Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Restorations and other dangerous habits

[Jeff Greenfield (coyote]

Larry - 

Maybe this will help convince you to avoid old rusty Alfas ...

http://picasaweb.google.com/alfaguy42/Duetto#

This was a car that did not look all that bad when we started it. This is
one I'm doing for a very good customer. The car is back from the body shop
(we did all the rust repair and metal work here) where it got painted. It is
waiting for me to find the time to put it all back together. 

Here is another car that we're working on, this one is almost done and
should (I hope) be outta here by early summer if not sooner. As Alfas go,
this one is relatively new being a 91.I love the last few photos of this one
... Just another reason that being in the snow belt is bad for your cars
health. 

http://picasaweb.google.com/alfaguy42/91Spider#

My motto is friends don't let friends buy rusty cars :-)

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: LarryT [mailto:l02turner [at] comcast.net] 
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 11:55 AM
To: Jeff Greenfield
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] Restorations and other dangerous habits

Hey Dudes and Dudettes!
    Just rec'd the latest R&T and immediately turned to Peter Egan's column.

He has written another excellent article - this time about restoring old 
cars.   As usual I found myself nodding along and thinking, "Yup, I did 
that, too." as he wrote about the 8 stages of restorations" kind of like the

"5 stages of grief" (or ever how many there are).

    As it happens, while driving my 911 around yesterday - taking the long 
way home to burn some more high-test and just enjoy a sunny, mild pre-Spring

day when I spotted them.  Under tarps in a side yard were 3 familiar 
shapes - looked like 2 Alfa Romeo Coupes and 1 A-R Duetto boat-tail 
convertible (like the one in the Graduate).   Hmmm... says I, "I wonder if 
they're for sale?"  I seem to have jumped to Step 3 instantly.   Then a 
flash of sanity, "no, wait, I still need to finish my '66 MGB, started 
looong ago when I stopped driving it in 1990 and still with way too many 
parts scattered all over the garage, barn and storage building. (Wow! I have

way too much stuff if I need all that space!)  Plus, I know little to 
nothing about old Alfa's except what I have read and the test drive in a 75 

Coupe a long time ago -which *was* impressive.  So, for now I'm safe from 
returning to the land of insanity where I would have had 3 old, rusty cars 
towed home not even knowing if they had ever run in this century.  Plus, the

Alfa's reputation for rusting is very bad - and after battling the rust on 
my MGB for waaay to long I vowed, "Never again!"  Which always reminds me of

the James Bond movie of a similar name - evidently which came from a comment

by S. Connery that he would never again utter those three words he made 
famous.  "Bond, James Bond."  It seems that if enough money is waved under 
his nose he'll change his mind.  I know I'd do a LOT for a multi-million $$ 
paycheck!

Have a nice day ya'll!  Time to visit the garage and *do* something!

LarryT
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Oil Analysis at youroil.net. 

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