Re:Todos los Alfa Romeo: Indice 1910 - 2007
Un extraordinario trabajo de recopilación realizado por Mr. John de Boer [Email: iicar@earthlink.net ]
This listing is not to be considered “definitive” nor necessarily wholly “correct”. It is the compilation of data received from many sources and not all sources agree. Where there is particular cause for some doubt, I have placed some information in red. It would be best to consider that all the information would like confirmation to your own satisfaction before using this listing as anything more than a rough guide. I have made no attempt to make descriptive monikers (such as “256”) be consistently applied. That can be done with time and additional efforts.
[size=11pt]ALFA ROMEO 6C2500 “Ala Spessa” and nearby cars
This list is compiled from information supplied by:
Angelo Tito Anselmi, Ruedi Aschwanden, Corrado Bellabarba, Lorenzo Boscarelli, Dieter Dambacher, Raoul
San Giorgi, Malcolm Harris, Knute Kolmann, Peter Marshall, Simon Moore, Arthur Wennerstrom and input
from various owners. Thanks to all! Each piece is important when assembling a puzzle!
This listing prepared by:
The Italian Car Registry (since 1980)
John de Boer 925/933-0684
3289 Rogers Avenue
Walnut Creek, CA 94597 USA
Email: iicar@earthlink.net
Note that the cars were not built/finished in chassis number sequence.
This list is organized in chassis number sequence only for easy reference and does not represent build order.
Any corrections, updates, and/or news are welcomed.
From Fusi:
915001 - 915086 1939 6C2500 Sport & Super Sport 256 3.0m, 1370kg, 155 km/h, 95cv, 14/61
915087 - 915118 1940 6C2500 Sport & Super Sport 256
Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Super Sport engine conversions
It would appear that the commercialized “Super Sport” configuration was considered to be a modification to the engine (as well as perhaps the gearbox on occasion) and that there was a “kit” number for that conversion. It seems that a plate was attached to the firewall or right side inner fender panel for cars that were fitted by Alfa Romeo (or their dealers?) with the “Super Sport” conversion. There is no reason to assume that a SuperSport conversion was always precisely the same and there is every reason to believe that some engines had additional preparation above and beyond the “Super Sport” conversion. Clues can sometimes be found in compression ratios stamped near the engine number, but there is no reason to believe that every mechanic assembling an engine followed precisely the same procedure as another mechanic doing similar work.
It would seem logical that a good number of early SS conversions might have been performed as retrofits, but it also seems logical that a retrofit might have been fitted to any car/engine at most any time during the original production run and perhaps even into a short period of time after production stopped. For the “918xxx” series of chassis numbers, it would seem that all engines were fitted with the Super Sport conversion, but no numbers have been observed or reported as yet to indicate that a kit number was recorded on the car. Any additional SS “conversion kit” numbers would be very much welcomed to this study!
This chart attempts to show the Super Sport “kit” or conversion numbers identified thus far. Any additional information would be most welcome!
In some cases, the “SS” designation appears on the plate affixed to the car. Sometimes the plate shows only the number without mentioning “SS”.
Again, the plate is most commonly found on the firewall (particularly for early cars), but sometimes has been found high on the right inner fender panel near the carburetors.
To be thorough in our study, we should probably note the types of plates found and the location fitted. Photos are always nice![/size]
SS #Motore Chassis Chassis date Notes:
“SS5” motore 923880 in chassis N. 915005 1939
SS__ motore 923802 in chassis N. 915006 14.3.39 SS/256
SS__ motore 923812 ?? in chassis N. 915018
SS__ motore 923830 ?? in chassis N. 915024
SS16 motore 923650 in chassis N. 915539 19.6.47 foto AR6C2500 p.28 “SS16” scritto sul cambio
SS17 motore 923822 in chassis N. 915038 1940
SS_17 ? motore 923733 in chassis N. 915630
SS21 motore 923824 in chassis N. 915042 6.3.40
SS__ motore 923863 in chassis N. 915082 1940
SS54 motore 923872 in chassis N. ______ ref: Peter Marshall
(SS)69 motore 923892 Missing from chassis N. 915089
(Note: The number “69” has also been incorrectly identified by a consultant to a previous owner as a “Graber body number”.)
