looking for first owner

[ognimmirg]

hi,who can help or who can tell me how to get this inf. ? my car has the vi 01495 05420 last lic.nr. cen189 . in 1988 owner is known., but no kontact adress. any help ??

[Grant]

Where are you located?

[ognimmirg]

hi,my name is ingo grimm. living in wuelfrath ,it is located in germany. between the town duesseldorf and wuppertal. hope we get connectet. kindly ingo

[papajam]

Greetings Ingo. Welcome to the AlfaBB!

That chassis number looks like your Alfa might be a 750 Series Giulietta? Or a 1900 perhaps. Sending an email to Elvira Ruocco at elvira.ruocco@alfaromeo.com with the chassis number may provide you the name of the car's first owner.

[ognimmirg]

thanks a lot. it is a giulietta spider 750f

[AlfistiSA]

Hi Ingo

Fusi dates your car as a '58, Veloce's and Normale's shared the same chassis numbers. What's the engine number ?

Are you a member of the Giulietta Chat Group on Yahoo ?

Cheers
Greig
Zuid Afrika
'57 Sprint Cambio Volante
'57 Sprint Cambio Cloche
'60 Spider
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Some 105's
Some others

[tmlesko]

Hello, Ingo,
Your car's serial # is listed on the Veloce Register as a 1958 Spider Veloce, White with black interior, being owned by ED WHITWORTH, no other information is given. Is that who you bought it from?

http://www.veloceregister.net/750f.htm

Tom Lesko
Hingham, MA usa
President Alfa Owners New England
1965 Spider Veloce's x2

[ognimmirg]

hi greig ,the eng.nr is ar1315.32011 .i wrote to elvira ruocco : the car is grey ,ar716 , red lether,sold to max hoffmann motor company in ny usa . last owner was ed whitworth, pacific grove . now i`m looking for that man or family, because i want to know who tuned up that monted engine. it has parts from conreo coming from italy. the cams,conrod ,crank,pistons are singd as conreo did it. the german dealer bought it may be from kunstle garage in los angeles. i`m just coming in the yahoo group to find more about my giulietta . thanks for your interest. kindly ingo

[ognimmirg]

hi, tom ! the car was defently grey with red interior.the last owner was ,as it stands in the register.it was ed whitworth, paccific grove. he owned it from dec 24 82 to 24 dec 89 . a german dealer peter jonas brought it back to germany . the last dealer in usa was ,i belive, kunstle motor company. it was on the rear bumper a singn.

[tubut]

Ingo,

Try http://www.daplus.us/PeopleSearch.aspx for the address lookup. You will get 4 responses (none in Pacific Grove). Try www.mapquest.com for figuring out which ones are close to Pacific Grove and contact them in order of proximity (closest first). Maybe one of them is or knows the former owner.

Good luck,

Ruedi

[AlfistiSA]

Hi Ingo

Fusi lists the motor as being the 4th 750 Spider Veloce motor built in 1959 - but then Fusi is not always 100 % accurate, more like 90%.

Alfa used to advance motors off the production line ahead of others if they showed better power outputs while being dyno run after initial build - confirmed in the Hughes book, the Racing Veloce's. This was especially true for 'special' customers, where they put the most powerful motors into those cars.

Based on this your car is a '58 Spider Veloce & matching numbers too.

Hope to see you on the Giulietta Group soon

Cheers
Greig
Zuid Afrika

[velocedoc]

I knew Ed Whitworth when I lived in Carmel. He is/was a great man. His Veloce I have registered years ago before I had a 750F Register, just for historical purposes. Ed also had at one time a SZ 2 that he was restoring. I lost contact with him. Last contact I had was he when he was living in Pacific Grove. Last time I saw Ed was at a Monterey Historic Race when Alfa Romeo came over for the 75th anniversary. His car was original last time I saw it.