Gotcha. If the boat tail is a requirement, then you're painting yourself into a beautiful corner.

Aluminum block and head, wet cast iron sleeved, chain driven DOHC hemi with direct tappet driven valves. The clatter is hypnotizing. The whine of the gears. The smell of the seat foam. The 'snick-snick' of the gearshift. The way it flits through the curves...

The way the heater doesn't work for shat.

The constant voltage regulator and generator replacements.

The carb percolation.

The faded sun crazed plastic on the once beautiful dash gauges.

The seats from an era before headrests and shoulder belts and where the recline mechanism is an adjustment screw on the bottom.

You either get old Alfas or you don't. If there's anything I can do from the eastern end of PA, LMK.

Hey at least it is a 12V system!

I think suffering through a italian car is mandatory for a self proclaimed car enthusiast.

I sincerely thank you for your offer, and I may very well end up asking (read as begging) for help one day.

Stephen,

I thought I remember you recently having a kid. Doesn't that have to factor in? Or is your wife scheming for the "oh honey, I can't possibly put the baby in the front seat so I'll have to go alone and leave the baby with you?"

That scheme has served me well for years.

Edited May 2, 201311 yr by tlorber

There is one here where I am visiting for the next 2 weeks: http://ajuda.olx.pt/alfa-romeu-duetto-iid-434101031

Lisbon...I can ship it

I did, He is awesome!

But this car is destined to be driven by my wife and I for the time being, then I will give it to my oldest son for a high school car (if he wants it) and when he goes to college, it will get passed to my youngest son. They are 4.5 years apart.

It is a perfectly conceived plan!!!

Except the part where I have time to work on the Alfa.

Here's one of those poorly written broken english Craigslist ads with no pics:

ALFA ROMEO DUETTO SPYDER 1969

But the price indicates it might be something interesting.

Of course... There are ads like this too:

73 240z

That 73 Z makes me sneeze just looking at it.

My search for the boattail spider continues...

I will call that guy and get pics.

Just walked by one of these new Alfa's..... looks even better in the flesh:

New Duetto-ish

http://aveiro-aveiro.olx.pt/alfa-romeo-mito-1-4-turbo-155cv-42-000km-iid-436750128

That does look like fun man!

Get one before they become polluted with Chrysler engineering.

How about this? http://fafe-braga.olx.pt/alfa-romeo-1-3-gt-junior-iid-294783727

Saw a DB5, Bugatti and a 1980 GTV drive by today

OH man, GTV's are one of the VERY few cars I would sell the Datsun for....I love them.

GTV reminded me of a scirocco crossed with an eclat...nice Kamm back too. There was a parade of cars around the city on Sunday.... some beauties.

aha: http://www.gtspirit.com/2013/04/26/preview-2013-london-lisbon-classic-car-rally/

That explains it.

Edited May 6, 201311 yr by Blue