SNO Alfa Romeo Pictures – 5

Posted by Gary on September 26, 2014

Posted in: SNO ALFA PHOTOS 5-8. Tagged: Alfa Romeo photo galleries, Alfa romeo race cars, Anna-Louise Felstead Alfa art, classic alfa romeo photos, classic alfa romeo pictures, Restoring an Alfa, Scuderia Non Originale, Scuderia Non Originale Membership List, SNO (Scuderia Non Originale), Who's in SNO. Leave a Comment

The artist who races, restorations, Alfa postcards,
more race cars and a 145

Anna-Louise Felstead, one of our featured artists, is also a vintage race participant. That’s her on the left. On the right is a self-portrait depicting her and a friend in a rally car they actually raced. The art is © 2009 by Anna-Louise Felstead and used with permission.

: Anna-Louise Felstead puts a Sprint Coupe through its paces, in her first-ever race.

: Not content to create wonderful automotive art, Anna-Louise Felstead goes racing at Monza.

: David French sent a nice shot of his ’68 Duetto Junior. David, who is from Calgary Alberta, Canada, writes that non-originale parts include a modified 2L, Milano brakes, partial roll cage and more. David also has a 1971 GTV that is receiving a GTAm-look body.

: This is Ronan Glon’s 1968 Milano Verde. Ronan lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.

: Here’s a 1966 GTV project that Ronan had delivered to his home. The center grill looks pretty good. That’s a start!

: Jim Neill (aka: Papajam on AlfaBB) holds down a day job, yet still manages to be a go-to guy when someone needs mechanical help or technical expertise for their Alfa. This is Jim’s 1969 Euro spec GT.

: The car on the lift is Jim Neill’s 1971 project car. Below it is a ’68 GT

: Tom Badain’s Alfa 145 is an especially pretty sight to those of us in the U.S. who don’t get to see these cars on our roads. This one lives in the U.K.

: The interior of Tom Badain’s 145.

: Another view of Tom’s 145.

: Oregonian Damian Magista’s Non Originale 1978 “Fetta SS” has a Sperry head, Webers, hot cams, beefier sway bars, and other goodies.

: U.K. resident Steve Goddard’s 1967 GTV is getting a serious restoration. It will have a later 2L TS engine, ATE/Brembo brakes, and more.

: Finland’s Pekka Rossi gave this motor a modified cylinder head, higher compression pistons, new cams, and other mods.

: Here’s Pekka checking out the engine the proper way, with a rousing drive.

: Is this cool or what? Pekka Rossi has a postcard with his Spider on the front and a stamp that has his Spider on it. Who needs Elvis stamps? We want Alfas!

: This is the back side of Pekka’s postcard, showing his Spider stamp. Lick a Spider? That doesn’t sound right.

: Pekka’s 1989 Alfa 75 Turbo looks like new.

: Snow makes a good backdrop for Pekka’s 2005 GT.

: Ed Seymour’s lovely Spider lives in the U.K.

: Ed Seymour also owns this GT Jr. Ed says he took a 30-year Alfa break, but is now making up for lost time.

Scuderia Non Originale ™

Posted by Gary on June 30, 2014

Posted in: SCUDERIA NON ORIGINALE™ (SNO). Tagged: Originale Police, Scuderia Non Originale, Scuderia Non Originale Membership List, SNO (Scuderia Non Originale), What is SNO. Leave a Comment

“It would be a drab world without meaningless social aggregations. There would be a lot fewer smiles.” — Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

http://www.alfelstead.com

SNO News Is Good News!

Scuderia Non Originale Headquarters, Washougal, Washington, March 1, 2021: Scuderia Non Originale™ (SNO), still the world’s fastest growing club for Italian motoring enthusiasts, announces an upcoming expansion and a change in leadership. Ignoring charges of nepotism and ballot fraud, Founding Director of Directors Gary Williams will be handing the keys to the SNO kingdom to his son Ted this year. Ted, as you may already know, is a founding member of SNO and has owned several Alfas.

