re: Alfa Spider Taillight redesign

[Eugene Yoo <eyoo@xxxxxxx>]

Does nobody remember Strega? Apologies, I forget the name of the
Digester who used to own her... I thought she was a beaut, however,
Zender bodykit, Ferrari taillights, custom paintjob and all. I can
understand the purist philosophy, but man, it must have been fun
ripping that ducktail spoiler off!

Pictures at http://homepage.mac.com/eyoo/PhotoAlbum17.html

Who ended up buying her anyway?

-Eugene
inbetween Alfas at the moment
(anyone with an 86+ Spider FS email me off-list! thanks...)

On Friday, May 2, 2003, at 07:06  PM, alfa-digest wrote:

> Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 10:49:06 -0500
> From: Tony Martie <tony@domain.elided>
> Subject: Re: Alfa Spider Taillight redesign
> Amazing!
>
> You beat me to it!
>
> I have had that very same thought in mind for my Spider for a couple of
> years now.
>
> I think it first occured to me while sitting behind a Dallas city bus,
> they have black rimmed ones that look very small on those vehicles.
> They seem like they would fit perfectly on a Spider (roughly 80's
> Ferrari taillight proportions).
> Mines a '78 and I always thought the rear end was the only real sore
> spot in the design (huge ugly safety bumper and rectangular
> taillights).
>
> I was unable to load your page, I think you got too many hits.  Can't
> wait to see how yours turned out.
>
> I have a couple of photos of a nicely done custom Spider with a Zender
> kit and what look like actual Ferrari taillights, they are a little
> large on a Spider (and it makes it look like it is trying to BE a
> Ferrari).  Taking design cues is one thing, but the actual parts?
>
> Ignore the purists who are bound to spit forth their fury over it!  To
> each his own, as it should be.
>
> Speaking of mods, what ever happened to the possibility of carbon fiber
> bumpers and dashboards?
>
> Tony Martie
> 78 Spider
> http://tmpd.net
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