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1933 Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 Gran Sport

Chassis no. 6C10814406
Engine no. 10814406
Coachbuilder Zagato
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27th June 1933
Manufacturing
27th June 1933
1st interior
27th June 1933
1st and current engine no. 10814406
Manufacturer: ALFA ROMEO (IT)
Note: Fixed Head
27th June 1933
1st body
Coachbuilder: Zagato
Type: Sport and Barchetta
27th June 1933
1st and current chassis no. 6c10814406
From 28th June 1933
to 30th March 1935
Owner: Anna Maria "Marocchina" Peduzzi (IT)
Purchase price: £ 50.000
Famous owner: Well-known Italian lady driver
From 28th June 1933
to 2nd April 1935
Plate: CO-7751
Country: IT
2nd July 1933
Event: 5th Internationales Gaisbergrennen
Locality: Gaisberg (AT)
Race number: #11
Category / Group: Sportwagen
Class: Bis 1500 cc
Driver: Anna Maria "Marocchina" Peduzzi (IT)
Results / Prizes: 22nd OA / 3rd CL
Time: 9'27''90
9th July 1933
Event: III Varese - Campo dei Fiori
Locality: Varese (IT)
Race number: #4
Class: 1750
Driver: Anna Maria "Marocchina" Peduzzi (IT)
Results / Prizes: 3rd CL
13th August 1933
Event: Targa Abruzzo
Locality: Pescara (IT)
Race number: #48
Driver: Anna Maria "Marocchina" Peduzzi (IT)
Results / Prizes: 13th OA / 3rd CL
27th August 1933
Event: Corsa Internazionale allo Stelvio
Locality: Sondrio (IT)
Race number: #30
Driver: Anna Maria "Marocchina" Peduzzi (IT)
Results / Prizes: 4th CL
Results / Prizes: 21st OA / 4th CL
24th September 1933
Event: Monte Ceneri - Bergrennen
Locality: Monteceneri (CH)
Category / Group: Sports Car
Class: 1500 cc
Driver: Anna Maria "Marocchina" Peduzzi (IT)
Results / Prizes: 18th OA / 1st CL
8th October 1933
Event: Circuito delle Province Meridionali - Coppa Principessa di Piemonte
Locality: Napoli (IT)
Race number: #26
Class: 1500
Team: SCUDERIA FERRARI (IT)
Driver: Anna Maria "Marocchina" Peduzzi (IT)
Co-Driver: Restelli
Co-Driver: Rastelli (IT)
Results / Prizes: 9th OA / 2nd CL
Results / Prizes: 9th OA / 1st CL
Time: 9:22:48.200
Note: Foto tratta da Alfa Romeo di Vittorio Jano pagina 90
31st March 1934
2nd interior
31st March 1934
2nd body
Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria Brianza
Type: Sport and Barchetta
8th April 1934
Event: VIII Coppa delle Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #27
Category / Group: Vetture sport
Class: Sino a 1.500 cm3
Team: SCUDERIA FERRARI (IT)
Driver: Anna Maria "Marocchina" Peduzzi (IT)
Co-Driver: Gianfranco ''Franco'' Comotti (IT)
Results / Prizes: 13th OA / 1st CL
Time: Start: 4.46'00"- Brescia-Roma: 6.59'21"- Brescia-Roma-Brescia: 17.39'55"
Route: Bologna
Note: Check point
Note: Scuderia Ferrari "Franco" Comotti and Anna Maria Peduzzi husband and wife
29th April 1934
Event: Parma - Poggio di Berceto
Locality: Parma (IT)
Race number: #23
Class: 1500
Team: SCUDERIA FERRARI (IT)
Driver: Anna Maria "Marocchina" Peduzzi (IT)
Results / Prizes: 31st OA / 5th CL
30th April 1934
3rd and current interior
Seats: Brown
30th April 1934
3rd and current body
Coachbuilder: Zagato
Type: Sport and Barchetta
Colour: Red
23rd September 1934
Event: Salita del Monte Ceneri
Locality: Unknown city (CH)
Class: 1500
Driver: Anna Maria "Marocchina" Peduzzi (IT)
Results / Prizes: 1st OA
From 30th March 1935
to 2nd April 1935
Owner: Luigi Costa (IT)
Note: Possibly a dealer
From 2nd April 1935
to 10th April 1935
Owner: PELFINI & FRANCO (IT)
Note: Possible dealer
From 2nd April 1935
to 3rd April 1935
Plate: BG-6477
Country: IT
From 3rd April 1935
to 8th May 1935
Plate: MI-35633
Country: IT
From 8th April 1935
to 18th October 1935
Plate: AL-12075
Country: IT
From 10th April 1935
to 18th October 1935
Owner: Gianbatista Azzi (IT)
Note: Near Tortona, Provence of Alessandria
From 18th October 1935
to 7th November 1936
Owner: Jacques De Rham (CH)
Famous owner: Owners of the Scuderia Maremmano
Note: Driven by Barone Emmanual de Graffenreid
1936
Record: Hans Ruesch and Jacques de Rham (right) at the Bern pit.
