1928 Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 Mille Miglia Speciale
Chassis no.
0231325
Engine no.
6C 211407
Coachbuilder
Zagato
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1928
Manufacturing
19th April 1928
Press review:
Unknown, "Il Circuito Alessandrino", La Stampa , 04-1928, pp. 4
From 3rd July 1928
to 31st October 1928
to 31st October 1928
Plate:
TO-12558
Country:
IT
3rd July 1928
Engine no. 6c 211407
3rd July 1928
Body
Coachbuilder:
Zagato
Type:
Roadster / Spider
Colour:
Red
3rd July 1928
Chassis no. 0231325
From 4th July 1928
to 24th September 1928
to 24th September 1928
Owner:
Ugo De Giovanni (IT)
Purchase price:
70.000 Lire
Famous owner:
Italian racing driver
8th July 1928
Event:
Susa - Moncenisio
Locality:
Susa (IT)
Category / Group:
Macchine Corsa
Class:
Oltre 1500 cc
Driver:
Ugo De Giovanni (IT)
Results / Prizes:
5th CL
9th July 1928
Press review:
Unknown, "Assalto Di Motori Al Colle Del Moncenisio A Tempo Record", La Stampa , 07-1928, pp. 2
From 24th September 1928
to 26th November 1928
to 26th November 1928
Owner:
Gualtiero Natali (IT)
Purchase price:
70.000 Lire
Famous owner:
Italian racing driver
From 31st October 1928
to 30th November 1928
to 30th November 1928
Plate:
MI-25709
Country:
IT
18th November 1928
Event:
Coppa Crespi
Locality:
Monza (IT)
Driver:
Gualtiero Natali (IT)
Results / Prizes:
4th CL
From 26th November 1928
to 11th May 1929
to 11th May 1929
Owner:
Elia Scampini (IT)
Purchase price:
70.000 Lire
Famous owner:
Italian racing driver
From 30th November 1928
to 4th June 1929
to 4th June 1929
Plate:
VA-3556
Country:
IT
3rd March 1929
Event:
Coppa Automobile Club Varese
Locality:
Varese (IT)
Driver:
Elia Scampini (IT)
Results / Prizes:
4th CL
11th April 1929
Identification document:
Proposta d'Assicurazione
From 13th April 1929
to 14th April 1929
to 14th April 1929
Event:
III Coppa delle Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#71
Class:
Da 1500 cc a 5000 cc
Driver:
Elia Scampini (IT)
Co-Driver:
Angelo Bogani (IT)
Results / Prizes:
17th OA / 17th CL
Time:
Start: 13.39'00"- Brescia-Roma: 7.29'00"- Brescia-Roma-Brescia: 20.45'57"
15th April 1929
Press review:
Unknown, "Campari Riafferma La Sua Eccelsa Classe Vincendo Su Alfa Romeo Per La Seconda Volta La Coppa 1000 Miglia", Il Littoriale , no. 90, 04-1929, pp. 1
From 11th May 1929
to 5th December 1931
to 5th December 1931
Owner:
Anselmo Anselmi (IT)
Famous owner:
Italian racing driver
26th May 1929
Event:
Reale Premio Roma
Locality:
Roma (IT)
Driver:
Anselmo Anselmi (IT)
Results / Prizes:
DNF
From 4th June 1929
to 22nd December 1931
to 22nd December 1931
Plate:
AN-2285
Country:
IT
16th June 1929
Event:
Coppa della Mengara - Corsa in salita della Mengara
Locality:
Mengara (IT)
Driver:
Anselmo Anselmi (IT)
Results / Prizes:
1st CL
Time:
16'47''
17th June 1929
Press review:
Unknown, "Fagioli Batte Il Record Nella Corsa In Salita Della Mengara", Il Littoriale , 06-1929, pp. 3
20th July 1930
Event:
Tolentino - Colle di Paternò
Locality:
Paternò (IT)
Driver:
Anselmo Anselmi (IT)
Results / Prizes:
1st CL
From 5th December 1931
to 22nd December 1931
to 22nd December 1931
Owner:
R. FLAMINI & C. (IT)
Purchase price:
40.000 Lire
Famous owner:
Owner Raffaele Flamini Italian racing driver
From 22nd December 1931
to 14th September 1932
to 14th September 1932
Plate:
PG-4163
Country:
IT
From 14th September 1932
