This past June 7th, the Alfa Romeo Club held a small car show outside the Blackhawk Auto Museum, which I took the opportunity to go see. I expected fun cars, lots of color, and that’s what I got.
Being a fan of cameras since the age of six, before cars, I looked into my collection of cameras, which numbers around 200. Thinking of CC, I figured I would bring two of my digital cameras out of the ten I have. Those were the Sony A100 and Kodak 712is. However black and white was where I started, so I brought along a Pentax Spotmatic F and Tura P150 B&W film. Contributor Jim Grey will appreciate that, as he loves that film as much as me.
On to the show.
Going into the back parking lot, the first car I ran into was an early 1970s Alfetta Berlina. There appears to be some missing trim on that grille, so I’ll leave it to Alfa experts to guess on the exact year and model.
Next in line were these three more modern Giulias. I believe 2018:
Followed by a 1966-67 Giulia Super Saloon in green:
On to the interior:
And now a few black and white details up close:
Let’s move to more classic shapes of the 1960s, with a 1964-65 Giulietta Spider:
And again, some black and white compositions:
A 1961 Giulietta Spider, as per the owner:
In B&W:
Further away, there was a group of Alfa Spiders, starting with some 1970-1982 Series 2 models:
And next to them, a few 1982-89 Alfa Spiders Series 3:
Now to a 1971 Alfa Romeo 1750 GT Veloce in bright yellow:
A 1960s Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA in racing colors:
And on to a 1974 Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV:
1972 Alfa Romeo 1750 GT Veloce:
Another Giuletta Spider, a 1964 1600 Veloce. This next car was so photographic in its red over gray. Now, gray for an Alfa sounds so counterintuitive, but it works in color and B&W. Not really a fan of new gray cars, but this was spectacular. Even has correct YOM plates, meaning it is all Californian:
In B&W:
I thought I had finished my rounds, so I went back to where I had parked and saw there were more Alfas by then. Luckily, digital cameras are pretty much unlimited, so I used the Kodak 712 for all the following shots:
A 1967-1972 blue GT next to an early 1970s Giulia sedan:
The Giulia’s cabin is pretty spartan, but with everything you do need and nothing you don’t, all accented by that wood dash:
For something more family oriented, Alfa-style, a 1968-1971 1750 Berlina:
And we’ll close with this lustrous black 105 Series Giulia Sprint GT, that looks like a 1963-1966 model:
The Giulietta Spider is truly one of the most beautiful cars ever made, with one of the most beautiful names. I’m sad that I’ll probably never get to own or drive one unless I sell off a bunch of stuff.
Combine resources then you have it all summer months and I have it all winter months. Not that I really have a winter out my way.
Shipping it back and forth between Michigan and California might be a sticking point, but eh…maybe it’s worth it! 🙂
Better yet you drive it out and I SHIP you back…
Beautiful collection. It is good to see that these are preserved. I rode in an Alfa Sedan in the early 1970’s and loved it.
Excellent collection, nice shots, and what looks like a great day in the East Bay. Also an excellent setting, the Blackhawk Museum is a wonderful one with extremely high caliber cars, including having the three Alfa Romeo B.A.T. cars as a temporary exhibit one of the times I went, a highlight of all my car museum visits. If anyone finds themselves in the East Bay area, it’s an excellent venue, perhaps more akin to high end art gallery than a bunch of cars in a repurposed storage building if that makes sense. Very good tours as well from what I recall although self-guided works well too.
Thank you for attending, composing, and sharing!
Will be at Blackhawk this Sunday. Finished my picture taking at the National Automobile Museum (Harrah’s), in Reno, a few weeks ago.
Thanks for the great show and beautiful photos ! I was fortunate to see the three Alfa Romeo BAT cars at the Blackhawk maybe 15 years ago. With a 1979 Spider (with original SPICA injection) I enjoyed membership in the Northern California Alfa Romeo Club. Brought that car to Canada 1990, sold it a few years later, now want it back …
Nice! Beautiful cars and exquisite photos!
Looking at these Giulietta models brings back some fond memories. I owned (2) different Giulietta Sprints, 1959 and a 1961 (Wikipedia example pic attached). My friend liked mine, and bested me by finding a nice red Spyder, just like the one pictured in this series.
Thanks for taking me back!
Sensory overload ! .
I’d love one of the closed coupes or a sedan…….
-Nate
Talk about sensory overload, Nate. I just got back from the Blackhawk Museum and talk about over load. Chrome and color galore. Have to sort the 100 photos in order and size down before writing it up.
That is a good dsy out! Your photos are good too and interesting to see the b&w versions
The opening shots look like a 1750 sedan, like the biege car at the end rather than an Alfetta, though something unusual (or US spec?) has happened with bumper and indicators and the grille details are missing. Wouldn’t say no though…..