Alfa Romeo

[SACO]

Who know this Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 with special bodywork, ex Piaggio, exhibited at the Turin museum, then in an American collection ?

[grobmotorix]

Alfa Romeo Special
Freccia d'Oro-nosed
chassis #2211088
2019 in the Jon Shirley collection
That´s what I have on my HDD

[SACO]

Thank you for the information and the photo
I found this:

" The car displayed here, a Series II, was originally purchased new by Andrea Mario Piaggio of the Piaggio family, which was famous for its aeroplanes and later, its scooters. It was used as a road car until October 11th, 1951, when it was parked and no longer driven.

In 1958 the car was donated to the Museo dell' Automobile Carlo Biscaretti in Torino, Italy. At that time the museum already had a fully restored Touring body Spider, so the body was removed from the Piaggio 8C 2300 and the rolling chassis was put on display until 1995. "

Has the car perhaps received its body from Piaggo?

1 point for grobmotorix !