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1938 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 B Mille Miglia Spyder

Chassis no. 815001
Engine no. 925041
Coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring
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20th July 1932
Press review: Unknown author, "Farina Con L'alfa Romeo Vince La Xii Pontedecimo-giovi", L'Auto Italiana , 07-1932, pp. 21
1938
Manufacturing
24th February 1938
Record: Coachbuilders' heritage certificate - Carrozzeria Touring - Draft of Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 B Spyder MM
24th February 1938
Body
Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria Touring
Colour: Brown
24th February 1938
Chassis no. 815001
From 30th March 1938
to 26th March 1946
Owner: G. Cortese (IT)
Famous owner: Italian racing driver
30th March 1938
Record: ADV: La Carrozzeria Touring alla 1000 Miglia 1938
From 30th March 1938
to 26th March 1956
Plate: MI-63995
Country: IT
April 1938
Press review: Unknown author, "La Iv Corsa Dei Colli Torinesi", Motor Italia , 04-1938, pp. 42
3rd April 1938
Record: ADV: Pneumatici Pirelli during Mille Miglia
3rd April 1938
Event: XII Coppa delle Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #140
Category / Group: Sport Nazionale
Class: Oltre 1.500 cc
Driver: Franco Cortese (IT)
Co-Driver: Malachia Fumagalli (IT)
Results / Prizes: 9th OA / 1st CL
Time: Start: 5.12'00"- Brescia-Roma: 6.19'24"- Brescia-Roma-Brescia: 13.38'H"
24th April 1938
Event: IV Corsa dei Colli torinesi
Locality: Torino (IT)
Race number: #114
Category / Group: Sport Nazionale
Class: oltre 1500
Driver: G. Cortese (IT)
Results / Prizes: 1st CL
30th April 1938
Press review: Unknown author, "La Corsa Dei Colli Torinesi", L'Auto Italiana , 04-1938, pp. 31
29th May 1938
Event: Parma - Poggio di Berceto
Locality: Parma (IT)
Race number: #152
Category / Group: Sport Nazionale
Class: oltre 1500 Km/h:
Team: SCUDERIA AMBROSIANA (IT)
Driver: G. Cortese (IT)
Results / Prizes: 1st OA / 1st CL
Time: 30'49"
30th May 1938
Record: ADV: Anche la XII Coppa Mile Miglia segna un trionfo completo per Alfa Romeo
30th May 1938
Press review: Degli Uberti Franco, "Emilio Villoresi Con Alfa Romeo Vince La Xii Parma-poggio", L'Auto Italiana , 05-1938, pp. 35
19th June 1938
Event: Coppa Ascoli
Locality: Ascoli Piceno (IT)
Class: oltre 1500
Driver: G. Cortese (IT)
Results / Prizes: 1st CL
Time: 52'52"3
30th June 1938
Press review: Unknown author, "La Vi Coppa Ascoli Avversata Dal Maltempo", L'Auto Italiana , 06-1938, pp. 27
3rd July 1938
Event: Trofeo Val d'Intelvi
Locality: Argegno (IT)
Race number: #54
Class: oltre 1500 Km/h
Driver: G. Cortese (IT)
Results / Prizes: 1st CL
Time: 12' 2"1
10th July 1938
Event: XII Pontedecimo - Giovi
Locality: Genova (IT)
Race number: #96
Class: Sport Nazionale Classe 4th oltre 1500 Km/h
Team: SCUDERIA AMBROSIANA (IT)
Driver: G. Cortese (IT)
Results / Prizes: 1st CL
Time: 7'16"2,5
10th July 1938
Press review: Degli Uberti Franco, "Il Primo Trofeo Val D'intelvi Sulla Argegno-lanzo Porta Alla Ribalta Un Nuovo Giovane Pilota", L'Auto Italiana , 07-1938, pp. 27
31st July 1938
Press review: Unknown author, "Franco Cortese, Vittorioso Nel Trofeo Della Valle D'intelvi", RACI , 07-1938, pp. 26
14th August 1938
Event: Targa Abruzzo - 6 Ore di Pescara
Locality: Pescara (IT)
Race number: #2
Class: Classe oltre 1500 Km/h
Driver: G. Cortese (IT)
Co-Driver: Mario Ghersi (IT)
Results / Prizes: 1st OA / 1st CL
Time: 6 ore
18th August 1938
Record: Letter from Franco Cortese to Carrozzeria Touring
From 21st August 1938
to 24th August 1938
Event: Corsa Internazionale dello Stelvio
Locality: Stelvio (IT)
Driver: G. Cortese (IT)
Results / Prizes: 2nd CL
Note: 6th Edition Time 18'29"23 Italian Sportcar Champion
30th August 1938
Record: ADV: Le sei Ore di Pescara
30th August 1938
Press review: Unknown author, "Le Sei Ore Di Pescara", L'Auto Italiana , 08-1938, pp. 3
1939
Engine no. 823922
Manufacturer: ALFA ROMEO (IT)
1939
Engine update no. type 256/2t
Manufacturer: ALFA ROMEO (IT)
21st May 1939
Event: Parma - Poggio di Berceto
Locality: Unknown city (IT)
Race number: #118
Team: SCUDERIA AMBROSIANA (IT)
Driver: G. Cortese (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
