Re: AutoItalia at Portofino

["Joe Garcia" <corsanostra@domain.elided>]

Well, I *would* have. I had to be in Orlando on business (at the golf 
tournament) for a client and I have also attended the Portofino event the 
previous two years. But...I had no idea it was going to be Oct. 20th.

Grr.

-Joe in reasonably sunny SoFla

>From: "Gareth Wright" <wrightg4@domain.elided>
>Reply-To: "Gareth Wright" <wrightg4@domain.elided>
>To: alfa-digest@domain.elided
>Subject: AutoItalia at Portofino
>Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 23:48:56 -0400
>
>     Did anyone else attend the AutoItalia show at the Portofino Hotel in
>Orlando last Saturday?  Lots of neat Alfas, Maserati, Lamborghini, Ferrari
>(What's the plural of Maserati, Lamborghini, and Ferrari?), and more
>Panteras than I ever thought were manufactured.  Half the cars on display
>must have been Panteras.  Even a few very nice Fiats.
>
>     I fell for a beautifully restored Giulietta Spider (I forget the 
>year),
>but the hit of the show for my wife was a Fiat Jolly, with a fringed top 
>and
>wicker seats.  Supposedly, the owner used olive oil in the crankcase, and
>balsamic vinegar served as anti-freeze.  I really don't want to believe it,
>but who knows .....?  Anybody ever hear of olive oil and vinegar being used
>in this manner?
>
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