[CaddyJack]

Hello from a new member here and longtime Alfa owner. I bought my 1991 Spider brand new from the showroom floor at Algar Ferrari-Masarati-Alfa Romeo back in 1991. It's been sacked two times for 5 years or more, thanks to life circumstances.

I recently brought her out of mothballs to enjoy the driving life and want to thank this board for giving me valuable info on a few things that had to be taken care of. So far I have dug back to 2011 or so, with the posts. Excellent.

I really appreciate the help that you friends give everyone and am glad to know it is here, even though I hope I don't need it.

Hello from Philadelphia!

P.S. As I have read, it seems a tradition to post a photo on a first post, so.....let me post one....ore two:

 

[Norseman50]

She's a real beauty! Are those stock rims? Pretty swank!

 

[CaddyJack]

Hi Norseman! Thanks. She has some normal age issues and a dented driver side door (which I plan to get fixed soon), but I plan to get her up to speed and happy. The rims are stock, as it is a non Veloce Spider with steel rims. I never really liked the phone dial wheel covers, and these are simple after market ones.

Thanks to me digging deep here on the forum I have managed to fix a few minor things and the little devil now has a state inspection and is legal to drive again after all these years. Yay!

 

[samakijoe]

Translation Please

"It's been sacked two times for 5 years or more,"

If you will, For those of us that don't get around much... :detective:

I think I know what he means, but.....

 

[CaddyJack]

It means it was stored. From about 1996 when I got the door dent to 2001. Then, from about 2008 until now it was put away for legal reasons.

 

[Cheburashka]

from about 2008 until now it was put away for legal reasons.

Was it like in that song from "Hair?" She was busted for her beauty?