Spettacolo 2011
The annual ‘Spettacolo’ club display day and concorso was held this year on the oval at Wesley College. Unfortunately it rained on and off all day which limited numbers of cars and visitors, but it was still a great day out. The breaking drought and return to normal wet and unpredictable Melbourne weather has it’s drawbacks. Despite this there were some great cars on display getting a lot of interest, including an...
Motorclassica 2011
On a very warm October day we visited the Motorclassica classic car show and Concours d’Elegance. As I was visiting with my 8yo son Jack, I didn’t have a lot of time to slow down and soak in the magnificent cars on display or take many photos. I was particularly fascinated however with a set of three Alfa 6c 1750s, including the ‘Mrs Jones’ 6c Zagato pictured in my photos...
New and Old Bits #22
A chap on the AlfaBB was having a garage sale, so I purchased this very good brake fluid reservoir from him, and an original Fispa fuel filter/regulator. I’ll clean up the filter/reg, hopefully it’s in good working order although I understand that the diaphram and seal are available from Ferrari specialists as it was a shared component. I also got this air filter housing sticker from Prins Bredevoort in the Netherlands....
AROCA Winton 6-Hour Relay 2011
Over the weekend we competed in the 2011 AROCA 6-Hour regularity relay. This is the biggest event on our club calendar – and a pretty significant event in club motorsport full stop. My team ‘The Sicilian Suds’ consisted of two Alfa Sprints, one Alfa 90, and our Alfasud Ti. We’ve all done this event multiple times (this is my fifth time) and finished comfortably in the top half of the field, but were looking...
1939 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Spider Corsa
Every now and then as part of being a car club member you get access to some very special things. At the start of this month club members were invited to visit a private collection of racing cars and memorabilia – a collection that is not open to the public. Bruce and I arrived at the stated address at the stated time – to a nondescript warehouse building, and walked through an unmarked door. Inside the building is a...
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