With the change in leadership we expect new innovations .. or perhaps just innovations. I’m not sure we’ve done any innovating to this point in our 17-year history, except introduce “scuderia non-originale” as a generic term to describe both modified cars and their creative, somewhat rebellious owners.

Ted, who operates a fascinating website at https://www.ingloriousamateurs.com/, will be developing new items for SNO members and friends, as well as looking at how to open the group to restomoders who drive non Italian marques.

When I went rogue and bought a Porsche Cayman, he gifted me with this lovely badge to stick on it. The car now proudly wears a pair of them, one on each side window. The stickers thoroughly confuse Porsche owners who can’t figure out what they mean or how they relate to the Alfa Romeo Association of Northern California sticker on the Cayman’s back window.

We’ll be sharing more about this sticker and others with a similar non-Alfa theme in coming weeks/months. Speaking of “coming months,” SNO’s 2021 calendar of events will be the same as that of every other year … completely blank! We promise to maintain our original commitment to hold no meetings, publish no newsletters, and collect no dues or fees of any type. Thus, the calendar is completely free so you can enjoy your car(s) for yet another year in absolute peace.

Despite the lack of club activities – or perhaps because of that — SNO expects to continue adding members from around the world. SNO offers what other groups do not, a friendly acceptance of all Italian car and motorcycle enthusiasts, especially those who modify their vehicles. And, did we mention, no dues?

If you’ve been hassled by the Non Originale Police because your car or motorcycle isn’t exactly as it left the factory, we’re the group for you. And just to prove our classic car hearts are in the right place, you’re also welcome if your vehicle is absolutely, perfectly, Q-tip clean and box stock. Heck, some of our members regularly win awards at concours de elegance competitions … and we still like them!

Below: First German cars to wear the new logo mentioned above.

“Who are these guys?”

That’s the question frequently heard at car shows and rallies, as uniformed “originale police” spot our non originale cars, many of which display our not quite correct club logos. The answer is that Scuderia Non Originale™ (SNO) was founded by a group of Alfisti in October of 2004, at the annual Concorso Italiano in Monterey, California. The charter members are from the San Francisco Bay Area, mostly in the region south of San Francisco widely known as Silicon Valley. They include three engineers (Tom Sahines, Richard Lane and Ben Lamprecht), an auto parts manager and former Alfa mechanic (Steve Smith), a former Yahoo web wizard who now works for the government (Ted Williams), and retired business owner (Gary Williams).

Cars include a wide variety of Italian fun machines, from Alfas to Maseratis. The list includes a Ferrari 275 GTB, a Ghibli, an assortment of Giuliettas, Giulias, Junior Zagatos, Milanos, Alfettas, 164s, and an ever-growing list of other Italian sports cars and motorcycles. We’ve even got the one and only Stovebolt HWM racer, not an Alfa, but very much connected to Alfa’s racing history. For photos of member cars please look under the “Category” heading in the left menu. You’ll find several pages filled with pictures and stories.

You might say that we’re restomoders with a sense of humor and a bit of attitude. A motto for the group was proposed years ago: Andiamo Lesti Fumando Assai (We go fast, making much smoke!). Some would like to see us adopt a less deprecatory motto. Others think Andiamo Lentamente Fumando Assai is more appropriate (We go slowly, spewing smoke). This entry shows the high intellectual level of the group and has promise: Veni Vidi Veloce (I came, I saw, I went fast). Thanks to Greg Gordon for that one. We’ll keep you posted regarding any late-breaking decisions from the rules committee, once we appoint one, but since we don’t like NO rules and we don’t hold NO meetings, it may take a few more years to make a decision.

On the other hand, if enough of us congregate at Concorso Italiano one fine August, and those who can’t attend weigh in via e-mail, we might just eventually select a motto.