to 4th April 1933
to 4th April 1933
Plate:
TR-1837
Country:
IT
From 22nd October 1932
to 1st April 1933
to 1st April 1933
Owner:
Gaetano Lemmi (IT)
From 1st April 1933
to 22nd August 1933
to 22nd August 1933
Owner:
John Telfner (IT)
Purchase price:
18.737 Lire
From 4th April 1933
to 12th October 1940
to 12th October 1940
Plate:
PG-4636
Country:
IT
From 22nd August 1933
to 12th October 1940
to 12th October 1940
Owner:
Dante Grilli (IT)
From 12th October 1940
to 31st May 1941
to 31st May 1941
Owner:
Barbara Berni (LY)
From 12th October 1940
to 1st January 1950
to 1st January 1950
Plate:
LB1394
Country:
LY
From 31st May 1941
to 1st January 1950
to 1st January 1950
Owner:
Vincenzo Grassini (LY)
From 1st January 1950
to 14th February 1953
to 14th February 1953
Owner:
Giuseppe Baretto (LY)
1950
Record:
Car when It was in Tripolitania
From 1st January 1950
to 1971
to 1971
Plate:
LT6015
Country:
LY
From 14th February 1953
to 19th September 1953
to 19th September 1953
Owner:
Frank Robert Spragg (LY)
From 19th September 1953
to 29th March 1958
to 29th March 1958
Owner:
Ronld Arthur Webb (LY)
11th November 1953
Identification document:
Circulation licence for private car
From January 1958
to 1971
to 1971
Owner:
Richard P. Henderson (LY)
January 1958
Identification document:
Military Registration and certificate of title of motor vehicle
1960
Record:
Car Photo
From 1971
to 1971
to 1971
Owner:
John Delamater (US)
Purchase price:
1.500 Dollars
From 1st January 1971
to 20th March 1978
to 20th March 1978
Plate:
XA612
Country:
US
From 1971
to 1972
to 1972
Owner:
Kirk White (US)
Purchase price:
2.000 Dollars
From 1972
to 20th March 1978
to 20th March 1978
Owner:
Luigi Chinetti (US)
From 20th March 1978
to 20th July 1982
to 20th July 1982
Owner:
Dan Magulies (GB)
Purchase price:
13.500 GBP
From 1978
to 2001
to 2001
Plate:
N1091
Country:
GB
From 20th July 1982
to 1st January 1985
to 1st January 1985
Owner:
TROYAN LTD (GB)
Purchase price:
15.000 GBP
From 1st January 1985
to 1st January 1990
to 1st January 1990
Owner:
Ricky Bell (GB)
From 28th April 1989
to 1st May 1989
to 1st May 1989
Event:
Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#12
Driver:
David Baylis (GB)
Co-Driver:
Sanger (GB)
Results / Prizes:
170th OA
From 1st January 1990
to 1st January 1995
to 1st January 1995
Owner:
David Baylis (GB)
October 1990
Bibliography:
Orsini Luigi, Mille Miglia Una Corsa Italiana , Abiemme, n.p. 1990
From 2nd May 1991
to 5th May 1991
to 5th May 1991
Event:
Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#11
Driver:
David Baylis (GB)
Co-Driver:
Baylis (GB)
Results / Prizes:
174th OA
From 21st May 1992
to 24th May 1992
to 24th May 1992
Event:
Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#14
Driver:
David Baylis (GB)
Co-Driver:
Martin Chisholm (GB)
Results / Prizes:
72nd OA
From 5th May 1994
to 8th May 1994
to 8th May 1994
Event:
Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#9
Driver:
David Baylis (GB)
Co-Driver:
Haithwhite (GB)
Results / Prizes:
112th OA
From 1st January 1995
to 1st January 2001
to 1st January 2001
Owner:
Martin Chisholm (GB)
From 18th May 1995
to 21st May 1995
to 21st May 1995
Event:
Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#20
Driver:
David Baylis (GB)
Co-Driver:
Snook (GB)
Results / Prizes:
143rd OA
2000
Record:
Car Photos
From 1st January 2001
to 1st January 2005
to 1st January 2005
