1930 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Gran Sport
Chassis no.
8513048
Engine no.
8513048
Coachbuilder
Zagato
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16th May 1930
Manufacturing
16th May 1930
Interior
Material:
Leather
Seats:
Brown
16th May 1930
Engine no. 8513048
Manufacturer:
ALFA ROMEO (IT)
16th May 1930
Body no. 806
Coachbuilder:
Zagato
Type:
Roadster / Spider
Colour:
Red
16th May 1930
Chassis no. 8513048
Manufacturer:
ALFA ROMEO (IT)
17th May 1930
Owner:
MINISTERO DELL'AGRICOLTURA E DELLE FORESTE
Purchase price:
Lire 65.000
Famous owner:
Department of the Italian government responsible for the development and coordination of agricultural, forestry, and agri-food policies.
Note:
Sold by Ditta Mancinelli e Ferrari
17th May 1930
Plate:
23855ROMA
Country:
IT
From 11th April 1931
to 12th April 1931
to 12th April 1931
Event:
V Coppa delle Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#131
Category / Group:
Vetture sport
Class:
Oltre 1.100 cm3
Driver:
Mario Ferraguti (IT)
Co-Driver:
A. Femminini (IT)
Results / Prizes:
DNF
Time:
Mario Ferraguti was the Director of the Fruit Growing (Frutticultura) Institute at Grottaferrata, secretary of the Permanent Grain Committee at the Presidency of the Council and professor of agriculture at the University of Perugia. On the registration form Mario Ferraguti as entrant indicates Femminini as the driver and reserves the right to communicate the second driver at the time of scrutineering. Start: 15.56'00''- Brescia-Roma: withdraw
16th August 1931
Event:
Premio Adriatico
Category / Group:
Turismo
Class:
Oltre 1100 cmc
Driver:
Mario Ferraguti (IT)
Results / Prizes:
4th OA / 2nd CL
Note:
Regularity test race. Professor Ferraguti Mario often used pneudonyms and in this competition he sometimes appears as "Dei Frutti" Mario perhaps relating to his passion for Fructology. Points 30709.
17th August 1931
Press review:
Unknown, "Il Premio Adriatico", La Stampa , 08-1931, pp. 4
23rd August 1931
Press review:
Unknown, "La ''coppa Adriatico'' Vinta Da Galeota Su Fiat", RACI , no. 34, 08-1931, pp. 7
April 1933
Record:
Insurance certificate n.9427 - Assicurazione responsabilità civile ''Autoveicoli ''.
7th April 1933
Event:
Delivery of the cars to the drivers by Scuderia Ferrari
Note:
Nuvolari, Borzacchini, Trossi, Ferrari and others were present. Enzo Ferrari poses next to Ferraguti.
7th April 1933
Engine update no. 8513048
Manufacturer:
ALFA ROMEO (IT)
Note:
The engine was modified to run on gasogeno by Mario Ferraguti, prepared by Scuderia Ferrari to run the Mille Miglia.
7th April 1933
Body update
Coachbuilder:
Zagato
Note:
Rear part behind the cockpit modified with a massive box, to house the gasogeno tank and equipment. Large “GASOGENO DUX” writing on the tank.
From 8th April 1933
to 9th April 1933
to 9th April 1933
Event:
VII Coppa delle Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#69
Category / Group:
Vetture sport e turismo preparato
Class:
Oltre 1.500 cm3
Driver:
Mario Ferraguti (IT)
Co-Driver:
Generale Augusto Agostini (IT)
Time:
25.37'50''
Note:
The car was registered by the Ministry of Agriculture. The co-driver was the Italian General and agronomist Augusto Agostini. Unofficial start before the first official car: 6.30'00"- It was fueled via a gas producer system and entered in no-competitive form. Average hourly km. 64,376. Economy record around 85 lire of fuel for the entire route.
From 12th April 1933
to 27th April 1933
to 27th April 1933
Event:
Salone Internazionale dell'Automobile
Locality:
Milano (IT)
Note:
The car was the object of admiration by the Duke of Spoleto.
July 1933
Body update
Coachbuilder:
Zagato
Note:
Gasogeno device refined with a less intrusive tank better integrated into the rear section of car shapes.
13th August 1933
Event:
Targa Abruzzo
Locality:
Pescara (IT)
Race number:
#18
Driver:
Mario Ferraguti (IT)
Results / Prizes:
17th OA / Special gas generator prize.
Time:
1.56' 28 & 1/5th second
Note:
Hourly average 68 Km/h. Professor Ferraguti Mario often used pneudonyms and in this competition he sometimes appears as "Dei Frutti" Mario perhaps relating to his passion for Fructology.
