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Country of origin:Italy
Produced in:1948
Numbers built:3
Designed by:Motto
Author:Wouter Melissen
Last updated:March 19, 2010
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danese
06-24-2010
 Thanks for the wonderful article about the Nardi-Danese Alfa Romeo Roadster.

My name is Danese Cooper and my Dad was Gordon Cooper who you referenced in the last section. His car was the 948-11, and he actually named me (his first child) after the car (Danese, not 948-11). As you can imagine, it has always held a special place in my heart.

I remember it in our garage when I was a little girl, but in the early 60s he sold it to Mr. Chinetti to buy the land his business sat on. I got to see it again at Laguna Seca 25 years later when Mr. Lugo was restoring it for the Mille Miglia and asked Dad if he still had the original grille (and steering wheel), both of which had hung in our garage forever. I have a picture of me sitting one of the bicycle fenders and one of Dad smiling next to "the Alfa" (as we called it). When my Dad passed away, we used one of the lovely pictures Motor Trend shot of him at the wheel on the switchbacks by our house for his memorial.

There are quite a few pictures of Dad and Mom and the Alfa on my Flickr account at http://www.flickr.com/photos/danesecooper/sets/72157603664214719/

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