Indexing 150 posts is harder than I thought. It entails a lot of decision making, cross-referencing, and deciding what terms and themes will be most helpful to readers. What's the purpose of an index anyway? To find things fast(er)! The fast part is just as important as the finding thing. So, what kind of things? Well, things like Borrani wire wheels. That's simple enough, but what about the term "engine"? That's too broad to be useful, because it includes so many other things. It needs to be subdivided into its constituent subsystems like exhaust, carburetors, water pump, distributor, and even fasteners. I decided to go for more individual terms in alphabetical order rather than lumping categories together under fewer entries.
The blog includes a lot of other topics that are more difficult to capture in a word or two, like musings over all the different meanings restoration and originality can have, and what Carchaeologists can learn from Henry Jones. I decided to include a number of accounts of events The Alfatross participated in such as the Arizona Concours, and Santa Fe Concorso, as well as some others that I attended without her (she wasn't interested) such as the Big Bend Open Road Race, Radnor Hunt, and Keels and Wheels. I also list the names (last name first) of all the people I can remember who worked on, found parts for, or gave advice to The Alfatross as well as some company names, but most of these appear in association with the actual individuals I dealt with.
As often as possible I tried to compare The Alfatross with other examples of 1900C SSZs for the purpose of determining details of "originality". Fourteen of these are listed under their chassis numbers.
A shortcut to locate the post you are looking for is to first check the "Post # Sequence by Year" below and use the Blog Archive in the column to the right to call it up.
I would be amazed if I got everything right. Like I said, it was a lot harder than I thought. Comments with suggestions, corrections additions or omissions will be gratefully appreciated.
THE ALFATROSS BLOG INDEX BY POST NUMBER
Posts 1-150, from Jan 01, 2013—May 05, 2020
Post # Sequence by Year
2013:01-46
2014:47-72
2015:73-100
2016:101-123
2017:124-135
2018:136-146
2019:147
2020:148
ADAMS, CORK, 05,
12, 79, 111
ALFA 1900C SSZs, 21,
31, 32, 40, 41, 54, 63, 65, 73, 110, 112
ALFATROSS, 10,
13, 77, 80, 82, 97, 107
EARLY HISTORY, 01, 02, 06, 07, 16, 47, 141,
145
PREVIOUS OWNERS, 04, 09, 14, 15
NAME ORIGIN, 03
CONVERSATIONS WITH, 77, 117
ALLEN, DANIEL, 105,
114, 120, 124, 129, 130, 134, 147
AR1900C *01747*, 81
AR1900C *01844*, 70,
21, 112
AR1900C *01845*, 31,
63, 79, 81, 125, 112
AR1900C *01847*, 79
AR1900C *01915*, 39,
40, 54, 70, 79, 125,
AR1900C *01931*, 21,
36, 65, 81, 112
AR1900C *01947*, 70,
73, 112, 122, 125, 135
AR1900C *01954*, 36,
70, 79, 125
AR1900C *01997*,
79
AR1900C *02016*, 13,
77, 92, 100
AR1900C *02056*, 61,
63, 65, 73, 81, 122, 125
AR1900C *10003*, 79
AR1900C *10279*,
70
AR1900C *10593 *, 70,
73
ARIZONA CONCOURS,
101, 102, 103, 105
BABCOCK, SCOTT,
81
BALLANTINE, RICHARD,
79, 105
BIG BEND OPEN ROAD
RACE, 108
BERGESEN, BERGE,
32, 72, 79
BODY WORK, 35,
