Alfa Romeo 1900 (1953)

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Participant in the last 6 Mille Miglia’s Mille Miglia Eligible Elegant aluminum ‘Superleggera’ coachwork by Carrozzeria Touring Milan, Italy Exquisite recent restoration to original specification of Grigio Marina Alfa Romeo built approximately 650 1900C Sprint Coupe’s, of which around 420 were bodied by Carrozzeria Touring Of the 420 Touring bodied cars there were 270 Series 1, Type 1 cars and 150 Series 1, Type 2 cars One of six Right Hand Drive examples ever made The Alfa Romeo story began in June 1910 when A.L.F.A. was founded in Milan, Italy. In 1915 Nicola Romeo took over the company. On February 3, 1918, with World War I slowly drawing to a close, the new company called Alfa Romeo was officially registered. In the early 1920’s Alfa Romeo quickly made a name for itself in motor racing. Drivers like Antonio Ascari and Enzo Ferrari won several races driving various Alfa Romeo race cars. In 1950, Alfa Romeo thought it was time to replace the glorious but now old pre-war 6C 2500 and to make a car keeping up with new technologies that now were proposing the body integrated into the chassis: a car, so to speak, modern. The Alfa Romeo 1900 was built between 1950 and 1959 and was the first entirely new post-war project of the company and the first Alfa Romeo with left-hand drive. The car was offered as a two door and a four door model and was one of the very first automobiles in the world to adopt radial tires. The heart, as in every Alfa Romeo, was the engine. It was powered by a new 1,884cc 4 cylinder twin cam engine. Alfa Romeo contracted Carrozzeria Touring to build a sports coupe version of the 1900 known as the 1900C Sprint and later 1900CS Sprint. Pinin Farina also built a coupe and cabriolet version of the 1900C. The 1900 remained in production through until 1959 and it was a great success for Alfa Romeo with 21,304 cars built. The sporting variants were built in very limited numbers. Alfa Romeo built approximately 650 1900C Sprint Coupe’s, of which around 420 were bodied by Carrozzeria Touring and 188 were bodied by Pinin Farina. Of the 420 Touring bodied cars there were 270 Series 1, Type 1 cars and 150 Series 1, Type 2 cars. The Touring bodied 1900CS Sprint were built in greater numbers with around 1,060 examples built. The Touring bodied cars were all ‘Superleggera’ construction with hand crafted aluminium panels wrapped around a tubular steel frame. ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC EXAMPLE This stunning First-series, right-hand drive Alfa 1900 C (C for Corto) Sprint Series 1 Type 1 by Carrozzeria Touring), is one of 270 examples ever built and one of just six Right Hand Drive examples ever built, making this an exceptionally rare 1900. The documentation on file from Centro Documentazione Alfa Romeo confirms this is a factory Right Hand Drive. The Alfa Romeo is finished in an attractive and original Grigio Marina with a lovely Black leather interior and Borrani wired wheels. This Alfa Romeo has been most of its life in Australia. The first known Australian owner was Mr. Colin Hyams and later Mr. Terry Valmorbida, who is a prolific collector of Italian cars. On the 18th. of September 1989 the car was purchased by Mr. Alf Barbagallo a former racing car driver in Perth, Western Australia and owner of Barbagallo Motors. He later sold it to Mr. Don Mason in North Melbourne, Australia. Mr. Mason sold the car in 1990 to its next owner Mr. Tony Coates in Northern Victoria. He owned the Alfa till 2015 and sold it to a Mr. Nick Pane. Subsequently the car went back to Europe and was purchased by a Dutch gentleman and registered in the Netherlands in 2017.