This is how she looks like - my secret love, since I've
seen here for the first time ! That was about 12 years ago, when I saw
a 128 §p for the first time in my life. It took some time until I
got the occasion to see the car from a close position and to identify the
exact type. Unfortunately I had to find out that these cars already at
that time could not be found for sale at every street corner.
When I made myself clear that I've got to move my ass
for some hundred kilometres to find a usable car od this type, I suffered
from a certain lack of money. When late I had enough money, there was a
lack of a suitable place for depot in winter. Now this problem is also
solved, so I own this car since April 2000.
I found this vehicle in the city of Bielefeld. There it
stood for rather two year completely dusty in a garage. The owner worked
on another project, a 850 Spider, therefore he had no real idea any more
what to do with the Berlinetta.
The owner is orignated on the same country as these cars
and bought the 3p in 1994 on home vacations.
I suppose that the long stay in more appealing climate
limited the corrosion to a tolerable extent.
Furthermore driving this car is a real adventure - narrow,
loud, tough, force-feedback-steering, a car for real men and women !! That's
how it was 25 years ago. But when you nowadays want a car with this gorgeous
look, where you even can see from inside where the front end of the car
is, then you have to realize that you cannot simply go to your local dealer
and that you have to put an very old car into your garage.
And when you just want a car to distiguish from the mainstream,
you have no other chance than buying a rather old car except you are able
to spent some 100000 dollars.
Everything could have been so very nice, but unfortunately
the car was more corroded than it looked like in a part which is important
for stability. After a strong braking parts of de body where the left stabilisator
is conncted just broke ! The resulting damage was too difficult for my
modest welding abilities. Therefore I sold the car.
