Excited To See This Alfa

I have been privileged to see many Alfas, but this one was special. I was at Secret Car Club on Dec. 9, 2023 just chatting with a fellow car enthusiast when this car entered the parking lot, it was a 1929 6C1750 Super Sport. I was kind of shocked to see this vintage Alfa driving on the road. I’ve seen a couple in museum collections but never on the road in the metal. The driver is CEO of Symbolic International, Inc. (https://symbolicinternational.com/) and was a great guy to talk to about this historic Alfa. Below the photos is part of the ad copy placed at Bring-A-Trailer and describes some of the details.

This 1929 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 is one of approximately 120 third-series Super Sports built during a single production year and is said to have been delivered new in supercharged form to the UK as a rolling chassis before being clothed in drophead-coupe coachwork by James Young. Chassis 0312896 was reportedly sold to its first owner in September 1929 in the UK, where it was later rebodied in the style of a Zagato Spider circa the early 1990s. The car was purchased in 1996 by a Japanese collector who subsequently commissioned a three-year refurbishment by Phil Reilly & Co. in California that included an overhaul of the DOHC inline-six to a displacement of 1,767cc with updated internal components. Following the conclusion of the project in 2000, the car completed the 2001 Mille Miglia and contested a variety of other events before the owner’s passing. It was purchased by the selling dealer in October 2023 and imported to the US. Finished in red over black leather, the car features a Roots-type supercharger, a single SU carburetor, a constant-mesh four-speed manual transmission, mechanically actuated four-wheel drum brakes, black-painted 18” wire wheels, dual rear-mounted spares, a Bosch central driving light, an electric cooling fan, and an electric fuel pump.

Walk around of the 1929 6C1750 Super Sport