This week I have added a couple of new pages with information on car museums in Southern America. Like the Collección Nicolini in Lima, Peru, a nice museum, started by mr. Nicolini who had a serious passion for classic cars. Over the years he collected some 120 cars, among them an Alfa Romeo 2600 SZ. … Continue reading
Think the historic Mille Miglia is the only revival event of a legendary Italian road race? Wrong! This year, from August 28th to September 1st, classic cars will transit the Dolomites in northern Italy, starting from Cortina d’Ampezzo. Registration is open to cars built from 1919 to 1961 (exceptions can be made for cars up … Continue reading
I must confess: when I see a car chase on TV I must lean forward, I’ll be on the edge of my chair. Especially when Alfa Romeos are involved. They’ll be my favorites, no matter whether they belong to the good guys or the bad guys. In the seventies wild car chases were a recurring … Continue reading
In 2008 together with a group of some 24 Dutch Alfisti I attended the Le Mans Classic event. Staying in a hotel in Nogent-le-Rotrou, in the Eure-et-Loire district, we had to travel some 80 kilometers to and from the Le Mans race track. That was not a drawback at all, the trip led us trough … Continue reading
April 26th, 2013, the Style Icons exposition in the Louwman Museum was officially opened. Here’s a short video, published on SCARBtube, the YouTube channel of the largest and oldest (35 years) Alfa Romeo owners club (SCARB) in the Netherlands. One of the Alfa Romeos is the 1900 SSZ that recently was retrieved from a garage … Continue reading
Currently on display at the Style Icons exhibition in the Louwman Museum in The Hague, the Netherlands, is a rare 1900 SSZ. ‘SS’ for Super Sport, ‘Z’ for Carrozzeria Zagato. In 1952 the 1900 SSZ was developed for competition use. The weight was kept low by the use of materials like aluminum for the body … Continue reading
Today exactly 100 years ago Giuseppe Busso was born in Turin. Busso started his career in 1937 at Fiat’s technical aeronautical engine department (Ufficio Tecnico Motori Aviazione or UTMA). Later he transfered to the technical experimental locomotive railway office (Ufficio Tecnico Autoveicoli Ferroviari Sperimentali or UTAFS). In January 1939, Busso moved to Alfa Romeo to … Continue reading
From April 20th to 23rd some 70 most European classic cars made their way through the Japanese landscape. Alfa Romeo Giuliettas in the bamboo forest, a Stanguellini, a Triumph and an Osca under the cherry blossom, a remarkable view. It was at the Festa Primavera, the Japanese pendant of the Mille Miglia. On the entry list … Continue reading
Three time Mille Miglia Storica winner Luciano Viaro, born in 1942 sadly passed away the 22nd of February in 2011. But he was very alive at the wheel of his 1933 Alfa Romeo 6c 1500 G.S. Testa Fissa, as proves the video below. Viaro was a well respected competitor in the world’s most exciting rolling … Continue reading
After the recent addition of the Wanaka Transport and Toy Museum in Wanaka, New Zealand, there’s another automotive museum on the Southern hemisphere to put on the list: the National Automobile Museum of Tasmania in Launceston. Visitors will find a collection of more than a hundred classic automobiles, spanning a period of more than a … Continue reading
Alfa Romeo in museums 