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engine of the day
Engine Of The Day: Alfa Romeo Twin Cam
For some reason, I thought we'd already given EOTD honors to this fine engine- more than 40 years of front-line service and endless racing glory certainly qualifies- but such was not the case. More »
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Comment by wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx is out of town for a week trying to find a computer: What engine doesn't throw rods during LeMons? 3 Responses | Other threads
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goodwood festival of speed
First Production Alfa Romeo 8C Spider To Run At Goodwood
Alfa Romeo will celebrate their 99th anniversary by racing historic racing and concept cars, including the first production 8C Spider, up the driveway at this weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed. Our own Crazy Euro Car Boy will be there. More »
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Comment by Number_Six: Wow, the Navajo is finely crafted from some of Italy's most rare and expensive quarried fail. 6 Responses | Other threads
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classic cars
How Alfa Romeo Waved Goodbye to Rear-Wheel Drive
Two years before they left the US market in 1995, Alfa Romeo jettisoned rear-wheel drive. Their vehicle of abandonment was a quirky plastic sports car built on a classic transaxle layout: the ES-30. More »
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By Peter OroszComment by Bret: Such a hideously wonderful car. I want one very badly. The transverse engine pictured above is the 4 cam version... 8 Responses | Other threads
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found on craigslist
Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione: Buy It Now For Just $283,070!
Oh, Craigslist, how we love your cheap deals. Like this Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, one of only 85 sold stateside, found slinking around the San Francisco auto pages. Buy it now for just $283,070. (Hat tip to Chris!) [Craigslist]
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By Ray WertComment by J-2-da-B: i would've considered it if it was a spyder... just look at that ass (sorry Wes!) 8 Responses | Other threads
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found on ebay
Can Sex Sell This Armada Of German Hell Project Cars?
When you're trying to unload a basket-case Peugeot 504 Familiale or a terrifyingly incomplete Renault Juvaquatre on eBay, what's your best approach? That's right, female flesh and plenty of it!
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concorso d'eleganza
Maserati Quattroporte Bellagio Fastback Touring: The Ultimate Station Wagon
The Ferrari 599 GTB seats only two, the 612 Scaglietti is big—but what if you have kids, dogs and elephant guns to carry? Enter the custom-built Quattroporte Bellagio, certainly not your daddy's station wagon. More »
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By Peter OroszComment by Tossed Accordtaco salad over Malibu: SWEET CHRIST! A MIURA.. in the same space as a Quattro Wagon! Damn. I mean... D A M N! I bet.. the dude paid... 27 Responses | Other threads
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Carpocalypse
Fiat CEO in Berlin to Buy GM-Europe, Opel
Continuing his shopping spree after picking up a 20% stake in bankrupt Chrysler, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne is in talks with GM to acquire GM Europe and its subsidiary, Opel. More »
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By Peter OroszComment by aSoundofSleep: I'm actually really confused about all of this. How is Fiat in a position to buy anything right now? 12 Responses | Other threads
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concorso d'eleganza
The Concorso d’Eleganza is Huge Fun (If You Don’t Take it Too Seriously)
Old guys in polo shirts nurturing vintage Ferraris? Industry people showing off concepts which will never get built? What's the point? Not much: but it's a great way to spend a weekend in Italy. More »
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By Peter OroszComment by Hello Mister Walrus: Yeah, I'm pretty sure that if you crashed in that first car, you would die. 6 Responses | Other threads
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Party All Da Time
Alfa Romeo Super Dance Show!
It's a bit superfluous having overly-sexed-up dancers writhing around and on top of the Alfa Romeo 8C spider. The car's sexy enough on it's own. But whatevs — dance party-girls, DANCE! (H/t to April!)
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By Ray WertComment by CPO Alfisted: Aah.... Sensuous curves, full round orbs and lovely lines. The cheap looking girls, on the other hand... 4 Responses | Other threads
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alfa romeo
If That’s What the MiTo GTA Will Actually Sound Like, We Will All Be Alfa Happy
Alfa has released a three minute short film of their upcoming 240 HP Alfa Romeo MiTo GTA with an unfortunate amount of Eurotrash electronica but what really matters is the startup noise. More »
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By Peter OroszComment by Syrax: It sounds like a V8! They shouldn't compare the MiTo with the sexy GTA. This could backfire, making the used... 7 Responses | Other threads
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24 hours of lemons
The Top 95 Lemons Of The Gator-O-Rama 24 Hours Of LeMons
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geneva motor show
Alfa Romeo MiTo GTA: Pipe Dreams
Still in concept form but now in real pictures instead of PR gloss, here's the Alfa's MiTo GTA. Those ludicrous exhaust pipes look even more enticing in the flesh! More »
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By Peter OroszComment by alowishus: You have any pictures of that other Alfa? The GTV/A in the background?! 8 Responses | Other threads
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Crazy Euro Car Boy
Retro Must Die: Do Boy Racers Dream of Middle Age Supercars?
The Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione? Forget it. Retro must die. Instead, the just-announced MiTo GTA Concept is the car Alfa should return to the United States with. It’s irreverently anti-retro, futuristic and very, very Alfa. More » -
found on ebay
Roll Like A Fascist In Mussolini's Alfa Romeo Race Car
Fascism is bad. But if you want a 1937 Alfa Romeo 2300 MM consider yourself part of the fifth column — because for $1.2 million you can paint the town brown in Mussolini's Alfa. More »
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Comment by BTLFED does not has teh funny: There was something funny I really wanted to post here, but I don't want to go offending folks. I'm... 13 Responses | Other threads
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racing
Say Goodbye To Workplace Productivity: The 1965 Targa Florio Endurance Race
If you liked the vintage documentary about the 1958 Alpine Cup, you'll just have to blow off your job for the next 40 minutes or so to watch this '65 Targa Florio documentary. More »
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Comment by acarr260: I guess these are on YouTube... my workplace web filter already blocks that site. Thanks anyway. Now it... 6 Responses | Other threads
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down on the street
1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Here's a car you don't see on the street every day!
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Comment by Number_Six: The most exotic car I've seen this week is a 1989 Honda Accord Si with a squeaky suspension. I hate... 12 Responses | Other threads
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racing
56 Teams Battle For The 1958 Alpine Cup: Coupe Des Alpes!
An Alfa Giuletta duking it out with a Volvo 544 on a 2,450-mile race across the Alps in 1958? Well, sometimes there are more important things than slaving for The Man on a Monday afternoon! More »
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Comment by ptmeyer84: WOW! Great find Scrozilla! Ok, I am not very keen on my European iron, so could someone who hates their job... 10 Responses | Other threads
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24 hours of lemons
24 Hours Of LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza Ãœber Gallery: Pasta Burners
It's just not racing without Italian cars, and we're fortunate that mere mortals are so terrified of Fiats and Alfas that the prices are quite reasonable for not-so-perfect examples. Sadly, one of the promised X1/9s didn't show, but the red-white-and-green was still amply represented at the Arse Freeze. More »
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Comment by ZZUBER: Hey You forgot the Yugo!!!! First one ever to make it on the track in Lemons history. (That I know... 1 Responses | Other threads
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down on the street bonus edition
Seven Vintage Machines Down On The Edinburgh Street
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. Today we've got seven machines shot by Battles in his hometown of Edinburgh, Scotland. Jump for the gallery and Battles' descriptions.
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Comment by layabout returns: None of them are exactly rare. Meh, i see more interesting cars on a daily basis where i live. I... 9 Responses | Other threads
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junkyard find
Pair Of Jensen-Healeys and Alfa Romeo GTV Provide A Change Of Pace For The Crusher
I haven't hit the wrecking yard for a while, but Alameda-based reader Chris went last week and spotted two Malaise Special Jensen-Healeys and a fairly complete-looking Alfa Romeo GTV, right there among all the ho-hum Corollas and Excels in the import section. Whoa, does one of them have a small-block Chevy V8 under the hood? Make the jump for all the photos and Chris' description.
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Comment by racerx (Team Minardi): Can't say I've ever heard of the Jensen-Healey before. Not a bad looking little car when done right: And with... 15 Responses | Other threads
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rally
The Pedal Pushers Show Us That Hell Projects Aren't Just For The Boys: Pullover Rally 2008
The whole car-freak thing seems like an all-XY-chromosome deal sometimes, but it's just not so; here's an all-women car club that roars across the East Bay landscape in a fleet oftemperamentalspirited Italian, French, and German vintage cars (plus a couple of Detroit products), blasting a few stereotypes in the process. The Pedal Pushers had an Oakland-to-Port Costa rally a couple weeks back, and TheEastBayKid was there with his '76 BMW 2002 and camera to get some shots for us. Jump away for the rest of the gallery! More »
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Comment by CeRuLeaNBLu: Pic 2: That's one hot Fulvia! And that sounds vaguely unwholesome. 3 Responses | Other threads
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Alfa Romeo 8C Competitzione
First Alfa Romeo 8C Competitzione Sold In US Parked At New York Train Station?
