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IniezioneIniezioneIniezione December 2010 The newsletter of the Northwest Alfa Romeo Club
Sir Mix-A-Lot Includes an Alfa in His Latest Video
In This Issue:
If you‟re a regular at Redmond town Center
“Cars and Coffee” on Saturday mornings dur-
ing the summer months, you no doubt have
seen several fabulous Exotics, as well as a
few Alfas. Sir-Mix-a-Lot‟s participation with
his LP-640 (or Ferrari Scagletti) makes it all
that much more fun. On November 16th, Sir
Mix-A-Lot premiered his latest music video, “Carz” at the
Redmond Town Center - and with lines like “Aint no Garage
Queen here”, and “All we‟re saying is that my suspensions
stiff, I never trip” it‟s hard not to like this song.
Sir Mix-A-Lot parlayed a tribute to women with large but-
* CARZ Music Video.....pg 1
* Election Results …....pg 3
* News …………………...pg 4
* New Years Drive ….. pg 4
* 425Motorsports …... pg 7
* Holiday Gala …….…...pg 7
* Membership……........pg 8
* Classified Ads …. pg 9,10
* Calendar………...…..pg 11
Next club events... * Holiday Gala ……...…..Dec 4 * New Years Drive ……. Jan 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=rwII0k2bSpM
Sir Mix-A-Lot Video Cont’d
tocks (“Baby Got Back”, of course) into hip-hop im-
mortality, and became one of rap's (and the Pacific
Northwest‟s) greatest D.I.Y. success stories. De-
spite the driving rain (that is not unusual for us Se-
attlelites) the “Carz” premiere party was
crazy. The rain didn't keep the exotics and various
sport cars from showing up, and Sir-Mix-a-Lot him-
self stood in the rain personally greeting every
guest.
Through the red-carpet and into the mad-house
party, there were plenty of drinks, music and peo-
ple looking to have fun. The party was packed with
people ranging from Ferrari 458 owners to the best
auto detailers in the country. (The detailers are
serious car people, and helped with the making of
the video.) Before the video rolled, Sir-Mix-a-Lot played a slide show showing a generous collection of his past cars. He's owned over 24 exot-
ics from a Slant-nose Gemballa Porsche to his current LP-640. Despite the many Ferrari's and Lambo's he's owned, he didn't downplay his
embarrassment at some of his past cars, including the candy-red Mercedes SEL with gold-accents that he copped after his first royalty-
check. It was a pleasure partying with someone as
“real” as Sir-Mix-a-Lot, and an honor to have
shared his personal car history and “Carz” premiere
with him. If you get a chance check out the video-
now downloadable on iTunes or Sir Mix-A-Lot -
Carz www.youtube.com.
Pay close attention to the background of his video
you can see a really pretty Black Alfa Romeo
8cCompetizione in his garage….lucky guy.
Ciao Sharon Crosetto
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Election Results… New Leaders For NWARC
In early November, at our club meeting at 425Motorsports, we used a
few minutes to hold our official club elections. This was the completion
of the process where nominations for the 4 elected positions have been
open for over a month previously. The four elected club officer posi-
tions are Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President, and President. We had a
few nominations come in, and it all came together perfectly.
The Secretary position stays with Gordy Hyde who has done a good job
for the last year, sending out professional communications and keeping excellent detailed
records.
Our Treasurer, Thomas Jermann, was also re-elected which is good since he is in the mid-
dle of an important project. He is working to confirm our club‟s tax exempt status with the
Federal Government as it is with the State Government. He‟s also keeping the clubs bills
paid at the same time.
Joe Faherty was elected as Vice President. Joe
has been a key player in NWARC for years as
well as being a board member for the National
club.
After two great years from Harry Reed, we
elected a new club President, Merril Gordon. He
has been Harry‟s right hand person and has a
ton of Alfa passion.
The other volunteer leadership roles (Activities,
Webmaster, Membership, Editor) mostly re-
mained the same. The only change was for the
Activities person. Shannon Low volunteered for
this role and with his background supporting our
club he should be a great addition to the team.
Each of these people gives a little extra effort and shares their talents to help make the
Northwest Alfa Romeo Club the best it can be for the members, and all those we work with.
Thank you to each club officer and to those who volunteer to support NWARC.
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Merril and his GTV6
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News For Alfisti…
Make sure you pickup your copy of the December 2010 issue of Hemmings Sports & Exotics magazine. They focus on Alfa Romeo and its 100th
year! Lots of good Alfa Romeo info and very nicely done!
