Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 When industrialist Nicola Romeo took over the Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili (A.L.F.A), the name Alfa Romeo was born.
It is a name long been associated with some of the most exciting Italian cars on the road. One of them certainly is the Alfa Romeo 6C 2300.
The sporty car was developed in 1934 and sold from 1935 to 1939. It had a straight 6 engine designed by Vittorio Jano. The Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 was available as Touring, Granturismo and Pescara. The cars were the first in Europe to be fitted with four wheel independent suspension. They also had a single disc dry clutch and transmission with synchronized 3rd and 4th gear.
The 6C 2300 was replaced in 1939 by the 6C 2500 which was produced, except during WW2, until 1952. And besides that, Alfa Romeo will be celebrating its 100th birthday this year.
24 January, 2010 – The Grand Restauration Show and Classic Vehicle Auction in The Exhibition Hall, Royal Norfolk Showground, Norwich NR5 OTT. It is an auction of classic and vintage cars and motor cycles and automobilia auction.
5-7 February, 2010 -The Bremen Classic Motorshow is the first big vintage car event of the year in the north of Europe. It is a high quality vehicle fair with more than 550 exhibitors from 11 countries. The name of the special show this year is “Bella Macchina”, documenting classic Alfa Romeo cars. At the Bremen Classic Motorshow you can see everything about rally and racing for two and four-wheelers. The Bremen Classic Motorshow certainly is an event you shouldn’t miss.
13-14 February, 2010 – The Footman James Great Western Autojumble & Charterhouse Auction, a vehicle auction run by Charterhouse and a huge autojumble at The Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England.
In 1919 T. G. John founded the T.G. John and Co. Ltd., a company producing stationary engines, carburettor bodies and motor scooters.
T. G. John was approached by Geoffrey de Feville with the design of a 4-cylinder engine with aluminium pistons and pressure lubrication. These units were called Alvis. In 1921 the company changed its name to Alvis Car and Engineering Company Ltd. and moved production to Holyhead Road, Coventry.
From 1928 to 1931 the Alvis 12/75 F.W.D. was produced, a front wheel drive car with overhead camshaft and in-board brakes. The car was available as 4-seat sports, 2-seat sports, and sports saloon. 142 cars were produced. Until the end of the 1920s, mostly smaller sports cars were manufactured. One of them was the Alvis 12/50, a successful classic sports car. One of the successors was the Alvis 12/60 HP. It was a 4-cylinder rear wheel drive sports car available as 2 seat, 4 seat, and saloon. 282 cars were built.
The Peel Microcars were produced in the 1960s by Peel Engineering on the Isle of Man and were the world’s smallest cars.
The Peel P 50 was a single seat 3-wheeler with a German 49 cc two-stroke engine produced by Zweirad Union (DKW) and originally was a moped engine.
The car was a simple glass fibre construction with no chassis, a length of 54 in (1.37 m) and a width of 41 in (1.04 m). The car was available in red, white and blue. As the engine was placed under the driver’s seat the car was very loud.
It also had hardly any comfort, no speedometer and not even indicators or brake signs. The driver had to use hand signs, which wasn’t too easy as only the window on the right hand side could be opened.
Less than 50 cars were built from 1963 t0 1964.The Peel Trident was a 2-seater 3-wheeler and a few cars had a 99 cc Triumph Tina/T10 engine and an 8” rear wheel, instead of the 49 cc Zweirad Union engine. The car was a little bigger than the P 50 with a length of 71 in (1.81 m) and a width of 42 in (1.07 m). Some of the cars were fitted with a shopping basket instead of the passenger seat. The colours available were red and blue and a little more than 80 cars were built from 1964 to 1966.