SS__ motore 923815 or 923817 ?? in chassis N. 915093
SS__ motore 923820 in chassis N. 915096
SS71 motore 923905 in chassis N. 915105 1940
SS76 motore 923908 in chassis N. 915108 1940
SS86 ? motore 923794 in chassis N. 915692 12.11.48
SS__ motore 923963 ?? in chassis N. 915163
SS126 motore 923666 in chassis N. 915568 30.5.47
SS152 motore 928002 in chassis N. 915700 8.11.48
SS206 motore 928046 in chassis N. 915736 25.2.49
(SS)212 motore 928048 in chassis N. 915744 10.3.49
SS244 motore 928079 in chassis N. 915780 3.5.49
SS245 motore 923701 in chassis N. 915603 7.11.47
SS263 motore 923799 in chassis N. 915697 9.11.48
SS306 motore 926527 in chassis N. 916249 7.10.48
SS329 motore 928166 in chassis N. 915858 10//49
SS336 motore 928178 in chassis N. 915867 17.10.49
SS404 motore 926711 in chassis N. 916370 11.1.49 (sold 10.12.49)
((Note that double parenthesis around an engine number in the listing below indicates the engine is no longer with the car.
There may be some additional cases in which the original engine is missing but that information has not been reported.))
N.Telaio/ ?? N. Motore Tipo Carrozzeria
915003 Sport (3.0m) cabriolet Touring
915005 ((923880)) SS5 (3.0m) berlinetta Touring T#2301
915006 923802 ? spider corsa “Ala Spessa”
915007 923803 SuperSport 256 spider Siluro Touring
915008 923804 SuperSport 256 spider Corsa
915009 923805 SuperSport 256 spider corsa "Ala Spessa"
915010 923806 SuperSport 256 spider "Siluro" Corsa
915011 923807 SuperSport spider Siluro Touring
915012 S923808 "Super" Sport berlinetta Touring (2 window) "Duxia" ??
"915013" 923833 Sport Corsa 256 spider
915014 923810 Super Sport 256 spider Corsa
915015 Super Sport 256 cabriolet Touring #2246
915018 923812 SS Touring T#2459 nero
915019 923869 Sport cabriolet Touring
915022 923837 coupe Touring
915024 923830 Corsa Tipo MM 1940 spider Touring "Targa Abruzzo"
915025 923851 coupe Touring
915026 928322 (fitted) SuperSport cabriolet Pinin Farina Speciale (see: Frostick - Pinin Farina p.70)
915028 923890 cabriolet Touring “Duxia”
915029 923889 coupe Touring speciale
915030 ((923813)) Sport berlinetta Touring 4 posti T#2302
915033 923865 Sport coupe Touring 4 posti T#2305
915034 ? ((______)) (Pinin Farina)
915037 cabriolet
915038 923822 SS17 SuperSport coupe Touring T#2307
915041 923812 Sport berlinetta Touring
915042 923824 SS21 Sport cabriolet Touring T#2403 ref: Anselmi
915045 ((923846)) Sport berlinetta Touring T#2313 nero / pelle verde
915046 923047 "berlina"
915047 “without body”
915052 ((923056))? Sport berlinetta Touring T#2318 (unusual body line)
915053 ((923840)) coupe Touring
915060 923858 Sport cabriolet Pinin Farina __59 ?
915062 S.923861 Sport berlinetta Touring 4 posti T#2326 black
915063 ? 923870 coupe Touring (see below) (ref: Boscarelli ??)
915065 ? 923870 berlinetta Touring (see above) (ref: Anselmi ??)
915066
“915075” ? 923879 (*)
915078 ? 923879 (*) berlinetta Touring
“915080” (conflicting informarion in file on this chassis number)
915082 923863 SS Sport berlinetta Touring
915087 923817 (815?) SS Sport cabriolet Touring T#2409
915089 ((923892)) SS69 Sport cabriolet Graber
915091 ((923891)) 256 Spider Corsa Touring “Torpedino Brescia” trasformata in Cabriolet (?)
915092 923825 256 Spider Corsa
915093 923815 Spider Corsa 256 Touring
915096 923820 SS chiusa
915100 ??
915105 923905 SS71 Sport coupe Touring
Touring # reported variously as: 2463/2483/2563 ? (Please, What is the correct Touring number?)
915106 923904 (923911)? Sport cabriolet Touring 4 posti
915108 923908 SS76 Sport berlinetta Touring
915119 923920 Sport cabriolet Touring 4 posti ______ ?
915126 923926 berlinetta Castagna (disegno Touring)
?? “1940 Alfa Romeo 6C2500 Super” # Coppa Intereuropa 22-23.5.99
?? Spider #69 Gianni Cattina Mille Miglia 2.5.48