[alfa] Re: Stupid looking Alfas

[George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is that the red coupe that looks like an XKE that somebody squashed 
between two other cars in a chain accident? If so, that's the Disco 
Volante Coupe, and I agree that it's butt ugly. OTOH, if you're talking 
about the red Kamm-back coupe with the green nose, its a Touring  
Zagato or TZ. Far from looking stupid to most Alfisti, they are among 
the most valuable of all Giulietta/Guilia based Alfas. Only the even 
rarer TZ2 is worth more money. De Cadinet  was so fond of the TZ that 
soon after the "Victory by Design" shoot, he bought himself one.

I do agree that the Giugiaru designed, Bertone-built  Giulia 
GT/GT-Veloce/GTA  built from 1965 - 1975 is the most beautiful Alfa 
Coupe of all. With the original "step-nose" design being the best of 
all.

George Graves
'86 GTV-6 3.0 'S'
(CA Lic# 'TIPO116')






On Dec 10, 2004, at 10:32 PM, alfa-digest wrote:

> Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 20:51:28 -0700
> From: C M Smith <cmsmith@domain.elided>
> Subject: [alfa] Stupid looking Alfas
>
> Well now maybe the Disco Volante is your cup of tea but I say there 
> goes a
> stupid looking car that might grow on you, maybe if you take the right
> drugs often enough and I don't mean prescription drugs. Even worse is 
> that
> postwar GT coupe (can't remember the designation, but Alan de Cadenet
> drives one on the Victory by Design series and loves it but only from 
> the
> inside surely, oh and I mean post WW II not the original WW now 
> referred to
> as WWI). I can safely opine that BMW does not have a monopoly on ugly
> design briefs.
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