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The Alfa Romeo 6C name was used on road, race and sports cars that were made between 1925 and 1954 and refers to a straight six cylinder engine. Bodies for these cars were made by coachbuilders such as James Young Zagato, Touring, Castagna, and Pininfarina. In the mid-1920s, Alfa's RL was considered too large and heavy so a new development began. The two litre formula that had led to Alfa Romeo winning the World Championship in 1925 changed to 1.5 litre for the 1926 season. In the early 1920s, Vittorio Jano had been tasked with creating a lightweight, high performance vehicle to replace the Giuseppe Merosi designed RL and RM models. It was introduced in April 1925 at the Salone dell' Automobile di Milano as the 6C 1500 and was based on the P2 racing car using a single overhead cam 1487cc, inline six-cylinder motor producing 44 horsepower. In 1928, it was presented as the 1500 Sport which was the first Alfa Romeo road car with double overhead camshafts. The 6C1500 was introduced in 1925 at Milan and production started in 1927 with the P2 Grand Prix car as a starting point. Engine capacity was now 1487cc against the P2's 1987cc, while supercharging was dropped and first versions were bodied by Young and Touring. In 1928, a 6C Sport was released with a twin overhead camshafts engine. Its sport version won many races, including the 1928 Mille Miglia. Total production was 3000. Ten models of a supercharged Super Sport variant were also produced. The more powerful 6C 1750 was introduced in 1929 in Rome. This commenced with the 3rd series models and continued with the 4th, 5th and 6th updated version until 1933. It was produced in six series between 1929 and 1933. The base model had a single overhead cam; Super Sport and Gran Sport versions had double overhead cam engine. Again, a supercharger was available. Most of the cars were sold as rolling chassis and bodied by coachbuilders such as Zagato, Touring and James Young In 1929, it won every major racing event it was entered FOR, including the Grands Prix of Belgium, Spain, Tunis and Monza, as well as the Mille Miglia with Giuseppe Campari and Giulio Ramponi at the wheel. The Brooklands Double Twelve and the Ulster TT were also conquered and in 1930, it won the Mille Miglia again followed by the Spa 24 Hours. As the garage door opens and those legendary lines begin to glint in the sunshine, you cannot help but smile and joy seems to well up from some imaginary source. This certainly looks and smells like the real thing and I suspect you are waiting for a big 'but'. Well there isn't one. What there is though, is an Alfa Romeo 6C Grand Sport with a creditable back-story as well as much attention lavished upon it over the years. The previous owner, Adrian Mounsdon, acquired a kit of parts from a fellow VSCC and Alfa Romeo Section Member, Chris Warman in 1984. Mr. Warman had been passionate about these cars and amassed the parts over many years. The engine is a complete 1930, 4th Series, 1750cc period unit with the gearbox that had been installed in the ex-Besley EHP car. This was subsequently taken out and mated to a new but correct 6C chassis. The engine itself had been over-bored but this has since been sleeved back to standard by Lambourne & Ridley and fitted with new 'Frenchay' pistons and rings. New valves, guides and crankshaft gears are also in place. A 2" S.U. carburettor replaces the normally fitted Memini unit, an s. fuel pump replaces the Autovac (still in situ) and coil all combine to provide a more manageable driving experience. The original Bosch twin 'contact breaker' points system has been replaced with a fully transistorised system and the fuel pumps are now continuous running with fuel filter and pressure adjustment. Both systems can be easily reverted back to their standard specification. Complete with a full pressure and crack test, this engine is barely run in. The rear axle and torque tube were of 'Touring' specification and were subsequentl