{"id":1326,"date":"2008-09-30T12:52:35","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T19:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/giuliettas.wordpress.com\/?p=1326"},"modified":"2008-09-30T12:52:35","modified_gmt":"2008-09-30T19:52:35","slug":"2008-andrew-watry-berlina-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/2008\/09\/30\/2008-andrew-watry-berlina-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"2008 Andrew Watry Berlina Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Watry, keeper of the Giulietta Berlina, Giulia Sedan and Berlina registers, began putting together a Fall Berlina tour a few years back to encourage local Alfa Berlina owners to hit the backroads and exercise their often overlooked Alfa Sedans.\u00a0 Well, with appreciation for Alfa sedans\u00a0at an all time high (especially for the Giulia TI and Super) and Andrew welcoming all comers so long as they&#8217;re driving an appropriately interesting or old car, the event has grown.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/09\/photo-op-berlina-tour-2008.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1334\" title=\"photo-op-berlina-tour-2008\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/09\/photo-op-berlina-tour-2008.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/photo-op-berlina-tour-2008.jpg?w=1229&amp;ssl=1 1229w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/photo-op-berlina-tour-2008.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/photo-op-berlina-tour-2008.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/photo-op-berlina-tour-2008.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>Stopped for a photo op on Redwood road.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The wife and I took part in the first stage of the drive in her 1972 Fiat 124 Sedan Special before breaking off to attend a birthday party.\u00a0 The first stage took us through Berkeley up to Skyline, around an unexpected detour through Montclair to avoid a landslide,\u00a0onto the always fun\u00a0Pinehurst road (where all the drive-by photo&#8217;s were taken) to Redwood road which goes around the backside of the Oakland hills between Montclair and Castro Valley.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/09\/nicks-sprint-veloce-berlina-tour-2008.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1333\" title=\"nicks-sprint-veloce-berlina-tour-2008\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/09\/nicks-sprint-veloce-berlina-tour-2008.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/nicks-sprint-veloce-berlina-tour-2008.jpg?w=1229&amp;ssl=1 1229w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/nicks-sprint-veloce-berlina-tour-2008.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/nicks-sprint-veloce-berlina-tour-2008.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/nicks-sprint-veloce-berlina-tour-2008.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>Nick&#8217;s Sprint Veloce is very nice and he drives it hard.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/09\/giulia-sedans-on-the-berlina-tour-2008.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1332\" title=\"giulia-sedans-on-the-berlina-tour-2008\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/09\/giulia-sedans-on-the-berlina-tour-2008.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/giulia-sedans-on-the-berlina-tour-2008.jpg?w=1229&amp;ssl=1 1229w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/giulia-sedans-on-the-berlina-tour-2008.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/giulia-sedans-on-the-berlina-tour-2008.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/giulia-sedans-on-the-berlina-tour-2008.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>Very good showing for Giulia sedans, I think I counted six at one point.\u00a0 Aaron&#8217;s TI in the immediate foreground had a catastrophic blue masking tape failure and was replaced by a BMW 1600 of similar vintage and Patina.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/09\/sedans-and-gt-on-pinehurst-berlina-tour-2008.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1335\" title=\"sedans-and-gt-on-pinehurst-berlina-tour-2008\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/09\/sedans-and-gt-on-pinehurst-berlina-tour-2008.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/sedans-and-gt-on-pinehurst-berlina-tour-2008.jpg?w=1229&amp;ssl=1 1229w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/sedans-and-gt-on-pinehurst-berlina-tour-2008.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/sedans-and-gt-on-pinehurst-berlina-tour-2008.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/sedans-and-gt-on-pinehurst-berlina-tour-2008.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>Rounding the hair-pin on Pinehurst road a TI is followed by another TI and a nice Giulia Sprint Veloce.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think about 30 cars were present at the starting line.\u00a0 I put the full photo set on Flickr and it can be accessed through my <a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.com\/events\/\">Event Photo&#8217;s page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Watry, keeper of the Giulietta Berlina, Giulia Sedan and Berlina registers, began putting together a Fall Berlina tour a few years back to encourage local Alfa Berlina owners to hit the backroads and exercise their often overlooked Alfa Sedans.\u00a0 Well, with appreciation for Alfa sedans\u00a0at an all time high (especially for the Giulia TI &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/2008\/09\/30\/2008-andrew-watry-berlina-tour\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2008 Andrew Watry Berlina 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