44, 51, 58, 65, 66, 67, 85, 88, 94, 95
BORRANI WHEELS, 05,
17, 29, 38, 48, 79, 111, 12
BOSISIO, MATTEO,
12, 17, 29, 65, 79, 111
BRAKES, 140, 139,
138, 130, 129, 34
DRUMS AND SHOES, 34, 111, 129, 130
FRONT SCOOPS, 34
MASTER CYLINDER, 137, 142, 143
LINES, 34, 109
RESERVOIRS, 34, 36, 140
WHEEL CYLINDERS, 34
BRICKLEMYER, BO, 46, 79
BRINKER, MARK,
79, 128
BUMPERS, 38, 41
CAR TABLE, 62
CARCHAEOLOGY, 23,
45, 98
CARRELL, DAVE,
18, 79, 95, 101, 103, 105, 131
CARRELL, TONI,
18, 79, 101, 103, 105
COOLING SYSTEM, 22,
106
COSTANTINI
BRANCADORO, GIUSEPPE, 02, 82, 97
COSTANTINI
BRANCADORO, ALESSANDRO, 04
CRAWFORD, BRUCE,
05, 33, 79
CREATIVE WORKSHOP,
32, 39
DIFFERENTIAL, 16,
147
DIPSTICK, 124
DRIVING LIGHTS, 70
DUBOIS, DAVID,
24, 79
DUNBAR, DERRICK,
72, 76, 79, 87, 99, 109
ENGINE, 13, 47, 93,
101, 103
ORIGINAL STATE, 36, 53, 87
UNDER RESTORATION, 25, 37, 42, 47, 72, 74, 78, 86, 91
FINAL APPEARANCE, 100
CARBURETORS, 09, 68, 100
EXHAUST, 136, 144
FASTENERS, 104
FELIX, CHRIS, 136
FOGG, GEORGE, 79
FUEL, 24, 146
GALAFASSI, PAOLO,
136, 137, 144
GAUGES AND SENSORS,
120, 121, 148
GAUTIER, SCOTT,
79
GOMPELS, JOOST,
34, 61, 79, 111, 134
HAYES, JOE, 47,
54, 79
HEADLIGHTS, 71,
101
HEAT SHIELD, 135,
136
HENDERSON, WILL,
04, 46, 47, 92, 97
HYDROVANE COMPRESSOR,
26
INSTRUMENTS, 75,
121
INTERIOR, UPHOLSTERY,
20, 40, 47, 55, 67, 72, 76, 99
INTERIOR, DASHBOARD,
50, 75, 81, 90
ITALIAN LICENSE PLATES,
07, 97
JAEGER CHRONOMETER,
10
JOSEFSSON, HANS,
28, 79, 109
KEELS AND WHEELS
CONCOURS, 128
KELLER, ARTURO,
61, 63, 73, 79
KEYS, 82
KRAMER, JEFF, 18,
79, 83, 89, 101, 103, 110
LEERDAM, ED, 29,
33, 39, 47, 79
LEWIS, SONNY, 97
LICENSE PLATE LIGHT,
04, 113
LINTON, TOM, 43,
44, 79
LOPRESTO, CORRADO,
31, 63, 79, 125
LORTON, ROGER, 25,
42, 53, 74, 78, 79, 86, 91
MARANGHI, GIUSEPPE, 122,
124, 134
MARINOS, TIM,
102, 105, 109, 125, 144, 147
MARSHALL, PETER,
72, 79, 127, 132, 134, 142, 143
MICHELS, CARL JOSEPH,
04, 97
MIRRORS, 81
MOLDING AND CASTING,
49, 52
MONROE, BO, 34,
79
MONTEREY AUCTION,
63
MORGAN, TERRY,
101, 103
NARDI WHEEL, 33,
39
PERFOMETER, 10,
83, 90
SAMUELS, DEWAYNE, 25, 42, 53, 59, 64, 68, 72, 74,
78, 79, 86, 93, 102, 109, 124,
SANTA FE CONCORSO,
43, 64, 94, 114, 116, 117, 126
STRICKFADEN, GERRY,
101, 103
OIL PAN, 68, 134,
147
PAINT, 66, 88, 94
PARTIFACTS, 29
PLANNING, 05, 23,
38, 103
RADNOR HUNT, 54
RECORDING, 98
REINWALD, MARK,
43, 79
RIDE HEIGHT, 127,
132
ROBISON, JEFF,
89, 101, 122, 131
RONDELLAS, 136
ROTISSERIE, 08,
11, 17, 18, 44
ROUTE 66 FUN RUN,
84
SCHNITTGER, BOB,
79
SHED, 02, 17, 67,
119
SIMPSON, DAN, 79
SMITH, DAVID,
125, 131, 132, 135, 144, 146
SODA BLASTING, 05,
19, 26, 30, 42
SUPPORTERS,
SPECIALISTS, 79
SUSPENSION, 52, 87,
89, 96, 132, 133
STANDARD MACHINE,
25, 39, 47, 53
STEERING, 33, 89
TIRES, 56
TRAFFICATOR, 59,
123
TRAILER, 44
TRANSMISSION, 69,
96, 147
TRUNK, 125
TURNER, PAUL, 04,
14, 46, 47, 48, 87, 97
VENTURA, LUIGI, 92,
136, 137, 144
VINTAGE AUTOCRAFT,
44, 66, 88
VW TRANSPORTER,
01, 44, 56, 62, 145, 146
WENIG, JASON, 29,
32, 39, 57, 79, 131
WHEELS, 12, 111,
128
WILLIAMS, HAROLD,
52, 62, 79, 127
WINDOWS, 27
WIPERS , 75
WIRING HARNESS, 28,
32, 50, 72
YNZ YESTERDAY’S PARTS,
28, 72, 79, 109
ZAGATO, ANDREA, 17,
92, 102
