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<p>[QUOTE="42Skeezix, post: 90290, member: 40"]Many years ago I used to drive an Alfa romeo. I liked Alfa because of their illustrious racing history and their great Italian design flair.</p><p><br /></p><p>One late night I was returning home driving through Haddonfield N.J.. As I'm sitting at a red light downtown This very car pulls up next to me.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.kimballstock.com/pix/AUT/19/AUT-19-RK1029-01P.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.smcars.net/attachments/8c29a-jpg.30570/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>It is to this day the most GORGEOUS car I've ever seen. I'm stunned. I ask the driver (open windows, summertime) what kind of car it is. He asks what do I think it is. Delahay? Delage? I reply. He sez "Pull up and look at the grill." There in big chrome letters "ALFA ROMEO" I pull back and just look over in awe at the driver.He glances over and sez "You don't know your Alfa's history very well do you" the light turns green and he makes his left and motors off. I sit there and watch it motor off. This is to this day one of my most embarrassing moments in life, but my GOD what an automobile to actually encounter just out on the street late at nite. </p><p><br /></p><p>1937 Alfa Romeo 8C-2900 B.</p><p>This car is worth at least twenty million dollars today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="42Skeezix, post: 90290, member: 40"]Many years ago I used to drive an Alfa romeo. I liked Alfa because of their illustrious racing history and their great Italian design flair. One late night I was returning home driving through Haddonfield N.J.. As I'm sitting at a red light downtown This very car pulls up next to me. [IMG]http://www.kimballstock.com/pix/AUT/19/AUT-19-RK1029-01P.JPG[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.smcars.net/attachments/8c29a-jpg.30570/[/IMG] It is to this day the most GORGEOUS car I've ever seen. I'm stunned. I ask the driver (open windows, summertime) what kind of car it is. He asks what do I think it is. Delahay? Delage? I reply. He sez "Pull up and look at the grill." There in big chrome letters "ALFA ROMEO" I pull back and just look over in awe at the driver.He glances over and sez "You don't know your Alfa's history very well do you" the light turns green and he makes his left and motors off. I sit there and watch it motor off. This is to this day one of my most embarrassing moments in life, but my GOD what an automobile to actually encounter just out on the street late at nite. 1937 Alfa Romeo 8C-2900 B. This car is worth at least twenty million dollars today.[/QUOTE]
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