You guys have an Alfa day when I'm at work. Bastards :)

"BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires" (biturbo228) 01/07/2014 at 17:55 • Filed to: Alfaholism

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This first one's red. Some of the colossal number of others aren't. Deal with it.

Blondude > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 01/07/2014 at 18:00

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My hand is cramping from scrolling.

SO. MUCH. WIN!

Tom McParland > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 01/07/2014 at 18:02

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At 9pm est last night I decided it was "Alfa Time" I think today was a bit of a spill over. :)

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 01/07/2014 at 18:02

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Huh... dude, I think you broke Oppo o_o

Let this be a message to Gawker though, you know you're screwed when something is less reliable than an Alfa, haha xD

Hoccy > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 01/07/2014 at 18:03

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Oppositelock: Doing our best to kill Kinja.

Also, this post isn't very friendly to my internet either. It can't handle all the awesome.

Barbarian772 > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 01/07/2014 at 18:06

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OK.... what is this? I don't think I ever saw one of these before.

ddavidn > Blondude 01/07/2014 at 18:09

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Yeah my hand is cramped too. Oh, scrolling... yeah. From scrolling.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Hoccy 01/07/2014 at 18:10

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I think I might have :S

To be honest, it's not all that difficult.

I think I nearly killed the internet trying to upload them all.

Brian, The Life of > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 01/07/2014 at 18:10

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OMFG WHY HAVE I NEVER SEEN THIS?!

Also, there's a whole lotta HNNNNGGG! in this post. A whole lot.

/feelinglightheadednow

Brian, The Life of > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 01/07/2014 at 18:11

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Giulia Super - my old car! <3

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 01/07/2014 at 18:11

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Hah :) I swear there was a headline proclaiming kinja to be the Italian car of the internet

Gamecat235 > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 01/07/2014 at 18:13

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I did some quick edits to the html so it didn't eat oppo. Hopefully they worked and didn't take away from the post.

Brian, The Life of > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 01/07/2014 at 18:15

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God damn ... :panting heavily: ... I'll be in my bunk for the duration.

stuttgartobsessed > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 01/07/2014 at 18:18

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BEST. OPPO. POST. EVER.

you make me miss my car so much right now...

stuttgartobsessed > stuttgartobsessed 01/07/2014 at 18:18

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Also, the pic with the duetto hard top being passed by that Gulf 917... ungh.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Barbarian772 01/07/2014 at 18:21

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It's a Junior Zagato. Same running gear as the Giulia GTV (in 1300 and 1600 guises), built on a shortened Spider chassis with lightweight bodywork from Zagato. Beautiful, but odd looking things.

I nearly bought a resto one a while back for £5k, but decided to save my money for my Spitfire 6 build. Just as well as I'd have two projects and no money to spend on them, but a shame all the same.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Brian, The Life of 01/07/2014 at 18:25

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Still very jealous of that :)

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Brian, The Life of 01/07/2014 at 18:25

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Thanks :) It's gorgeous isn't it? I've only seen this picture of it though. No other information.

I want to say it's called the GTV Giardinetta, but I might be wrong.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > stuttgartobsessed 01/07/2014 at 18:27

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Thanks :) took me long enough

My memory seems to be a bit fuzzy, did you have a GT or a GTV?

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Gamecat235 01/07/2014 at 18:28

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No probs :) seem to be all present and correct

stuttgartobsessed > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 01/07/2014 at 18:32

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I wish I had a GTV. I've got a '79 Spider 2000 Veloce. It's white and I love it. But it's been out of service for right around 3 weeks and I'm dying for a drive haha

stuttgartobsessed > stuttgartobsessed 01/07/2014 at 18:34

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Are you one of the lucky (read: happy but frustrated) few?

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > stuttgartobsessed 01/07/2014 at 18:40

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Ah now I've got you. Very jealous of that too :) what's taken it off the road?

I've got a modern Alfa 156. It's a fantastic car, and I absolutely love it. Doesn't stop me looking for Alfetta saloons and GTV6s though...

stuttgartobsessed > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 01/07/2014 at 18:49

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You drive a 156?!? Awesome! This must mean that you do not live in 'Murica. Anyway, the Alfa is getting a new starter motor, new head gaskets, the radiator repaired, a new shift boot for 5th, and the cold start system/SPICA fuel injection checked out/tuned. She really needs new paint as what's on the car now is cracking and I fear the rust is coming... I think it has the original paint...

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > stuttgartobsessed 01/07/2014 at 18:58

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Correct :) I'm in the UK, which has always been a good market for Alfas. Sadly, the climate hasn't so the classic ones aren't as common as they should be.

Ah, so not a quick tune-up then :S to be honest, for the original paint to still be reasonably in-tact on an industrial unrest era Alfa is pretty good going. I would be concerned about rust though. It's not as scary as people think, but it can spread in places you don't spot until it becomes a 'car off the road' job.

oldirtybootz > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 01/07/2014 at 19:13

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Not really Alfa day, just red cars. This thread gets a bookmark though, there's so much Alfa goodness here, the gallery on my phone is about to get very full of Alfas. I'm very glad I started the red thing this morning now.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > oldirtybootz 01/07/2014 at 19:18

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Alfa day was yesterday, but through a combination of different time zones and work I missed it. Making up for it now though :)

It's cool when something innocuous you post sets something off :)

oldirtybootz > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 01/07/2014 at 19:24

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Ah I see, either way I'm glad this got posted. And yes, I didn't expect Red Tuesday to take off but it was pretty cool to see it happen.

Schultz > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 01/07/2014 at 19:55

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Agrajag > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 01/07/2014 at 21:50

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My god it's full of Alfa's.

I'm glad I clicked this post. Amazing.

stuttgartobsessed > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 01/08/2014 at 00:21

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I've been watching way too much british television (tele?) lately. I really do need to visit instead of looking at it from a plane haha. Anyway, It WAS a "no rust" car when I got it because i t had been garaged it's whole life (I'm the third owner and it was absolutely babied by the first, who had an immaculate garage and also owned a slantnose 911). There were very minor traces around the boot lid when I got it but then I noticed rust colored water droplets emerging from cracks in the paint on the passengers side noor once it was on the toe truck. Now I'm quite concerned. Though having to leave it out in the rain hasn't helped.... I'm a terrible person... lol

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > stuttgartobsessed 01/08/2014 at 14:06

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Telly if you're going native :)

The same thing's happening to our 914/6. It looks completely rust-free, but when we lifted the boot some ruddy coloured water poured out.

The plan is to get the garage up so we can put it inside to dry out for a while. Then we'll fill a spray gun with kurust. Finally, we'll give it a good waxoyl and hope for the best.

stuttgartobsessed > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 01/08/2014 at 14:59

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That would be the french in me coming out on the misspelling haha. I'd do the same if I had a garage. I guess the good thing about it being in the shop is that it'll have a chance to dry out. Hopefully I'll have a garage for it next winter.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > stuttgartobsessed 01/08/2014 at 16:44

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No worries. Us English have trouble with spelling English :)

Garages are great, especially with the weather like it is at the moment.

stuttgartobsessed > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 01/08/2014 at 17:52

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Yah, I live in the PNW (by Seattle) and I feel like we get pretty similar weather as you lot.