Re: Is anyone familiar with this spider/body kit/dealership?

[JimboMGA@xxxxxxx]

Hi Mike,
You might take a few minutes to scan the Alfa Digest Archives from the week 
this auction ran. The car in question was talked about quite a lot. The 
Digest seemed to reach a pretty clear consensus.
Anyone who's kinda been interested in Italian car design from the last fifty 
years can see where the design ques for this modified Spider were drawn from. 
Got some Fiat, got some Ferrari, got some early seventies Mopar... all that 
laid over what was already a very elegant design.
Honestly, this modified Spider reminds me of the movie "Corvette Summer".
The single biggest problem I have with this modified Spider is that the 
modifier failed to recognize the beauty of the original design elements. Take 
a look at what I believe to be one of the most clever and lovely original 
Spider design features; the concave area that spans the area between the 
front wheel and the back wheel. This modified design blunts the front end of 
this area with a blocky little faux air outlet grill and also meets the rear 
visual extension of this concave area with a perpendicular paint stripe. The 
original line is muddied at its beginning and chopped off at the end. I'd go 
as far as to call it "Ham-Handed".
You may find people who like this modified Spider. Hell, I know of a person 
who likes the Pontiac Aztec.
See ya,
Jim Oiler
1991 164L (only the most tasteful modifications, I'm too busy fixing broken 
stuff)


In a message dated 4/25/2003 4:40:16 PM Central Daylight Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:

> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:23:18 -0400
> From: "MikeyB" <MikeyB@domain.elided>
> Subject: Is anyone familiar with this spider/body kit/dealership?
> Hi folks,
>      I'm thinking of moving into a different spider.  Something a little 
> more
> rudimentary, (and fast).  The link below is for one that recently failed to
> sell on ebay.  The body kit looks great,.....Anyone know him
> http://www.stephensalfa.com/SVAPAGE.html
> Thanks,
> Mike B
> 88 Spider Quad
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