Description
Alfa Romeo Spider 2600 Touring, fully restored in both bodywork and interior, engine completely rebuilt, always kept in a private garage, car in perfect condition, a unique example for its equipment.
1. The silver-grey colour with Cartier red interior is the original, as it was requested from the Alfa Romeo Museum in Arese before the restoration; 2. The hood has been remade to the original specification, which featured a zip closure on 3 sides of the plastic rear window to allow the rear window to be opened (practically no 2600 Spider has this); 3. The light-blue painted, embossed wooden tool box fitted to this Alfa, which was fitted to this model in the 1960s, is no longer found on any car, not even the 2600 Spider on display at the Alfa Romeo Museum in Arese. As proof I have a copy of the magazine Ruote Classiche (2008) featuring a photo of the tool box that was originally fitted; 4. The tappet cover and the air intake manifold (Solex carburettors) on all restored Alfa 2600 Spiders for sale are aluminium-coloured for the tappet cover and black for the air intake manifold. Their true original colour is that of this Alfa, namely embossed green; 5. The Solex carburettor fuel lines should not be black, as on most restored Alfa 2600s for sale, but yellow with an external steel spiral wrap. This Alfa currently has 3 twin-barrel Weber carburettors fitted with modern black fuel lines, but the original Solex carburettors supplied with this car have yellow lines with a steel spiral, as original; 6. The document case supplied with the car contains the original Alfa 2600 workshop manual with all spare parts and their part numbers, plus a photo album with all the negatives from the restoration carried out in 2010, which took a year and a half; 7. This Alfa 2600 has received the ORO ASI plate and, even more prestigious because far more selective, the ORO R. I. A. R. plate from the Registro Italiano Alfa Romeo, which certifies Alfa Romeo cars exclusively; 8. It was the subject of a lengthy 4-page article with photographs in the magazine Automobilismo D'Epoca, February 2013 issue, which I can provide; 9. It was awarded in 2022 at the annual spring event held in Rome called Antiqua (plaque which I can show); 10. In spring 2017 it was the subject of a photo shoot in Rome at Villa Farnese for the jeweller Bulgari, in which Lottie Moss (sister of the famous model Kate Moss) posed as the model.
Modifications made: Solex carburettors replaced with 3 Weber 45 DCOE twin-barrel carburettors, related die-cast aluminium manifold, aluminium mounting plate machined on a lathe for the carburettors, pipes and various accessories; labour cost approximately 10 years ago, €6, 500. 00. Electric power steering with electric adjustment to stiffen or soften the steering; labour cost approximately 8 years ago, €4, 500. 00. Electronic ignition, with the dynamo replaced by an alternator to supply greater current; labour cost approximately 10 years ago, €2, 700. 00. Original black Alfa Romeo steering wheel replaced with a Nardi wooden and aluminium steering wheel complete with aluminium hub; labour cost approximately 11 years ago, €3, 500. 00.
Total modifications made: €17, 200. 00
Today the same work would cost considerably more.
Original spare parts supplied with the car: One cylinder head; one steering box; one petrol tank, tank-sealed.
Value of original spare parts supplied: €6, 000. 00
Total value of modifications and parts: €23, 200. 00
Original parts removed, to be supplied with the car: 3 Solex carburettors and related yellow fuel lines with steel spiral; 1 carburettor air intake manifold and related air filter; 1 dynamo; 1 original black Alfa Romeo steering wheel.
The details listed above, the improvements made and the spare parts supplied mean that no car currently for sale, I stress, no car, has the same characteristics.