In the recently released DVD movie, The Girl Who Played With Fire, most
of the cars are Volvos, or Japanese… but much to my surprise, the tough guy
boxer gets into his car to go meet someone, and you notice it is an Alfa Ro-
meo 159 Sportwagen. He drives it very fast… perhaps that is why they de-
cided to use something from outside Sweden.
It's official: the first joint Alfa Romeo Owners Club (AROC) - Alfa Romeo Club
of Canada (ARCC) International Convention will be held June 17-24,
2012. A proposal is being written to host the first Alfa Romeo Association
(ARA) and AROC joint convention in San Francisco in 2013.
Our club members, Chuck Arnold and Kathleen Kelley are in the UK for a few
more months. While there, they are watching for Alfas we don‟t often get to
see. They spotted one of the new 2010 Alfa Romeo Giuliettas on the street
in the village of Avebury and sent this photo!
Happy December Birthdays to Ron Calkins, Kim & Tina Christiansen,
and Keith Martin.
Hoping for good weather…
We are planning our annual January 1st Anti Football Drive. This will take us up north on back roads enjoying the best of Western Washington.
We‟ll end up at noon at Vintage Customs & Ingram Enterprises in Burlington. Both shops are planning to host us with the help of previous expert
host, Fred Schueddekopp from Autostrada. Lunch, friends, and give-a-ways after a nice drive. It‟s a great way to start the new year!
When: January 1st, 9 AM start
Where: Starbucks at 1330 164th SW in Lynnwood 98037 (1 block East of I-5, off Exit 183 just North of Alderwood Mall.)
We‟ll meet at the Starbucks between 8:30 and 9:00 AM so we can head out for our drive. Please start with enough gas to drive over 100 miles. If
the weather is horrible or roads are icy, we‟ll have to cancel. Let‟s plan that it will be nice! Let‟s also plan for a good event and plenty of good peo-
ple and a few Alfa Romeos.
January 1st Anti Football Drive
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November Meeting Wrap Up
Our November club meeting came with a real treat and a nice surprise.
The treat was the great hosts and products they had for us. The surprise
was that they gave all of us a 20% discount for being there that night!
People were buying helmets, tire pressure gauges, digital cameras, shoes,
and more. They also explained their Project Management program for
building a race, street, or show car. They don‟t charge any money… in-
stead making their money by finding the best solutions and then sharing
the savings with you.
They showed us their full product line from Recaro, Arai, Griot‟s, Oakley,
OMP, Racetech, Momo, Piloti, and there were plenty of folks trying the fit of
racewear and race seats.
They are offering the NWARC members a 10% discount which exceeds the
amount of the sales tax… thus making this a net gain over buying online.
To realize your discount, our club code is ALFA1 for both online and in-
person purchases.
We also held our elections and the details are covered on page 3 of this
issue. Thanks to those who attended and participated in the fun evening.
Club Liaisons Board Members
Italian Car Club of British Columbia
Fritz Duernberger (604) 988 7904
Society of Vintage Racing
Enthusiasts (SOVREN)
Steve Schaeffer (206) 789 9317
Alfa Romeo Owners Club of Oregon
Dan Sommers (503) 274 0064
www.nwalfaclub.com
The Iniezione is the monthly newsletter of
the Northwest Alfa Romeo Club, a non-
profit organization of Alfa Romeo enthusi-
asts. NWARC is a regional chapter of the
national Alfa Romeo Owners Club (AROC).
Chapter meetings are usually held the
second Tuesday of every month except
December. Membership dues are $63 per
year, which includes subscriptions to the
Iniezione and the national publication, Alfa
Owner. For information about joining the
club, contact the membership director,
whose name appears right over there.
Opinions expressed in the Iniezione are
those of the author and do not necessarily
reflect those of the club. Publication of
articles describing technical procedures
does not constitute an endorsement by the
club, its officers, or AROC. It is the respon-
sibility of the person performing any proce-
dure to accept all consequences of his or
her actions.
Committee Directors
President
Merril Gordon
(206) 290 4704
Vice President Joe Faherty
(253) 549 2082 [email protected]
Secretary
Gordy Hyde
425 241 9307
Treasurer
Thomas Jermann
(206) 276 3484
Activities
Shannon Low
(206) 715 9670
Competition Admin.
Membership
Mirko Freguia
(425) 898 0232 x100
Iniezione Editor
Fred Russell
Webmaster Earl Krygier
Technical Editor
Wes Ingram
15613 “C” Peterson Road
Burlington, WA 98233
(360) 707 5701 [email protected]
Just in time for Christmas… Alfa Miniatures Update!
Here‟s how this works… you simply show this info to your friends and family and
maybe they‟ll buy you an Alfa Romeo as a gift. It might work if they order these
right away, they‟ll arrive by the 25th!
