Look there are several pedestrian examples of italian industry but I still maintain there is something sexy about everything they do.
Compare what they have made to what the british have produced and then you will see what I mean.
bootlegger wrote:Yeah this car is special. I still cant believe I found it.
You know Ive had a couple of Fiat 500 guys tell me it will be nice when its returned to stock. I really dont think they get how interesting something like this is.
Ive got a soft spot for Italian anything. It doesnt matter what it is the designers must have had a sexy naked woman in front of them when they are creating. Everything they make is over the top.
I recently purchased a Maserati quad cam V8 just cant seem to find something to put it in. So far I have looked at a Sebring or Alfa 2600 coupe projects (Ive got the Alfa). Thought of doing a sort of 50,s coupe targa racer thing. I have even thought of building a 450s from scratch (which is really what i want).
I hear you Dave - I'm always looking at the Pininfarina designed 916 series Alfa GTV V6s on CarSales. They will be a classic one day I'm sure of it. You can pick up a great example for less than what FB/EKs are going for. Jeremy Clarkson loved them - said they're like driving a mini Ferrari.
Or buying an old 1970s GTV 1750 and doing a GTA replica using the Autodelta supplied new front GTA panels.
Surprised the Fiat guys wanted you to turn it back to stock. My wife and I went to the Sydney AROCA chapter Concourse last year which the Fiat club also attended. Plenty of hotted up Fiats there - no doubt some as club track day cars. They put on a great show - vans selling real cappuccinos, gourmet sausage sizzles and gelato stands.
So you own an Alfa 2600? The last of the inline twin cam 6 cylinders. I'm with Blacky - would be great to take a peak in your shed one day. That and my wife still wants a mahogany style runabout...
I have to agree about the styling. They don't always get it right, but the passion is usually obvious.
I wouldn't say that the Brits were all brass bands, bicycle clips and pork pies though. Off the top of my head, I'd have to say I call your Alfas and Fiats and raise you a Triumph Spitfire, Aston Martin DB5, Austin Healy MkIII (and Sprite) and a Sunbeam Tiger
And before you play the Ferrari card, let me remind you that I still have the Jaguar E Type and a pair of Jensens in my back pocket
Unfortunately I wouldn't be able to defend the Brits when it came to everyday items like coffee machines & toasters etc. I'd lose hands down. Maybe that's where true passion holds out; it extends to the things that wouldn't normally deserve it. I couldn't see the Brits taking the time to design something like a lemon juicer that just made you want to touch it...
Alan
Member No.1 of the FB EK Holden Car Club of WA (Woo-hoo sweet!)
MeFB wrote:I have to agree about the styling. They don't always get it right, but the passion is usually obvious.
I wouldn't say that the Brits were all brass bands, bicycle clips and pork pies though. Off the top of my head, I'd have to say I call your Alfas and Fiats and raise you a Triumph Spitfire, Aston Martin DB5, Austin Healy MkIII (and Sprite) and a Sunbeam Tiger
" before you play the Ferrari card, let me remind you that I still have the Jaguar E Type and a pair of Jensens in my back pocket
Unfortunately I wouldn't be able to defend the Brits when it came to everyday items like coffee machines & toasters etc. I'd lose hands down. Maybe that's where true passion holds out; it extends to the things that wouldn't normally deserve it. I couldn't see the Brits taking the time to design something like a lemon juicer that just made you want to touch it...
Your absolutely spot on with your post except for the healy sprite. Boring as batshit im afraid
bootlegger nice score on the Masseradi V8 why not put it in a Bucket you will have them all stuffed trying to work out what it is just like a guy over here has a bucket with a Mercedese V8
Happy to be living past my "Use by Date" as in august 2007 they gave me 6-12 months to live
The last of the inline twin cam 6 cylinders. I'm with Blacky - would be great to take a peak in your shed one day. That and my wife still wants a mahogany style runabout...
