Description
1930 ALFA ROMEO 6C 1750 s3 CABRIOLET PININFARINA CHASSIS CYLINDER 0412384 ENGINE CYLINDER 1750 BEIGE LEATHER INTERIOR BEIGE EXTERIOR BICOLOR BROWN BEIGE CAPOTE1930 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 third series The 1930 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 third series characterised by chassis number 0412384 is a car that has always remained in Italy and was found in the late 1960s in an abandoned condition in the open countryside. The engine and chassis number correspond with the Gorizia number plate, which it still had at the time of its discovery. Like many other working cars, after the end of the war, some were converted into box trucks to carry out whatever tasks were required at the time, and this car is one of them, being registered until last year as a lorry (it still has its registration certificate dated 07 November 1945).
The uniqueness of the discovery of this car lies in its originality and the numerous photographs of the time when restoration began. The photos also show that it was originally bodied by Pininfarina and we assume from our investigations that there are no other surviving 6C Turismos of that year built by the famous Turin coachbuilder.
In fact, the crest visible in the photos of the find is different from the usual known 'Pininfarina' and there is no royal crown, proving that it was bodied in the very first months after it was founded. The 'transformable' wording is clearly visible on the chronological extract that the car had, which was then converted into a 'cassone' and converted into a truck in 1945.
The owner at the time who bought the car to start restoring it asked Cavalier Luigi Fusi (author of the famous books on Alfa Romeos and keeper of the brand's Italian register) for help on how to proceed with an accurate and faithful restoration of the car, which lacked only the rear part due to its conversion into a lorry (while all the other original parts are present, as stated in the ASI report attached in '75).
Numerous letters, all documented, were written to each other to properly proceed with the restoration that began in the 1970s by the Bonfanti museum (on the careful advice of Fusi!), reconstructing the rear end and overhauling the car's entire mechanics. For unknown reasons, perhaps due to the disappearance of the owner, the car remained unfinished until it was purchased in 2017.
Among the many preserved parts that have come down to us, it was possible to trace the car's original colour (an amaranth red typical of Italian cars of the time) to a hidden area under the side running boards. Once the colour had been sampled and the missing body parts reconstructed, the car was finished by Turin Car Restoration of Turin.
The car's countless photos and documents make it stand out as one of the most original cars in circulation and among the rarest in this 'cabrio' configuration in the world.
Numerous parts of the car have been preserved, such as the leather of the original seats, the bonnets, the sills, the aluminium profile on the doors, the leaf springs with the original Alfa numbering, the numbered plates, mudguards, etc., all of which can be seen as further proof of the accuracy of this information. The car also won numerous prizes at the Schwetzingen Concours d'Elegance in 2020, coming second as 'best of show'.
