Photos; Robert Millinghausen

For 69 years, some of the finest antique and classic automobiles in the country have made their way to New Hope, Pennsylvania to be judged for authenticity, originality, cleanliness, and condition. Over the years, The New Hope Automobile Show has drawn up to 10,000 people over the two-day show, all looking to see and appreciate the design and technology of automobile manufacturers from all over the world.  This is a two-day show. Saturday is for domestic cars and Sunday is for imports.  Sunday the foreign car day and was attended by members of the DVAROC and the AROC NJ chapters.  Volunteer judges from both DVAROC and AROC NJ for the New Hope Car Show attend a pre-show meeting to review the judging rules and procedures. Each vehicle is scored on a point scale in closed and open car classes across four categories: exterior, interior, engine compartment, and chassis. Judges assess both originality and overall condition, then use the final scores to select first, second, and third-place winners.  Chief judge, NJ Chapter President Enrico Ciabattoni along with Richard Reina NJ Chapter member Paul Mitchell, and Delaware Valley Chapter member John Palumbo.

OPEN CARS

First place, open cars: 1963 Giulia Spider, owned by Bill Beccone

Second place, open cars: 1991 Spider, owned by Bob Cooley

Third place, open cars: 1987 Spider Quadrifoglio, owned by Jeff Brown

CLOSED CARS

First place, closed cars: 1991 164 sedan, owned by Bill DiPrima

Second place, closed cars: 1972 GT Junior, owned by Quinn deMenna

Third place, closed cars: 1989 Milano Verde sedan, owned by Maurice Arcangeli

Thanks to everyone coming out on an incredibly hot afternoon and to the volunteer judges.  It was a banner year turn out of Alfa Romeo’s at New Hope where there were more beautiful Alfa’s than any other mark!

Alfa Romeo category is Sunday August 9 . You can also enter your car for Saturday , cars of Fifties , Cars of Sixties, Cars of Seventies etc.

The 2026 Lime Rock Historic Vintage Festival 44 is going to be a very special and exciting event on the east coast as Alfa Romeo is the featured marque. DVAROC along with several other local chapters AROCNJ, CTARO, AONE, HVAROC, have been working with the leadership of Lime Rock Park to make this an absolutely amazing event for all our AROC members.

Lime Rock Park put together the flyer below which is a special invitation for AROC members and includes special discount pricing and exclusive parking for AROC members.

Sunday in the Park Participate – Lime Rock Park

The event has evolved into a spring tradition that features a family-friendly atmosphere with an exquisite display of local cars, trucks, and motorcycles, exciting activities, participating businesses and organizations, entertainment, great food featuring a pulled pork and best pizza contest, and lots of outdoor fun! 

Eight Alfas, classic and modern, a fantastic turnout of Alfa Romeo’s.  When was the last time you were at a car show where the Alfas outnumbered every other marque?

The DVAROC Spring Tech Session was held on April 11 along with a great turn out of chapter members and members of our neighbor chapter, Central Pennsylvania Alfa Romeo Owners Club. Domenic deMenna and Andy Kaufman (CPAROC) demonstrated front end alignment for a classic Alfa, specifically a 1972 GT Junior. The alignment tech session was presented with 1960 through 1970’s vintage alignment equipment (Bear – Automotive).

May 15-16, 2026

Last year the CPAROC had almost 50 Alfas gathered around their tent. AROC-NJ also has members planning to caravan to this year’s event.  This should be a fun event also for DVAROC members to join in with our neighbor chapters.

Faulkner will again provide a lovely BBQ lunch with Chef Christopher cooking and serving the delicacies for all Alfa club members. If you have never attended this event, you really should! It is Import car nirvana! They will have their customary club talk, club swag available for purchase, and our fabulous fund raiser raffle. Arrive early and stay late. Some folks even grab one of the many hotel rooms available near to the fairgrounds. It is best to register online as this allows Carlisle to plan and allot us all the space that we will need. It also helps Chef Christoper determine how much food to bring for the BBQ. The “Gate-n-Go” pre-registration provides you a windshield sticker that allows for direct entrance into the Show field, and other goodies.

Note: March 23rd is the deadline for Gate-n-Go pre-registration. When on the web site, click on Register for the Show, then click on Non-Judged Show field (most of us choose this option) then answer the questions with your car information. Then, on the Import and Performance Club drop-down menu, you will find Alfa Romeo Owners of Central Pennsylvania.

Join in the fun, Finally, bring a chair!  Follow link for more information.

https://carlisleevents.com/events/events-detail/index?id=import+and+performance+national

Alfisti, 

Our Summer Picnic and Rally at Ridley Creek State Park in July was a lot of fun.  Dan Shimberg won the coveted DVAROC Driver of the Year award with his skillful mastering of the challenging rally course.  Congratulations, Dan!

