Brad, and I‘d say Talented Brad!
Brad, keep at it, as Doc wants‘ us to come down to Oregon Raceway Park for some Alfa exercise. He says we
need to bring our other track rat friends (Chris, John, Wes, Mirko, and Michael, you reading this?). I think we should plan a date next year with Doc down there.
I got an e-mail from Micah Haman. He‘s an Alfetta driver. Says he‘s signed up for both hotels on the Half Fast
Lap drive. He likes to make it challenging though, as the front flex disc just broke. And his engine has 150 psi in one cylinder and 105 in the other three so it wobbles 3 or 4 inches side to side. He‘s considering his options; maybe a donor car with a good engine that passes a compression test and a few new donuts would bring it back. Hang in there Micah; I want to see you on that drive!
I asked Ron Calkins for a few sentences and got a detailed write-up. I don‘t have space for him this month but I‘ve got an idea, I‘m thinking guest columnist! Sounds good to me. Should I ask his permission?
Have a good month everyone!
Merril Gordon NWARC President
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Brad Miller‘s aggressive Milano
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The secret is out about the exotic car gatherings every Saturday morning (weather permitting) at Redmond Town Center. They have great turn out of fun cars every time. Sometimes, Alfa Romeos are in the midst of the Lambor-
ghinis, Ferraris, Porsches, and more. Here is a shot from the Aug 13th gathering of a very nice Alfa Romeo 2600 Spider!
In Kirkland on Aug 8th, Club Auto hosted an event as part of the Pebble Beach
Motoring Classic. One of the fantastic entries in this annual event was a 1933 Alfa 8c2300 bodied by Touring, owned by the successful UK developer, Roland Duce. Along with 29 other great cars, Roland headed out on a 1500 mile drive along some of the best roads on the west coast, ending in Pebble Beach.
From the internet, check out this gorgeous Alfa Romeo Giulia GT image
found on the web site of a Hungarian Alfa Romeo club. It sure looks front engine, rear wheel drive with some classic design elements and yet modern. No known details and it‘s probably just a design exercise… but I like it.
At Pebble Beach, Gooding & Company auctioned a number of fantastic cars, among them Jon Shirley‘s 1957 Ferrari 250TR which sold for $16.4 million, and the former Pat Hart owned Ferrari Transporter sold for
just under $1 Million. There were a few very nice Alfas crossing the block as well. A beautiful 1960 Giulietta Spi-der Veloce sold for $93,500 and an excellent, original con-
dition 1961 Sprint Speciale with only 27,500 miles on it sold for $209,000. Later, they rolled a gorgeous 1972 GTV across that sold for $41,800 then fin-
ished with a 1932 Zagato bodied 6c1750 that sold at $1.54 Million. (Prices include auction house buyer‘s premium.)
Time to Subscribe to Digital Only if You Can!!!
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Photo by Michael Wilson
Photo by
Michael Bradley
Half Fast Lap of Washington Sept 24—26
This is your last reminder for the Half Fast Lap of Washington. The
reserved blocks of rooms may not be available anymore but it‘s
worth a try. Call today, or join for a portion!
Our Saturday tour will start in Issaquah at the Safeway /
Starbucks parking lot at 735 NW Gilman Blvd. at 8:00 AM.
Gordy Hyde 425 241 9307 (Vintage Alfa-Red Ford Pickup) will lead
you to Yakima on I-90 / I-82 and meet up with our Yakima con-
tingent at Essencia Bakery at 4 N 3rd Street for lunch, at
11:30 AM. The afternoon takes us on back roads and a stop at a
winery on the way to Walla Walla. Staying at the Colonial Inn
(509) 529 1220, we may spend the evening enjoying local flavor.
Sunday we‘ll wander the great roads, towns and history that is the
Palouse area. We‘ll enjoy twisty roads up to a stop at marvelous
Palouse Falls, then tour a Dam on the Snake River, a bunch more
twisty roads and lunch before going to the top of Steptoe Butte. We
end the day wandering miles across the ―Scablands‖ created by Gla-
cial Lake Missoula, to arrive at the Inn at Soap Lake
(800) 557 8514.