Sincerely,
Gary Williams
Founding Director of Scuderia Non Originale™

To contact us: SNO at gwandrw dot com

How to join

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Order SNO stickers

Scuderia Non Originale™ (SNO) — Membership List

Posted by Gary on June 29, 2014

Posted in: SCUDERIA NON ORIGINALE™ (SNO). Tagged: Anna-Louise Felstead, Members of SNO, Scuderia NO members, Scuderia Non Originale, Scuderia Non Originale Membership List, SNO (Scuderia Non Originale), SNO members, Who's in SNO.

“It would be a drab world without meaningless social aggregations. There would be a lot fewer smiles.” — Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Please note that ALL members are Scuderia Non Originale (SNO) Directors. Our impressive titles come with no authority, no responsibilities, and absolutely nothing to direct. That makes SNO Director an almost ideal job. Ideal would be if we all got paid. Hmm, maybe we need to find a lobbyist.

Charter Members:
Steve Smith, Founding Director, California, aka: NorCal Steve
Ted Williams, Founding Director of Exploding Drive Lines and Freeway Spins, California
Ben Lamprecht, Founding Director, California
Richard Lane, Founding Director, Maserati Branch, California
Tom Sahines, California, Founding Director of Worldwide Technical Advice, California
Gary Williams, Founding Director, Washington

General Membership:
(Alfa-betically by type of car)

Alfa Romeo
Antonio, Director Italian Branch
Tom Hardy, California
John Lewis, the World
Richard Banks, England, Director U.K. Branch
Max Banks, England
Carl Liebold, California, Direttore di Moto (Director, Italian Motorcycle Branch)
Joe Cantrell, Director, Oregon Branch
Benjamin Kaupp, California
Jeffrey Zurschmeide, Oregon
Rick DuPuy, California
Scott Fisher, Oregon
Peter Nitoglia, California
Greig Smith, Director South Africa Branch
Brian Berger, Director Ohio Branch
Joe Kollman, Oregon
Wes Ingram, Director Washington Branch
Phil Sykes, California
Augie Barone, California
Charles Pernot, Director The Kingdom of The Netherlands Branch
Mike Mason, Washington, Director, Stunt Flying & Wing Walking – Mason Wing Walking Academy

Mike Mason with 14-year-old son Weston on the wing.

Mike with wife Marilyn on the wing.

Mike Mason exercising his Stearman over Washington’s Olympic Peninsula.

