[Ducati] Alfa returns to the US (NDC)

[Ronald Betts]

Right on Robert....They keep you young......and broke....LOL!



Peace...Ron"Desmohead"Betts 95 900 SP
I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it!





>From: "Robert Cardinaux" <roberttip at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: Ducati Owners Group <ducati at ducati.net>
>To: "Ducati Owners Group" <ducati at ducati.net>
>Subject: Re: [Ducati] Alfa returns to the US (NDC)
>Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:31:19 -0400
>
>Ronald, Ahhhhh YESSSS! Finally something on this list of personal interest 
>to me--(VINTAGE italian stuff). Synchronizing dual webers with velocity 
>stacks on my 1970 GTV 2000 DOHC-4 in the middle of an Ohio winter in my 
>drafty, unheated garage: a true test of one's fidelity to things italian . 
>. .  shortly thereafter, it was my pregnant bride who ended that Alfa love 
>affair, whose seats were never made for trundling the overladen, if you 
>know what I mean, much less to be compatible with child seats, diaper bags 
>etc.
>
>Without a dealership in sight, I depended on care packages from my Dad, who 
>was stationed in Rome: valve shims, window cranks, the usual arcanities, 
>down to new hinge pins for sagging doors; back when the exchange rate was 
>more favorable, it didn't hurt as much as it might today.
>
>Now in my third childhood, nursing a 1962 250 ducati single back to life, 
>with technical and hardware infusions from down under . . . who knows, in 
>my approaching dotage it may all come down to just a Cucciolo
>Robert
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald Betts" 
><ronaldebettsasalc0015 at hotmail.com>
>To: <ducati at ducati.net>
>Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 4:39 PM
>Subject: RE: [Ducati] Alfa returns to the US (NDC)
>
>
>>They really are cool cars. Speaking of cool cars I had a Fiat 124 Spider 
>>that was a blast to drive as long as I kept the carbs synced.....Viva La 
>>Italia Baby !
>>
>>
>>
>>Peace...Ron"Desmohead"Betts 95 900 SP
>>I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: Veloce916 at aol.com
>>>Reply-To: Ducati Owners Group <ducati at ducati.net>
>>>To: ducati at ducati.net
>>>Subject: [Ducati] Alfa returns to the US (NDC)
>>>Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 15:50:34 EDT
>>>
>>>No Ducati content but at least it's Italian. Hey what can I say, I'm an 
>>>Alfa
>>>addict for which at least in my case there seems to be no cure so this 
>>>(if
>>>it actually comes to pass) is great news:
>>>
>>>_http://www.autoblog.com/2006/07/13/confirmed-alfa-returns-to-u-s-at-end-of-20
>>>09-with-three-model/#comments_
>>>(http://www.autoblog.com/2006/07/13/confirmed-alfa-returns-to-u-s-at-end-of-2009-with-three-model/#comments)
>>>
>>>Vicki
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