ABC Brianza has this 1935 Alfa Romeo converted P3 that won the „35 Mille Miglia
driven by Pintacuda / Della Stufa.
It is a rare 1/43rd scale fully assembled model of the car that our member, Greg
Whitten, has safely in his collection. The detail is not perfect but the fact that it is a
unique car and a very rare model makes it a good addition to a person‟s collection.
Contact Laura at ABC BRianza for info at [email protected] or check their ebay
store: abcbrianza . I‟ll estimate the cost around $300
US.
The next cool idea costs a sliver less at $270 US and it is
also 1/43rd scale… this is also a unique car but a little
newer. It is the 1969 Iguana show car that can be seen
in the Museo Alfa Romeo. The miniature is made by Tec-
nomodel which produces great cars! This can be bought
from Ari at AutoBarn which is in the USA. Contact at
[email protected] for more details.
Another fun bunch of 1/43rd scale Alfa
Romeos is also available from Laura at
ABC Brianza. These have lower detail
quality, which means a lower cost as well.
These are probably around $75 US.
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1900 SPYDER BERTONE 1954
6C 2900 B SPERIMENTALE
1900 C52 SPORT SPYDER 1953
6C 3000 ZAGATO 1953
1900 CONRERO SPYDER 8C 2900 LOUWMAN VAN DORTH
1900 CSS TOURING 1150 CONRERO SPRT SPYDER 1960
750 COMPETIZIONE ROSSA 1955
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Chrysler / Alfa Romeo News
In a conference call held in early Novem-
ber, Fiat / Chrysler CEO Sergio
Marchionne talked about a number of
issues involving assembly plants and
how it all effects current and future cars.
To our interest, he talked about Alfa Ro-
meo models as well. The challenge, of
course, is how many of these statements
will end up matching reality.
Sergio talked about how they were con-
sidering using the platform from the current and popular Jeep Grand Cherokee
could be also used for an Alfa Romeo offering. I‟ll assume an SUV or at least a
Crossover vehicle. Though many of us might cringe, that may be a very popular
item in these great United States. Remember that the Ferrari 308 saved Ferrari
from extinction… Think also that, each month, Porsche normally sells as many Cay-
ennes (SUV) than all their other models combined. (The only exception being
January when they launched the 4 door Panamera and got a spike of orders.) It
may seem painful but perhaps will generate revenue.
The good news was Sergio did say there was no plans for the Ferrari group using
the same platform so we can assume there won‟t be a prancing horse SUV in the
near future. He also confirmed that the C-Evo platform being used in the new Alfa
Romeo Giulietta, will be used in the US to
replace the currently retired Chrysler Neon
line by mid 2012.
Sergio Marchionne also talked briefly about
the future Alfa Romeo 169 model saying
that the current designs weren‟t ready and
that it might be 6 to 9 months before they
might be. This is the model that was ru-
mored to be possibly built at a plant in Ohio.
We‟ll see how this pans out as the future
seems to just keep rolling at us every day…
for good or for bad.
It‟s not every day we
get to see Alfa
Romeos in the media,
in movies, or in ad-
vertisements. To my
surprise, the folks advertising the new US version of Top
Gear used and Alfa as one of the cars “stacked” in there
print ads featured on the back cover of a couple of US
magazines.
The car was a nice burgundy GTV sandwiched between
two other cars. (The show, so far, is not as cool as the
inclusion of an Alfa in the ad was… just my opinion.)
The next surprise was watching TV and an ad for the
Michelin Stealth Wiper blades. It‟s a cartoon with a
driver driving a car into a fictional “Rainville”, then he
heads further into “Snowville”. The weather is going
from bad to worse but his visibility is fine thanks to good
Stealth wipers. I almost didn‟t notice initially, but
thanks to a DVR, I
backed it up and sure
enough the cartoon
car is what appears to
be a two door Alfa Ro-
meo. The grill is ab-
solutely an Alfa, but
the other details are
not as finite. Watch
for the ad and smile
as you see the Alfa
safely drive through
US television.
Alfa Romeos in Advertisements
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Do you wish to be affiliated with the local Alfa Club, NWARC? ______________
Please indicate your interests: Technical_____ Tours_____ Social______ Rally______ Vintage Cars _______
Cost: $60 annual + $3 to join NWARC
Make check payable to: ALFA ROMEO OWNERS CLUB E-mail: [email protected]
Mail to: ALFA ROMEO OWNERS CLUB P.O. BOX 12340 KANSAS CITY, MO 64116-0340
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Model/Series Member Name Contact 70‟s Spiders, Series 4 Greg Miller [email protected] 70‟ Spiders, GTV Fred Wright [email protected] Spiders (101/105) George Gibbs [email protected] 80‟s Spiders Harry Reed [email protected]
The following members have volunteered to provide Alfa Mentoring!!!
