Selling my Alfa Sprint

[craterface]

see my add on Ferrari chat and link to photo gallery

Kinda roachy, but it has character in spades. But we have 11 vehicles, so it's time to thin the herd. And the CSL resto is starting to bite.

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/other-cars/525274-1963-alfa-romeo-giulia-sprint-fl-44-9k.html

Scott

 

[jmackro]

Perhaps you have your reasons, but rather than advertising your Alfa on the Ferrari and BMW message boards, why not put it on the Alfa board? Here's a link: http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/alfa-romeo-cars-sale-wanted/ Scanning the recent "for sale" ads there, I don't see any 1963 Sprints.

 

[craterface]

i'll get there!

Hey Jay,

Just doing a slow rollout.

Will be on Hemmings and Alfabb soon, after i come back from a trip this weekend.

I am a member of alfabb and now I have four Alfas, since I just got a Jr Z. Time to thin the herd.

Wanted to wait until I had the underside shots and shots of my work receipts.

Scott

 

[craterface]

Underside pics

Mechanic took a few yesterday.

A few nibbles from Ferrarichat, interestingly enough.

https://flickr.com/photos/112301663@N02/sets/72157669632880922

Drove her back from the shop last night. It was a hoot.

Will post pics of service records next week (those pics are not on my phone).

Thanks
Scott

 

[Peter Coomaraswamy]

I Don't know much about Alpha's but it's a beautiful car, Good luck

 

[jmackro]

I Don't know much about Alpha's ....

"Alfa" is an acronym - like "BMW" - not the first letter of the Greek alphabet.

Actually, Alfa and BMW used pretty much the same convention to create their respective acronyms:

What they build: "Automobili" in Italian, "Motoren" in German

Where they build it: "Lombarda" in Italian, "Bayerische" in German

What they do: "Fabbrica" in Italian, "Werke" in German

Alfa just added the second "A" for "Anonima", the equivalent of "Incorporated" in the US, or "AG" in German.

The original company was founded as A.L.F.A. in 1910. The "Romeo" part comes from the last name of the guy who bought the company in 1915.

 

[Peter Coomaraswamy]

It's hard to think (or believe) I just got smarter
But thanks for trying-

 

[Stevehose]

me too i never knew that

It's hard to think (or believe) I just got smarter
But thanks for trying-

 

[JFENG]

now tell them about the man eating serpent...

 

[jmackro]

now tell them about the man eating serpent...

Oh, you mean this:

Well, it has to do with the Visconti family crest:

Something about maintenance costs biting you in the a s s?

Actually, the city of Milan adopted this image from the Viscontis, and Alfa incorporated it into its badge. It dates from the crusades.

 

[Peter Coomaraswamy]

Now I feel smarter than Alex Trebek!