Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 Pescara Touring berlinetta MM

  Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 GT Pescara Touring - Chassis 700563 ALFA ROMEO 6C 2300 GT PESCARA - Touring Superleggera Aerodynamic Berlinetta - 1934 Chassis 700563 - Engine 700563 - Matching Numbers - Coachwork Touring No.1749 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Design by Vittorio Jano, launched at Milan Motor Show April 1934 to replace 6C 1750/1900. Last rigid-axle Alfa before B-series independent suspension. Inline-6 2, (70x100mm) DOHC, twin Solex 35-40 FH carburettors, 95 bhp at 4,500 rpm, 145 km/h. Chassis closed C-section, short wheelbase 2,925mm, weight 1,280 kg. Touring Superleggera patent body: steel tubes and aluminium skin, 2-door 4-seat Aerodynamic Berlinetta. Only 60 examples first series Pescara built in 1934. DOCUMENTED CAR: Chassis 700563, engine 700563, matching numbers. Original tags ALFA ROMEO TIPO 6C 2300 GRAN TURISMO and Carrozzeria Touring No.1749. Original exterior badge SUPERLEGGERA TOURING MILANO on bonnet. Italian registration. Colour black, brown leather interior, walnut dash with full Jaeger instruments. Engine bay with twin barrel air filters Pescara specification. Concours condition, ASI certificate,  Registro Mille Miglia ,Fiva passaport,Riar omologation, Mille Miglia Storica eligible (No.81 in 2022).

RACING PEDIGREE : Debut 1934 Giro d'Italia Coppa d'Oro Littorio with 4 Scuderia Ferrari cars, 2nd overall Rosa-Comotti. 12-13 August 1934 Targa Abruzzo 24 Hours of Pescara: three Touring Berlinetta 6C 2300 finish 1-2-3 overall, winners Cortese-Severi, ahead of Lancia Astura and Alfa 8C 2300 of Nuvolari and Guy Moll. To celebrate the victory Alfa names the most powerful version "Pescara". Mille Miglia 1935-1939 official entries, in 1936 three Pescara 9th, 11th, 13th overall. Chassis 700635 delivered new to Benito Mussolini on 10.08.1935. The attached black and white photos (Foto Locchi Historic Archive) show identical cars No.36 plate TO 2064, No.117 on Florence bridge and No.10 racing, with same fastback roofline, enveloping wings and 3-bar running boards as car 700563. Eligible for Mille Miglia Storica, Villa d'Este, Goodwood Revival, Pebble Beach Concours.