[alfa] Re: alfa-digest V9 #1012

[Iopsycheng@xxxxxxx]

Dear Mitch:
Do I ever know the story of the Jr.Z. It belongs to Roger Willett. I offered 
to trade my very nice 1969 1750 Boattail for his non-running car. I saw the 
car on Ebay and I sent him all of the restoration pictures along with a stamped 
self addressed envelope. If he liked my Spider he could keep the pictures and 
I would deliver the car to him in Littleton Colorado. If not, he was out 
nothing and all he had to do was drop the pictures back into the mail. He agreed to 
trade cars and I drove from Newport News Virginia to Littleton. 1754 miles. I 
also arranged for a friend to drive out from here with his truck to tow the 
Jr.Z back home. When we arrived I turned over my car and went to Roger's house. 
He started humming and hawing about the trade and then decided the Spider 
didn't run well. It didn't. As I pointed out when I gave him the car, the engine 
had been converted to European specs, i.e., Euro carb cams and Webers. The 
Webers had been jetted for operation at sea level, not 5500 feet. The car was 
idling poorly and whistling. I explained that the simplest and best fix would be 
to swap the jets from the carbs on the Jr. Z to the Spider, then both cars 
would again be set up correctly. He didn't seem interested. He then decided he 
didn't want to trade cars. My friend prevented me from getting into any trouble 
and the next morning we got back into our vehicles and drove the 1754 miles 
back to our homes in Virginia. I have repeatedly called and e-mailed, including 
this time around because he kept my pictures. He has never replied.  I would 
greatly appreciate any Colorado area Alfa owner who reads this getting my 
pictures back. Since I still have the Spider I would like to have the pictures of 
the restoration.
Thomas Gonnella
Mid-Atlantic Alfa Romeo Owners Club  
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