5th April 1936
Event: X Coppa delle Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #67
Class: Sino a 2.000 cm3 con compressore
Team: SCUDERIA MAREMMANA
Driver: Emmanuel ''Toulo'' De Graffenried (CH)
Co-Driver: Costantino ''Maremmano'' Arzilla (CH)
Results / Prizes: DNF
Time: Start: 7.13'00"- Brescia-Roma: ritirati
From 2nd July 1936
to 7th November 1936
Plate: GR-2582
Country: IT
19th July 1936
Event: Develier Col de Rangiers
Locality: Unknown city (CH)
Team: SCUDERIA MAREMMANA
Driver: Emmanuel ''Toulo'' De Graffenried (CH)
Results / Prizes: 1st OA
22nd August 1936
Event: Prix du Bremgarten
Locality: Unknown city (CH)
Race number: #6
Class: 1500
Team: SCUDERIA MAREMMANA
Driver: Emmanuel ''Toulo'' De Graffenried (CH)
Results / Prizes: 6th OA / 1st CL
September 1936
Event: Feleac - Cluj hillclimb
Locality: Unknown city (RO)
Race number: #25
Team: SCUDERIA MAREMMANA
Driver: Emmanuel ''Toulo'' De Graffenried (CH)
Results / Prizes: 1st CL
From 7th November 1936
to 31st May 1937
Owner: Vittorio Belmondo (IT)
Purchase price: £ 10.000
Note: Active 8c Alfa and Maserati racer at the time
From 19th November 1936
to 31st May 1937
Plate: TO-42820
Country: IT
From 31st May 1937
to 10th August 1937
Owner: A.L. ROLANDI (IT)
Note: Possible dealer
14th June 1937
Plate: MI-1871
Country: IT
From 10th August 1937
to 7th October 1946
Owner: Davide Vitale (IT)
19th August 1937
Plate: AL-14023
Country: IT
From 7th October 1946
to 2nd November 1951
Owner: Ermanno Motto Cagna (IT)
17th October 1946
Plate: TO-72909
Country: IT
From 2nd November 1951
to June 1953
Owner: Enrico Lanciano (IT)
Purchase price: £ 5.000
1953
Record: Letter from Danny Collins to Mark Gesser
From June 1953
to 28th December 1960
Owner: David C. Biggs (US)
Purchase price: $ 1.650
Note: See letter from Danny Collins and barn photo
From 10th June 1953
to June 1953
Owner: Dan Aka Danny Collins (US)
Purchase price: $ 850,00 ($ 1.400 Shipping and spare parts)
Note: Raced once at Estes Park (SCCA) then sold car. "Imported from Italy by Luigi Chinetti for sale to tenth owner Danny Collins of Denver, Colorado (USA) Postman and aspiring driver. Raced once at Estes Park (SCCA) then sold car.
From 20th June 1953
to 21st June 1953
Event: Estes Park, Colorado
Locality: Unknown city (US)
Race number: #10
Driver: Dan Aka Danny Collins (US)
Results / Prizes: DNF
1960
No information available about this RC-75399 record
6th October 1960
Record: Letter from Nancy Biggs to Bell
From 28th December 1960
to 14th August 1966
Owner: Hugh Bell (US)
Purchase price: $ 2000
Note: The car was sold by the widow of Biggs along with other cars in the collection including a Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa. The car was advertised on the Road and Track magazine.
June 1963
Event: SCCA Steering Wheel
Locality: Unknown city (US)
June 1963
Press review: Unknown Attenzione Duplicato, "Unknown", Steering Wheel Magazine , 06-1963, pp. 1
22nd April 1966
Record: Letter from Dirk Merritt Biggs to Bell
From 14th August 1966
to 28th October 1968
Owner: Richard Aka Dick Merritt (US)
Purchase price: $ 1000
Note: Founder of Ferrari Club of America. The car was transported from Iowa to Michigan, on a trailer towed by a Volkswagen minibus along with many parts of the cars packed in wooden crates. The car was purchased partially disassembled.
