Happy birthday to my Super

**Andrew** · #1 (**permalink**) 02-13-2008, 07:32 AM

Timothy Rodgers kindly reminded me that his and my Giulia Supers (VINs 342322 and 342323, both green/tan, still with their original black Calif plates) came off the assembly line nose to tail 41 years ago today, and both still going strong in daily use. Booyah (or however you spell it).

Thanks Tim!

Andrew

**lowmileage** · #2 (**permalink**) 02-13-2008, 07:35 AM

**Peter** · #3 (**permalink**) 02-13-2008, 07:46 AM

where's my cake?????????

**lowmileage** · #4 (**permalink**) 02-13-2008, 07:49 AM

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**Andrew** · #5 (**permalink**) 02-13-2008, 07:50 AM

Wow, is that who was sleeping in the back seat of my Super when I got in this morning? I must have been really bleary.

Andrew

**lowmileage** · #6 (**permalink**) 02-13-2008, 07:59 AM

no silly

. That was a file photo. This

is what's waiting for you in yours

.

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**jarrington** · #7 (**permalink**) 02-13-2008, 08:18 AM

I missed the birthday on mine! It was born on Feb. 9 - VIN 342169. I did get it a birthday present, though - dropped off the seats at the upholsterer for recovering.

-Jason

**Il Vecchio** · #8 (**permalink**) 02-13-2008, 09:45 AM

Andrew, happy birthday to your Super! it certainly looks good for it's age. You're a lucky man to have original colors of other than white/gray!

I just looked up mine (AR339345), it was 12/3 (1966). I'll have to treat mine to a bottle of octaine booster sometime.

PSB · #9 (**permalink**) 02-13-2008, 09:57 AM

Happy Birthday!
i have no idea when our supers b-day is. i will have to check ar346073
peter

**Andrew** · #10 (**permalink**) 02-13-2008, 01:41 PM

Easy enough to find your car's birthdate from Alfa, with a VIN.

This is the email mine came from, but I'm not sure it's who you send the query to: CentroDocumentazione@alfaromeo.com

I may put a candle in a quart of 20W/50 for it today.

Andrew

PSB · #11 (**permalink**) 02-13-2008, 03:35 PM

Have one of the kids hold it by the ex. pipe to blow it out...... What a great Image.
Thanks I have a bunch of #s I will try it out.

**lgbalfa** · #12 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 11:44 PM

beautiful car!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew

Timothy Rodgers kindly reminded me that his and my Giulia Supers (VINs 342322 and 342323, both green/tan, still with their original black Calif plates) came off the assembly line nose to tail 41 years ago today, and both still going strong in daily use. Booyah (or however you spell it).

Thanks Tim!

Andrew

acurtiss · #13 (**permalink**) 02-17-2008, 01:20 PM

My Super, also green (AR 209) on tan, and also bearing its original black plates, was born a scant 3 months later on May 17th. Surely for the lucky original owners of these cars it was un'estate d'amore here in the Bay Area

And here are all three together:

**nochicken** · #14 (**permalink**) 02-17-2008, 09:04 PM

How to interpret this? Had a response from Elvira Ruocco that my Super was "produced on April 22, 1966 and sold [to?] at Newark Alfa Romeo on April 19, 1966." Exact wording in quotes.

I have a coupon book showing the first owner bought the car in June 19966.

Thus, is the Super's birthday the 22nd or is there something lost in the translation?

**Andrew** · #15 (**permalink**) 02-18-2008, 09:37 AM

Newark Alfa would have been ARI (the US distributor) or whatever it was called at the time. As to the dates, either there's a mistake, or it was presold. I dunno if that happened.

Andrew