• Year of manufacture 
    1954
  • Car type 
    Other
  • Lot number 
    131
  • Reference number 
    PA23_r0070
  • Condition 
    Used
  • Location
    France
  • Exterior colour 
    Other

Description

  • One of around 480 second-series Alfa Romeo 1900 C Super Sprint Coupés bodied by Touring
  • Matching-numbers chassis and engine verified by accompanying Alfa Romeo Classiche Certificato di Origine
  • Aluminium coachwork is finished in its factory-correct hue of Bianco Avorio
  • Eligible for the Mille Miglia and other historic rally and touring events

Making good on the claim that the Alfa Romeo 1900 was the “family car that wins races”, in 1954 the marque released a new, more potent version of the model. The engine bore was increased by two millimetres, upping displacement to 1,975 cc, and twin-Solex carburettors were installed, all resulting in the new Super Sprint Coupé producing 115 horsepower.

This example, chassis “01804”, is one of a around 480 second-series 1900 C Super Sprint Coupés bodied by Touring. According to its accompanying Alfa Romeo Classiche Certificato di Origine—which also confirms its matching-numbers chassis and engine—the car was produced on 30 May 1954 and sold in Vicenza on 29 October of the same year. It was registered with the licence plate “VI 28087”, which it still wears. The Classiche certificate also verifies that the car left the Alfa Romeo factory in Bianco Avorio, which it retains today. This Super Sprint Coupé was restored to a high standard in 2019, with the work completed by a leading restorer in northern Italy. The work not only involved a bare-metal repaint, but also an interior retrim and engine rebuild, leaving the car in the stunning condition in which it is presented here.

An impressive selection of images documents the car’s rotisserie restoration, while the car is also accompanied by supporting documentation from RIAR (Registro Italiano Alfa Romeo), Alfa Romeo Museo Storico, further to its historical Estratto Cronologico papers that list its limited number of owners from new. Should its next owner wish to take advantage of its Mille Miglia eligibility, there can be fewer better ways to take in the beautiful surroundings of Italy than from behind the wheel of this thrilling Alfa Romeo.
To view this car and others currently consigned to this auction, please visit the RM website at rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/pa23.


RM Sotheby's
5 Heron Square
Richmond
TW9 1EL
United Kingdom
Contact Person Kontaktperson
Title 
Mr
First name 
Augustin
Last name 
Sabatie-Garat

Phone 
+44-2078517070