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3. Los "Disco Volante" y 6C 3000 CM (1952-1954)
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Uno de esos ejemplares de restauración discutible y discutida.
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Sale of unique Alfa Romeo Boano Coupé in Scottsdale
refocuses question of restoration vs. preservation
Posted on: January 30, 2016 By: Bob Golfen Leave a comment
The coachbuilt 1955 Alfa Romeo 3500C SS coupe was first shown at the Turin Motor Show | Bob Golfen photos
Once again, the Gooding & Company auction presented some interesting “barn find” European sports cars at its Scottsdale sale, including one of the signature cars of the event, a one-a-kind 1955 Alfa Romeo 1900C SS Coupe Speciale, in distressed yet picturesque condition.
With evocative coachwork by Buano created for display at the 1955 Turin Motor Show, the Alfa was a center of attention at Gooding, even with a cracking repaint in an incorrect red color and some rough-looking dents on top of the alloy right-front fender.
Nonetheless, the stylistic magic of its fastback split-window greenhouse and other unique design features shone through and it sold Friday for a hammer price of $900,000 (not including auction fees) after a tortuous round of incremental bidding during which prospective owners jumped in and out of the competition.
So what now? Does the famed Alfa Romeo Boano live on as a “preservation” car or is it headed to the restoration shop? The car did win a preservation-class award at Pebble Beach, but does that mean it should remain in its current state?
That’s the conundrum that owners of original but much-less-than-pristine collector cars face these days: to restore or not to restore. A restoration might bring a car back to its original condition, but it erases the patina of history and use. Some cars cry out to be preserved as they are while others are in such shoddy condition that they become more-or-less a template for the restoration shop. Sometimes, that decision can be difficult.
Donald Osborne, the well-known classic car appraiser, commentator and long-time contributor to Sports Car Market magazine, said in an interview that each car has its own story and its own set of conditions, and each needs to be studied individually to determine what it should be and how it will be used by its new owner.
“You have cars that are true preservation cars, cars that have always been used and loved and cared for,” Osborne said. “Then there are cars that have been parked and abandoned for years, the so called barn-find cars.
And then you have cars that are just good, honest restoration candidates. You don’t have a lot of the original finish, what the factory craftsmen made and created, that still exists. And it that case, it should be given back to its original intent. And that’s a restoration.”
The Alfa would fall into the latter category, he noted, because it’s not really in preserved condition, despite its Pebble Beach accolade.
“It’s an extraordinary car, it’s in great shape, it’s amazing that it still survives,” Osborne noted. “But it’s not a preservation car. It’s a car to be restored, and the new owner, who just paid a pretty penny for it, intends to restore it back to its original glory, in its original yellow and black paint. And that’s what it deserves. It’s not about preservation at this point.”[/size]
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Alfa Romeo 1900C SS Coupe Speciale de Boano (1955)
The coachbuilt 1955 Alfa Romeo 3500C SS coupe was first shown at the Turin Motor Show | Bob Golfen photos
The coachbuilt 1955 Alfa Romeo 3500C SS coupe was first shown at the Turin Motor Show | Bob Golfen photos
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Sale of unique Alfa Romeo Boano Coupé in Scottsdale
refocuses question of restoration vs. preservation
Posted on: January 30, 2016 By: Bob Golfen Leave a comment
The coachbuilt 1955 Alfa Romeo 3500C SS coupe was first shown at the Turin Motor Show | Bob Golfen photos
Once again, the Gooding & Company auction presented some interesting “barn find” European sports cars at its Scottsdale sale, including one of the signature cars of the event, a one-a-kind 1955 Alfa Romeo 1900C SS Coupe Speciale, in distressed yet picturesque condition.
With evocative coachwork by Buano created for display at the 1955 Turin Motor Show, the Alfa was a center of attention at Gooding, even with a cracking repaint in an incorrect red color and some rough-looking dents on top of the alloy right-front fender.
Nonetheless, the stylistic magic of its fastback split-window greenhouse and other unique design features shone through and it sold Friday for a hammer price of $900,000 (not including auction fees) after a tortuous round of incremental bidding during which prospective owners jumped in and out of the competition.
