Sometimes small things have a large presence. Ask my dog Buddy, or my daughter Camille. Buddy’s not a huge dog by any standard, in fact he’s …he’s.. a little dog. Still, little or not, he has this presence about him that takes up space and commands attention. Camille is about as docile as a ‘tweenager … Read more
A while back I went ahead and took advantage of a sale that Aaron alerted me to. Vredenstien tires, which are all skinny and classic looking on these cars. on sale for $60/piece available in the ultra tall and skinny 155R15. I hopped on it and decided to replace the crusty tires on the giulietta … Read more
Getting the Giulietta without a motor made for some tough decisions.. what to fill the void? I had, at the time a modern designed Alfa 2 liter Twinspark that I thought would have been fun to wedge in.. 175 HP in this frame all gutted and light weight spoke to me..
Still, the reality of the … Read more
For a while now I’ve wanted a ratty spider racer for the street, a hooligan car with rat-rod race patina. Well, at this years Alameda all Italian car show Matt and Aaron and I all started scheming about our junkshows. I had a 1966 Stepnose GTV rolling chassis and a modern Twinspark motor, that I … Read more
1977 Honda Civic 1200 (4) speed
I picked this thing up last summer as payment for some work I did for a friend. He originally bought the car for his girlfriend of the time. As fate would have it, he eventually realized that either the car was not fit for its intended use as a daily … Read more
After getting a ride in my co-poster’s ‘64 Giulia Ti I was hooked on the idea of old cars. I wasn’t raised in a car family. We had family utility vehicles that were ruthlessly abused by 3 boys and ditched when the going got tough. Luigi’s ride was my introduction to what it was all … Read more
Ratty Ti? youbetcha.
Conventional car wisdom says buy the best example you can afford, treat it gingerly, pamper it even. But this blog is for people who go the other route, often buying up cars for a song, and committing many hours of our lives just to get them back into service, this blog is for … Read more
This should be a great adventure as I plan to turn this truck into a roving business.. An espresso bar! I’ve been wanting to do some sort of coffee shop for a while. This seemed like a good time in my life to make some changes. Read more
I had Bought the car in Oregon from Damian Magista via an ad on the alfa BB sight unseen. Mostly because Aaron had been cajoling me into a sedan, but also because of the awesome write up and pictures Damian had made on the BB about retrieving the car from a bunch of Alfa racing enthusiasts in Canada. I had been drooling over this car on the internet for a long while.
The original AD:
1964 Giulia TI 1600 For Sale: PDX Read more
