If dreams come true…

As I owned this car for 25 years I know a bit about it. When I purchased this car, it had an odd Yimkin body (post war) which I had replaced by one made to original style, as raced, lightweight of course, following a lot of research. It is defiantly 1500 NOT 1750. Shame the body has been replaced and now looks nothing like he car which raced Brooklands, Irish GP, TT etc. etc. Full details of the history originally went with the car when sold by me. I see a few well remembered items include battery/tool box and the filler for the reserve oil tank which should have a tap inside for the mechanic to let down oil during a race, the oil tank sitting by the mechanic’s left leg. It did have this when it left me.
Must admit bit of a shock to see reg no. I remember so well whilst the rest of the car is obviously completely new and nothing like it was born and loved and driven several times from England to Italy.
Seems that the car’s history must now apply to the chassis, engine etc. and certainly not to the body. No way would you race with that surely.
I can still lay my hands on photo of Ramponi sitting in the car with Sammy Davis in close attention. I was honoured to “commission” SCHD for oil painting the of car racing through Comber village. And I still have the plaque for the radiator from the 1000 Miglia, not the present event but the first of the runs over the old course which was four-day Alfa publicity rally for the then new modern 1750. Seems there is a new wire grill for the rad, the previous one made by me when at sea in an aircraft carrier. The car, of course, had to stay at home for a while. As I said, I knew the car rather well.

Hi Rob,
Fantastic pictures! The only info I could find in my files was that this should be a 6C 1500 with chassis number 0312873. Unfortunately no further info about the coach builder - which must be English - or if the car still excists...
Regards, Jeroen

Giulio Ramponi (8 January 1902 – December, 1986) was an Italian automobile technician and racing driver, he owned this car
1929 Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 Super Sport Works Carlton 0312873
Produktionsjahr: 1929
Chassis Nummer: 0312873
Design: Carlton Carriage Company

In April 1929, Mrs Florence Stiles [wife of F.W. Stiles] went to Milan to collect four 6c 1500 Super Sport Alfa Romeos. All four cars were registered in Milan in her name on 29 April 1929 and brought to England: they are shown in the upper photograph on p. 150 of Angela Cherrett’s above-mentioned book, our subject car being the one on the far right, shown with the legendary Giulio Ramponi at its wheel. One of these four cars [chassis no. 0312873] was acquired by Edgar Fronteras and campaigned by him during 1929 as a „privateer“, with support from Alfa Romeo [British Sales] Ltd.

En could be in the Louwman museum