Raimon Esman, The Netherlands
Paul Albertson, Oregon
Ahmet Tuncay, California
Michele Muller, California, Director of Jazz
Jim Steck, Ohio, Director of World Land Speed Records
Greg Nelson, California
Bruce Colby, California
Ken Knehr, Director Virginia Branch
Scott Potter, Director Texas Alfa Branch
Russ Neely, Director Oklahoma Branch, in memoriam
Brian Shorey, Director Massachusetts Branch
Bob Harris, Director Kansas Branch
Steve Smith II, California, aka: SoCal Steve
Ed Prytherych, Director South Carolina Branch
Clive Innes, England
Grant “Santa” Miller, California, Director of Christmas
Ian Hyland, Director Australia Branch
Keven MacGowan, California
Jeff LaTourrette, California
Michael Williams, California
Ken Dobson, California
Uwe Reuter, Director, German Branch
Simon Taylor, England, Director, Vintage Sports Racing Branch
Rex Chalmers, Director, Wisconsin Branch
Norberto Bechini, Director, Argentina Branch
Randy Lee, California
Ron Taylor, Australia
Bob & Gale Gordon, Oregon
Robert Bobardt, Germany
Edgar Jessop, England, Ghost Writer
Andy Kress, Director of High Performance, Massachusetts
Jeff McNeil, California
Grant Hendricks, California
Gordy Hyde, Washington
Graham Allan, Director, New Zealand Branch
Tom Badain, U.K., Branch Director, Post 1995 Model Alfas
Ronan Glon, Director, Utah Branch
David French, Director, Canadian Branch
Bryan Biggers, California
Jim Neill, aka “Papajam,” Director, New Jersey Branch
Rick Wrench, California
Robert Landman, Virginia
Patrick Ma, California, Director of Cool James Bondish Outdoor Adventure Gear (motusworld )
Gary Williams, Too, Director, South Wales Branch, U.K.
Greg Gordon, Texas
Stu & Shirley Moss, Oregon
Chris van Durren, The Netherlands
George Schweikle, Director, Kentucky Branch
Damian Magista, Oregon
Gordon Raymond, Director, Illinois Branch
Steve Goddard, United Kingdom
Bruce Sharer, Director, North Carolina Branch
Rev. Graham Middleton, Director, Northern Ireland Branch, U.K.
Pekka Rossi, Director, Finland Branch
Clay Leopold, New Jersey
Bob Hoye, Director British Columbia Chapter, Canada
Ed Seymour, United Kingdom
Sami Luomaranta, Finland
Wes Greydanus, Washington
Rob Carter, Ontario, Canada
Damon Ladson, Director, Maryland Branch
Alex Sandor Csank, Director, Montreal, Quebec
Doug Paraschuk, Ontario, Canada
David (aka: davebert), California
Simon Mestas, Director, World’s Best Alfa Forum
John Zuccaro, FBI Director, Maryland (FBI = Full-Blooded Italian)
Hans Milo, Director Georgia Chapter
Garry Jamieson, South Africa
Harlen Hadley, Virginia
Jay Mackro, California
Luke Wreyford, Australia
David Mitchell, Australia
Patrick Hung, California, Taiwan, Costa Rica; Director Taiwan & Costa Rica Branches
Jim Barrett, California
The Ecurie Ecrappe Racing Team
Roger Dilts, Oregon
Rolf Skala, British Columbia, Canada
Chris Packard, Massachusetts
Joel Stein, Director, Florida Branch
Stephan Protzen, Director, New Mexico Branch
Glenn Ackerman, California
Brandy Elitch, California
Derek Boycks, California
Jon Burningham, California
Rod McNae, Washington
Steve Cleveland, Director, New York Branch
Paul Nieman, Texas
James Weber, Georgia
Larry Smith, Director, Alabama Branch
Bob Farace, Director, Connecticut Branch
Doug Bender, California
Larry Jones, California
Jerry Quinlisk, Director, Tennessee Branch
Jacob Haagerup, Director Danish Branch
Lee Hayes, Australia
Ray Gulson, Australia
Jesse DaSilva, California
Edward DeMayo, California
Nick Chinetti, Florida
Terry Rushbrook, Massachusetts
Ted Byra, Illinois
Aaron Wyeth, Australia
Ross Gallichotte, California
Richard Damm, Illinois
Mike Charlsson, Director Switzerland Branch
Ken Lee, Ontario, Canada
Rick Adams, California
Jeff Lang, Director Arkansas Branch
Ian Hacker, California
John Hacker, California
Robert Hui, Oregon
Eldridge Moses, South Africa
Chuck Lipper, Georgia
Ian Lomax, Oregon
Michael Gallagher, California
Fabio, Director Veneto Region, Italy
Pat Hood, Washington
Robert Hutt, California
Francisco Moreno, Director, Barcelona Region, Spain
Luke Dolkas, Oregon, Director of Color and official frame shop in the Pacific Northwest (www.lukeart.com)
David Rice, Director, Cook County, Illinois
Jonathan Collier, Director, New Zealand
Ben Musu, Director, Australia
Angelo Latridis, Director, California
Adam Calandrello, Director, Australia
Rik Zuurbier, Director, the Netherlands
Thomas Nilsen, Director Norway Branch
James Caldwell, Director, Iowa Branch
Tom Lesko, Director, Massachusetts
Jim Lehman, Director, Finger Lakes Region, New York
Stuart Waller, Director, England
Lynd Lowe, Director, England
David Pardo, Director, Oregon
Darrell Arnold, Director, Kansas
Jesper Jensen, Director Denmark Branch
Steve Meunier, Director, Oregon
Keith Martin, Director, Oregon, Director of Vintage Values & Historical Relevance (http://www.sportscarmarket.com)
Alvaro Seco, Director, Galicia Region, Spain
Larry Duthie, Director, Washington State
George Willet, Director, Arizona
Ken Portz, Director, Colorado
Dave Carnahan, Director, California
Wilf Caron, Director, Gabriola Island Branch, BC Canada
Bill Miller, Director, Perth, Western Australia Branch
Karl Huybrechts, Director Belgium Branch
Stuart Jones, Director, England
Gary Joiner, Director, Georgia
Steve Crowley, Director, Illinois
James Romeo, Director, California
Robert Kirkpatrick, Director, Arizona
Jesper Rasmussen, Director, Denmark
Norm Thomas, Director, Tennessee
Steve Belinge, Washington, Director of Converted Beemer Owners Branch
Richard Springett, Director, Tokyo Branch, Japan
John Parenteau, Director, Vermont Branch
James Enloe, Director, Iowa
Ian Lane, Director, Australia
Bob Mouck, Director, Texas
TJ Noto, California, Director & Chief Gearhead, Gearheadexchange.net
Ken Kottke, Director, Wisconsin
Peter Inshaw, Director, California
Lionel Swanepoel, Director, South Africa
Mike Kimball, Director, California
Roger Harmon, Director, West Point Virginia
David Raab, Director, Pennsylvania
Dominic Dadino, Director, United Kingdom
Andy Bock, Director, Vancouver Island, BC
Alex Jordan, Director, California
Christopher Mahoney, Director, Pennsylvania
Sam Isernia, Director, Montreal, Canada
Jorge Gatica, Director, Canberra, Australia
Jeff Kasten, Director, California
Simon Johnson, Director, Brighton, United Kingdom
Ron Calkins, Director, Washington
Kev Rowles, Director, Derby, United Kingdom
Neil Martin, Director, California
Matt Moffitt, Director, Virginia
José Vicente Vargas, Director, Bogotá, Colombia
Yves Boulanger, Director, Montreal, Canada
Dave Severance, Director, New Hampshire
Barney Marinelli, Director, California
Gary Tree, Director, Wisconsin
Raymond Smith, Director, Oklahoma
Todd Fiebig, Director, Washington
Steve Scrofani, Director, Melbourne, Australia
Ray Smith, Director, Oklahoma
Sid Smith, Director of Mysterious Origins
Robert Hopp, Director, Florida
Daniel Rhodes, Director, California
Chris Benny, Director, Washington
Erik Egbertson, Director, Massachusetts
Chris Berry, Director, Washington State – owner of Prova Motorsports
Steve Fields, Director, California
Dan Marvin, Director of Machine Shop Wizardry, California Norman Racing Group
Mark Peterson, Director, Idaho
Sander Bots, Director, United Kingdom
Jonathan Glazebrook, Director, California

