Alfa Romeo Superflow IV Pinin Farina Coupe 1960. sn-1361.00128 Gallery 1
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Alfa Romeo Superflow IV Pinin Farina Coupe 1960. sn-1361.00128
Pebble Beach
Concours d'Elegance, 2013
Alfa Romeo Superflow IV Pinin Farina Coupe 1960. sn-1361.00128
Pebble Beach
Concours d'Elegance, 2013
Alfa Romeo Superflow IV Pinin Farina Coupe 1960. sn-1361.00128
Pebble Beach
Concours d'Elegance, 2013
2013; From Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2013
"This Alfa Romeo (1361.00128) began life as a race car with a very different coupe body built by Carrozzeria Colli. It was driven by Juan Manuel Fangio to second place in the 1953 Mille Miglia and afterward became a development car for various Pinn Farina design studies. The Turin coachbuilder fitted four different bodies on the chassis between 1956 and 1960: First it was presented as the Superflow in Turin with Plexiglas front fender caps and wraparound windshield with a full Plexiglas canopy and gullwing roof panels. Later that year it was shown as the Superflow II at the Paris Auto Salon. In 1959, the same chassis was restyled and shown again as the Spyder Super Sport in Geneva, and a year later the last body, named Coupe' Super Sport Speziale, was presented at Geneva. It is in this final configuration that the car exists today (2013)."
Alfa Romeo Superflow IV Pinin Farina Coupe 1960. sn-1361.00128
Pebble Beach
Concours d'Elegance, 2013
2019; From Gooding & Company's 2019 Pebble Beach Auctions
"1953 Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CM Superflow IV;
The Alfa Romeo, chassis 00128, is one of approximately six competition cars built before the company suspended its factory-backed racing activities in the mid-1950s. One of the most technically advanced racing cars of its era, the 6C 3000 CM was built with a tubular spaceframe chassis, with independent front suspension, a De Dion rear axle, and inboard rear brakes. It also featured a magnificent 3.5-liter straight-six engine, with six individual Weber carburetors, twin overhead camshafts, and dry sump lubrication, producing 270 bhp. Following the 1954 racing season, this 6C 3000 CM was given to Carrozzeria Pinin Farina, who used the advanced chassis to build a series of experimental show cars. The first version of the Alfa Romeo Superflow was unveiled at the 1956 Paris Auto Show and then underwent several revisions before being finished in its final Superflow IV form. A hugely influential design study, the Superflow series previewed design cues that would later appear on many Pininfarina-bodied production cars, such as the Alfa Romeo Duetto."
"The Superflow IV was shown at the 1960 Geneva Motor Show and sold to an Alfa Romeo dealer in Colorado. After many years in the hands of American collectors, 00128 joined Peter’s Kaus' Rosso Bianco Museum in Germany, which, at the time, housed the largest sports car collection in the world with over 200 vehicles. Kaus sold off his collection in 2005, and this Alfa Romeo was acquired by a preeminent collector who meticulously restored it before its showing at the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance®. The Superflow won First in Class, as well as The Vitesse – Elegance Trophy at Pebble Beach that year. It went on to show at the 2014 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este in Italy and Salon Prive, where it received Best of Show honors. This masterpiece is now returning to Pebble Beach to cross the auction block and promises to be a memorable sale."
Alfa Romeo Superflow IV Pinin Farina Coupe 1960. sn-1361.00128
Pebble Beach
Concours d'Elegance, 2013
Alfa Romeo Superflow IV Pinin Farina Coupe 1960. sn-1361.00128
Pebble Beach
Concours d'Elegance, 2013
Alfa Romeo Superflow IV Pinin Farina Coupe 1960. sn-1361.00128
Pebble Beach
Concours d'Elegance, 2013
Alfa Romeo Superflow IV Pinin Farina Coupe 1960. sn-1361.00128
Pebble Beach
Concours d'Elegance, 2013
Alfa Romeo Superflow IV Pinin Farina Coupe 1960. sn-1361.00128
Pebble Beach
Concours d'Elegance, 2013
Alfa Romeo Superflow IV Pinin Farina Coupe 1960. sn-1361.00128
Pebble Beach Tour d'Elegance 2013
Pebble Beach, California
Alfa Romeo Superflow IV Pinin Farina Coupe 1960. sn-1361.00128
Pebble Beach Tour d'Elegance 2013
Pebble Beach, California
Alfa Romeo Superflow IV Pinin Farina Coupe 1960. sn-1361.00128
Pebble Beach Tour d'Elegance 2013
Pebble Beach, California
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