Alfa Romeo 1900 Companion

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Alfa Romeo 1900 Companion Website This website is produced in cooperation with the Alfa Romeo 1900 Register organizations. 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.

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Nomenclature:
Is it a Series III or a Tipo IV? Roman numerals or Arabic numbers aside, the factory-built 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 Sprint coupes.

THE LATEST 1900 NEWS...

John Hearne's lovely "Satta Special" (see feature below) is, sadly, up for sale. John says that "the engine is running, the car steers and stops. It just needs finishing work now. I do not wish to offer it on the open market at this stage so thought that I would see if there was any interest from the 1900 community first. I can be contacted at this email address: johnhearne41@yahoo.com"

Isn't this a gorgeous poster?

I'll keep it here as a decoration for a while!

A few new videos have been added to the Videos page:
*01441* restoration, *01089* and *01959* at the recent Gooding & Co. auction at Pebble Beach.
An interesting comparison of penetrating oils appeared on the AlfaBB and is reprinted here.
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.

OTHER NEWS:

Barchetta.com has eight pages of 8C2300/2900 photos, taken on a May09 Tuscany tour. Well worth viewing if you're an 8C fan. Between the great cars and Tuscan countryside, what's not to like?
Robert Gore in the UK has kindly donated a master CD of the original 1900 Shop Manual. We can copy and provide these CDs costing from $4 to $10 each depending on the number to order. The more the less! Please email alfamail@comcast.net to express your interest. These CDs are readily mailed anywhere. We have found it handy to print relevant pages from the CD to use in the garage instead of messing up a fine book with greasy fingerprints!
OK Parts is now carrying the hitherto unobtainable Series 2 air cleaner box and filter element.

FEATURES

	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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