[alfa] Roll barred, so now I won't die!

[Benjamin Kaupp <bkaupp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Instead I'll just get permanent brain damage should I choose to flip my 
car. O well, I just wanted to share with the world what a wonderful 
thing the roll bar from IAP is. And what a horrible thing. Wonderful 
and horrible. Both. Anyway...
It definitely makes the car look better and it is obviously well 
designed, doesn't interfere with the top or the rear window at all. But 
it comes scratched (IAP dood: "they come scratched, but that's 
normal"). My family was in catalog retail for five years and I know how 
hard it is to ship stuff without breaking (NEVER ship a computer 
monitor UPS) but it may help if you PUT THE ROLL BAR IN A BOX. Instead 
it was just wrapped in bubble wrap taped to the bar, so by the time I 
got it there were holes in the wrap, the two support pieces had rubbed 
through and scratched the main bar, and the feet had all freed and 
messed up themselves. It's not a horrible thing, but I'd like to have 
the opportunity to deface it myself first. Oh, and the instructions 
were in Swahili. I think. I don't do the African dialect thing, so I'm 
not really sure. Anyway, I'm gonna supplement the instructions on my 
website as soon as I have a break (work and school full time and 
all...). I'll also write up the install of the Alpine speakers in the 
oh-so-rare original Alfa labeled speaker grilles. And the install of 
the Sparco/Sabelt Clubman harnesses that just came today.

Oh, and Biba - I got the joke, and I would love to be bamboozled into 
that car (I admired it some time ago on your site) but I can't even 
afford brakes for the Intestine at the moment, so I must just dream. 
Unless you are willing to trade for some gum and a hotel sized bottle 
of shampoo. I'm flexible on this, I also have some shower caps and a 
Gideon Bible. If you really twist my arm, I'll throw in a NASCAR Jello 
mold, but it has sentimental value (my girlfriend gave it to me) so 
I'll have to do a bit of soul searching. Let's talk.

-Ben Kaupp
'78 Spider (can't hear the engine above the grinding brakes, but it 
seems to be running pretty well)
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