And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I had five, not in racing trim, from '65 to '76 when I ran my '71 1750 Spyder into the side of a Maverick. I still get chill bumps seeing that horse collar grill. There are a couple of modern ones around here but I've only seen one from back in the day. They're probably all rusted out.
I think someone has photoshopped the whole thing because it's not a "GIIAUA 1977" as it says on the valance. Alfa Romeo produced the Giulia from 1962-78 with the big-little headlights but it was square and boxy. Here's the discrepancies I can see - a) the hood on a Giulia meets the top of the grille, this has a one piece front end with both fenders and the nose cone as one piece b) Giulia is spelt wrong on the valance c) Alfa Romeos of the period had rectangular turn signals d) the windshield wipers are wrong they should both swing outwards from the middle to stand up parallel to the A pillar e) the Alfa Romeo badge should have a red cross on the left side, the upper left quadrant appears to be a miniature portrait? f) the triangular central grille is much taller than normal g) the tires are backwards, you want the V formed by the grooves to be pointing up when viewed from the front so that water is channeled outwards away from the contact patch h) the middle poster has a parody of the Alfa Romeo crest on it Al_in_Ottawa Yes, I have too much time on my hands today.
Reason being ... it is, because the only thing more unreliable than a Lada/Yugo/British 1970's auto is ... an Alfa.
I've had four, beautiful to a fault, driving machines par excellence, and all would break-down if you looked at them.
Doing yet another complete rebuild to find the untraceable problem, fixed it and then having it break-down in a different way before you make the end of the drive is ... enough to drive you to drink (after a while you just park and drink).
I had five, not in racing trim, from '65 to '76 when I ran my '71 1750 Spyder into the side of a Maverick. I still get chill bumps seeing that horse collar grill. There are a couple of modern ones around here but I've only seen one from back in the day. They're probably all rusted out.
ReplyDeleteI had a Maverick…wasn’t me. Watching Ford v Ferrari and the styling took full advantage of ‘form follows function’ but with a measured eye to art.
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ReplyDeleteI think someone has photoshopped the whole thing because it's not a "GIIAUA 1977" as it says on the valance. Alfa Romeo produced the Giulia from 1962-78 with the big-little headlights but it was square and boxy. Here's the discrepancies I can see - a) the hood on a Giulia meets the top of the grille, this has a one piece front end with both fenders and the nose cone as one piece b) Giulia is spelt wrong on the valance c) Alfa Romeos of the period had rectangular turn signals d) the windshield wipers are wrong they should both swing outwards from the middle to stand up parallel to the A pillar e) the Alfa Romeo badge should have a red cross on the left side, the upper left quadrant appears to be a miniature portrait? f) the triangular central grille is much taller than normal g) the tires are backwards, you want the V formed by the grooves to be pointing up when viewed from the front so that water is channeled outwards away from the contact patch h) the middle poster has a parody of the Alfa Romeo crest on it
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Yes, I have too much time on my hands today.
Thank you.
DeleteThe workbench on the left looks more like a bar.
ReplyDeleteReason being ... it is, because the only thing more unreliable than a Lada/Yugo/British 1970's auto is ... an Alfa.
DeleteI've had four, beautiful to a fault, driving machines par excellence, and all would break-down if you looked at them.
Doing yet another complete rebuild to find the untraceable problem, fixed it and then having it break-down in a different way before you make the end of the drive is ... enough to drive you to drink (after a while you just park and drink).
Well, if it isn’t a true Alpha, it should be…that is one sweet front end.
ReplyDeleteA neighbor has a newer Giulia, it's a nice car
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