Exactly a month after we told you 84 copies of the Alfa Romeo 8C Competitzione would be coming to US shores, reader KingRoyale spotted this one parked outside the Rye, NY train station. The lusty Italian coupe apparently wore a license plate reading "001 USA" leading us to wonder if this is in fact the first Alfa Romeo sold in the US since 1995. The Alfa certainly stands out like a sore thumb against the fall backdrop, doing its job of being obnoxiously beautiful. UPDATE: Word has it this Alfa belongs to James Glickenhaus, and is his current commuter to and from the train station. More »
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By Ben WojdylaComment by Ash78: I just don't feel the aesthetic Alfa love. It's a nice looking car, but no better than the new M... 10 Responses | Other threads
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down on the street bonus edition
Unrusted Alfa Romeo 164L Heals The Sick, Restores Sight To The Blind In Minneapolis
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. With the '91 Alfa Romeo 164L we saw down on the Alameda street this morning, we might as look at a miraculous Alfa this afternoon? Why miraculous? Because this 1991 Alfa Romeo 164L lives down on the Minneapolis street, a street stained red from the ruined metal of cars that dare to park upon it. MBAcuraFan took some shots of this amazingly unrusty Pininfarina creation; make the jump to read his description. More »
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Comment by Cognitive Friction: Any car that is in the shop 362 days a year is going to stay rust-free, even in the upper... 14 Responses | Other threads
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down on the street
1991 Alfa Romeo 164L
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Not a lot of Italian machinery on the island these days; we've seen two Alfa Graduates (an '85 and an '89), three Fiats (a '77 124 Spider, an '81 Strada, and an '82 X-1/9), and a Ferrari Mondial T. Today we're adding another Alfa to that list, with a daily-driven 164L.
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Comment by smalleyxb122: 1991? Sure it's an Alfa, but 1991? That's 3 years newer than my newest car! But my car is not an Alfa,... 6 Responses | Other threads
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retro
The Action Never Stops In This Town: Italian Machinery Invades Alameda
October is generally the warmest month here by the Bay, so that's when you get the big car shows on the island. On Saturday, Park Street was taken over by hundreds of chromium-dipped chariots; the following day, a horde of Ferraris, Fiats, Lancias, Alfas, and the like swarmed across the bridges and set up shop on the soccer field of the junior high school at which I was forced to learn "The Hustle" in P.E. class, circa 1979. Sadly, the LeMons-veteran Ecurie Ecrappe Alfa wasn't there, but the presence of such jewels as a Fiat 2100 wagon, supercharged Lancia Scorpion, and SEAT 850 compensated somewhat. Jump, jump, and see all the purty cars! More »
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Comment by Number_Six: Inexplicably, the Lancia Beta Monte Carlo is one of my favourite cars ever. 3 Responses | Other threads
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project car hell
PCH, Invasion Of The Hell Projects Edition: Three Alfas or Four Citroens?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! Yesterday, we had the chance to choose between two potential moonshine runners, with either of which one might keep bread on the table during the coming Financiapocalypse, and the Mercury Maruader beat the BMW 850i like Junior Johnson beat the North Carolina Highway Patrol's '53 Ford Mainlines back in the day. However, some of you- I'm not going to use the word "whiners," though it did occur to me- complained that those two cars didn't rate high enough readings on the Hell-O-Meter™. In other words, Hell isn't hot enough for you! We aim to please here, so let's flood the garage with chlorine triflouride, park some more challenging projects inside, and slam the door on you… for eternity!
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Comment by DeadFlorist: 4 Citroen IDs is approaching the theoretical maximum of PCH. What could beat this? Two Tatraplans and a T-52? 4 Responses | Other threads
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alfa romeo 8c competizione
Alfa Romeo Officially Returns To US Market This Month With 8C Competizione
Alfa Romeo made it official a year ago when they announced plans to return to the US auto market after a 13-year cooling-off period. But now it's actually here, as the Italian automaker begins to rekindle its romance with the US auto market later this month, when they import 84 copies of its exclusive Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione. The lusty — and already spoken-for — sports cars will be made available through the existing Maserati dealer network, with another run of 8C Competizione Spyders and 8C Competizione GTAs planned as well. As we've already told you — this impromptu return may act as the lead for additional models to hit US shores in the late-2009/early-2010 time frame (right about when the DOW will hit 200 and gas will be hovering around $9 a gallon). So that'll work well. More »
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By Ben WojdylaComment by Deartháir - Now with more Unemployment™!: So... since they're already sold out, doesn't that just mean that someone from the US bought at least one of... 3 Responses | Other threads
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barn find
Warehouse Full Of Vintage Race Cars... And All But The XK140 Are For Sale!
