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    Image of SeanKHotay SeanKHotay
    07/20/09

    In reply to Legendary Alfa Romeo Shop Registers 500 GigaRads On Jalopnik Cool-O-Meter
    Great post! Love to see what goes on behind the scenes...

    The part hauler Romeo 2's engine: a two-stroke...diesel machine"...That sounds a bit like the TS3 that powered the Commer truck/bus platform and the fabled Ecurie Ecosse Jag race team transporter...altho I think it was supercharged and 6 pistons in 3 cylinders.

    Same engine? Allfa & Commer, Italy & England? Sounds far-fetched but there can't be that many 2-stoke diesels out there...
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    Image of SeanKHotay SeanKHotay
    07/20/09


    @SeanKHotay answers his own question : Op, no. The Romeo's engine was a 2 cylinder...

    http://www.alfastop.co.uk/romeo.htm
    "And the diesels? After many conversations with those in the know in Italy, not one survivor has been heard of. "

    Welp, we just heard of one. :)
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    Image of AlfaSubyDude AlfaSubyDude
    07/20/09

    In reply to Legendary Alfa Romeo Shop Registers 500 GigaRads On Jalopnik Cool-O-Meter
    Murilee, without you Jalopnik would be nothing but Camaraos and challengers and Mustangs. Hell, I love 1,000 HP insane cars as much as the next testosterone overloaded guy, but I'll take my sweet little underpowered ALFAs over a mullet machine any day.

    PS - I know the New England LeMons ALFA teams personally. I'll tell you that you can inspect the shit outta them and you won't find any shenanigans. They're just under appreciated cars with next to no market value, well prepared and well driven.

    Alfa Romeo - Cuore Sportivo
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    07/19/09

    In reply to Legendary Alfa Romeo Shop Registers 500 GigaRads On Jalopnik Cool-O-Meter
    This brings up something interesting, here in Long Beach, CA, last night while on a walk I discovered a house has a not one but two functional and complete Alfa Romeo Milanos (both black, naturally), but a fucking Lancia Delta HF Integrale-- that's right, the crazy, turbocharged, evil, AWD one.

    There are people out there who lurk with weird and exotic cars like these parked nonchalantly on a lower-middle class house's driveway. Somehow I think a few of us are among those ranks, and it's quite possible the guy with the Integrale (with Florida plates) is among our ranks...Epic photos, Murilee.

    Wish there was even more weirdness near me.
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    07/19/09

    In reply to Legendary Alfa Romeo Shop Registers 500 GigaRads On Jalopnik Cool-O-Meter
    Lets see, I'm free next Thursday aaannnd oh fuck it, I'm free any time. My mechanical skills could be pretty much summed up in two words, not and much.

    But I've got style and enthusiasm!
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    Image of wkiernan wkiernan
    07/19/09

    In reply to Legendary Alfa Romeo Shop Registers 500 GigaRads On Jalopnik Cool-O-Meter
    I remember a while back there was this little brouhaha concerning a Miata team who showed up in a trailer with "Spec Miata" painted on the side. Something about how they were allegedly a bunch of ringers whose cars seemed to run a lot better than legitimate $500 cars could ever actually run.

    Now fast forward to the next LeMons and what do we see? We see places two, three and four in a twenty-four hour race taken by 15-to-20-year-old Alfa Milanos.

    And now we see this shop. Hmmm.

    Now I'm not making any specific, concrete accusations, but in light of the fact the the MTBF of a new Milano was only about twenty-four hours in street-commuter use, I'd like to suggest that the hard-working BS Inspectors at the next LeMons should check the Alfa entries with perhaps a bit more care, a bit more skepticism.
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    Image of r0ver r0ver
    07/19/09

    @wkiernan: Yes,but it's like all the old unreliable cars - if they're still going ,it's because all the little things that can go wrong have been fixed.And the ahh..somewhat approximate new build quality issues have been resolved-this explains why some people have DOTS Triumph Stags,Rover P6s,MGBs and Citroens
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    07/19/09

    @wkiernan: Actually, the real danger for the LeMons Alfa drivers is that Jay will claim their cars... for parts.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    07/19/09

    @wkiernan: Think of it this way: when you bring a Miata to LeMons, you're pleading with us to go over it with a microscope. When you bring an Alfa, we might grumble a bit over those purty Webers or something, but you need to cheat pretty dramatically to get hammered with penalty laps (which has happened, as a certain 200-penalty-lap Alfa team whose name I need not mention can verify).
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    Image of Armand Armand
    07/19/09

    @wkiernan: Look closely at the Ecurie Ecrappe Alfa, and you'll see that, despite Conrad's amazing skills, it's a legitimate LeMon. And by "legitimate," I mean "falling apart at a horrifying rate." It's fast because it's far lighter than stock and because they have talented drivers, not because it's a cheater car.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    07/20/09

    @Armand: Conrad can keep sticking that car back together as fast as it breaks!
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    Image of Armand Armand
    07/19/09

    In reply to Legendary Alfa Romeo Shop Registers 500 GigaRads On Jalopnik Cool-O-Meter
    The sign in the front of Conrad's shop says it all: "There is no place like here."

