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Duetto Meeting
and Campout
• A gathering for owners of
'67 to '69 Spiders is being planned
for the second weekend of October
(Oct. 11, 12 and 13) in
YOSEMITE NA 110NAL PARK.
Although the emphasis is on
'67}69 Spiders, anyone with a
Spider of any year is
welcome-or any Alfa, for that
matter.
Those interested in attending
are urged to contact Chris at 406
King Ct., Santa Paula, CA
93060 or call The Alfa Doctor at
(805) 525-0625.
• We're not trying to be
troublemakers, but we were
wondering if we should be suspicious
of the Colorado chapter
holding almost all their functions
at the Zang's Brewing
Company ...
Events
Calendar
• In our ongoing effort to
develop a usable events calendar
in the pages of ALFA OWNER,
we again ask chapter presidents
and newsletter editors to send us
up-to-date schedules of what
your group has planned in the
near future. The deadline for
Events Calendar material in the
December 1980 issue is Tuesday,
Oct. 14. Send material to:
EVENTS, ALFA OWNER,
3019 S. Orange, Santa Ana, CA
92707.
Oct. 2. Ohio Valley chapter meeting,
Century Motors. Add'i Info. (513)
683·9960.
Oct. 4·5. Amanti Alfisti Oa'lI Indiana
car display at Glenbrook Mall. Add'l
Info. (219) 485·2062.
Oct. 7. Colorado chapter meeting. Zang's
Brewery!! Add'i Info. (303) 42 J.4225.
Oct. 11. So-Cal Inter·marque Concours
(charity benefit), Chadwick School, Palos
Verdes, CA. AOO'llnfo. (213) 449·1665.
Oct. 18.19. Kansas City chapter
OIOzarks Run." Add'llnfo. (913) 649·1156.
Nov. 1. So·Cal Time Trial, Riverside,
Raceway, CA. Add'l In(o. (213) 539·0700.
Nov. 1. Chicago chapter rally. Add'l
Info. (312) 848·3037.
Nov. 20. Chicago chapter annual dinner
and elections. Add'l In(o. (312) 848-3037.
Nov. 28. So·Cal Chapter meeting and
"White Turkey Auction." Add'l In(o.
(213) 832·4764.
• Member Ed Nersesion of Clayton, R.I., sent us an interesting
letter and the accompanying postcard. It seems Ed was visiting
the Newport Auto Museum (l Casino Terr., Newport, RI (401)
846-6688) when he came across this rare and noteworthy 1941
Alfa Romeo 6C-2500 Roadster.
Unfortunately, member Ed was without his trusty camera and
by the time he made his next visit to snap some shots for these
pages the cars had been shipped to the British museum in London
where it will be on loan for six months.
What follows are a few interesting facts from the back of the
postcard:
Only three cars of this type were built: one for Benito Mussolini, one
for Adolph Hider and one for Mussolini's mistress, Clara Petacci. This
particular car was presented by Mussolini to Hitler on Hitler's 52nd
birthday, April 20, 1941.
Hitler kept the car until September 1943, when it was presented,
with Mussolini's approval, to Major Otto Skorzeny for his daring
rescue of Mussolini, who had been deposed and was guarded by 250
men at a sports hotel 10,000 feet high on the Gran Sasso in the town of
Abruzzi. Skorzeny landed by glider with 50 paratroopers, stonned the
hotel and freed Mussolini. He was flown out in a tiny Storch spotter
plane to Rome, then transhipped in a Dornier to the Wolf's Lair,
Hitler's Eastern Front headquarters in Rastenburg.
Skorzeny perfonned many feats of daring for the Fuhrer. Among
them was Operation Frief, the plot to infiltrate the U.S. lines with
English-speaking German troops during the Battle of the Bulge.
Ed said he's eventually going to get us those photographs and
gave a hearty recommendation to fellow Alfisti to visit the
museum which boast over 60 fine automobiles.
• As in the past, the Capitol
Chapter is sponsoring a paddock
area at Watkins Glen for the
USGP. The paddock is open to
AROC members and guests and
to non-members driving Alfa
Romeos. The paddock is a fenced
area and provides a good spot
for camping or parking an Alfa.
Alfa Romeo Incorporated has
donated enough money to
insure that the paddock has
enough beer for the weekend.
There is a chance that AROC
members will be able to see the
cars up close in the garage and
AROC Paddock
USGP Oct. 3,4,5
meet the team members. We've
also been invoted to dine with
the team members at 'LaAuberge',
near Ithaca on Saturday night.
A lot depends on how much free
rime the team has during the
weekend, so we'll have to be
flexible. 'LaAuberge' is a fine
restaurant, so bring some decent
clothes and expect it to be
expensive.
The paddock is easy to find;
it's located near the old Kendall
Tech Center across from the
officials' camping area.
• A recent rumor credited to
a well-placed source finds Mario
Andretti in the cockpit of an
Alfa Romeo Formula One car in
1981.
Arnold H. Engborg
1905 • 1980
• Arnold H. Engborg, 74,
passed away on July 8 after a
brief illness.
He was a member of the Alfa
Owners of New England and
one of the seven founding memo
bers of the Sports Car Club of
America (Feb. 26, 1944). He was
one of the SCCA's early secretary/treasurers
and a charter
member of both the light Car
Club (founded Jan. 30, 1949)
and of the Vintage Sports Car
Club of America (although not a
founder of the latter).
Some of Arnold Engborg's
cars were a 1926 Alfa Romeo
T ourer Tipo 6C 1500, an Alfa
Romeo 1959 2-liter Spider, a
1927 Bugatti Grand Prix 39A
and a 1954 Siata 208-S 2-liter
V-B.
Mr. Engborg is survived by his
wife, Maude J. MacQuarrie
Engborg of Cape Porpoise, Me.;
two sons, Paul B. Engborg of
Cape Porpoise; and Alan R.
Engborg of Sudbury, Mass.; and
five grandchildren.
OCTOBER 5