Alfa Romeo 1900 Companion

About the
Alfa Romeo 1900 Companion Website This website is produced in cooperation with the Alfa Romeo 1900 Register organizations in the U.S. and the U.K. The primary function of this Companion website is to provide a visual database of surviving Alfa 1900 automobiles located around the world and to aid in the preservation of Alfa Romeo 1900 automobiles.

Members of the North American Alfa Romeo 1900 Register should click on the "alfa1900reg.org" link to access member news and information on that website.

We have a lot of internet photos of Alfa 1900s and we need your help in matching them to chassis numbers so they can be added to the PhotoBase. Click on the Orphans link and see if you recognize any of the 1900s on the Orphans page.
Check out the Archives for news stories that have disappeared from the home page.

Contact Bob Schnittger, Webmaster

Nomenclature:
Is it a Series III or a Tipo 4? Roman numerals or Arabic numbers aside, the factory-built Touring 1900 Sprint coupes were designated Series I, Series II and Series III, for the three obvious generations of these coupes.

However, the Series I Sprint came in two varieties, the earlier cars with doors that covered internal rocker panels ("long-door" Sprints), and the later cars with doors that ended above external rocker panels ("short-door" Sprints).

Consequently, Peter Marshall, of the International Alfa Romeo 1900 Register, uses the term "Tipo 1" to describe the long-door Sprints and "Tipo 2" to describe the short-door Sprints, both of which are known in factory parlance as Series I cars.

Continuing along, then, the Series II cars become, in Peter's scheme, Tipo 3s and Series III Sprints are Tipo 4s.

This website uses Peter's designations for the Touring Sprint coupes.

THE LATEST 1900 NEWS...

*20075*, a 1900 Cabriolet Stabilimeni Farina, won the special prize "Alfa Romeo Cup" as the most representative car at the 7th International Councours d'Elegance in Ludwigsburg.
Does your Super Sprint/TI/TI Super have its original brake scoops? Many don't. Check our new Feature below for details.
Renan Uflacker has authored a very thought-provoking article on the aerodynamic legacy of the Disco Volante.
The 2010 California Mille: Alfa 1900 photo album, SGD report and Chopard video.
Alfa Romeo Centenary Links
Check out the Alfa 1900 activity at the just-concluded AROC Alfa Century 100 national convention! Additional event photos by Joost Gompels.

The 2010 Hilton Head Island Concours will feature a special class
in celebration of Alfa Romeo's centenary. More info

OTHER NEWS:

CDs of the 1900 shop manual MANUALE delle RIPARAZIONE
are now sold out. Your name can be placed on a waiting list and if enough sign up we can do another batch.
Email alfamail@comcast.net if interested. ?--Joost Gompels
This information, on the Alfa BB, about Series III/Tipo4 wiring may be of interest to some...
Franco Veloce is soliciting interest in making a reproduction of the original wire harness from the 1900 CSS (3-window coupe) in original black cotton wires.
OK Parts is now carrying the hitherto-unobtainable Series II air cleaner box and filter element.

FEATURES

	Front Brake Scoops/Ducts Does your Super Sprint/TI/TI Super have its original brake scoops? Many don't. Here's what they look like on 01839 (Boano).
	Disco Volante Legacy: The Quest for Aerodynamics Renan Uflacker explores how the C52 Disco Volante has influenced sports and racing car design for many decades. Controversial perhaps, but definitely food for thought!
	Retrimming a 1900CSS A French website has an extensive pictorial outlining the steps it took to retrim a 1900CSS interior. This is my take on the French-language article.
	Satta Special John Hearne is creating a period-correct Alfa 1900 Monoposto called the "Satta Special". Strictly for his pleasure & the challenge of it all!
	Inside 'Superleggera' Here's an inside look at the structure of Touring's 'Superleggera' coachbuilding method on a Tipo 3 and a Tipo 4.
	The Bertone B.A.T.s The B.A.T. coupes, of which only three were built between 1953 and 1955, are spectacular vehicles which never fail to draw crowds wherever they appear.
	The Savonuzzi-style Ghias One of the most interesting 1900s is the Savonuzzi-designed Ghia coupe, of which perhaps as many as eleven were built. We examine six known survivors.

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