15th August 1933
Press review:
Unknown, "Il Ferragosto Motoristico Abruzzese - L'appassionante Vigilia Della Ix Coppa Acerbo", RACI , 08-1933, pp. 11
From 30th December 1933
to 31st December 1933
to 31st December 1933
Event:
Chilometro Lanciato Circuito del Littorio
Driver:
Mario Ferraguti (IT)
Co-Driver:
Bignami (IT)
Note:
Prof. Ferraguti together with General Agostini, following the news that an American driver had reached a speed of 95 km/h with his gas generator car and the previous maximum speed of 120 km/h of their Alfa Romeo, decided to test the same again. Together with the mechanic Bignami, Ferraguti completed around fifty laps of the 4 km circuit with times ranging between 2'14'' and 2'7''. Maximum speed reached of 134 km per hour and an average of 113 km/h.
31st December 1933
Press review:
Unknown, "L'aumentata Velocità Della ''balilla'' A Gasogeno", La Stampa , 12-1933, pp. 2
1934
Event:
Unknown
1935
Record:
Car photo with Rome plate.
1935
Record:
Car photo with Rome plate.
From 1st September 1935
to 9th September 1935
to 9th September 1935
Event:
Giro D'Europa
Driver:
Mario Ferraguti (IT)
Note:
Professor Ferraguti left Rome under the pseudonym 'Professor X', with his gasifier-powered car, for a raid through the European capitals. Starting from Rome, he arrived in Tarvisio averaging 70 km/h. He passed through Vienna at an average speed of 60 km/h, then reached Budapest, Warsaw, and Krakow, continuing on to Berlin, Utrecht, Brussels, London, and Paris before returning to Rome. It was a journey that lasted a total of 8 days, with 116 hours of driving. Ferraguti was accompanied on this trip by Piero Sguanci, the president of RACI Florence, and the mechanics Albini and Vacchini, who drove a spare car. Ten days after his return, he was commended by Mussolini in recognition of his journey.
10th September 1935
Press review:
Unknown, "Un Nuovo Raid Dell'alfa Romeo A Gassogeno", L'Auto Italiana , no. 25, 09-1935, pp. 42
October 1935
Press review:
Unknown, "6000 Chilometri Attraverso L'europa Con 180 Lire Di Carbone", Motor Italia , no. 12, 10-1935, pp. 52
31st March 1936
Identification document:
Insurance certificate n. 197200 - Assicurazione responsabilità civile ''Autoveicoli ''.
1st April 1936
Press review:
Unknown, "X Mille Miglia - Gli Inscritti E L'ora Di Partenza", RACI , no. 14, 04-1936, pp. 4
2nd April 1936
Press review:
Farinelli Aldo, "La X Mille Miglia Nei Suoi Motivi Di Interesse Tecnico", La Stampa , 04-1936, pp. 2
5th April 1936
Event:
X Coppa delle Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#54
Category / Group:
Speciale vetture a gasogeno
Driver:
Mario Ferraguti (IT)
Co-Driver:
Luigi Vacchini (IT)
Results / Prizes:
DNF
Time:
Start: 4.59'00"- Brescia-Roma: Withdrawn. The Ferraguti - Vacchini team has been corrected on the entry form by replacing Vacchini - Albini which was previously foreseen and which sometimes appears in the press of the period relating to car No. 54. Some sources indicate Facetti as codriver, other that Facetti raced with Ferraguti in the car N. 70. Among the documents accompanying the registration is the additional form for "Solid Substitutes" and the indication of the modifications: 1750 cmc engine with compressor, modification to the carburettor, extractor fan for direct gas starting, 400 km autonomy, coal fuel of wood. In the newspaper La Stampa of 6 April 1936, Prof. Ferraguti's withdrawal from the race due to an accident in San Casciano is mentioned.
1950
Engine update no. 8513048
Manufacturer:
ALFA ROMEO (IT)
Note:
The original engine is restored to run on gasoline
1950
Body update
Coachbuilder:
Zagato
Note:
The gasogeno setup is dismantled as is the big rear tank, replaced by a large trunk. The car is remodeled with integrated fenders and a more aerodynamic grille; the new shapes suggest a leisure use.
1950
Interior update
Material:
Leather
Seats:
Red
21st July 1959
Record:
New date of issue of the registration certificate.
1968
Bibliography:
Slater Roy, La 6c 1750 Alfa Romeo , L'editrice Dell'automobile, n.p. 1968
17th April 1976
Press review:
Unknown, "E' Morto Il Verbanese Ideatore Del Gasogeno", La Stampa , no. 90, 04-1976
15th September 1978
Event:
Formula uno, febbre della velocità
Note:
Documentary film from 1978 created by journalist and writer Oscar Orefici and shot by Ottavio Fabbri with co-direction by Mario Morra.
