Description
1963 Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint (RHD) - Ruddspeed & 1964 2600 Sprint (LHD) Projects
Introduced in 1962, Alfa Romeo's 106-Series 2600 range was a direct replacement for the preceding 102-Series 2000 cars. The latter's chassis design and body styles were retained, with minor revisions and improvements, but in place of the 2. 0-litre, four-cylinder engine was a new, 2, 584cc, twin-cam six descended from the successful Giulietta. A maximum output of 145bhp was claimed for this unit when installed in the Sprint Coupé, good enough for a top speed of around 124mph. I read somewhere that when these Sprints were sold new, they cost almost 3 time the price of a new E-Type.
I'm selling 2 cars I bought back in Februry this year, both 2600 Sprints, a 1963 RHD Ruddspeed conversion supplied new to the UK and a 1964 LHD supplied new to Paris, France. Both had been in long term storage. But 7 months later I’ve had to have a rethink as I have too many other project cars on the go and I think it’s time to sell the cars to someone else that can either combine two cars to make one good car, or restore both cars.
1. 1963 Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint that was delivered to Ken Rudd at Ruddspeed in Sussex. They did a RHD conversion. The original colour is Antique White with a Blue interior.
The 'Certificati Origine' gives me the following information:
- Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint (106. 02)
- Production date: 1963, May 7th
- Delivery date: 1963, May 9th
- Market destination: Sussex (United Kingdom)
- Exterior color: Bianco antico
- Note: Carrozzeria - USA (mph not km)
I bought a later factory RDH dash top, the Ruddspeed car wouldn't have had the air vents, but I thought they could be closed up during the restoration and then recovered. As you can see from the photos the car is missing a few parts, there is a spare door inside the car, I was going to use the door from the other car. I admit the car doesn’t look pretty, but the floors are all solid as is the boot floor. I have the 4 missing wheels for the car…it's currently on a homemade trolley system to be able to move the car around. There are a few boxes of parts that come with the car too. It has a great registration number of PTE 76, currently no V5, I applied to keep the same registration and was told once the car has been restored it will be inspected and then assigned. The car was originally saved from a Wiltshire scrapyard in the 70's and barn stored since then.
2. This LHD 1964 Alfa 2600 Sprint (from the same family). The engine on this grey car was apparently rebuilt before the car was taken off the road. The body colour is Mink (grey) with a cream interior, the interior is in better shape than the 63 car and could be restored and dyed blue. This car has rust at the rear, the boot floor has almost gone. It has the original advert and bill of sale when the car was bought in the UK. I have keys for both cars and a V5 in my name for this car.
The 'Certificati Origine' lists the car as:
Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint (106. 02)
Production date: 1963, November 7th
Delivery date: 1964, February 27th
Market destination: Paris (France)
Exterior color: Visone (Translates to Mink)
I don’t have the talent, parts or money to repair this car, which is a shame as it has a great history behind it. So the plan was to use this second car as a donor car for the white Ruddspeed car. Both cars are located near Brooklands race circuit in Weybridge.
Lots of photos of the car on the Ruddspeed website - details above
Any question or if you need more photos, please feel free to contact me
