Some of them are totally fine, some of them have panel damage.

Yes, Ingram Enterprises in Washington State rebuilds SPICA pumps and addresses some of their weak points: http://www.wesingram.com/hp.htm

It shouldn't terrify you. They're not very expensive to buy, not very hard to work on and contrary to misinformed stereotypes, they can be very durable and reliable if set up and maintained properly . Plus, nowadays it's nearly impossible to lose money on an old Alfa. You can at least get what you paid for it. I've…

Despite having grown up in Australia I can't say I've ever seen or heard of one of those, but it does remind me a bit of the Austin A40 one of my best friends had as his first car around 1980

Not many at all with all the 124 attributes, and certainly not mass produced in the same numbers, and especially not sold at blue collar working man prices.

One non-Spider version of a 124 rode on a chopped chassis. I'm not sure which one that is. But as for the blue 124 Coupe (A series) pictured above here, and the Spider, these cars were ahead of their time. For a vehicle sold in the mid/late 60's, they came equipped with a DOHC engine, a 5-speed and four wheel disk…

The picture of Nigella Lawson in the locker at the end absolutely makes it.

Here in the UK, a traditional summer weekend trip to the seaside would be completed by sitting in a car in the rain whilst watching the waves lash in to a bleak foreshore. If you're really doing it properly you will be eating fish and chips in the car, so that the windows steam up and all of the car's controls get a…

For Britain, and for the hell of it indeed.

As long as it can go up a hill at 65 mph it would do fine. Not that I would recommend driving one for extended freeway jaunts. It's made for city life, where even the freeway is a crawl.

Considering this probably weighs about 1800lbs, would 64hp really be that unusable in the US? That's not that far off from the Mitsubishi Mirage's power/weight ratio, and American consumers don't seem to really care about that. And the rest of this car is obviously in a whole other class than the Mirage. Actually,…

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"I do believe he built the engine himself."

yeah. This is entirely appropriate use of those cars. I whole-heartedly approve. Not that my lowly opinion counts for much - but holy canoly that looks like fun.

This is true. Alfa sold over 500,000 Giulia sedans just not very many in the US, mainly because of timing and a lack of commitment to the market. But the cars themselves predated and are superior to the 2002 which, to be fair, is still a great car. And, yes I've driven both and chose the Giulia for my summer…

The site is great, I've been soaking it up since you sent me the link. I have a vendor who was actually friends with Mr. Honda and at dinners during industry events he'll sometimes tell stories. It's just fascinating.

Great read, thanks!