Monday, we loop up Grand Coulee to the Dry Falls area, then east to
Moses Coulee, before coming back south to cross the Columbia
River at Vantage. Following the Old Vantage Hwy, we‘ll stop for a special tour of the
This annual event always has a great supply of eye candy for the Italian Car fanatic, and this year was no exception. During the week, there
are a number of parties, auctions, museums open, vendor events, tours, and stunning shows like Concorso Italiano and Pebble Beach. This
year, certified car guy Lee Atkins wandered Monterey California and spotted a
number of great cars for us.
There was a very nice, one of a kind
silver 1954 1900 CSS bodied by Ghia.
The cars history is rich, starting with a
Best of Show at the 1954 Los Angeles
Motor Show. The alloy body makes this
car one of the lightest 1900s ever
made. The other cool story is that this
car impressed the design team from
Ford and they proudly used many styl-
ing queues on the first Mustang. Note
the fastback lines, coved side design,
―gills‖ behind the side windows.
Another great car at Concorso was the
beautiful black Callaway Twin Turbo GTV6
of Val Herrera out of Texas. That is one
stunning car.
Among the field, there were all types of
Alfas. A beautiful medium blue 1958 Giuli-
etta Sprint Veloce known as Stella. Also, a
nice bunch of Jr. Zagatos lined up.
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Photos by Lee Atkins 1954 1900 CSS Ghia Speciale
1954 1900 CSS Ghia Speciale
Jr. Zagato
Calloway Twin Turbo GTV6
Stella 1958 Sprint Veloce
Monterey Car Week Cont’d...
Always looking for fun,
Mark Colbert enjoyed
part of the Monterey
week driving one of his
GTAs at Laguna Seca
racetrack. In the sup-
plied photo, he heads
through the famous
corkscrew with the BRE
Datsun well behind… the Datsun is driven by Adam Carolla,
host of The Car Show on Speed Channel.
In addition to everything else, there was a gathering
of Ferrari 250 GTOs and both Jon Shirley and Greg
Whitten were in attendance. Of the approximately 20
cars taking part, each valued at over $20 Million, half
of them enjoyed driv-
ing at speed around
the Laguna Seca race
track. Later, they all
gathered for a nice
display on the grass at
Pebble Beach.
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GTOs at Pebble Beach Photo by Michael Pierce
Photo by Drew Phillips/Autoblog.com Jon Shirley rounds the corkscrew
Photo by Drew Phillips/Autoblog.com Greg Whitten heads for Turn 9
Photo by Bob Heathcote Mark Colbert heads through the Corkscrew
1955 1900 Zagato
Giulia Super
Giulietta Spider
8c2300 Touring
Kirkland Concours d’Elegance September 11th
Set on the beautiful shores of Lake Washington, Carillon Point will host the 9th an-
nual Kirkland Concours d' Elegance on Sunday September 11th, 2011. The Kirk-
land Concours is enjoyed by individuals of all ages. All profits from this spectacular
event benefit uncompensated children's care at Seattle Children's Hospital and Ev-
ergreen Hospital Medical Center, with more than one million dollars already do-
nated to these needy recipients. Consult the Concours website at
www.kirklandconcours.com for additional details.
The famous Aston Martin DB5 will
be on display this year. Well-
known around the world by its
original UK registration number,
FMP 7B, this Aston Martin is one of
only two, and the sole remaining,
of the original ‗007‘ DB5s as fea-
tured on screen with Sean Connery
behind the wheel in the enor-
mously popular Goldfinger and
Thunberball movies. This authen-
tic Bond movie car is factory-fitted
with the full complement of operational ‗Q-
Branch‘ gadgets, including machine guns, bul-
let-proof shield, revolving number plates,
tracking device, removable roof panel, oil slick
sprayer, nail spreader and smoke screen, all
controlled from factory installed toggles and
switches hidden in the center arm-rest.