Technically, this isn't a barn find; it's the collection of a lifelong racer in Southern California who is now retiring from the sport and plans to get down to just one car from his fairly extensive collection of race machines, classics, show cars, and projects. There's some painfully cool stuff in this dusty warehouse, including a couple of Alfas, a very clean '51 Ford, an Austin Healey 100-4, and more. Bring A Trailer has obtained some photos showing the details of a few of the cars, so check 'em out! [Bring A Trailer] More »
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alfa romeo 8c gta
Alfa Romeo 8C GTA Mule Spotted Near Nurburgring
Rumor has it that Alfa Romeo will be building a special 8C supercar dubbed the GTA to celebrate the company's 100th anniversary, and one reports suggests that this lightly taped mule seen near the Nurburgring is that car. What makes this red 8C different from any other 8C? The exhaust note has been described as "darker," which would aptly describe the Ferrari California's 4.3-liter direct-injection V8 that reportedly powers the rumored 8C GTA. Whether or not the GTA actually sees the light of day, we'd love to see additional speculation just for an excuse to post more 8C pictures. More » -
rally
Tired Of Snooty, Bondo-Free Vintage Car Rallies? Welcome To The California Melee!
You know how groups of classic sports car owners can be- sometimes they forget about the fun part of driving and focus instead on heretic-burning and date-code-criticizing. Not so with the California Melee, which takes pre-1975 machinery on a three-day, 750 tour of the beautiful forest roads of Northern California. Participants stay in- how shall we put this?- economical motels and share tools as various reliability-challenged cars shed parts along the way. TheEastBayKid was there with his 2002, and he took some nice photos for us; the folks from Bring A Trailer shot some great in-car video. Jump and see the rest! More »
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Comment by Bad Juju: Fenderless....MGA? Sprite? ..with Fiat Spider hood. I'm in heaven. How did I miss this? Oh, lordy. 4 Responses | Other threads
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found on craigslist
Alfa Seller Makes Use Of Multiple-Choice Test To Weed Out Crybaby Buyers
Craigslist sellers tend to leave themselves open to a lot of headaches caused by clueless buyers, particularly those who think they have what it takes to own an Italian sports car (or who think an Italian sports car can be used as daily transportation by a non-wrench/non-wealthy individual). I am reminded of a friend who, right out of high school and in her first-ever job, scraped together enough cash to buy her first-ever commuter car… a Fiat X-1/9! She's wised up since then (now drives a primered-out F250), but she definitely put that Fiat seller through hell after the sale. Adamskiy has found a Craigslist Alfa seller who's put together a little test that (we hope) will enable him or her to avoid the worst of Clueless Alfa Buyer Hell. [Craigslist Atlanta, go here if ad disappears] More »
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Comment by Franzouse: An Alpha owner who's got a sense of humor about alpha ownership: I wanna be friends with that dude! 3 Responses | Other threads
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project car hell
PCH, Outstanding In Its Field Edition: Triumph Stag or Alfa Romeo Giulia Super?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! In yesterday's matchup, we saw the rear-wheel-drive hot-rod Corolla beat the front-wheel-drive hot-rod Corolla in the Choose Your Eternity poll. And that's great, only we got a bunch of static from readers who thought those two cars weren't punitive enough. Fine, we'll remedy that situation ASAP, with a couple of weapons-grade Hell Projects for you. The initial cost won't be all that high, but you'll have the chance to repent at leisure with either half of this PCH Superpower matchup!
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Comment by Graverobber: Whoa baby, that stag is your kind of car. That's right mister pick up bar night crawler; mister Old Spice... 6 Responses | Other threads
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24 hours of lemons
Chew On This Stat: 10 Percent Of LeMons New England Racers Drive Alfa Romeo Milanos
Are we seeing the start of a new LeMons trend here? Rather than endless BMW E30s, Mazda RX-7s, and Honda CRXs, the Alfa Romeo Milano will become the can't-lose car of choice for LeMons teams? We know there will be at least one at the next LeMons South race, and we're keeping our fingers crossed that someone will manage to get a Maserati Quattroporte onto the track as well (come on, they're out there somewhere!). The sight of a trio of Milanos duking it out with all that Detroit and Japanese iron must be quite inspiring. More »
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Comment by GregSeferian: Kudos to all the drivers, crew and alfisti that brought home the bacon (or Prosciutto)at LeMons New England. What a... more » | Other threads
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24 hours of lemons
Time To Bust Some LeMons Cheaters... Wait, Is That An Alfa Romeo Milano?
