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Solved: Allemano's № 672 - Alfa 6C2300 'Plate'
« on: August 23, 2011, 07:51:22 AM »
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Re: Allemano's № 672
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2011, 12:29:17 AM »
Plate Special Roadster from 1949
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Re: Allemano's № 672
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2011, 01:54:56 AM »
Quote from: dracu777 on August 25, 2011, 12:29:17 AM
Plate Special Roadster from 1949
based on...?
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Re: Allemano's № 672
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2011, 10:51:22 AM »
I actually have no idea. I would guess Alfa Romeo.
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Re: Allemano's № 672
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2011, 12:13:47 PM »
Quote from: dracu777 on August 26, 2011, 10:51:22 AM
I actually have no idea. I would guess Alfa Romeo.
Yes, but that's still not enough to gain a point. Try one more time!

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Re: Allemano's № 672
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2011, 04:16:40 PM »
Alfa only had the 6C 2500 series of models out in the mid-late 1940's, so it surely has to be based on such a chassis.
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Re: Allemano's № 672
« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2011, 02:49:04 AM »
Quote from: dracu777 on August 26, 2011, 04:16:40 PM
Alfa only had the 6C 2500 series of models out in the mid-late 1940's, so it surely has to be based on such a chassis.
Nnnno!  ;)
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Re: Allemano's № 672
« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2011, 04:14:32 PM »
time for an expertise!
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Re: Allemano's № 672
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2011, 05:18:17 PM »
Alfa 6C2300 Plate special roadster 1949 (or 1951 ) by Luigi Plate on a 1934 chassis
« Last Edit: September 05, 2011, 05:28:47 PM by SACO »
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Re: Allemano's № 672
« Reply #9 on: September 07, 2011, 05:46:44 AM »
Right you are!
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 672 - Alfa 6C2300 'Plate'
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2016, 09:11:06 AM »
Several web sites are calling this car "1934 Alfa Romeo Pescara Prototype".  They are probably incorrect.

Here is a recent image:
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 672 - Alfa 6C2300 'Plate'
« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2016, 06:11:38 AM »
They are also saying this now:

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This one-of-a-kind 1934 Alfa Romeo Pescara Prototype was built to race at Le Mans. It has some very unique features for the time period, such as front and rear torsion bar suspension that is adjustable within on gram at all four wheels, an integrated tubular frame that circulates oil to a dry sump, and a 2300cc, inline 6-cylinder engine, with 125 horsepower. Although the car did not race at Le Mans, it successfully competed in hill climbs and was last seen in 1952. In the late 1980s, the current owners discovered the car in Florida and spent 20 years painstakingly restoring it to its current condition. Although it cannot be proven, this car may very well be the first two-seat open car with an envelope body.
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 672 - Alfa 6C2300 'Plate'
« Reply #12 on: September 02, 2016, 02:27:13 PM »
Looks too much ahead of the time
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 672 - Alfa 6C2300 'Plate'
« Reply #13 on: September 03, 2016, 01:45:41 PM »
Quote from: Allemano on September 02, 2016, 02:27:13 PM
Looks too much ahead of the time

I agree. It looks like a 1940s re-body to me but facts seem to be a bit thin on the ground..
They say it might be the world's first sports car with a fully enveloping body but I don't think there's any way that body dates from 1934.
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 672 - Alfa 6C2300 'Plate'
« Reply #14 on: September 03, 2016, 02:09:26 PM »
I believe it's from around 1951.
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 672 - Alfa 6C2300 'Plate'
« Reply #15 on: September 04, 2016, 06:10:01 PM »
Might often means in the classic car world that it is not true but they really wish it was as that would have done wonders to the monetary value of the car.
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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 672 - Alfa 6C2300 'Plate'
« Reply #16 on: June 26, 2017, 10:02:39 AM »
I saw this magnificent car just two days ago in the Italian Dolomite Mountains near Bolzano:
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