So what now? Does the famed Alfa Romeo Boano live on as a “preservation” car or is it headed to the restoration shop? The car did win a preservation-class award at Pebble Beach, but does that mean it should remain in its current state?
That’s the conundrum that owners of original but much-less-than-pristine collector cars face these days: to restore or not to restore. A restoration might bring a car back to its original condition, but it erases the patina of history and use. Some cars cry out to be preserved as they are while others are in such shoddy condition that they become more-or-less a template for the restoration shop. Sometimes, that decision can be difficult.
Donald Osborne, the well-known classic car appraiser, commentator and long-time contributor to Sports Car Market magazine, said in an interview that each car has its own story and its own set of conditions, and each needs to be studied individually to determine what it should be and how it will be used by its new owner.
“You have cars that are true preservation cars, cars that have always been used and loved and cared for,” Osborne said. “Then there are cars that have been parked and abandoned for years, the so called barn-find cars.
And then you have cars that are just good, honest restoration candidates. You don’t have a lot of the original finish, what the factory craftsmen made and created, that still exists. And it that case, it should be given back to its original intent. And that’s a restoration.”
The Alfa would fall into the latter category, he noted, because it’s not really in preserved condition, despite its Pebble Beach accolade.
“It’s an extraordinary car, it’s in great shape, it’s amazing that it still survives,” Osborne noted. “But it’s not a preservation car. It’s a car to be restored, and the new owner, who just paid a pretty penny for it, intends to restore it back to its original glory, in its original yellow and black paint. And that’s what it deserves. It’s not about preservation at this point.”[/size]
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[size=11pt]Doctor Hackenbush dijo:[...]
• 1960: Alfa Romeo Superflow IV [Coupe Super Sport Speziale] Pininfarina
Este modelo, que se presentó en el Salón del Automóvil de Ginebra en la primavera de 1960, es la última evolución
que Pininfarina realizó a partir del 6C 3000 CM #00128.
Fue portada de la revista "Sports Cars Illustrated" en febrero de 1961 e incorporaba un nuevo techo "de burbuja"
con lo que recuperaba su configuración inicial de coupé.
• 1960 Vista del motor del Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CM 1361.100128 montado en la cuarta versión de carrocería que
"Pinin" Farina realizó sobre este chasis: Este Superflow IV, también es conocido como " Alfa Romeo Coupe Super
Sport Speziale", "6C 3500 Super Sport Coupe" y tras su última restauración "3500 Supersport Bubble Topped".
Foto: Carlo proporcionada por Doctor_Hackenbush
Foto proporcionada por EX3
Durante muchos años ha sido expuesto en Alemania en la excelente colección de Peter Kraus en el Rosso Bianco
Museum, de donde procede ésta foto. No había vuelto a ser visto desde la venta de la colección completa en 2005.
Foto proporcionada por Doctor_Hackenbush
Foto proporcionada por Lumeboo
Enlace proporcionado por cuco
Fotos proporcionadas por Sombrita
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Este modelo, que se presentó en el Salón del Automóvil de Ginebra en la primavera de 1960, es la última evolución que Pininfarina realizó a partir del 6C 3000 CM #00128.
Fue portada de la revista "Sports Cars Illustrated" en febrero de 1961 e incorporaba un nuevo techo "de burbuja" con lo que recuperaba su configuración inicial de coupé.
Reaparece en el Concorso d' Eleganza Villa d'Este 2015.
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Friday 5 June 2015
A fiery-red racing car, which has survived a history as chequered as the flag, hopes to make its presence felt when it competes at this year's Hill Climb.
The last remaining Alfa Romeo 3-litre Disco Volante will take to the start line, cheered on by up to 10,000 spectators at the event on 11 and 12 July.
The Disco Volante was technically advanced for its era, with a top speed of 160mph, but historically suffered with steering problems. During practice for the Monza race in 1954, it crashed, with Italian works driver Consalvo Sanesi at the wheel. The car caught fire and Sanesi was badly burned. As resources at the factory where it was built were stretched, the model was abandoned and disappeared off the radar.
