Friends: Presenting a historical perspective of my background with Autodelta and Ing. Carlo Chiti has been on my 'bucket list' for about four decades! I took a series of archival photographs back in the 1970s knowing full well that the time would come when I would have the time to properly tell the story about what I had witnessed and learned.
Of course, there was no Internet back then until Al Gore decided to hijack the Defense Department system and call it his own invention... The site is available today for viewing at http://www.RobertLittle.US You are welcome to visit and enjoy the history and the tradition we all feel and treasure in our own GTVs, Spiders, and Berlina cars, etc. "Inside the Walls" - First Autodelta Images in 42 Years ....is a serialized three part format that photographically traces the inner pulse of Autodelta and Carlo Chiti using never before seen archival images I captured in the 1970s....the only person known to have ever been given permission to photograph "Inside the Walls" by the Directore Generale himself. Part One is now open to view. Parts Two and Three will appear as those images are published around the Alfa Romeo enthusiast world after first running in the Alfa Owner magazine here in the united States. These images have been in my protective care and custody for over four decades....Portello and Arese personnel have never seen them nor have those persons ever been allowed to visit the Settimo Milanese Autodelta facilities ...nor has anyone from the Museo Storico ever been allowed to enter behind the walls. These images are the sole set of archival images showing the birth and manufacture of the T-33 series of prototypes and of course the production-based racing vehicles such as the GTA and Montreal. And all of you are seeing them all for the first time today. There is a separate photographic essay on "Autodelta Assaults LeMans" from the 1972 race and a deeply personal "Carlo Chiti Rememberances" feature as we approach the 20th anniversary of his passing on July 7th. Join with me in "Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Autodelta and Ing. Carlo Chiti" by visiting and be sure to lend your reminiscent thoughts and comments to the Guestbook page. This is Your History and Your Tradition. Pass It On. Regards, Robert Little New York -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
