THE MOSTLY 1900 IRREGULAR NEWSLETTER #19

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1 THE MOSTLY 1900 IRREGULAR NEWSLETTER #19 MAY 2001 Publisher -Editor: Joost A. Gompels, P.O.Box 100 Tybee Island, GA Phone (912) , fax (912) , Technical Editor: Henry Wessells III, 800 North Valley Rd., Paoli, PA Phone fax This publication is produced and circulated privately and solely for the benefit and enjoyment of owners and admirers of Alfa Romeo cars of the 1900 genre. The purpose includes the cultivation of an accurate register of North American 1900 cars, provision of a clearing house for the exchange of thoughts, questions, information and needs. Coypright may apply to quoted sources. THE MOSTLY can be contacted at addresses shown above. Millennium quote. LIFE WORKS OUT OK FOR THOSE PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING WITH ALFA s. Martin Swig Publisher s Bit It is pleasing to have reached the point where the register is to be published. Hopefully readers will hail this event as overdue. Two extracts are presented: a) by model b) the NAR Communications Directory Other sorts are available upon request It is necessary to comment on the communications directory. It is presented as a working document that your Registrar uses. We expect this will be found useful and we hope it fosters owner interaction. Listed are some prospective owners, some past owners who wish to continue and, we hope, are prospective too. Also included are some suppliers and vendors who share our enthusiasm and last but not least some fellow enthusiasts under no particular category. An entry ZZZZ??? may intrigue you. If you guessed it means dunno you were exactly right and the zzz-s are there to ensure it lists at the end. The car is thought to be in the US according to Peter M. Is there someone who can help identify its whereabouts and owner? You will note that there are several gaps and omissions. These are neither accidental nor deliberate. We wish there were none. If you can fill in some of the blanks please do so at once and earn our eternal gratitude. The NA Register is always work in progress. If we have erred in recording any information we crave forgiveness and beg correction. Phone, fax, , or snailmail but please do it at once. To minimize any abuse for commercial purposes, we have restricted the mailing of this issue to owners only, with the exception of Sra. Ruocco, the Registro Touring, and John DeBoer. Your comments and suggestions will be more than welcome. Editor s bit Light duty is being pulled this month as the issue is almost fully taken up with extracts from the 41 page register. Register One of the earliest SSZ cars *01747* has been listed for several years in the International Register as an unidentified survivor. It surfaced recently for sale in Hemmings, and it s provenance is being studied. Another *01747* is known to exist as a replica SSZ on a 1900 Berlina chassis! A mystery spider of beautiful proportions and a 3000CM/Disco type nose, with Spanish plates, has turned Mostly #19 May

2 up in Italy. Its provenance is also under review. Technical The 1900 Cylinder Head By Carter Hendricks In the last Mostly Conrad Stevenson wrote how to replace the 1900 cylinder head with that from the later 102 series He repeated the idea that the 2000 heads have the later, lighter, simpler valvetrain with shim and bucket tappets instead of the heavy pre-war unique but typical Alfa threaded valve stem assemblies. The 2000 parts are later, but most of the rest is open to elaboration. For now, let me just talk about weight. One of the advantages which Conrad and I have is that we actually get to see and feel the parts. I was surprised when I first held in my hands the light, simple 1900 valvetrain. This morning I again weighed a typical used 102 and 1900 intake valve assembly: used parts, maybe not design weight, but close enough: Part grams grams Valve Follower =63 Keepers 33 0 Shim? 0 Total The 1900 springs are just a little heavier than the 102. Half the difference is about 5 grams. Weighing parts seems silly, but the false idea that the 1900 valve train was heavy is just another mistake in the popular Alfa Romeo history. Thanks Carter. We look forward to additional comments from others. Tom Shaughnessy sent us some notes on the costs of his restoration still in progress. Tom owns Ghia *01837* ex Symbolic and we imagined it was in fine shape. Tom reports as follows: metal shop straightening $14000, bumpers $5000, paint shop $3000, metal shop $2500 to fix a defect (noticeable only to me ), back to the paint shop $5000, metal shop for chrome fittings and fitting $4200 and now it is in the paint shop again, $?. Tom thinks there are many readers with little idea about how much it costs to do it right and that although it is an Alfa (and not one of his several important 50 s Ferraris, Ed.) I happen to like my goofyoneoff car and felt it worthy of a first class restoration. Tom says he wants to encourage others to do it right and not to stand for short cuts. We agree. Thanks Tom. But, we would add that if pockets are shallow, one can equally appreciate seeing a good driver being produced provided there are no shortcuts in any of the mechanical work done. Podium Hail to the final 6 entrants of Alfa 1900 s in the Cal. Mille. Dave Sydorick sent us some exciting pictures of the group. I cannot recall seeing that many 1900 s photographed in one place, and each looking most attractive. Dave noted that all Alfa 1900 s performed flawlessly, thus confirming again that a 1900 properly restored and properly used (which means regularly) is a very reliable piece of machinery. Let s try for a dozen next year, if Martin can stand it. For sale We regret to report that Bill Trosten passed away in March. In his estate is his interesting T-4 *10023* for sale by his brother Leonard. Call for details if interested. Mostly #19 May