Owner:
Christofer Bode (DE)
From 2001
to 1st January 2003
to 1st January 2003
Plate:
MJJ7H
Country:
DE
From 1st January 2003
to 11th February 2004
to 11th February 2004
Plate:
RUEB487H
Country:
DE
From 22nd May 2003
to 25th May 2003
to 25th May 2003
Event:
Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#21
Driver:
V. Franciosi (IT)
Co-Driver:
Elisabetta De Paoli (IT)
Results / Prizes:
21st OA
11th February 2004
Plate:
ZA965TE
Country:
IT
10th March 2004
Identification document:
ASI
24th April 2004
Event:
Unknown
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#14
From 6th May 2004
to 9th May 2004
to 9th May 2004
Event:
Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#32
Driver:
V. Franciosi (IT)
Co-Driver:
Elisabetta De Paoli (IT)
Results / Prizes:
24th OA
10th October 2004
Identification document:
FIVA Identify Card n.021294; - Categorized A3; - ASN that issued the certificate ASI; -Owner Country Italy.
From May 2005
to May 2005
to May 2005
Event:
Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#59
Driver:
V. Franciosi (IT)
Co-Driver:
Elisabetta De Paoli (IT)
Results / Prizes:
306th OA
From 26th July 2005
to 3rd November 2010
to 3rd November 2010
Owner:
Elisabetta De Paoli (IT)
From 11th May 2006
to 14th May 2006
to 14th May 2006
Event:
Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#11
Driver:
V. Franciosi (IT)
Co-Driver:
Elisabetta De Paoli (IT)
Results / Prizes:
30th OA
From 17th May 2007
to 20th May 2007
to 20th May 2007
Event:
Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#33
Driver:
V. Franciosi (IT)
Co-Driver:
Elisabetta De Paoli (IT)
Results / Prizes:
330th OA
4th April 2008
Record:
Letter From Mr. Franciosi Enrico to Mrs. Imperato Maria Teresa and Mrs. Genovese Sara
From 15th May 2008
to 18th May 2008
to 18th May 2008
Event:
Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#9
Driver:
V. Franciosi (IT)
Co-Driver:
Elisabetta De Paoli (IT)
Results / Prizes:
25th OA
18th May 2009
Event:
Bonhams - Les grand marques a Monaco
Locality:
Monaco-Ville (MC)
Note:
Lot n.263 ; Estimate: €700.000 - €800.000 / £600,000 - £690,000 ; Place Estimate France/UK ; Description: Sold expressly as a competition car, the Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 Mille Miglia Speciale was only built for the 1928 season, during which time 24 were completed: ten with supercharger and 14 without. For the MMS, the engine was set 20cm further back in the chassis and the fuel tank was relocated immediately behind the driver, as opposed to the rear of the chassis, to improve weight distribution. Coachwork was lightweight, mainly by Zagato, but examples were bodied by Farina and other coachbuilders. It was of advanced design, a lightweight steel framework being employed instead of the traditional timber construction. Chassis number ‘0231325’ was sold new to Ugo de Giovanni and registered to him in Torino on 3rd July 1928. Giovanni competed in the Mille Miglia that year (competitor number ‘36’ with co-driver G Boris) and finished 39th overall. His car was described as a ‘6C 1500 Sport’ and on 29th April 1928 he drove an Alfa in a sports car race at Alessandria, finishing 17th overall and 4th in class. The MMS was sold to Elio Scampini on 26th November 1928 and registered ‘3556 VA’ (Varese) on 30th November that year. Scampini competed in the Mille Miglia on 13/14th April 