Bizzarrini
Frank Howell, Director Georgia Bizzarrini Branch

DeTomaso
Rod Turner, Director Australia DeTomaso Branch
Michael Fagan, Director California DeTomaso Branch
Al Chelini, Director, California
David Adin, Director Colorado DeTomaso Branch
Garth Rodericks, Director, California
Mark McWhinney, Director, California
Ray Gulson, Director, Australia
Asa Jay Laughton, Director Washington State Branch

Fiat & Abarth
Bruce Sharer, Director, North Carolina Fiat Branch
Lee Putman, Director, Illinois Fiat Branch
Mike Bouse, Director, Michigan Fiat Branch
Michael Louviere, Director Iowa Fiat Branch
Jacob Haagerup, Director Danish Fiat Branch
Ronald “Scott” Poling, Director, Michigan
Dave Nicholson, Director, Indiana Fiat Branch
Chuck Lipper, Director Georgia Fiat Branch
Tony Miracle, Director, Michigan
Chris and Mayuko Saul, Directors, California Fiat Branch
Trent Liles, Director Oregon Fiat Branch
James Romeo, Director, California
Richard Springett, Director, Rome Fiat-Abarth Branch, Italy
Mark Ost, Director, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Tom & Cathy Nyren, Directors, California
Steve Scrofani, Director, Melbourne, Australia