The DB5 was originally loaned to EON Produc-
tions for the filming of the two Bond movies,
and returned to the Aston Martin Lagonda factory after its subsequent promotional
tour. Mr. Jerry Lee, an American radio broadcaster based in Philadelphia, PA, con-
vinced the factory to sell FMP 7B to him for $12,000 in 1969, thereby becoming its
first and only ex-factory owner.
It has remained in his possession
and has rarely been seen publicly
over the past 40+ years. It was
sold at RM Auctions July 2010
sale for close to $5,000,000.
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It is always fun to find enjoyable car shows in small
towns. LaConner is just such a town, and Saturday
August 13th was the date. There were probably
around 75 cars, plus 20 boats on trailers, and another
20 boats in the marina. The marina enjoyed the larger
classic wooden cruisers, many designed by Ed Monk
Jr., a well respected boat designer from Seattle. The
smaller boats were a combination of wood or early fi-
berglass, some on trailers pulled by old trucks match-
ing the era of the boats.
The car area had no Alfa Romeos, but I found a cool
Plymouth Special Deluxe coupe, and while looking at it,
I found the owner to be a familiar face… Fred Schud-
dekkopf from Anacortes. Yes, he may be a well know
Alfa Romeo expert, but clearly his passion for cars runs
deep. Very Cool.
LaConner Vintage Car & Boat Show
Fred Squared?
Fred R and Fred S stand in front of the Plymouth Special Deluxe
Club Elections Are Coming!
As fun as it is to be a member, it is also fun to be one of the officers in NWARC. No one task is overwhelming and each requires the talents we have, or we
know of the person with the talents.
Our elections on November 8th will be for club officers: President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. All positions are part of the leadership
Board along with volunteer positions for the Activities, Membership, Webmaster, and Newsletter Editor. The meeting will be your chance to finalize the
nominees and take the actual vote for the elected positions. Here are outlines of the elected roles so you‘ll know what you are volunteering for, or may be
nominated for.
President: The easiest job on the Board. Controls the activities of the overall Board and runs the Board meetings and presides over the club meetings.
Writes a monthly column for the newsletter. Helps to find and fill openings in club committee spots. Typically uses around 5 hours monthly… plus atten-dance at the club meetings. Requires only passion and some leaderships skills! Contact Merril Gordon for specifics: [email protected]
Vice President: Fills in for the club President if the President cannot attend a meeting. Arranges locations and speakers (if any) for monthly club meetings.
Tracks attendance at monthly club meetings. Typically requires 2 or 3 hours effort per month making arrangements for speakers or meeting locations. Re-
quires only organization and communication skills! Contact Joe Faherty for specifics: [email protected]
Secretary: Keeps notes during our club and board meetings. Forwards the meeting notes to other board and committee members. Typically requires less
than 1 hour effort monthly outside of the meetings themselves. Requires only organization and communication skills!
Treasurer: This role keeps our club finances in line. The key tasks are to track the money, pay the club bills, cover the track and driving events with insur-
ance certificates, and lately… figure out the tax exempt status. This requires good accounting skills and accuracy… plus uses a bit more time than the other
roles… probably around 8 hours monthly is a good estimate. Check with Thomas Jermann for specifics: [email protected]
Non-elected positions you can volunteer for are Activities, Membership, Webmaster, and Newsletter Editor. It‘s not unheard of for people to sign up
as a team with another member. (Wife & husband? Friend & friend? New member and long standing member?)
Activities: The master of the calendar. This role keeps all the events on the calendar and helps work with those planning the events to best fit the sched-ule, with minimal conflicts. They also work with the Treasurer to ensure events have insurance coverage when needed, and to help keep event costs under control for the club and members. The role requires social skills and some organization talent as well as an hour per month. Contact Shannon Low for specifics: [email protected]
Membership: The simple fun role of welcoming any new members to the club with an e-mail or phone call, as well as provide info about the club to pro-
spective members who may have shown up at an event or meeting. Both gives you a chance to brag about the cool things we do as part of NWARC. The
other fun aspect is looking for ways to attract new members. Requires a couple hours per month and requires good social skills.
