[alfa] Re: Alfa's US return/ Giulietta top

[George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

He-he. You've obviously never erected a top on the competition. Try a 
50's Healey top, or a TR3, or a Jag XK140 top. Compared to one of 
those, the Alfa top is a dream come true.

George Graves



On Nov 19, 2004, at 10:56 AM, Steven Luftman wrote:


> George,
> My guess is you have never erected a Giulietta Spiders top.
> It is not a pull up top like that of the Duetto. It is a pull out a 
> little, push in a little, get your fingers pinch a bit, tuck under, 
> pull out again, clamp down, pull up, get fingers pinch again, push in, 
> clamp down again, top. But it does look darn good when it's down and 
> hidden behind the seats.
> Steve Luftman
> 1961 Giulietta Spider
> 1992 164L
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: George Graves <gmgraves@domain.elided>
> Subject: Re: [alfa] Re:  Alfa's US return
>
> True, but that's always been the case with "Gray-Market" cars, so it's
> nothing new. Hell, If I could get a current V-6 Spider into the
> country, I'd gladly put up with no warranty and order my parts from
> Europe, These days, that's no big deal.
>
>
> BTW, many gray-market 'dealers' used to provide some warranty and parts
> support, but certainly not all. There was a time in the USA when all
> foreign cars were gray market. On the east coast, for instance, between
> the World Wars, if one wanted a Bugatti, a Talbot-Lago, Isotta
> Fraschini, or indeed, an Alfa Romeo, one went through an establishment
> on 5th Avenue in New York City called Zumbachs. I'm sure there were
> similar places  on the west coast as well. Anyway, if one wanted an
> Alfa, for instance, one went to Zumbachs, told the nice people there
> what one wanted, passed their palm with silver, and they would contact
> their buyers in Europe who would place the order for the car, pay for
> it, and when it was ready, they took care of all the paperwork and had
> it shipped to New York where Zumbachs picked it up for delivery. That's
> how the so-called Maclure Haley 8C2900B now owned by John Mozart (and
> driven by Alain deCadinet at the end of the Alfa Victory By Design DVD)
> got here. I used to know an old guy who got to ride in it through
> Central Park the day Maclure Haley took delivery! After the war, Max
> Hoffman was the gray-market importer for Alfa and eventually became the
> official importer and started the organization that became Alfa Romeo
> of North America. It was he who was responsible for the 750/101
> Pininfarina Spider, and he's the reason that the car had roll-up
> windows and a pull-up top!
>
> George Graves
> '86 GTV-6 3.0 'S'
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