11th June 1939
Event: Circuito dell'Impero
Locality: Roma (IT)
Race number: #12
Driver: G. Cortese (IT)
Results / Prizes: 3rd OA / 3rd CL
2nd July 1939
Event: V Corsa in salita dei Colli Torinesi - Sassi Superga
Locality: Pino torinese (IT)
Driver: G. Cortese (IT)
Results / Prizes: 3rd OA / 3rd CL
15th August 1939
Event: Targa Abruzzo
Locality: Pescara (IT)
Race number: #16
Driver: G. Cortese (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
1940
Body update
Coachbuilder: Pinin Farina
28th April 1940
Event: I Gran Premio Brescia delle Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #87
Class: Sino a 3.000 cm3
Driver: Filippo Tassara (IT)
Co-Driver: Piero Facetti (IT)
Results / Prizes: 35th OA / 6th CL
Time: Start: 7.24’00"- Brescia-Roma: - Brescia-Roma-Brescia: 8.47'01"
1941
Generic fact: Other photos
From 26th March 1946
to 10th July 1946
Owner: Renato Marelli (IT)
From 26th March 1946
to 1952
Plate: PR-13457
Country: IT
From 10th July 1946
to August 1947
Owner: Abdel Mazin Latif (IT)
Note: Resident Via Vitali, 16
From 1947
to 1950
Owner: Unknown
Note: Exported definitively to Egypt and taken out of the Register PRA ItalyBy the owner of the Hotel Mediterrani in Alexandria (Egypt) for his Greek mistress.
From 1950
to 1958
Owner: Peter Piper (GB)
Purchase price: £ 800
Famous owner: United Kingdom racing driver
Note: 1952: Motore nuovo di Dry Sump acquistato da Thompos & Taylors per 125 GBP
1950
Generic fact: Other photos
1951
Generic fact: Other photos
26th January 1951
Press review: Unknown author, "Mystery Alfa Romeo", Autosport , 01-1951
1952
Plate: VNO323
Country: GB
1952
Engine update no. 925041
Manufacturer: ALFA ROMEO (IT)
Note: Brand new dry sump engine bought from Thompson & Taylors for 125 GBP. March 2009: engine rebuilt by Pichler under supervision of Jim Stokes
1952
Body update
Coachbuilder: Pinin Farina
Colour: White
1952
Generic fact: Other photos
7th January 1953
Press review: Unknown author, "They Stopped", The Motor , 01-1953
4th July 1953
Event: Eastbourne Rally
Locality: Eastbourne (GB)
Race number: #65
1954
Event: Unknown
Race number: #136
Race number: #64
Driver: Peter Piper (GB)
1954
Body update
Coachbuilder: Pinin Farina
Note: Update of the front grill
1955
Event: Unknown
Race number: #1
June 1955
Generic fact: Other photos
From 1958
to 1960
Owner: John Little (GB)
Note: From Peter Piper to John Little, of Cotswold Garage of Fowey, in part exchange
1958
Body update
Coachbuilder: Pinin Farina
Colour: Red
Note: Update of the front grill
1958
Generic fact: Other photos
1960
Generic fact: Other photos
From 8th August 1960
to 16th August 1961
Owner: Michael Stallwood (GB)
11th August 1960
Record: Logbook
From 11th August 1961
to March 1978
Owner: J. F. Coles (GB)
From March 1978
to 1981
Owner: Gilbert Frederick Dickson (GB)
From 1981
to 1999
Owner: John Coombs (GB)
1986
Body update
Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria Touring
Type: Roadster / Spider
Colour: Red
From 1st May 1986
to 4th May 1986
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #74
Driver: Coombs (GB)
Co-Driver: Young
Results / Prizes: 152nd OA
From 21st May 1987
to 24th May 1987
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #94
Driver: Coombs (GB)
Co-Driver: Young (GB)
Results / Prizes: 152nd OA
From 5th May 1988
to 8th May 1988
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #94
Driver: Coombs (GB)
Co-Driver: Young (GB)
Results / Prizes: 159th OA
1989
Generic fact: Other photos
From 28th April 1989
to 1st May 1989
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #84
Driver: Coombs (GB)
Co-Driver: Dawson (GB)
Results / Prizes: DNF
October 1990
Bibliography: Orsini Luigi, Mille Miglia Una Corsa Italiana , Abiemme, n.p. 1990
June 1994
Generic fact: Other photos
July 1994
Bibliography: De Boer John, The Italian Car Registry - John Fulton De Boer , Unknown publisher, n.p. 1994
From 1999
to 2005
Owner: David Aspin (GB)
Note: 2000: Re-bodies by Neil Twyman to original Touring body
June 1999
Record: ADV: Coys Auction
June 1999
Press review: Unknown author, "Grazie, Campione!", Speed , no. 6, 06-1999, pp. 2,394
September 1999
Press review: Coucher Robert, "Vittorio", Classiccars , 09-1999, pp. 57
