Alfa Books Thread (please make a "sticky")

dretceterini · #1 (**permalink**) 10-26-2004, 02:43 PM

Best Alfa book:

Hull and Slater most recent edition (1984?)

Other musts:
6c2500 by Anselmi
1900 vs Fiat 8V
8c2900 Simon Moore
8c2300 Simon Moore
Fusi Alfa "bible"
Alfa Giulietta by Anselmi
Racing Giuliettas by Witting de Prato
Mille Miglia; Una Corsa Italiana by Orsini
Giro di Sicilia (Giorgio Nada publishing)
Alfa Tradition by Griff Borgeson

GianniB · #2 (**permalink**) 10-26-2004, 09:18 PM

Oooo, here's my chance to hijack this thread and make it into a thread of attacks and counter attacks.

http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/alfa-romeo-history/5436-alfa-romeo-reference-library.html

BKCowGod · #3 (**permalink**) 10-26-2004, 10:08 PM

darn... i was gonna do that. How DARE you!

Rapiers at dawn will settle this.

Olczyk · #4 (**permalink**) 10-27-2004, 05:44 AM

And I m the only author here who can share the big work that represent my book Alfa Romeo TZ.
All the race results, hundreds of period photos, all the chassis number with mostly the original licence plate and the garantee that the plate belong to that chassis number as I have most of the originals papers of the TZ.

Also, I receive from Zagato himself a introduction + the congratulations for the job done.Even the Museum Alfa Romeo didn t have this research.
I also receive from them the congratulations of the manager of the Museum.

The details of the chassis number can be seen free of charge to www.classicscars.com where we have the biggest database of chassis number in the world.
Regards

Tubolare Zagato · #5 (**permalink**) 10-27-2004, 08:24 AM

I think that the "attack" that Mr. Olczyk has received is somewhat unjustified. I have read the book "Alfa Romeo TZ". It contains an awful lot of work presenting every TZ and TZ2 ever built (or at least, the major number of them), the race results of these cars with the SN's of each car and has a lot of very good photos inside. I can't comment on the data or whether the originality of the cars presented there is true or not but i cannot oversee the comments inside the book by Mr. Andrea Zagato and Mr. Elio Zagato. For me, this is a guarantee for the value of the data contained in the book. And i can't believe that Mr. Elio or Mr. Andrea Zagato know less than all of us on the subject. I can't tell for sure if the Asardo was the progenitor of the TZ. But Mr. Zagato has not checked it prior congratulating the author of the book? For me, the only disadvantage of the book is that it not contains a lot of written history. It would certainly be better if it had more text inside.

dretceterini · #6 (**permalink**) 10-27-2004, 09:42 AM

Sorry, but I think it is "inappropriate" to use this forum to try and sell YOUR books, other than by paying for a banner ad or making some sort of agreement with the owners of this site....REGARDLESS of the content or validity of the books! (Anyone should be free to discuss THEIR OPINION) of any book...

Stu Schaller

GianniB · #7 (**permalink**) 10-27-2004, 09:56 AM

Here we go again...

Tubolare Zagato · #8 (**permalink**) 10-27-2004, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dretceterini

Sorry, but I think it is "inappropriate" to use this forum to try and sell YOUR books, other than by paying for a banner ad or making some sort of agreement with the owners of this site....REGARDLESS of the content or validity of the books! (Anyone should be free to discuss THEIR OPINION) of any book...

Stu Schaller

Olczyk · #9 (**permalink**) 10-27-2004, 09:58 AM

As everybody see, it s Stu who again and again start the discussion !

81gtv6 · #10 (**permalink**) 10-27-2004, 10:00 AM

COME ONE COME ALL, cuz its on agian!!!!

Man you guys are a welcome break from actually doing work at work!

GianniB · #11 (**permalink**) 10-27-2004, 10:06 AM

I have an easy solution to this:

1. Click USER CP.
2. Under Miscellaneous click Buddy/Ignore Lists.
3. Under Ignore List add dretceterini and olczyk.
4. Click Update Ignore List.

Now the unruly children are all gone

Ciao,

Tubolare Zagato · #12 (**permalink**) 10-27-2004, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Olczyk

As everybody see, it s Stu who again and again start the discussion !

**smestas** · #13 (**permalink**) 10-27-2004, 10:31 AM

I think that both Stu and Philippe posses a large amount of vintage Alfa Romeo information and that they both are what I consider EXPERTS in their fields. Unfortunately they can’t stop arguing long enough to share any of it, but that’s just MY OPINION!

PS - This is a public forum and if you do not like the content of the thread or the forum click the little red button on the top right of your browser window or do as GianniB suggested and place someone on your IGNOR list and it will be like they never existed.

Olczyk · #14 (**permalink**) 10-27-2004, 11:22 AM

The big big difference between me and Stu is that I wrote the TZ book, spend thousands of hours searching the infos, meet old drivers, and on the top of it, I had own a fews TZ and TZ2 myself who are considered by the real collectors as the cream of the cream.
Now, I will bet any amounts that Stu cannot make the difference between a real one and a fake one.Me I restore mecanickly chassis 750075 who is considered by the Alfa people in Italy as the most original TZ race car in the world.
Regards

**tubut** · #15 (**permalink**) 10-27-2004, 01:17 PM

It seems what you guys are saying is:

ME!!!

ME, ME!!!

ME, ME, ME!!!

ME, ME, ME, ME!!!

ME, ME, ME, ME, ME!!!

What I'd love you to say is:

Alfa!!!

Alfa, Alfa!!!

Alfa, Alfa, Alfa!!!

Alfa, Alfa, Alfa, Alfa!!!

Alfa, Alfa, Alfa, Alfa, Alfa!!!

... but I certainly would not have a problem with the occasional Romeo, Zagato, Nardi, Biscotti, Grappa, etc.

Ruedi