Ferrari
Russ Turner, Director Texas Ferrari Branch
Al Chelini, Director California Ferrari Branch
Bruce Sharer, Director, North Carolina Ferrari Branch
Brian Harper, Director, California
John Schlichting, Director, Arizona Ferrari Branch
Gordon Raymond, Director Illinois Ferrari Branch
Ray Gulson, Director Australia Ferrari Branch
Ross Gallichotte, Director, California
Lynn Farrar, Director, California
Sami Luomaranta, Director Finland Ferrari Branch
Larry Felton, Director, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Bob Trzeciak, Director, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Cathy & Tom Nyren, Directors, California
Daniel Rhodes, Director, California

Lancia
Ronan Glon, Director, Utah Lancia Branch
Andy Schor, Director, Pennsylvania Lancia Branch
Harlen Hadley, Director, Virginia Lancia Branch
Chris Packard, Director, Massachusetts Lancia Branch
Lee Putman, Director, Illinois Lancia Branch
Stephan Protzen, Director, New Mexico Lancia Branch
Edward Levin, Director, California Lancia Branch
Shaun Pond, Director, California
Ian Hacker, Director, California
John Hacker, Director, California
Robert Hopp, Director, Florida

Maserati
Richard Lane, Director California Maserati Branch
Brian Shorey, Director Massachusetts Maserati Branch
Brandy Elitch, Director, California
Ray Gulson, Director Australia Maserati Branch

Moretti
Joel Stein, Director Florida Moretti Branch

Motorcycles
Carl Liebold, California, Direttore di Moto (Director, Italian Motorcycle Branch)
Richard Lane, Director, California
Patrick Ma, Director, California
Scott Potter, Director, Texas
Ken Portz, Director, Colorado
Brian Harper, Director, California
Pekka Rossi, Director, Finland
Larry Felton, Director, Virginia Beach,Virginia
Sid Smith, Director

Porsche

Gary Williams, Founding Director, Washington
Jonathan Glazebrook, Director, California

Random Act of Kindness List (Maybe not Italian vehicles, but they are oh so SNO)
Joe Cantrell, Honda S2000 … which proudly wears its SNO stickers

To contact us: SNO at gwandrw dot com

How to join

See the membership list

Order SNO stickers

Scuderia Non Originale™, Join Us

Posted by Gary on June 24, 2014

Posted in: SCUDERIA NON ORIGINALE™ (SNO). Tagged: Become Scuderia Non Originale Member, Become SNO Director, Join Scuderia Non Originale, Join SNO, Scuderia Non Originale, Scuderia Non Originale Membership List. 6 comments

“It would be a drab world without meaningless social aggregations. There would be a lot fewer smiles.” — Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Joining SNO is easy … and the price is right

There are only two requirements to belong to this group:
(1) You must be more enamored with Italian cars than is emotionally or financially healthy, and
(2) You must not be offended by fellow enthusiasts who change the wheels on their cars, modify mechanical systems, or make other changes, such as painting their cars non-stock colors.

Other than the two points noted above, there are NO rules, NO meetings, NO dues, NO activities, and NO reasons for joining.

At the risk of being redundant, we want to emphasize that by joining SNO, you are acknowledging you will pay NO dues, attend NO meetings, receive NO newsletters, and will refrain from mocking non-originale Alfas and other Italian sporting machines … at least not openly.

Next, send an e-mail to : SNO at gwandrw dot com.

In your message, state that you accept our membership rules and — though you have no idea why — you’d like to become a member. Be sure to include your name, city, state, country, and Italian fun machines you own. If you want to attach a digital photo or two, we’ll put them on the web site.

You have lots of Directors. What do they do
and how can I become one?

Every member is a SNO Director. As such, SNO Directors have have NO authority, NO responsibilities, and NO pay. However, if you are the first from your state, country, continent, planet, or whatever criterion we randomly apply, you may be named your area’s Director, making your title even longer and more impressive. Again, we have nothing to direct except our individual addictions to Italian sporting machines, we just like handing out titles.