1929 with co-driver Bogani (competitor number ‘71’) finishing 17th overall and 3rd in class. An identical MMS took part in 1930 Mille Miglia with driver Gualtiero Natali (this car’s next owner) carrying competitor number ‘105, finishing 144th overall, although it is not known if it was this car. Natali then sold the Alfa to Conte Anselmo Anselmi, of Arcevia (Ancona) where it was re-registered ‘2285 AN’. Anselmi possibly competed with the car in the Tolentino-Colle di Paterno hill climb on 20th July 1930, finishing 1st in the 1500cc sports car class. Recorded as still resident in Italy in 1937, the car subsequently was exported by an English officer, Arthur Webb, to Tripoli where in 1958 it was sold by him to a Captain Henderson. An accompanying photograph shows the car running at speed on an airfield in Tripoli, and its Libyan logbook is on file also. Captain Henderson took the Alfa back to the USA and at some point sold it to a Richard Henderson, a dentist living in Madison, Indiana where circa 1969/70 it was purchased by John Delamater, a sports car dealer. Delamater immediately sold it to Kirk White who traded it with Ferrari importer, Luigi Chinetti for a brand new Ferrari Daytona! Details of this transaction appear in the book ‘Cannonball’ by Brock Yates: ‘One bright Tuesday morning I arrived at Chinetti’s with the best photographs I could take of the Alfa. After enduring the usual ritual of actually gaining an interview with him, I told him I had a treasure beyond words for him. He stared at me with that marvellously belligerent look he has, glanced down and took the photographs from me. He seemed to study them carefully, then slipped them into his pocket and turned away saying, “Go and have lunch, see me this afternoon.” I knew what was coming: he would offer to trade all of his remaining Lancia Aprilia doors and bumpers or some such nonsense for the Alfa. I treated myself to a delicious lunch at one of Greenwich’s waterfront restaurants and returned for whatever proposal he might have. “I shall trade you a new Ferrari 365 GTB/4 for this,” said Luigi, holding the photograph in his hand. I was thunderstruck. Desperately I tried to feign deep consideration for the windfall. Finally, I resignedly accepted his proposal.’ In 1978 Chinetti sold the Alfa to dealer Dan Marguiles in the UK, where it was owned by a Mr Bayliss who took part in a number of Mille Miglia Retrospectives with the car. It was subsequently sold via broker/dealer Martin Chisholm in 2004. The MMS’s current Italian owner has competed successfully with the car at the 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions of the Mille Miglia Retrospective. While in his possession the car has been maintained by renowned Italian specialist Galassi, in whose hands it has recently undergone a complete mechanical rebuild costing some €50,000. It has little use since this work was completed. The Mille Miglia Speciale is considered the most enjoyable to drive of all the Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 variants, as well as being the rarest. There are believed to be only three examples of the original 24 remaining and the car we offer here today is one of only two with the supercharger. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire a vintage-era Alfa Romeo racing sports car with in period Mille Miglia history.