It was great to see a number of new faces.  I had a chance to learn a bit about Land Rovers as well as get some insider tips on Scotland.  I want to thank Bill Conway, Ellen Torpey and the Bossongs for all their help in supplying food, drinks and set-up.  Much appreciated!!!

​And now, for some upcoming events:

Sunday, August 10 – New Hope Auto Show – New Hope High School, New Hope PA

This Bucks County institution continues again this year.  It’s a two day event, but Sunday is Alfa Romeo day.  It’s the only car show I know of that features a specific class for Alfa Romeos.  Shine you Alfa, spend the day, bring home a trophy!  For more information and to register, go to: New Hope Auto Show

Skippack Cars and Cigars – August 17, September 21 – Parc Bistro, Skippack PA

Cars and Cigars at Skippack is back up and running.  It’s a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon among some interesting vehicles.  

Lime Rock Historic Festival #43 – August 28 – September 1 – Lime Rock Park, Lakeville CT

It might be a bit of a drive, but this is one fabulous event to attend.  Some of the finest vintage race cars will attend and there will be great racing on Saturday and Monday.  On Sunday, the track goes quiet but will be filled up with 1.5 miles of cars of every marque on display.  For more information, go to: Historic Festival #43  Hint – If you can’t make it this year, you really should put it on your calendar for next year when Alfa Romeo will be featured!

Radnor Concours – September 5-7 – Radnor PA

The Radnor Concours has been going on for 28 years now and is one of the east coast’s premier car shows.  The three day event culminates with the awards on Sunday.  For more information, go to: Radnor Concours

AROC National Convention – September 17-21 – Chicago IL

The national AROC convention is being held in Chicago this year.  For more information, go to: AROC Convention

Alfas at the Glen – September 19-21 – Watkins Glen NY

Alfa Romeos, and other vintage race cars, will descend on Watkins Glen to test their mettle and make some beautiful noise.  In addition to racing at the track, there will be car corral for non-racing Alfas and a dinner.  Note that this event is different from the annual Vintage Grand Prix at the Glen, which happens September 4-7.  If you want to come, you need to get on the guest list – admission is free.  Contact me if you want to attend.  For more information, go to: Alfas at the Glen

One last thing – I haven’t heard anything about the Coatesville Vintage Grand Prix and their website seems to be static.  So, I assume no event this year.  Hopefully it will return next.

For more information about upcoming events, go here: DVAROC Events Calendar

Ciao!

bob

Come join us as the DVAROC visits the world-famous Simeone Foundation Car Museum in Philadelphia. Our own Jim Hanna will lead the tour and will provide interesting and entertaining background about each fabulous car on display. Plan to be there when it opens, at 10am. We’ll meet at the first car on display and will get started shortly after 10. See you there!

As a follow up to my last update, our events schedule for 2025 continues to develop.  Our next scheduled event is Simeone Museum Tour on February 8th.  It will be led by a, fellow club member and Alfa owner.  He’s given us the tour before and always does a wonderful job bringing color commentary to each car on display.  I hope you can join us for it.

In addition, another club member is working to organize another visit to the fabulous, and ever expanding, David Markel Collection.  Look for updates in the future for more details, once we lock that down.

As if that wasn’t enough, Faulkner Alfa Romeo of Willow Grove wants to host an event for us.  Tentatively, it’s scheduled for April 12th.  I could really use a club member to serve as contact person for this event.  So, if you have interest, please, please reach out to me.  

And speaking of help, I’m looking for someone in the club to begin taking over our website from me.  It’s not a lot of work, but I need to start the transition this year. 

And speaking of websites, our classifieds section has been updated with a beautiful ’92 Spider that’s been put up for sale.  It’s not too early to think of spring!

Finally, while not an Alfa exhibition, the Academy Art Museum in Easton Maryland has a very special Bugatti Exhibition that runs until April 13th.  So, if you’re looking for an excuse to take a road trip, here you go.

Oh, and one more thing.  If you think winter and Alfas don’t mix, you might want to reconsider.  The International Concours d’ Elegance at St. Moritz is not your typical Concurs.  Check out the 2023 version here: 2023 St. Moritz ICE (the 2024 version was cancelled due to too much snow!  If you want to go to this year’s version, there’s still time: 2025 St. Moritz ICE

We’re in the planning stages for a great 2025. Our first scheduled event is a tour of the Simeone museum on February 8th and should be a warm way to start thinking about the spring driving season.

In addition, we’ve put together a draft calendar for the year, that will continue to develop over the following weeks. To see it, go to our events page here: Events