Thread: Dogs i have bought

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My puppy #2 was a 62 Alfa Romeo Spyder....I reported to a guy who had raced Alfas in SCCA and all he did was worship everything Alfa. He had his old race car stored in his garage and he would spend hours pointing out the features (?) of the car to me. One day, I saw the 62 Spyder advertised in the Dallas paper. The owner was an older lady who had moved to Texas from Maryland....she wanted $600 for the car. It drove OK but the engine didnt rev, very slow to speed. I wrote it off as a bad tune and gave her the $$. It had some minor leaks, etc. so I went to the local Alfa dealer to get parts......WOW, they wanted an arm for a set of points and a leg for a distributor cap....what did I get into?

Buyer's remorse quickly hit....I had to sell that dog before it ate my leg off...besides, the shop manual (very expensive) said that the timing was set at 6000 rpm....ever lean over a
fender and hold the throttle open at 6000 while trying to see the mark?

Another guy at work, named Ray, smoked a pipe (he was probably 28)....perfect Alfa material. I showed it to him for $650 and gave him the Alfa spiel. He bit. Before the sale, I felt sorry about trying to screw him and told him the sale was off....he got pissed at me and said I was backing out of the deal so I could sell it to someone else for more money....so I gave in and let him buy it. Ray spent three years trying to get the thing to run right....I'm sure the Alfa dealer had a resort home paid for by the parts Ray bought....Ray remained my friend but I was always careful around him in case he decided to take a swing at me.

mike in tucson