3 please note Mostly will relocate for the summer to Delmar NY for June August. Phone Mostly #19 May

4 NA Register By Model Model Type BodyBuilder Body Type Chassis# Year Built Engine# Body# Name 1900 berlina AR 4-Dr Sedan Carter Hendricks berlina AR 4-Dr Sedan Peter Weber berlina AR 4-Dr Sedan David Allison 1900 Super berlina AR 4-Dr Sedan Al Cortes berlina AR 4-Dr Sedan (RHD) Dr. Sam Tay berlina AR 4-Dr Sedan Antonello Cucchi berlina AR 4-Dr Sedan Louis Awerbuck Primavera Boano 2-Dr sedan Robert J. Denton 1900 TI berlina TI AR 4-Dr Sedan Umberto D,Andrea berlina TI AR 4-Dr Sedan Carter Hendricks berlina TI AR 4-Dr Sedan Al Cortes 1900C Cabriolet Pininfarina 2-Dr Conv David Allison Cabriolet Pininfarina 2-Dr Conv Craig Cabriolet Pininfarina 2-Dr Conv Daniel Cytrynowicz Cabriolet Pininfarina 2-Dr Conv John Kremer Cabriolet Pininfarina 2-Dr Conv J.P. Brescacin Corto Gara Touring Sprint Ted Hohman Coupe Pininfarina FH Coupe Richard De Luna Coupe Pininfarina Coupe John Pickering Coupe Pininfarina Coupe Ken Geiger Coupe Pininfarina Coupe Tim Gallagher Coupe Pininfarina Coupe John Kravchak Coupe Pininfarina Coupe Frank Gabrielli Supergioiello Ghia Coupe Mike Vallee Supergioiello Ghia Coupe Gene K. Ponder Tipo I Touring Sprint Skeets Dunn Tipo I Touring Sprint Bud Brickman Tipo I Touring Sprint Al Cortes 19-May-01 Page 1 of 4 Mostly #19 May

5 Model Type BodyBuilder Body Type Chassis# Year Built Engine# Body# Name 1900C Tipo I Touring Sprint (2000) Dale P. MacGowen Tipo I Touring Sprint Peter Marshall Tipo I Touring Sprint missing 3783 Gus Myers Tipo I Touring Sprint Joseph Janda Tipo I Touring Sprint Patrick Finney Tipo I Touring Sprint Joseph Angel Tipo II Touring Sprint (RHD) Russ Baer Tipo II Touring Sprint Peter Marshall Tipo II Touring Sprint Dennis Birkhimer Tipo II Touring Sprint Ted Stevens 1900C (Super) Coupe Boano Coupe Steven James Coupe Boano Coupe Al Cortes Coupe Ghia Coupe Frank Gabrielli Coupe Ghia Sprint Thomas E. Shaughnessy Coupe Ghia Coupe Alan Routt Coupe Ghia Sprint AS12 Blackhawk Coupe Ghia "Ghia Special" Peter Zobian SSCoupe Coupe Touring Sprint Franco Viceino Coupe Zagato Sprint Jack Croul Coupe Zagato Sprint Eric Lutz Coupe Zagato Sprint Bill Ebeling Coupe Zagato Sprint Dan Simpson Coupe Zagato Sprint Bill Kelly Coupe Zagato Sprint George P. Fogg Coupe Zagato Sprint Don Keith Coupe Zagato Sprint David Yager Coupe Zagato Sprint David Sydorick Coupe Zagato Sprint /29/ Craig Davis 19-May-01 Page 2 of 4 Mostly #19 May

