The day my "onboro ALFA" would revive

In 1988 , just before I got married , I bought the Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV ( 1969 ) that I had been longing long time since I was a student.  From that time I have owned my Alfa Romeo for 30 years. After marriage until I got 2nd daughter , my Alfa Romeo played a very active role as a main family car for us.  Despite the air conditioner was not equipped , we often did long drive of 1 , 800km on return way to our home town , and also traveled with our 3 family members to lots of places. However , according to the increase of family members , such as having second and third kids , the places of the activity for Alfa Romeo were gradually decreased.  On occasion that we moved to Germany for my job from 1998 to 2002 , my Alfa Romeo hibernated for about 10 years in my friend's warehouse. After returning from Germany we had our own house in 2004 and built a garage for my Alfa Romeo by self-build one year later.   Then , finally my Alfa Romeo could com...

Hello , I am Takeshi.  I am living in Hiroshima , Japan with my wife and dog , and own 1969 Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV. ( I also own 1989 Renault 5 and 2007 Mazda 5. ) Over the 3 years from 2007 to 2010 , I repaired my Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV , which had been sleeping in a barn for 10 years , and recorded the progress of the repair on my blog written in Japanese.  Now I am thinking I would like to introduce my blog in English. I don ’ t even know why I think I want to translate my past blog to English.  Probably I myself wish to look back at the story of myself and my “ onboro ALFA ” again , and want to make a little more people know. By the way ,  I call my Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV "onboro ALFA".  The  “ onboro ”  is a Japanese word ,  it is similar to shabby in English I guess. My  “ onboro ALFA ”  that returned on the road in 2010 is singing the "Alfa sound" on the winding road today ,  and will always be on my si...