From there, the remains of the fire-damaged car had a long and dramatic journey to restoration. After many years in a private museum, it was brought to the UK in 1985, where its new owners, Henry Wessells III and Christopher Mann, embarked on a huge restoration project, lasting over 20 years.
All of the original components of the Disco Volante’s 3-litre engine and 5-speed gearbox had survived the fire, with the unique carburettors even bearing traces of the fire extinguisher used at Monza in 1954!
The restoration was completed shortly before Wessells’ death in 2008, at the age of 82.
Today the Disco Volante races regularly at home and abroad, driven by Christopher Mann. As well as regular appearances at the Goodwood Revival, featuring as one of the Goodwood Greats, it’s sometimes used for the Mann family’s weekly trip to the supermarket!
Christopher Mann is looking forward to competing in the Pre-1961 Sports and Sports Racing Cars over 2200cc class at Chateau Impney Hill Climb.
He said: “Despite its dramatic, but undistinguished, period history and its very lengthy rebuild, it really is a special car to own and fantastic to drive. It was designed as a long distance racer, so isn’t ideally suited to sprinting, but I think the Chateau Impney course will make an interesting challenge.”
The Disco Volante is an exciting addition to the Hill Climb and we wish Christopher the best of luck against tough competition in his class.
- See more at: http://www.chateauimpneyhillclimb.com/blog/disco-volante-christopher-mann/#sthash.2kD7oKTP.dpuf[/size]
Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CM Pininfarina Superflow IV (1960)
[size=14pt]Unique Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 Coming To British Concours d'Elegance
| By Sergiu Tudose
Jul 19, 2017 at 2:30 pm |
This one-off 1960 Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CM Pininfarina Superflow IV could very well be the star of the Curvaceous Coupes class at the Chubb Insurance Concours d'Elegance.
It's the world's only Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CM (Competizione Maggiorata) ever made, having evolved from four prototype designs at the hands of Pininfarina.
This car was originally built for endurance racing, with just eight 'works' examples getting made - two of them ending up with specialist coachbuilders, such as Boano and Pininfarina, and converted for road use.
The first iteration of the car, known as Superflow, used Plexiglass on the headlight covers and hinged 'gullwing' sections of the roof. Pininfarina followed that up by giving it a sharper nose in its second iteration, while the Superflow III version featured an open roof. Its fourth and final design was on display at the 1960 Geneva Motor Show, where the car again used a lot of Plexiglass, and was considered both a Coupe as well as a Spyder.
"For Salon Privé to be chosen as the first Concours event in the UK for this illustrious and influential car to be shown is a huge honour. One of the most important Alfa Romeos of its era, and a large part of the marque and Pininfarina’s history, I am sure that it will attract the attention of enthusiasts from all over the world," said Concours chairman, Andrew Bagley.[/size]
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Gracias tonin. 
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tonin0804 dijo:Añado también la siguiente novedad de Tecnomodel, que se espera a lo largo del 2018.
Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CM en diferentes versiones:
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Encaje de bolillos con este Disco Volante
Su buen trabajo me costó agrupar tanta información.
Su buen trabajo me costó agrupar tanta información.
y se agradece, si señor. Porque es fácil encontrar cualquier dato de los Alfas clásicos.
La pena es que han desaparecido muchas fotos pese a que he mantenido una cuenta der pago durante años para mantenerlas.
Y volver a actualizarlas me da mucha pereza, lo reconozco.
Y volver a actualizarlas me da mucha pereza, lo reconozco.
Creo que me quedo corto si digo que para mí es una de las mejores, si no la mejor, recopilación en castellano de Alfa Romeo, no estaría mal tenerla agrupada y ordenada en un hilo exclusivo, sin duda sería un merecido reconocimiento al trabajo del Doctor Hackenbush y facilitaría la consulta a los ususarios.
Muchas gracias, Sombrita.
1900 C52 "Disco Volante" Coupè – 1952
www.museoalfaromeo.com