On behalf of the entire NWARC, a warm and enthusiastic WELCOME
to our newest member. Thanks for being part of NWARC!
Shannon Low Seattle ‘88 Milano Verde
Photo of the Month by Chuck Arnold
Alfa Romeo Classified Ads
Car For Sale: 1974 GTV Red Restoration Project Car is complete,
but in parts. Rust has been cut away and metal prepped, but not welded
yet. All pieces are there… hydraulics, electrical, engine, transmission,
wheels, bumpers, glass, carpets, interior, trim, emblems, etc… There are
also extra parts… cams, differential, radiator, brakes, SPICA, etc. $6000
or best offer. Call Harry Wong at 206 329 3750.
Parts Wanted!!! Rear view mirror for 1968 1750 GTV.
Philip at 604-240-0864 [email protected]
Wheels Wanted: Wheel & Tires set of 4 to fit Milano. Preferably
195/70 14. Alex Voss Tel: 206 721 3077 [email protected]
Parts For Sale: Misc. of Giulietta Spider parts. (Transmissions, brakes,
engines, etc. ) E-mail for a list.
Fred Russell [email protected]
1960 Giulietta SZ Owned by James Wiseman
For Sale: 1972 Alfa GT Veloce 2000 Looks and runs fabulous - original plum color Resto-
ration by Group 2 Motorsports, Seattle, new headliner, seats (flying buttress) and carpet Engine
built by Conrad Stevenson, with 20k miles, Redline Weber Individual Throttle Body intake mani-
fold, with a GOTECH Electronic Fuel Injection system (smooth and reliable). The suspension was
completely refurbished with new bushings, ball joints and tie rods throughout. Sport springs and
Bilstien shocks were installed as well. Cromodora five spoke wheels fitted. Complete disassem-
bly to a bare shell, sandblasted and rust removal, including fitting of new floor panels. New
weather stripping and windshield gaskets were installed. Brightwork cleaned, and Cibie Euro-
pean headlights fitted. The battery is a sealed gel type unit of aircraft sizing, and is fitted to the
trunk with it's lightweight mount bracket. New gas tank fitted.
I have put about 1500 fun miles on it in two years of ownership, with lots of double takes and
smiles. Must part with a prized possession. Please call me or contact by email. Asking
$24,000
Joe Giampietro (206)618-1545 [email protected]
For Sale: 1992 Alfa Spider Red 57,000 miles.
Serviced at Alfa of Tacoma: New OEM springs, Koni shocks, cloth top, clutch w/new
master cylinder, exhaust, all new rubber grommets and bushings in front end. I in-
stalled 5 new 15 inch. Panasport wheels, Bridgestone RE 950s. New battery. The
front end was painted along with front fender due to rock chips. The car has never
been hit or had rust. I upgraded the stereo with Kenwood stereo. The car needs
nothing.
Gary J. Eaton 360 460 5930
For Sale: 1974 Spider Veloce $7500 Complete mechanical restoration in-
cluding all suspension - with poly bushings, Rugh sport springs, Bilstein shocks,
adjustable upper front arm.
Complete engine rebuild with Hannifer Stage 1 head work with new race springs
and 11mm cams, 10:1 pistons, Ingram HP Spica pump to match, Crane Cam ig-
nition, High voltage coil. Transmission rebuilt by Ingram, Diff upgraded to 4.10
for nice cruising. Interior in decent shape with recent seat covers. New top. Gas
tank cleaned and sealed by Seattle radiator. Radio upgraded to Alpine 4 x 65 W
with 4 coax speakers discreetly mounted. This runs and drives better than new
and is ready for a late summer cruise as it sits. Eventually the new owner may
want to address the body and paint as it is patina rich but still looks good from
20 feet.
Call Greg at 206 890 2525 - located in Kirkland
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2010 / 2011 Calendar of Events
Dec 4 NWARC Holiday Gala - Lake Union
Jan 1 Anti Football Drive - North to Burlington
Feb TBD NWARC Gokart Enduro
May 13-15 SOVREN Spring Sprints
June 3-5 SOVREN Spokane Race
July 1-3 PNW Historics
Aug 19 Concorso Italiano
Sept 3-5 SOVREN Columbia River Classic
Sept 11 Kirkland Concours d‟Elegance (TBD)
Sept 10-12 NWARC Half Fast Lap of Wash (TBD)
Sept 17-18 SOVREN Fall Finale
Oct 1-2 SOVREN Maryhill Hillclimb
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