2010
Record:
Chassis and Engine Numbers
2010
Bibliography:
Mazzetti Pietro, Intelligenza Coraggiosa, Coraggio Intelligente - Club Mille Miglia Franco Mazzotti , Gruppo Editoriale Delfo, n.p. 2010
From 3rd November 2010
to currently
to currently
Owner:
Private collection
From 11th March 2011
to 13th March 2011
to 13th March 2011
Event:
Coppa Milano-Sanremo
Locality:
Milano (IT)
Race number:
#23
Driver:
Massimo Amenduni Gresele (IT)
Co-Driver:
Fabrizio Vicari (IT)
Results / Prizes:
35th OA
8th April 2011
Identification document:
FIVA Identify Card n.040868 ; - Categorized B3 ; - ASN that issued the certificate Automostorico Italiano ; - Owner Country Italy
From 12th May 2011
to 15th May 2011
to 15th May 2011
Event:
Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#15
Driver:
Massimo Amenduni Gresele (IT)
Co-Driver:
Fabrizio Vicari (IT)
Results / Prizes:
59th OA
From 17th May 2012
to 20th May 2012
to 20th May 2012
Event:
Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#12
Driver:
Massimo Amenduni Gresele (IT)
Co-Driver:
Fabrizio Vicari (IT)
Results / Prizes:
DNF
From 16th May 2013
to 19th May 2013
to 19th May 2013
Event:
Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#8
Driver:
Massimo Amenduni Gresele (IT)
Co-Driver:
Fabrizio Vicari (IT)
Results / Prizes:
34th OA
From 22nd March 2014
to 23rd March 2014
to 23rd March 2014
Event:
Trofeo Foresti
Locality:
Pralboino (BS) (IT)
Race number:
#23
Driver:
Massimo Amenduni Gresele (IT)
Co-Driver:
Fabrizio Vicari (IT)
Results / Prizes:
38th OA
From 15th May 2014
to 18th May 2014
to 18th May 2014
Event:
Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#41
Driver:
Massimo Amenduni Gresele (IT)
Co-Driver:
Fabrizio Vicari (IT)
Results / Prizes:
24th OA
From 14th May 2015
to 17th May 2015
to 17th May 2015
Event:
Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#46
Driver:
Massimo Amenduni Gresele (IT)
Co-Driver:
Fabrizio Vicari (IT)
Results / Prizes:
22nd OA
From 17th May 2016
to 22nd May 2016
to 22nd May 2016
Event:
Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#46
Driver:
Massimo Amenduni Gresele (IT)
Co-Driver:
Fabrizio Vicari (IT)
Results / Prizes:
331st OA
26th March 2017
Event:
Trofeo Foresti
Locality:
Pralboino (BS) (IT)
Race number:
#19
Driver:
Massimo Amenduni Gresele (IT)
Co-Driver:
Andrea Tecchio (IT)
Results / Prizes:
77th OA
From 18th May 2017
to 21st May 2017
to 21st May 2017
Event:
Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#44
Driver:
Massimo Amenduni Gresele (IT)
Co-Driver:
Fabrizio Vicari (IT)
Results / Prizes:
35th OA
From 15th September 2017
to 17th September 2017
to 17th September 2017
Event:
Gran Premio Nuvolari
Locality:
Mantova (IT)
Race number:
#23
From 16th May 2018
to 19th May 2018
to 19th May 2018
Event:
Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#42
Driver:
Massimo Amenduni Gresele (IT)
Co-Driver:
Fabrizio Vicari (IT)
Results / Prizes:
DNF
Note:
Coeff 1.80
From 15th May 2019
to 18th May 2019
to 18th May 2019
Event:
Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#58
Team:
FCA ITALY SPA (IT)
Driver:
Massimo Amenduni Gresele (IT)
Co-Driver:
Fabrizio Vicari (IT)
Results / Prizes:
31st OA
Note:
Coeff 1.80 - Penality CO 0 - Penality 1244 - Point 57059 - Gap 17693
November 2020
Bibliography:
Binelli Sandro, Mille Miglia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume Ii , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2020
From 16th June 2021
to 19th June 2021
to 19th June 2021
Event:
Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#36
Driver:
Massimo Amenduni Gresele (IT)
Co-Driver:
Fabrizio Vicari (IT)
Results / Prizes:
29th OA
June 2023
Bibliography:
Binelli Sandro, Mille Miglia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume Iii , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2023
From 13th June 2023
to 17th June 2023
to 17th June 2023
Event:
Mille Miglia
Locality:
Brescia (IT)
Race number:
#32
Driver:
Massimo Amenduni Gresele (IT)
Co-Driver:
Fabrizio Vicari (IT)
Results / Prizes:
43rd OA
From 26th October 2023
to 29th October 2023
to 29th October 2023
Event:
Auto e Moto d'Epoca Fiera di Bologna
Locality:
Bologna (IT)
