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Sonoma Classic Motorcars

30 MIll St. B Healdsburg California 95448 USA

1965 Alfa Romeo TZ II 1 of 12 Produced For Sale

Sonoma Classic Motorcars and our new world wide brokerage Riviera MotorSports located in the beautiful Marina de Cascais Portugal is proud to present the fully restored matching numbers red 1965 Official Alfa Romeo TZ II 1 of only 12 produced. This is a concours level show car. The image posted in the advert is for representation purpose only. Images and supporting documents will be provided upon request.
  Built at Carlo Chiti’s Autodelta, the TZ2 benefited from the engineer’s experience as well as a strong relationship with Alfa Romeo and it’s president Giuseppi Luraghi. Encouraged by the sucess of the TZ1, also built by Autodelta, Alfa Romeo purchased the firm to take over its competition wing.
  The newely reformed Autodelta became responsible for all of Alfa Romeo’s race development and team management. One of their first jobs was upgrade the TZ1, a lightwight, spaceframe race car, into a more lighter, lower and more powerful machine for factory racing. So the team at Autodelta, which included Carlo Chiti, Oarzio Satta and Guisseppe Busso, took the TZ1 and transformed it into what many have called a ‘mini Ferrari GTO’.
   Since Autodelta didn’t need to supply TZ2s to privateer teams and meet homogation production requirements, they were freer to try new ideas and spend more money in the name of performance. The main difference between the TZ1 and TZ2 was the use of glass reinforced plastic (GRP) for the body which Porsche had made successful on the 904 Carrera GTS. This body replaced the old aluminum design and helped shed off nearly 100kg off the orginal TZ. Despite the fact that most cars were built off same moulds taken from the prototype TZ2, many differed in detail, especially with regard to the front fascia and venting.
  All TZ2 engines were prepared by Virgilio Conrero’s Autotecnica Conrero shop in Torino. They took Alfa’s DOHC Inline-4 four, gave it ultra-light magnesium casings and the cylinder head from the GTA. Together with hotter camshafts, larger valves and twin-plug ignition, the unit produced 170bhp at 7500rpm which was good for 160 mph! The engine also received a dry sump lubrication system, so it could sit lower in the chassis without impeding ground clearance.
  Chassis manufacture was sub-contracted to Ambrosini and Chief Designer Busso fitted new 13-inch diameter Campagnolo wheels to replace TZ1’s 15-inch units. Inside, the steeply raked windscreen limited space so reclining seats were fitted and the steering column was lowered as well as the entire dashboard. Since the transmission tunnel sat so much higher in the TZ2, the length of the gearshift was substantially lowered.
  The racing career of the TZ2, while brief, was very successful. In 1966 the car ran in five international events, of which it took first class every time. Autodelta did take a stab at LeMans in 1965, but none of the three cars managed to finish.
Due to their high cost, only 12 to 14 original TZ2s were manufactured.
  1965 Alfa Romeo TZ II Official
  Color - Red
  Body style -2 Door Coupe
  Engine types 4-cyl. 170 HP
  Manual Transmission 5 Speed
 For questions, images and supporting documents please contact Marvin.

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