Topic: SAC#629 : Alfa Romeo Monza 8C2300 in Switzerland 1968 n° 2311225

[SACO]

Make and model  to get a point !

[Majeko]

French?

[SACO]

Not French !

[SACO]

Experts !

[richard cuyler]

Shot taken in RSA or Australia early to mid-60s?

[SACO]

Not taken in RSA or Australia !

[D-type]

Italian?

[richard cuyler]

Perhaps the UK? That looks like an Austin A55 Farina in the background.

[SACO]

Yes ,Italian base !

[Majeko]

Alfa Romeo?

[SACO]

Yes !Locked for you !

[Majeko]

8c 2900B Pinin Farina

[SACO]

Yes ! 8C but not 2900B and I don't know the coach builder !

[Majeko]

8c 2300

[SACO]

Yes ! Alfa Romeo Monza 8C2300 in Switzerland 1968 n° 2311225
I don't know why this curious radiator grill ?
Another point for Majeko 

[Majeko]

I think it's rebodied later. This is a picture I have of the Alfa Romeo 2900B by Pinin Farina.

[nicanary]

Yes ! Alfa Romeo Monza 8C2300 in Switzerland 1968 n° 2311225
I don't know why this curious radiator grill ?
Another point for Majeko 

It would be interesting to know the history of this car - does anyone have an extensive 8C2300 record?  It appears to be painted in Swiss national colours of red body and white bonnet (hood).

BTW the A55 Farina in the background is a "fintail" Merc.

(I have just found out that this chassis ran in the 1934 Targa Abruzzi and finished 7th overall driven by Borelli/Lo Prete. And it probably no longer exists (although just about anything can happen in the world of valuable classic cars, using just the chassis plate), because parts of it were used to restore an Alfa 8C2300 Monza chassis #2111037, the parts being supplied to the restorer by Sandro Barberi.)

[Iluvatar]

From Bonhams description of 8C 2300 sn2111037

"The following owner, from 05 October 1934 is recorded as Marcello Venturi, also from Rome, who sold it on 03 August 1935 to Luigi Zeloni, a resident from the coast of Lake Como. It subsequently belonged to Oreste Teverelli, then Guido Barsotti. Mr. Barsotti entered the car in the Coppa della Valsassina on 02 May 1935 where it finished second in its category, then on 15 May of the same year at the Grand Prix des Frontières de Chimay in Belgium, he was the victim of a serious accident with the car, which was seriously damaged, as reported by André Biaumet in his work dedicated to the Chimay races."

We understand the crashed remains were put away for a long time by a motorcycle collector from Rome. The car was brought out from obscurity in 1977 by Aldo Cesaro, on information conveyed by Fusi and Bonnini who were then starting to build up the official collection of Alfa Romeos. Photos from the time show a set of saved parts including a short chassis which was subsequently converted into a Monza at an unspecified time. In order to rebuild the car, Aldo Cesaro borrowed several parts from chassis 2311225, through Sandro Barbini. Once it was finished, the car made its first appearance in 1989 at the Mille Miglia. At this time, it took its engine and its manufacturer's plate from the spider with Brandone coachwork, chassis n° 2211110. For a long time at the beginning of the years 2000 the car was the property of Jan Bruijn, the director of the Automuseum in Deventer, in the Netherlands.