6 Model Type BodyBuilder Body Type Chassis# Year Built Engine# Body# Name 1900C (Super) Tipo III Touring Sprint -- Windsor Wahl Tipo III Touring Sprint Peter Zobian Tipo III Touring Sprint Jay Nuxoll Tipo III Touring Sprint Michael Mihm Tipo III Touring Sprint Henry Wessells Tipo III Touring Sprint Peter Lambert Tipo III Touring Sprint Richard Garre Tipo III Touring Sprint Bruce Campbell Tipo III Touring Sprint B. Ray Thompson Tipo III Touring Sprint /3/ Bruce Campbell Tipo III Touring Sprint Umberto D Andrea Tipo III Touring Sprint ZZZZ???? Tipo III Touring Sprint David Hardberger Tipo III Touring Sprint Philip Marshall Tipo III Touring Sprint Joost Gompels Tipo III Touring Sprint Jerry McAlevey Tipo III Touring Sprint Ken Shaff Tipo III Touring Sprint Paul Merrigan Tipo III Touring Sprint Jerry McAlevey Tipo III Touring Sprint Bill Nesbit Tipo III Touring Sprint Katsutoshi Yamaguchi, MD Tipo III Touring Sprint G. Nishimoto Tipo III Touring Sprint Ruth Ann Yager Tipo III Touring Sprint Antonio Sabato Tipo IV Touring Sprint Leonard Trosten Tipo IV Touring Sprint Jerry Exline Tipo IV Touring Sprint Joseph J. Mirenda Tipo IV Touring Sprint Richard Jarvis Tipo IV Touring Sprint Dennis Birkhimer 19-May-01 Page 3 of 4 Mostly #19 May

7 Model Type BodyBuilde Body Type Chassis# Year Built Engine# Body# Name 1900C (Super) Tipo IV Touring Sprint Eduardo Aenlle Tipo IV Touring Sprint Robert Fernald Tipo IV Touring Sprint ? Ken Harkema Tipo IV Touring Sprint Dennis Holloway Tipo IV Touring Sprint Andy Leonard Tipo IV Touring Sprint Peter D'Amico Tipo IV Touring Sprint Z 4817 Bennett Jones Tipo IV Touring Sprint Bennett Jones Tipo IV Touring Sprint Peter S. Liebert Tipo IV Touring Sprint Ronald Stange Tipo IV Touring Sprint Paul Wilson Tipo IV Touring Sprint Bruce Curley Tipo IV Touring Sprint Dale P. MacGowen Tipo IV Touring Sprint Scott Klion Tipo IV Touring Sprint David Yager Tipo IV Touring Sprint Peter S. Liebert Tipo IV Touring Sprint (5012?) Nino Epifani Tipo IV Touring Sprint Vincent Liburdi Tipo IV Touring Sprint Bruce Curley Tipo IV Touring Sprint Val Chickinelli Tipo IV Touring Sprint Martin Swig 1900L Coupe Ghia ? Roby Thalman Victoria Stab. Farina 5/6 Posti Dan Allen 23-May-01 Page 4 of 4 Mostly #19 May