Webmaster: Keeps information up to date on the website with the latest meeting info, and newsletter postings. If you can update other items, all the bet-
ter. You would need to invest about 1 or 2 hours a month unless you get hooked, then you can put in 20+ hours. You choose. Requires understand web
applications and programming. Contact Earl Krygier for specifics: [email protected]
Newsletter Editor: You need to gather stories and photos from people attending events, or ―report‖ the event yourself. Pull together info about news, up-
coming events, meetings, or any dirt you can find to put into the monthly digital and print newsletters. The requirements are some mild computer skills,
reasonable communication, and about 16 hours per month… plus attendance at events. Ask me (Fred Russell) for specifics at: [email protected]
You know the roles… it‘s rather easy, lots of opportunity for learning on the job, and a chance to take your turn as a leader in the best Alfa Romeo club
Edizioni Alfa Romeo Arese, c.1986 Approximately 11 x 11 inches, B&W and color photographs, black cardboard slipcase.
Italian language. Nicknamed by collectors as ―the Drivers Book,‖ it can be distinguished on the shelf by its silver dust jacket. Relatively obscure.
Expect to pay north of $250 if you can find a copy.
Alfa Romeo 70 Anni Di Immagini, Editor Lucio Simetta, Edizioni Alfa Romeo Arese, c.1981 and c.1983 softbound Approximately 11 x
11 inches, B&W and color photographs, black cardboard slipcase. Italian language. Black and White dust jacket / cover. 70th anniversary book
history. First edition can be found for $150 - $250. Second edition $50 - $100.
Obiettivo E Trofei, Ettore Massacesi, Edizioni Alfa Romeo Arese, c.1983 Approximately 10 x 10 inches, B&W and color photographs, two
soft back volumes in one red cardboard slipcase. Italian language. It is a record of those awarded by Alfa from 1963 – 1982 for their significant
contributions to the marque. The first volume is a year by year list of those awarded. The second is a portfolio by designer of the awards them-
selves. This set has always been a curiosity – if you do not speak Italian its subject was not readily apparent. When a copy turns up they usually go
for around $75. Note - I actually saw one of the awards pictured in the late ‗80‘s displayed at Dale McGowan‘s shop, Alfa West, in Denver, Colo-
rado. He had received his in the early ‗70‘s when he was active time trailer with the Alfa Romeo Association.
Effetto Alfa, Text by Franco Nencini, published under the control of the Sales Promotion and Marketing Department, Italy, Alfa Romeo
Spa Approximately 12 x 12 inches, Black cardboard box containing a softbound book (in English) with B&W and color photographs and a record
album. Another strange package – the book is a cultural history of Alfa Romeo and news of the day. The record is an instrumental piece I gathered
to be heard while reading the book. Another item that originally gathered dust at the dealer. Because the box was shrink wrapped from Alfa, the
most common question I heard was ―what‘s in it?‖ Now you know. Clean copies can be had between $50 - $100.
Giulia L ‘ha Disegnato Il Vento, Editor Lucio Simetta, Edizioni Alfa Romeo Arese, c.1982 Approximately 10 x 10 inches, B&W and color
photographs, black cardboard slipcase. Italian language. ―Giulia, Designed by the Wind.‖ The book documents the design development of the Guilia sedan. Noteworthy for its color photographs of a Guilia sedan undergoing wind tunnel and environmental testing. Icicles can be seen literally
dangling from the test subject. This book is the rarest of the Alfa boutique books. I was fortunate enough to have a friend find one for me in Italy a
few years ago. Highly entertaining. Impossible to find. Expect to pay north of $350 for any copy.
Sources: For Books/Manuals - Alex Voss, Books4Cars (www.Books4cars.com) ,4850 37th Ave So, Seattle, WA.,98118, USA, 206-721-3077
Brochures/posters – Walter Miller, Automotive Literature (http://www.autolit.com), 6710 Brooklawn Parkway, Syracuse, NY 13211, USA 315-432-8282.