{"id":1534,"date":"2008-11-04T09:17:35","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T16:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/giuliettas.wordpress.com\/?p=1534"},"modified":"2008-11-04T09:17:35","modified_gmt":"2008-11-04T16:17:35","slug":"best-of-france-and-italy-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/2008\/11\/04\/best-of-france-and-italy-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of France and Italy 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Best of France and Italy car show takes place annually in Woodley Park, a well shaded green strip of park in Van Nuys.\u00a0 If pictures are to be believed, previous years turnouts were heavy among both spectators and exhibitors but a threat of rain seemed to keep many of each away this year.\u00a0 Alfa Romeo participation was particularly strong at this show, probably making up half the field, but FIAT, Citroen, Renault, ISO and others were well represented.<\/p>\n

Below are some photographs I took and many more can be found on my Events page.<\/p>\n

\"Giulietta<\/a>What can I say, I’m a sucker for an SS, especially when it’s a Giulietta and one of the nicest in existence.\u00a0 That guy with the bushy blonde mustache from that TV show\u00a0and his crew were all over this car when\u00a0I showed up.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"fiat125s\"<\/a>This is the FIAT 125S, the\u00a0snobby upper-crust sibling of our 124 Sedan Special.\u00a0 I didn’t test the doors to see if it was stamped from a more confidence inspiring gauge of sheet steel, but the level of trim and finish was certainly nice.\u00a0 I love the color too!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"fiat<\/a>Okay, you heard it here first, my new interest is small bore FIAT specials and while not a Record Monza or an Abarth\u00a0Zagato double-bubble, this little Abarth is pretty spectacular.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"2997745691_054f837a09\"<\/a>Brad Baum’s elegant 750 Sprint.\u00a0 This car is VERY clean.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"2998569554_cb91a9a8c0\"<\/a>This is my second favorite Lancia, just behind the Aurelia coupe.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"innocenti\"<\/a>Innocenti is primarily known in this country for the Lambretta scooter but they also made some neat cars.\u00a0 I had never seen one of these before.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"db\"<\/a>This might be the first time I’ve seen a Deutsch Bonnet in person.\u00a0 It’s a little bigger than I thought it would be, and way more spectacular.\u00a0 (Yes I’m aware that there are not grades of Spectacularity!)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"otas\"<\/a>Otas FIAT 850 based boy racer.\u00a0 This is probably the only small bore special FIAT I can afford.\u00a0 I’m off to\u00a0the internet car sellers pages\u00a0when this blog post is done!<\/strong><\/p>\n

There you have it, the crowd was polite, somewhat quirky and definitely enthusiastic as were the cars (well, the cars enthusiasm was tough to measure).\u00a0 It was good to see the humble and auspicious sharing the lawn much like the Alameda All-Italian day, with the crowds seeming to prefer the obscure to the expensive though pedestrian.\u00a0 If I could take one home it would have to be the Bonnet or one of the FIAT 8V’s.\u00a0 I don’t know that\u00a0I will be keen to drive down to Southern California and back in the same day again to spend an hour and a half at a car show, but one never knows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Best of France and Italy car show takes place annually in Woodley Park, a well shaded green strip of park in Van Nuys.\u00a0 If pictures are to be believed, previous years turnouts were heavy among both spectators and exhibitors but a threat of rain seemed to keep many of each away this year.\u00a0 Alfa … <\/p>\n

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