Looking for a reputable shop in So-California
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Coupefan
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Well, there was Cosmo's Sport Cars in Irvine. While he specialized in Ferrari and Lambo, he took care of a few customers who also happened to have X1/9s in their stable. He's semi-retired now. I don't believe he is taking any new customers, but may be wrong. About a hour north of you is Alfa Italia in Burbank. I've used them quite a bit over the years. But that's a good hours drive with no traffic, straight up I5. They're right off the freeway.
Went through the documents that came with the car...
Anybody heard of Ital Meccancia in Huntington Beach? I have records for the car at this shop from 1982 all the way to 2003. This shop must know my X inside and out.
I looked them up online and theres no real info for this shop available. Does anybody have experience with Ital Meccanica? The receipts say "Fiat Lancia Alfa Romeo" but the web says all that + Volvo. So I wonder if they are still good with the Italian stuff.
Anybody heard of Ital Meccancia in Huntington Beach? I have records for the car at this shop from 1982 all the way to 2003. This shop must know my X inside and out.
I looked them up online and theres no real info for this shop available. Does anybody have experience with Ital Meccanica? The receipts say "Fiat Lancia Alfa Romeo" but the web says all that + Volvo. So I wonder if they are still good with the Italian stuff.
Ricardo Borja
el moco
my experience with italMeccanica
This shop is located just next block to my office and almost all the time I pass at front to them.
Many years ago I was need to adjust the timing on my X and they told me they don't have the tools to do it?
a couple years ago I went to ask for rebuilt my engine and they make a quote for over $4,000.00 ...
(Maybe I talked with the wrong person, I tought I asked to the owner he was an old Italian guy who speaks perfect Spanish & English.)
Since long time ago i didn't see any FIAT or ALFA surround this shop, just volvo's and right now they restoring an old VW bug?
That's why I prefer to tow my X and go to MARK ALLISONS shop on UPLAND CA
I'm very happy with his job here some images
http://trazia.com/x19/engine.html
you can get the address on his web page
www.allisonsautomotive.com
I heard about snow motors and many friends recomended to me this shop in Orange CA, maybe next time...
Snow's Foreign Car Service
(714) 538-1868
324 W Chapman Ave, Orange, CA 92866
Ricardo
X19/79
www.trazia.com/x19
This shop is located just next block to my office and almost all the time I pass at front to them.
Many years ago I was need to adjust the timing on my X and they told me they don't have the tools to do it?
a couple years ago I went to ask for rebuilt my engine and they make a quote for over $4,000.00 ...
(Maybe I talked with the wrong person, I tought I asked to the owner he was an old Italian guy who speaks perfect Spanish & English.)
Since long time ago i didn't see any FIAT or ALFA surround this shop, just volvo's and right now they restoring an old VW bug?
That's why I prefer to tow my X and go to MARK ALLISONS shop on UPLAND CA
I'm very happy with his job here some images
http://trazia.com/x19/engine.html
you can get the address on his web page
www.allisonsautomotive.com
I heard about snow motors and many friends recomended to me this shop in Orange CA, maybe next time...
Snow's Foreign Car Service
(714) 538-1868
324 W Chapman Ave, Orange, CA 92866
Ricardo
X19/79
www.trazia.com/x19
Coupefan
True Classic
4:45? That seems to imply I left work a little early or something (looking over shoulder). The story? The car was bought off of a used car lot in Reseda in 1988. It was a trade in by the original owner. It had this truly repulsive dual tone brown-beige paint job. The car was originally grey from the factory. One oddity worth mentioning: The original owners manual was still with the car. There was a small sticker placed on the cover with a message that read something to the effect of 'this car has been subjected to flooding or water damage.' Does that mean it got swamped coming over on the boat? I never saw any evidence of water damage or flooding.
Anyway, I bought the car for a then girlfriend. Big mistake :rolleyes2:. Her ability to shift gears could best be compared to a tree shredder attempting to digest a steel spike ridden tree. Even as she drove around the corner and out of sight, some extrasensory perception caused me to wince, knowing full well that one or more gears had just gone through the puree cycle. Her parking abilities were even less stellar. Apparently, one day, she decided to accessorize the car with a mail box. That X had a perfect body before the passenger door skin caved in. At least the color matched. Did I mention the car had been painted several months before this? She chose a dark metallic teal, as was popular on those IROC Cameros at the time. This was paint job number three if you're counting.
Later that year, the car sustained two break-ins. In both cases, the radio and speakers were stolen. The speakers, mounted by the roll up window handles, were of course ripped out from the door panels. Was it too hard to actually lock the doors sometime?
Finally, one dark cold winter day, as she was pulling away, I became a witness to transmission self destruction. I remember a huge splash of gearbox oil hitting the pavement, and a little steam rising from a patch on water on the pavement (or was I just getting teary eyed?).
Enough was enough. As far as she was concerned, the car was cursed. I 'bought' it off of her (hey, didn't I buy this thing in the first place?!?). I had the transmission rebuilt by Cosmo's Sports Car in Irvine. She got the boot around New Years 1989 :woot:. I happily drove the car as a daily driver for the next several years. It finally got the yellow paint you see now back in 2006. I'm still working on the interior.
Anyway, I bought the car for a then girlfriend. Big mistake :rolleyes2:. Her ability to shift gears could best be compared to a tree shredder attempting to digest a steel spike ridden tree. Even as she drove around the corner and out of sight, some extrasensory perception caused me to wince, knowing full well that one or more gears had just gone through the puree cycle. Her parking abilities were even less stellar. Apparently, one day, she decided to accessorize the car with a mail box. That X had a perfect body before the passenger door skin caved in. At least the color matched. Did I mention the car had been painted several months before this? She chose a dark metallic teal, as was popular on those IROC Cameros at the time. This was paint job number three if you're counting.
Later that year, the car sustained two break-ins. In both cases, the radio and speakers were stolen. The speakers, mounted by the roll up window handles, were of course ripped out from the door panels. Was it too hard to actually lock the doors sometime?
Finally, one dark cold winter day, as she was pulling away, I became a witness to transmission self destruction. I remember a huge splash of gearbox oil hitting the pavement, and a little steam rising from a patch on water on the pavement (or was I just getting teary eyed?).
Enough was enough. As far as she was concerned, the car was cursed. I 'bought' it off of her (hey, didn't I buy this thing in the first place?!?). I had the transmission rebuilt by Cosmo's Sports Car in Irvine. She got the boot around New Years 1989 :woot:. I happily drove the car as a daily driver for the next several years. It finally got the yellow paint you see now back in 2006. I'm still working on the interior.