1968
Record: Wessells’ garage
28th October 1968
Plate: BK34(PA)
Country: Unknown nationality
From 29th October 1968
to 15th March 2004
Owner: Henry W. Wessells Iii (US)
Purchase price: $ 4.250
Note: An Alfista enthusiast who lives near Philadelphia, he is an engineer who works for the Budd Body Company and often travels to Milan, where he had the opportunity to meet and become friends with Luigi Fusi, one of the leading historians of the Alfa Romeo
29th October 1968
Record: Letter from Henry W. Wessells III to Dirk Merritt
1973
Press review: Unknown Attenzione Duplicato, "...from Out Of The Past", Steering Wheel Magazine , 1973, pp. 1
April 1986
Event: Lime Rock Park VSCCA Spring Meet
Locality: Unknown city (US)
Race number: #14
Driver: Henry W. Wessells Iii (US)
8th September 1986
Event: Pennsylvania Concourse
Locality: Unknown city (US)
Note: Show at the Historical Car Club
October 1990
Bibliography: Orsini Luigi, Mille Miglia Una Corsa Italiana , Abiemme, n.p. 1990
20th July 1991
Event: Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix VSCCA
Locality: Pittsburgh (US)
Race number: #14
Driver: Henry W. Wessells Iii (US)
19th October 1991
Event: Philadelphia Vintage Grand Prix VSCCA
Locality: Filadelfia (US)
Race number: #14
Driver: Henry W. Wessells Iii (US)
21st July 1992
Event: Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix VSCCA
Locality: Pittsburgh (US)
Race number: #14
Driver: Henry W. Wessells Iii (US)
17th October 1992
Event: Lime Rock Fall Festival VSCCA
Locality: Unknown city (US)
Race number: #14
Driver: Henry W. Wessells Iii (US)
15th June 1993
Event: Philadelphia Vintage Grand Prix VSCCA
Locality: Filadelfia (US)
Race number: #14
Class: Prewar class
Results / Prizes: 7th CL
25th July 1993
Event: Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix VSCCA
Locality: Pittsburgh (US)
Race number: #14
Class: Prewar Class
Driver: Henry W. Wessells Iii (US)
Results / Prizes: 3rd CL
25th September 1993
Event: Lime Rock Fall Festival VSCCA
Locality: Salisbury (US)
Race number: #14
Driver: Henry W. Wessells Iii (US)
July 1994
Bibliography: De Boer John, The Italian Car Registry - John Fulton De Boer , Unknown publisher, n.p. 1994
July 1995
Event: Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix VSCCA
Locality: Pittsburgh (US)
Race number: #14
Driver: Henry W. Wessells Iii (US)
8th October 1995
Event: Philadelphia Vintage Grand Prix VSCCA
Locality: Filadelfia (US)
Race number: #14
Class: Prewar Class
Driver: Henry W. Wessells Iii (US)
Results / Prizes: 2nd CL
17th July 1997
Event: Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix VSCCA
Locality: Pittsburgh (US)
Race number: #14
Driver: Henry W. Wessells Iii (US)
25th October 1997
Event: Lime Rock Fall Festival VSCCA
Locality: Salisbury (US)
Race number: #14
Driver: Henry W. Wessells Iii (US)
17th July 1998
Event: Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix VSCCA
Locality: Pittsburgh (US)
Race number: #14
Driver: Henry W. Wessells Iii (US)
23rd October 1998
Event: Lime Rock Fall Finale
Locality: Salisbury (US)
Race number: #14
Driver: Henry W. Wessells Iii (US)
19th April 2003
Event: Pocono VSCCA Meet
Locality: Unknown city (US)
Race number: #14
Driver: Henry W. Wessells Iii (US)
July 2003
Event: Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix VSCCA
Locality: Pittsburgh (US)
Race number: #260
Results / Prizes: DNF
From 15th March 2004
to May 2023
Owner: Mark Gessler (US)
15th March 2004
Plate: MARYLAND060OLO
Country: US
From 10th March 2006
to 12th March 2006
Event: The Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance
Locality: Carmel-by-the-Sea (US)
Class: European Pre-war Sport
Driver: Mark Gessler (US)
Results / Prizes: Spirit of the Mille Miglia
From 11th March 2007
to 12th March 2007
Event: Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance
Locality: Contea di Nassau (US)
Driver: Mark Gessler (US)
Results / Prizes: Amelia Award
Note: Pre-war Alfa Romeo
9th September 2007
Event: Radnor Hunt Concours d'Elegance
Locality: Unknown city (US)
Class: Mille Miglia Category Awards
Driver: Mark Gessler (US)
Co-Driver: Connie Gessler
Results / Prizes: Mille Miglia Original 1st award
2010
Bibliography: Mazzetti Pietro, Intelligenza Coraggiosa, Coraggio Intelligente - Club Mille Miglia Franco Mazzotti , Gruppo Editoriale Delfo, n.p. 2010
2010
Generic fact: Studio Photos
From 23rd April 2010
to 25th April 2010
Event: Concorso Internazionale d'Eleganza di Villa d'Este
Locality: Cernobbio (IT)
Race number: #6
Class: A: pre-war competition cars
