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Anybody else see a problem with this one ?
Anybody else see a problem with this one ?
Not to mention a 2L motor and wrong blue metallic paint color.Ah, where to start... there's so much fishy about this one. Wrong vin#, wrong brake fluid reservoir, wrong emblems on fenders, wrong jack, no shroud over heater air inlet under hood, can't see air ducts behind left side of grill, etc., etc. I seriously doubt it's a Veloce, or even a 1964 anything.
There must be one word in Italian that sums up the meaning ---"the artist (Pinin Farina) would roll in his grave"--- they have a knack for that. In American English, we can only get it to a phrase--- "he screwed the pooch"I had to look it up in Merriam-Webster online...
Emetic - an agent that induces vomiting.
dalla sua tomba, che suona così morboso! Non mi piace questa parola. it is like the word sobaco in Spanish, it sound so uglyYep, i think that Pininfarina dev'essersi rivoltato nella tomba ('would roll in his grave')
Anyway, it seems the the car is sold![]()
Jay, you're right. The rest of the saga goes like this--wealthy buyer shows his car off but then gets pimped to death by car guys who are in the know..he drives it until he can't take anymore abuse and then unloads it red-faced the following Spring. Enter Auto Trader.I think you guys are being too hard on that car. Admittedly the dealer's write-up is hilarious (*) and they should have characterized it as an "abnormale" and not a Veloce. But clearly this was someone's "baby" at one time, much of the workmanship looks pretty good, and I'll bet it's a lot of fun to drive. Dunno what it sold for, but I'll bet it was well below the car's build cost.
* I especially liked the bit about: "The interior was special ordered from Alfa Romeo in Italy" Uh huh, Sergio is big into supplying parts for 50-year old cars.