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Subject: [Leica] 100 years of Alfa Romeo
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:07:56 +0100
References: <FFCC0D27-4299-4572-859A-E9521F460A19@btinternet.com> <39D0F03F-8C3D-498E-A0A3-47B7DEC27EB2@btinternet.com>

A colleague of mine here in Germany used to drive Alfa until the rusty 
ones came along - he used to say that the latest models even rust in the 
catalogues. His last one was a Zagato (1974 I think 1600 cc), metallic 
silver, very close to the ground and went off like a scared rabbit.

Douglas

On 03.02.2010 19:03, Frank Dernie wrote:
> Hi Charlie,
> my brother bought an Alfasud new. When we removed some trim to fit a 
> stereo we saw that there was no sort of protection on any of the internal 
> steelwork, no primer, no paint, no sealant. It was already quite rusty 
> from new...
> No wonder they did not last long.
> Frank
>
> On 3 Feb, 2010, at 07:41, Charlie Chan wrote:
>
>    
>> Great cars, great heritage, shame about the Alfasud rust debacle in the 
>> late 70s (similar to the Lancia Beta sadly). Anyway, Alfa is 100 years 
>> old this year, so here are a few of my Alfa shots celebrating their 
>> racing heritage.
>>
>> http://topoxforddoc.zenfolio.com/p284909668
>>
>> By the way, there is nothing like an Alfa V6 on song. I had one in my V6 
>> Alfa 75 - fabulous.
>>
>> Thanks for looking
>>
>> Charlie Chan
>> Cheltenham, UK
>>
>> topoxforddoc at btinternet.com
>> www.cancer-surgeon.co.uk
>> www.charlie-chan.co.uk
>>
>>
>>
>>
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