October 1989
Bibliography:
Cherrett Angela, Alfa Romeo Tipo 6c 1500, 1750, 1900 , Unknown publisher, n.p. 1989
October 1990
Bibliography:
Orsini Luigi, Mille Miglia Una Corsa Italiana , Abiemme, n.p. 1990
1997
Bibliography:
Automobile Club Massa Carrara, 100 Anni Di Storia Sulle Strade Apuane , Sagep, n.p. 1997
2000
Bibliography:
Tabucchi Maurizio, Guida All'identificazione Alfa Romeo , Giorgio Nada Editore S.r.l., n.p. 2000
From June 2000
to August 2000
to August 2000
Press review:
Sanchioli Claudio, "I Forestali Alla ''mille Miglia''", Il Forestale , no. 2, 06-2000, pp. 26
2002
Press review:
Fittipaldi Luigi, "Alfa Romeo A Gasogeno", Incontri , no. 71, 2002, pp. 79
2003
Bibliography:
Anselmi Angelo, Mille Miglia Identikit , Le Edizioni Dell'opificio, n.p. 2003
March 2004
Press review:
Unknown, "Cuori E Motori Ovvero L'epopea Della Mille Miglia", Auto d'Epoca
2007
Bibliography:
Pritchard Anthony, Mille Miglia: The World's Greatest Road Race , Unknown publisher, n.p. 2007
2007
Bibliography:
Tabucchi Maurizio, Alfa Romeo - Le Vetture Di Produzione Dal 1910 - 2 Volumi 1910-1962 E 1962-2007 , Giunti,giorgio Nada Editore S.r.l., n.p. 2007
15th December 2007
Identification document:
Replacement certification date of construction and technical characteristics.
From 2008
to 2009
to 2009
Record:
De Boer inspection with engine changes.
5th February 2008
Identification document:
Circulation paper.
From 7th February 2008
to 21st October 2011
to 21st October 2011
Owner:
Count Riccardo Agusta (IT)
Famous owner:
Italian racing driver and aristocrat. Heir to the aviation and motorcycle companies Agusta and MV Agusta
From 2008
to 2022
to 2022
Plate:
ZA429ZG
Country:
IT
From 20th October 2011
to 2017
to 2017
Owner:
Corrado Agusta (MC)
Famous owner:
Son of Rocky Agusta, nephew of Corrado (Sr), heir with his brother Giovanni to the aviation company Agusta.
Note:
Co-owner with Agusta Giovanni Mario
January 2013
Press review:
Tabucchi Maurizio, "L'alimentazione A Gasogeno", EpocAuto , no. 2, 01-2013, pp. 22
2015
Record:
Car photo.
2015
Bibliography:
Acerbi L., Mille Miglia Immagini Di Una Corsa - A Race In Pictures , Giorgio Nada Editore S.r.l., n.p. 2015
From 13th May 2016
to 15th May 2016
to 15th May 2016
Event:
RM Sotheby's Monaco
Locality:
Montecarlo (MC)
Note:
Lot. 223; Estimate value Euro, Dollars, Pounds ; Estimate value country Monaco; Estimate price €900,000 - €1,200,000, $1,000,000-$1,300,000, £700,000-£940,000 ; Not Sold
From 13th May 2016
to 15th May 2016
to 15th May 2016
Bibliography:
Unknown author, Rm Sotheby’s Car Auction – Monaco 2016 Catalogue , Unknown publisher, n.p. 2016
2019
Body update no. 806
Coachbuilder:
Zagato
Type:
Roadster / Spider
Colour:
Red
Note:
The car's shapes return to the original Zagato's design and 1930 Mille Miglia specifications. Original bodywork and parts preserved and restored where possible.
2019
Interior update
Material:
Leather
Seats:
Brown
From 12th October 2019
to 13th October 2019
to 13th October 2019
Event:
Zoute Concours D'elegance
Locality:
Knokke-Heist (BE)
Class:
Class I : Pre-War
17th June 2020
Identification document:
Mille Miglia register.
2021
Plate:
23855RO
Country:
BE
From 20th May 2021
to 23rd May 2021
to 23rd May 2021
Event:
Terre di Canossa
Locality:
Canossa (IT)
Race number:
#9
Driver:
Ronald Goedmakers (NL)
Co-Driver:
Catharina Goedmakers-Cerfonteijn (NL)
From 15th September 2022
to 18th September 2022
to 18th September 2022
Event:
Gran Premio Nuvolari
Locality:
Mantova (IT)
Race number:
#38
Driver:
Ronald Goedmakers (NL)
Co-Driver:
Catharina Goedmakers-Cerfonteijn (NL)
Results / Prizes:
58th OA
25th February 2023
Identification document:
FIVA Identify Card n.102FRN421; ASN that issued the certificate BEHVA Belgium; Owner' Country Belgium.
June 2024
Press review:
Unknown, "La Corsa Più Bella Del Mondo, Elenco Concorrenti 2024", Il giornale di Brescia , 06-2024, pp. 51
June 2024
Record:
Chassis and part car photos.
From 11th June 2024
to 15th June 2024
to 15th June 2024
Event:
Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#66
Driver:
Ronald Goedmakers (NL)
Co-Driver:
Catharina Goedmakers-Cerfonteijn (NL)
Results / Prizes:
35th OA
2026
Bibliography:
Binelli Sandro, Salone Internazionale Dell'automobile Di Torino's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume I , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2026