Robert,
Thank you for not laughing at me!!!! I have a knack for walking away from
wonderful deals!!! Ironically, the Alpine GT had a nasty habit of sucking in
it's own exhaust through the vents beneath the rear window and I sold it after
about a year (I bought it back a few years later for parts for another '69
Alpine GT that I owned). I wonder where that Venezia I looked at wound up???
Unfortunately I either did not look at it carefully or I have forgotten the
details (I have looked at FAR too many Rootes cars over the years) so I cannot
say if the original color was green or if the grill was different from usual.
I believe that the car did pop up somewhere else a few years later.
Jan Eyerman
"Robert J.Jaarsma" <jaars@cyberportal.net> wrote:
Great to see that VENEZIA interest. May be we can together find a few more
answers?
Indeed my car is featured in British Car issue #92 and is blue, not green.
Most pictures were taken during the Tigers East/Alpine East United in
Portland Maine last summer.
A fellow named Tony Inzana in California owns a green one. It has wire
wheels and horizontal grille bars, instead of the normal vertical ones.
Also in Texas is a green one, however that one supposedly came from
Switzerland in the eighties.
Mine was titled in Virginia in 1967 by a certain C.M. Jones.
This car was imported from Germany by a service man, and there is a German
date plate on the car.
I do not think mine is the same car as you saw in Manhattan!
Since I have been unable to track down Mr. Jones, I don't know if he was
the one who imported mine. Supposedly he (?) imported three Venezia's??
>From what I know there are 5 Venezia's in the USA and approx.
2 in Italy/Autralia/S.Africa, 5 in England, 3 in Holland/Spain/Belgium, 1 in
Switzerland/France/Germany.
Altogether about 30 remaining car are known to have survived in the world.
Questions:1) Can anyone help me find Mr. Jones, or if there were
earlier
registrations?
2) If David still has that picture, I sure would be
interested. Let
me know!
3) Where is Mr. Wade's car now ?
4) Any others known to somebody?
5) Where do I find new rubber for the vent windows?
Appreciate any help and may be I can answer more questions.
Robert
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-alpines@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-alpines@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Jan Eyerman
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 6:14 PM
To: DGaab31123@aol.com; alpines@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Venezia]
I don't remember the fellow's name or much about him. I do remember the car
needed TLC. The interior was worn and a little ratty and it could have used
some paint. I think this must have been around 1974 as I bought a '69
Alpine
GT instead for $750.
Jan
DGaab31123@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 7/4/2001 8:59:54 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
jan.eyerman@usa.net writes:
<< Yes, it is in the August-September issue (#92). I was offered a Vanazia
back
in teh early seventies for $1,000 and turned it down! DUMB!!! However,
that
means there was one in the New York City area (this car was in Manhattan)
back
then. It was BRG.
Jan >
A very close friend of mine had a green Venezia in the early 70s in New
York.
Her dad's last name is Wade. Does that ring any bells? I have a black and
white photo of the car somewhere around my house. He raced Sunbeams in Spain
and South America as well. Mostly Imps, but also the occasional Alpine.
Small
world.
David
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