    Oh, and the man has not one, but TWO Alfa Giulia wagons. Harrison, arguably the world's luckiest shop dog, gets to ride around in style.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    07/19/09

    In reply to Legendary Alfa Romeo Shop Registers 500 GigaRads On Jalopnik Cool-O-Meter
    Sigh. I have wasted my life.
    And strangely, I want the Gulia wagon most of all.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    07/19/09

    In reply to Legendary Alfa Romeo Shop Registers 500 GigaRads On Jalopnik Cool-O-Meter
    And when I say I've been running into him, I mean that literally- bumped the Ecurie Ecrappe Alfa with the Black Metal V8olvo (not on purpose, very much unlike one of our drivers who need not be named here) at Altamont '08...
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    Image of jdoubleh jdoubleh
    07/19/09

    In reply to Legendary Alfa Romeo Shop Registers 500 GigaRads On Jalopnik Cool-O-Meter
    This man Conrad you speak of is obviously way cooler than I will ever be. It all leaves me a little speechless and feeling ashamed that I never saw the light like this guy obviously has.
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    Edited by jdoubleh at 07/19/09 7:21 PM jdoubleh was starred jdoubleh was unstarred
    Image of skitter skitter
    07/19/09

    @jdoobleh: 1. Leave corporate drone position to build shop.
    2. ???
    3. Profit.
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    Image of rovingardener rovingardener
    07/19/09

    In reply to Legendary Alfa Romeo Shop Registers 500 GigaRads On Jalopnik Cool-O-Meter
    So where do I join this cult?
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    07/19/09

    @rovingardener: All you need to do is buy an Alfa!
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    Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    07/19/09

    @Murilee Martin: Like, say, this '69 Berlina, which could be yours for just 400 bucks!
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    07/19/09

    @rovingardener:
    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1998-alfa-romeo-spider_W0QQitemZ260444100419QQ...?hash=item3ca3ad9743&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=65%3A7|39%3A1

    or

    http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/1232989905.html

    Pick your poison!

    (P.S. How do I make it into a cool link, like mm?)
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    Edited by Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . at 07/19/09 9:13 PM Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . was starred Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . was unstarred
    Image of CaveTroll CaveTroll
    07/19/09

    In reply to Legendary Alfa Romeo Shop Registers 500 GigaRads On Jalopnik Cool-O-Meter
    Tube chassis always get me hot and bothered. Throw in an Alfa Romeo engine (and a V8 at that!), and you've got a mess just waiting to happen (and I don't mean the car).
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    12/13/08

    In reply to Another Massive Secret Vintage Junkyard Comes Under Fire
    What a beautiful location, just stunning. But might be best to remove the cars so they can either be restored or harvested for usable parts. In an age where folks will rebuild a 'genuine' car from the one remaining original lug nut, there should be enough of interest here.


    As for the pollution, there's probably plenty of gas, oil, brake fluid, antifreeze, asbestos, and miscellaneous heavy metals on or in the ground to give local environmental authorities conniptions. Paving over the land usually isn't so much about keeping contaminants from getting into the soil, as it is about keeping stuff already in the soil from being moved into the water supply by rains and snows seeping into the groundwater and making the contaminants migrate downhill.


    I may just steal some of these photos for my holiday cards...

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/13/08

    In reply to Another Massive Secret Vintage Junkyard Comes Under Fire
    Three thoughts.


    First, some of these look like underwater shots-they could hardly be any more encrusted.


    Second, I think in the still of the night by the full moon you would hear and possibly see some very unusual things.


    Third, someone at least save all the shiny bits!

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    Image of guy1138 guy1138
    12/12/08

    In reply to Another Massive Secret Vintage Junkyard Comes Under Fire
    Man, that place is just screaming to be used as a fashion photo shoot location.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/13/08

    @guy1138: Or a horror movie.
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    Image of Nooze Nooze
    12/12/08

    In reply to Another Massive Secret Vintage Junkyard Comes Under Fire
    It's all crap, no matter where it is located, no matter what language is used to describe it.


    So, if the Dutch live in Holland, who lives in the Netherlands? And what's the deal with all the dikes?

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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    12/13/08

    @Nooze: They're just not that into you.
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