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Book Reviews from the VeloceToday Archives, 2008 and 2009
Alfa Romeo Montreal, The Essential Companion by Bruce Taylor
Alfa Romeo Montreal – The dream car that came true by Bruce Taylor
By Pete Vack
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Alfa Romeo Montreal, The Essential Companion by Bruce Taylor
2008, Veloce Publishing Limited, Dorchester, England, Tel 01305 260068 ISBN 978-1-845841-58-4
$130.00 USD
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By Pete Vack
All photos courtesy of author and publisher
Who could ask for anything more?
If you owned an Alfa Montreal, you would need only three documents to completely restore the fabled Alfa V8; the factory technical publications, the factory parts book, and a new book, Alfa Romeo Montreal: The Essential Companion. In fact, most owners could get away with just the last, as it is one of the most complete, compelling, engaging, colorful and informative books ever published on a single make.
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The Essential Buyer’s Guide Alfa Romeo Giulia GT Coupe
By Keith Booker, Veloce Publishing, Dorset, England
ISBN 1-904788-69-6
$19.95 USD Click here to order
Book Review by Pete Vack
Of all the post war Alfa Romeo Giuliettas and Giulias, the Guilia GT coupe is widely recognized as the most well-proportioned and beautiful of them all.
There were three basic under two liter Alfas in the 1960s; the Satta sedan, heavenly but no beauty; the Duetto by Pininfarina, a landmark as it was, but the proportions were not perfect; and the Giulia GT Coupe. Finding fault with the styling of the coupe was almost impossible.
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