Driver: Mark Gessler (US)
May 2010
Press review: Schifano Maurizio, "Capriccio Di Donna", Ruoteclassiche , no. 257, 05-2010, pp. 28
May 2010
Press review: Schifano Maurizio, "Con Piu Grip Il Telaio Va In Crisi", Ruoteclassiche , no. 257, 05-2010, pp. 34
May 2010
Press review: Carlini Paolo,schifano Maurizio, "Con Più Grip Il Telaio Va In Crisi", Ruoteclassiche , no. 257, 05-2010, pp. 34
May 2010
Press review: Carlini Paolo,schifano Maurizio, "Capriccio Di Donna", Ruoteclassiche , no. 257, 05-2010, pp. 28
From 6th May 2010
to 9th May 2010
From 19th June 2010
to 27th June 2010
Event: 100x100: cento Alfa per cent'anni
Locality: Novegro (IT)
Note: Parco Esposizioni
From 12th May 2011
to 15th May 2011
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #57
Team: SPORTS
 ZAGATO
Driver: Claudio Scalise (AR)
Co-Driver: Daniel Claramunt (AR)
Results / Prizes: 3rd OA
From 2nd September 2011
to 5th September 2011
Event: uniques special ones international concours
Locality: Firenze (IT)
Race number: #14
Category / Group: Hors concours
Driver: Mark Gessler (US)
From 17th May 2012
to 20th May 2012
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #68
Team: SPORTS
 ZAGATO
Driver: Claudio Scalise (AR)
Co-Driver: Daniel Claramunt (AR)
Results / Prizes: 1st OA
21st May 2012
Press review: Bellini Lorenzo, "Mille Miglia 2012: Vittoria Per Un' Alfa Romeo Del 1933", Unknown header , 05-2012
23rd May 2012
Press review: Unknown author, "Mille Miglia, La Curiosa Storia Dell'alfa 6c Vittoriosa", Unknown header , 05-2012
From 25th October 2012
to 28th October 2012
Event: Auto e Moto d'Epoca
Locality: Padova (IT)
2013
Generic fact: Other photos
From 22nd February 2013
to 24th February 2013
Event: Milano AutoClassica
Locality: Milano (IT)
From 16th May 2013
to 19th May 2013
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #73
Team: SPORTS
 ZAGATO
Driver: Giordano Mozzi (IT)
Co-Driver: Mark Gessler (US)
Results / Prizes: 2nd OA
2014
Record: Other photos
From 15th May 2014
to 18th May 2014
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #85
Team: SPORTS
 ZAGATO CHOPARD
Driver: Manuel Elicabe
Co-Driver: Mark Gessler (US)
Results / Prizes: 14th OA
December 2014
Press review: Unknown author, "Zagato: Collectibles And Disegn Since 1919", Unknown header , 12-2014
From 14th December 2014
to 15th March 2015
Event: Zagato: Collectibles and Design since 1919
Locality: Torino (IT)
Note: Exhibition at Museo Automobile
2015
Bibliography: Acerbi L., Mille Miglia Immagini Di Una Corsa - A Race In Pictures , Giorgio Nada Editore S.r.l., n.p. 2015
From 17th May 2016
to 22nd May 2016
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #85
Team: SPORTS
 ZAGATO CHOPARD
Driver: Giordano Mozzi (IT)
Co-Driver: Stefania Biacca (IT)
Results / Prizes: 3rd OA
From 3rd December 2016
to 11th December 2016
Event: Bologna Motor Show
Locality: Bologna (IT)
Note: Stand Automotive Masterpieces
From 5th May 2017
to 7th January 2018
Event: 90 anni, 1000 Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Note: Museo Mille Miglia
From 18th May 2017
to 21st May 2017
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #94
Team: SPORTS
 ZAGATO CHOPARD
Driver: Giordano Mozzi (IT)
Co-Driver: Stefania Biacca (IT)
Results / Prizes: 3rd OA
Note: Museo Mille Miglia
From 16th May 2018
to 19th May 2018
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #85
Category / Group: 2
Team: SPORTS
 ZAGATO CHOPARD
Driver: Juan Tonconogy
Co-Driver: Barbara Ruffini
Results / Prizes: OA / 1st OA
Note: Coeff 1.80 - Penality CO 0 - Penality 417 - Point 74108
November 2018
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Mille Miglia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume I , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2018
2019
No information available about this RC-75404 record
November 2020
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Mille Miglia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume Ii , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2020
June 2021
Bibliography: Bossi Giovanni, I Saloni Dell'auto Milano 1901-1947 , SocietÀ Editrice Il Cammello, n.p. 2021
From May 2023
to currently
Owner: Private collection
June 2023
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Mille Miglia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume Iii , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2023
Unknown
Plate: 211015
Country: Unknown nationality
From 12th April 1934
to 27th April 1934
Event: Salone Internazionale dell'Automobile Milano
Locality: Milano (IT)