RE: [alfa] donuts (was: 77 GTV driveshaft problems)

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sigh.

This post struck two chords with me.  Maybe I'm feeling a little melancholy
today..

<snip>
> them. Later I realized, partly on a basis of literary style as well as 
> a different level of erudition, that Fred sometimes (as in this case) 
> served as a conduit for messages from a lurker who wished to preserve 
> his anonymity. The lurker was probably (almost certainly) Don Black, 
> who was the technical core of Alfa's presence in the US from before its 
> beginning to after its end as a separate company. When Alfa first 
<snip>

And for me, when Alfa let Don go, that was the end of an era.  The marque,
at least present, lost most of it's charm for me then.

<snip>
> Guibo or giubo? Think Giulietta or Guilietta. Guibo has roots in 
> American English by now, and may (like Alpha Romero) outlast the 
> Italian name in popular use, but Fred did what he could,
> 
> R.I.P.,

And it goes without saying, I miss Fred.

bs
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