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Alfa Romeo Prototipi 1948–1962

Alfa Romeo Prototipi 1948–1962 V2 Reviewed

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Review by Pete Vack

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If by any chance you have not yet been persuaded to purchase Dasse’s latest work, then perhaps a look at Volume 2 might just do it. Allow us to interject a purely subjective note: Reading – studying, if you will – these two volumes is pure joy for an Alfisti.

V1 left off in the middle of a discussion of the Last of the Red Hot Alfas, the 6C 3000 CM, and follows through on the Peron car that crashed at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix and was then rebodied as a Colli coupe by Henry Wessells, the Bonnier Zagato spider and dramatic photos if the Pininfarina showcars, all presumably built on the same chassis, reportedly 1361.00128. Again, many excellent images, many of which we’ve never seen before. [Read more…] about Alfa Romeo Prototipi 1948–1962 V2 Reviewed

Alfa Romeo Prototipi 1948–1962 Reviewed

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Review by Pete Vack

As noted last month, we have a lot of new books (10 total) to review, most of which arrived at approximately the same time. So, among equals, where do we begin?

We’ve been collecting books on Alfa for a long time, the earliest being the Alfa Romeo Guide by Keith Ayling, Sports Car Press, 1964. The word jaded here would not be inappropriate. Yet when we opened Volume 1 of Patrick Dasse’s Alfa Romeo Prototipi, 1948-1962, we were dazzled, impressed, and in awe. Let me use the word breathtaking. So much for jaded.
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New Book Preview: Alfas and Ferrari

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The below article is a preview, not a review. We’ll do a full, detailed and illustrated review of each and every one of the following nine books (five in one set, two in another and two separate) in the weeks to come. But we also needed to let you know that these books are available now, and that in every case they come highly recommended. Hence this preview, which give you a good sense of what each book is about and how to order, just in case you’d like to dress up your Christmas tree. -Ed.

And with that, Happy Holidays to our readers, subscribers and contributors!

Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ

Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ documentation and register by Martin Übelher and Patrick Dasse. The book consists of five volumes, totaling 1500 pages.
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