EVENTS // AROC NATIONAL CONVENTION - PORTLAND

A few weeks back the Alfa Romeo Owners Club held their national convention just outside of Portland, Oregon. An event that saw more than 300 Italian sports cars make the trip to the Northwest, part of the festivities included a lap day at Portland's International Raceway as well as the Veloce nel Verde Concorso and Field Meet. A great place to meet and greet fellow Alfisti's as well as see some rather exotic Alfa Romeos, follow the link for a look at just a few of the cars that attended this year... [read more]

As much as I love boat-tailed Spider's, the reality is, I will probably never be able to afford one, at least not a nice one. That said, I have since grown a rather large sweet spot for the pre-1975 non boat-tailed Spiders, replacing my aforementioned desire with a much more attainable automobile. This particular example is exactly what I am looking for.

Dollar for dollar one of the best sports sedans ever made. Nothing quite says 80's excellence like a bright red Milano Verde - 3.0L SOHC V6, 50/50 weight balance, factory Recaro's, what more could one ask for...

A beautiful GTV 2000.

Ahh, the boat tailed Spider. What dreams are made of...

I always remember these cars from the chase scene in original 'Italian Job' film, with Michael Caine. They were the Italian police cars and did all that they could to keep pace with Caine and his fleet of Mini's.

Before Callaway became famous for tuning Corvette's, he produced this. Appropriately dubbed the Callaway Twin Turbo, this mid-eighties GTV6 is, as one would assume, powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.0L SOHC V6 and said to produce 230bhp at the wheels. The owner Val is a Texan with a taste for Italian and has gone to great length's to authenticate his car, even tracking down Mr.Callaway himself and asking him to sign the underside of his bonnet (see above). Additionally, according to CTD correspondent Terry Frye, this particular car was dyno tested by Callaway for nearly 24 hours, moving progressively from 70% power through 100%.

Photo: Terry Frye
Editorial: Justin Coffey