2000
Body update
Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria Touring
Type: Sport and Barchetta
Colour: Brown
19th December 2002
Identification document: FIA
From September 2003
to September 2003
Event: Concours d'Elegance Louis Vuitton Bagatelle
Locality: Unknown city (FR)
November 2003
Press review: Unknown author, "Il Più Piccolo Tra I Grandi D'italia", Ruoteclassiche , no. 179, 11-2003, pp. 203
From 2005
to currently
Owner: Private collection
June 2006
Press review: Unknown author, "Mile Eater", Octane , no. 36, 06-2006, pp. 79
From 6th July 2006
to 9th July 2006
Event: Goodwood Festival of Speed
Locality: West Sussex (GB)
Class: Class "Streamlined Sports Cars of the late 1930's"
Results / Prizes: 1st CL
2007
Bibliography: Pritchard Anthony, Mille Miglia: The World's Greatest Road Race , Unknown publisher, n.p. 2007
17th September 2007
Event: Italia Classica
Locality: Taormina (IT)
Race number: #19
Driver: Pierre Mellinger (CH)
Co-Driver: Michaela Grunig (PL)
30th September 2007
Identification document: FIVA Identity Card no.: 30745 - Categorized: B4 - ASN that issued the certificate: Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs
October 2007
Generic fact: Other photos
From 15th May 2008
to 18th May 2008
From 19th September 2008
to 21st September 2008
Event: Gran Premio Nuvolari
Locality: Mantova (IT)
2009
Bibliography: Unknown author, The Legend Alfa Romeo 1938 - The History Alfa Romeo 1938 , Unknown publisher, n.p. 2009
From 25th February 2009
to 24th March 2009
Press review: Ward Phil, "Gran Premio Nuvolari", Auto Italia , no. 155, 02-2009, pp. 49
April 2011
Press review: Unknown author, "Tutto Per Vincere", Automobilismo d'Epoca , no. 4, 04-2011, pp. 78
From 14th May 2011
to 15th May 2011
Event: Concorso d'Eleganza Castello di Miramare
Locality: Trieste (IT)
Race number: #7
Driver: Pierre Mellinger (CH)
January 2013
Press review: Delanoue Alain, "6c 2300 B Mille Miglia Spider Corsa 1938", Forza Alfa , no. 1, 01-2013, pp. 16
From 16th May 2013
to 19th May 2013
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #124
Driver: Pierre Mellinger (CH)
Co-Driver: Tommaso Gelmini (IT)
Results / Prizes: 288th OA
2014
Bibliography: Morlacchi Fabio, Alfa Romeo 6c 2300- 6c 2500 Vol.3 , Unknown publisher, n.p. 2014
From 15th May 2014
to 18th May 2014
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #126
Driver: Pierre Mellinger (CH)
Co-Driver: Tommaso Gelmini (IT)
Results / Prizes: 287th OA
Note: Points -91116
2015
Bibliography: Acerbi L., Mille Miglia Immagini Di Una Corsa - A Race In Pictures , Giorgio Nada Editore S.r.l., n.p. 2015
May 2015
Press review: Unknown author, "Mille Miglia, La Prima Tappa Porta A Rimini", Il giornale di Brescia , 05-2015
From 14th May 2015
to 17th May 2015
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #139
Driver: Pierre Mellinger (CH)
Co-Driver: Tommaso Gelmini (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
16th August 2015
Event: Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
Locality: Carmel-by-the-Sea (US)
Class: Design de la Carrozzeria Touring
Driver: Pierre Mellinger (CH)
October 2015
Press review: Unknown author, "Pebble Beach 2015", Automobilismo d'Epoca , no. 10, 10-2015
From 5th May 2017
to 7th January 2018
From 16th May 2018
to 19th May 2018
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #123
Category / Group: 2
Driver: Pierre Mellinger (CH)
Co-Driver: Tommaso Gelmini (IT)
Results / Prizes: OA / 275th OA
Note: Coeff 1.70 - Penality CO 100 - Penality 23472 - Point 8615 - Gap 65493
July 2018
Press review: Unknown author, "Unknown", La Vie de l'Auto , 07-2018
November 2018
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Mille Miglia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume I , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2018
November 2020
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Mille Miglia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume Ii , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2020
June 2023
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Mille Miglia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume Iii , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2023