Aerodynamic Alfa SS at Speed
1939 Alfa Romeo 6C SS 2500 Race prepared Superleggera (super light) Coupe' by Touring of Milan.
This is the last of five racing Alfa Romeo 6Cs fitted with Alfa’s most powerful 120bhp Tipo 256 racing engine which were built in 1939 under the direction of Enzo Ferrari, who had directed Alfa Romeo racing for years (you will see the Ferrari 'prancing horse' on racing Alfas throughout the 30s), It’s a racecar underneath. It’s configured inside for the 1940 Mille Miglia, so its got all the racing gear; engine, suspension and it has a Lusso body. Its also the first or second Alfa in the world to have a radio in it. From an era where you could buy a car, drive it off the lot, straight to the track, with expectation of serious possibility of winning (depending on your driving skills (craziness helped).
First built with a Super Sport Spyder Corsa body for amateur driver Gian Moria Cornaggia Medici, this Alfa placed in eight races in 1939 as well as the Mille Miglia in 1940. In 1941 it was sold to its second owner, race car driver Guseppa Guidiri di Pietro Giorgio. Not overly enamored with the car’s performance, he commissioned a new lightweight body from Touring of Milan and the two year old open racing car became a road going coupe. This car had ten Italian owners before its current owner, David B. Smith of Medina, Washington, bought it in 2012 and he has now restored it to its 1941 Touring Coupe configuration in its original color.
Alfa Romeo had been taken over by the Italian government in 1933, and in coming years the company concentrated on aircraft engines and military supplies for the disastrous war in Africa, trying to colonize Ethiopia.
We forget that ALFA built trucks, buses and even limos in the pre-war days. The six-cylinder engines grew gradually through the 1930s but retained their outstanding power-to-weight ratio and reputation for durability, being very successful in competition.
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Aerodynamic Alfa SS at Speed
1939 Alfa Romeo 6C SS 2500 Race prepared Superleggera (super light) Coupe' by Touring of Milan.
This is the last of five racing Alfa Romeo 6Cs fitted with Alfa’s most powerful 120bhp Tipo 256 racing engine which were built in 1939 under the direction of Enzo Ferrari, who had directed Alfa Romeo racing for years (you will see the Ferrari 'prancing horse' on racing Alfas throughout the 30s), It’s a racecar underneath. It’s configured inside for the 1940 Mille Miglia, so its got all the racing gear; engine, suspension and it has a Lusso body. Its also the first or second Alfa in the world to have a radio in it. From an era where you could buy a car, drive it off the lot, straight to the track, with expectation of serious possibility of winning (depending on your driving skills (craziness helped).
First built with a Super Sport Spyder Corsa body for amateur driver Gian Moria Cornaggia Medici, this Alfa placed in eight races in 1939 as well as the Mille Miglia in 1940. In 1941 it was sold to its second owner, race car driver Guseppa Guidiri di Pietro Giorgio. Not overly enamored with the car’s performance, he commissioned a new lightweight body from Touring of Milan and the two year old open racing car became a road going coupe. This car had ten Italian owners before its current owner, David B. Smith of Medina, Washington, bought it in 2012 and he has now restored it to its 1941 Touring Coupe configuration in its original color.
Alfa Romeo had been taken over by the Italian government in 1933, and in coming years the company concentrated on aircraft engines and military supplies for the disastrous war in Africa, trying to colonize Ethiopia.
We forget that ALFA built trucks, buses and even limos in the pre-war days. The six-cylinder engines grew gradually through the 1930s but retained their outstanding power-to-weight ratio and reputation for durability, being very successful in competition.
COMMENTS & INVITATIONS with AWARD BANNERS will be respectfully DELETED!