The racers lining up for the 24 Hours of LeMons New England race today have had time to get their stories straight, so it appears that the BS Inspection went without any monstrous lap penalties. We've got UDMan on the ground in Connecticut, and he'll be sending us more photos of the rod-throwin', head-gasket-blowin', Bondo-abusin' action as the day progresses. More »
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Comment by UDMan: @v8corvairpickup: OK, I can now comment (it's 9:30 in the evening here, and the race has shut down). It's held... more » | Other threads
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vintage racing
Two Driveshafts, Two Engine Blocks, Kicked Hitler's Ass: 1934 Alfa Romeo P3
VintageRacer continues to send us great photos of beautiful cars, and today we're going to check out a car that beat the mightiest of Nazi Germany's Mercedes-Benzes and Auto Unions at the Nürburgring in 1935. Sure, a car from Mussolini's Italy beating the Germans wasn't quite as inspiring as, say, Jesse Owens beating them at the '36 Olympics, but the P3 is still quite the machine. Make the jump to see the whole gallery and read VintageRacer's observations. More »
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Comment by Zarba: @iroll: Take my advise: keep the L. The Quad, while it has a beast of an engine, is a future... more » | Other threads
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project car hell
PCH, Bad Things Like You Done In Weed Edition: Triumph TR3A or Alfa Romeo Duetto?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! In yet another PCH Superpower Showdown, Italy triumphs over Britain with the Fiat X1/9 beating the MGB-GT in the Index of Effluency Edition poll. That means Fiat has the honor of displaying the PCH Superpower trophy today (better put a drip pan underneath it, and keep the kitty litter handy)… but the Italians will have to give it back to the British tomorrow if they don't make it two in a row, because we're returning with another UK-versus-Italy matchup!
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concorso italiano
Ecurie Ecrappe Alfa Makes Big Splash At Concorso Italiano, Some Shiny Cars Also Show Up
An Italian car with a glorious racing history should be given the red-carpet treatment at the Concorso Italiano, so you figure the Ecurie Ecrappe 1971 Alfa Romeo Spider should be a slam-dunk Best Of Show winner. Sadly, such was not the case, in spite of the car's great performance at many 24 Hours of LeMons races (when everything works, it's one of the fastest things on the track). Ecrappe member TheEastBayKid shot us a bunch of photos of the event; make the jump for the big gallery and EBK's description. More »
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Comment by SCROGGS!!!: @prndl: Nope, completely different. The Alfa Romeo GTV has a twin-cam inline 4 driving the rear wheels. The Lancia Fulvia... more » | Other threads
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monterey historics
Olio, Huile, Or Oil? Gauges Of The Monterey Historics
Once I saw a tachometer with a "$$$$" marker at the redline and another driven by a leather belt coming off the camshaft, I decided I'd start shooting some instrument panels at the Monterey Historics. Italy, Germany, Japan, and Detroit are all represented in the gallery below, but Joe Lucas ( the Prince Of Darkness) caused all the shots of British gauges to come out blurry and/or dark. More »
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Comment by m_thrizzle: Don't forget the blonde-speak pronunciation of OIL: "710" **If you don't get it, read it upside down.** more » | Other threads
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monterey historics
What Do You Drive To The Monterey Historics? Leave The Camry At Home!
As soon as you arrive at the Monterey Historics and park your car, something becomes very clear: this isn't your typical bunch of parked cars! More late-model Porsches, Ferraris, and Corvettes than you can shake a briefcase full of nonsequentially-numbered $20 bills at, of course, but also dozens of funky old imports that drove to the event under their own seemingly miraculous power. I shot a handful of the cars I encountered on the walk between my parking space and the track. You can take the whole vintage-ride-to-vintage-race thing a big step further- if you're really serious- and do what the driver of a certain Trans Am Ford Falcon did: drive your race car to the track! More » -
down on the street bonus edition
Alfa Romeo Giulia Nuova Super 1600
Toronto-based reader Peter found us a Vauxhall Velox in a snowdrift over the winter, and now the warm weather has brought out this mid-70s Alfa Romeo Giulia Nouva Super 1600 from wherever it hides during the extremely un-Mediterranean Toronto winters. More »
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Comment by panhard: These are great cars, designed by Mr Puliga, they had a very low drag, a drag which Ford in europe... more » | Other threads
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