In the British cars list, Jim Muller writes:
>I looked around the yard and found a red
>Alfa the likes of which I have never seen. Perhaps richard welty has something
>to say about it. Longish and a four-seater (I think, but I am embarrased to
>say that I don't remember noticing). The front had elongated, chrome-edged
>headlight holes that looked like rather stylized squinty-eyes, and the back was
>bulbous-shaped like an AMC Javelin maybe but rounder. Each front wing (oops,
>fender, this was Eyetalian, after all) had a Zagato badge and the back panel
>said "2600". Most curious.
I still remember the first time I saw a 2600. This was a Berlina - Jim doesn't
mention the body style of the one he saw, but I assume it was a Berlinetta or
Spider. My neighbors-across-the-street in Walnut Creek had a variety of
(usually basket-case) italian and British cars. I'd fallen in love with
the Guilia Spider they had for a while. So one morning I look out the window
and there is this sedan that looks a lot like a Volvo, but not quite. I
wander over, and it says Alfa. Then they open up the hood. I was used
to looking at the nice valve cover on the Guilia. Here's the Valve Cover
>From Hell - exactly the same pattern, but twice the size. The 2600 was a
DOHC inline six. The Berlina had a five-on-the-tree shift, too. Serious
wierdness.
The same neighbors gave me my first ride in a British car - a TR3! Now,
this is 1974 we're talking about, not 1964. Must be what warped me for life.
Wayne
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