My New '91 Spider!

[John Conway <noserider@domain.elided>]

> Yea!!!!! I am back behind a  spider's wheel and must vent to people who can
> appreciate my enthusiasm. (My girlfriend won't let me say another word about
> them, as I have been talking about them non-stop for about two months!  Little
> does she know that it has just begun!)  Thanks to Hal Taylor for the tip on an
> available car, and I picked up my black over tan spider today  in Santa Barbara
> for what seems to be a low price of 7300 for a virtually flawless looking and
> driving car with 63k miles. I drove it back  on highway 1 to Santa Monica
> tonight. Brrrr, that was cold, but I had to go topless.  partly because I felt it
> was the romantic thing to do, and partly, it turns out, that my maiden voyage was
> destined to be windy.  Anyway, on the drive home, just after I purchased the car,
> The famous (infamous?) "Alfa Romance" began.  I rolled the drivers side window
> down, and now it won't roll back up!  I am particularly interested in the post
> made about the mysterious relationship between the window and the heater, as I
> received essentially no heat on my after dark, windy, and very very cold  long
> coastal drive home.  I told myself that if the real tragedy would have been the
> window getting stuck in the up position, looking quite silly with the top down,
> but since L.A. has been behaving much more like Seattle lately I need to fix
> these problems fast!  I haven't taken the door siding off yet, but is this an
> easy problem to fix?  do I need a repair shop?  I would love to here more from
> anyone with window and/or heater experience.  In addition, the upholstery is in
> fine shape, but faded in places and the suede is pretty tired looking on the
> drivers side so I am planning to soon redo it all in new leather and suede to
> veloce spec.  Can anyone recommend a good place in L.A.?  Also I am looking to
> replace the perfect, but I feel cheesy, stock spider wheels with either the alloy
> phone dials or the 5 point star wheels.  Additional advice, recommendations or
> cost estimates on that?  If I am thinking correctly, as my car has a leather
> steering wheel, ac, and map light in the glove box, I will essentially have a
> Veloce.  Am I missing anything else?  I am aiming to get this car in the best
> looking and driving condition possible, and am willing to put the money into it,
> so any additional advice from other spider lover/restorers would be greatly
> appreciated, i.e. top quality canvas tops, exhaust systems, chassis stiffeners
> etc.

Much Thanks,
Praying for a sunny, warm day,
John Conway

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