8 NAR Communications Directory Last First State/Region Phone Work Phone Fax Aenlle Eduardo AZ Allen Dan CA Allison David MD Angel Joseph OR Ash Myron AZ Awerbuck Louis AZ Baer Russ MD Ballantine Richard G. CO Becronis Peter CA Birkhimer Dennis CA ; Blackhawk CA Braden Pat CA Brescacin J.P. Ontario Brickman Bud NY Campbell Bruce CA Chickinelli Val NE Ciabattoni Enrico NJ Cortes Al CA Covelli Antonio CA Croul Jack CA Cucchi Antonello Curley Bruce CA Cytrynowicz Daniel CA D'Amico Peter NJ D'Andrea Umberto Ontario Saturday, May 19, 2001 Page 1 of 5 Mostly #19 May

9 Last First State/Region Phone Work Phone Fax Davis Craig CA Day Ralph CA De Luna Richard CA request Denton Robert J. MI ; Diver Richard Dunn Skeets CA Ebeling Bill OR Epifani Nino CA Exline Jerry KS Fernald Robert TX Finney Patrick CA Fogg, III George P. MA Forbes Paul CA Gabrielli Frank CA Gallagher Tim NC Garre Richard MD Garrett Pat CA Geiger Ken Ontario Gompels Joost GA Greene Delmas FL Greenslade William AZ Guinther Mark CA Hall Parker MS Hardberger David Harkema Ken CA Harris Malcolm WA Hendricks Carter MO Saturday, May 19, 2001 Page 2 of 5 Mostly #19 May

10 Last First State/Region Phone Work Phone Fax Hertzman John NC request Hohman Ted MI Holloway Dennis IA Iacona Estanislao James Steven KY Janda Joseph CA Jarvis Richard BC Jones Bennett MA Jones Matt TX Jones Skip OH Kaberle Gary MI Keith Don TX discovery.org Kelly Bill FL Kendall Carey CA Klion Scott NY Kravchak John CA Kremer John Lambert Peter CA Lawrence Paul B. UT Leonard Andy CA Liburdi Vincent NY Liebert Peter S. NY Lutz Eric CA MacGowen Dale P. CO Magnufson Peter CT Mankin William FL Markowski Peter VT Saturday, May 19, 2001 Page 3 of 5 Mostly #19 May

11 Last First State/Region Phone Work Phone Fax Marouf Said CA Marshall Peter Surrey Marshall Philip WA Martin Keith OR McAlevey Jerry CA Mericle David CA Merrigan Paul CA Mihm Michael PA Mirenda Joseph J. WI Morningstar Craig CA Myers Gus FL Neill Jim NJ Nesbit Bill IL Nishimoto G. CA Nuxoll Jay WA Pickering John Ontario Ponder Gene K. TX Reid Charles CA Rindler Michael SC tmr3302aol.com Ritter Tim IL Routt Alan OH Ruocco Sra Elvira Russinof Barry FL Sabato Antonio Ontario Salemi Frank MD Schaller Stu CA Schlabowske Jan WI Saturday, May 19, 2001 Page 4 of 5 Mostly #19 May

12 Last First State/Region Phone Work Phone Fax Shaff Ken CA Shaughnessy Thomas E. CA Simpson Dan CA Spriesterbach Dietmar Stange Ronald CO Stevens Ted CA Stevenson Conrad CA Sullivan Bob OR Swig Martin CA Sydorick David CA Tay Dr. Sam (65) (65) Thalman Roby CA Thompson B. Ray TN Trosten Leonard GA ( ) (Leonard, home) ( ) Vallee Mike NH Varni Dennis CA Viceino Franco Wahl Windsor TN Weber Peter CA Wessel Peter CA Wessells Henry PA Wilson Paul VA Yager David CT Yager Ruth Ann CA xxxxxxxxxxxx Yamaguchi, MD Katsutoshi Hyogo Ken Zobian Peter CA ZZZZ???? Saturday, May 19, 2001 Page 5 of 5 Mostly #19 May

13 mystery 1900 barchetta - nice? The Mostly 1900 Irregular Newsletter P.O.Box 100 Tybee Island, GA Mostly #19 May