1963 Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint

 

Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint by Bertone
10602 823229 1963

The 2600 (Duemila seicento) inherited the sharp, modern styling of its predecessor, the 2000 Sprint, and that certainly contributed to its being the top seller in the 2600 range. That shape had been the result of Giorgetto Giugiaro’s first major project as head designer for Carrozeria Bertone, and is arguably one of the most influential designs in the history of automotive styling. The 2600 was the Flagship model from 1962 for Alfa Romeo and the Sprint made more of an impression than the Spider. It was a large grand touring coupé which could seat four adults in comfort over long journeys at high speeds.

A certain number of 2600 Sprint were purchased by the Italian government and specially equipped and modified to be used as Police and Carabinieri patrol cars. The cars were very suitable for high-speed pursuits to counter the increase in armed robberies by motorized gangs in 1960s Italy, and appeared in quite a few genre movies of the time. A reported total of 6990 sprints were built between 1962-1966.

The later 10602 cars went to the “Big” not so pretty later GTV style outer door handles and lost the beautiful body colored painted dash to the faux wood also like the later 105 and 115 GTV’s. They also placed the later basket mesh defroster ducts in the dash. The early production cars are the ones to have……..

It should also be noted that the launch of the 2600 series is also representative of the first production Six Cylinder Alfa Romeo car produced since WWII.

This car, recently acquired from the prestigious collection of Lorenzo Zambrano noted Ferrari and Special Alfa Romeo collector with numerous concours awards such as Pebble Beach winning best in class numerous times with cars like the 1960 Alfa Romeo Superflow IV, is now available.

Recently completely serviced by noted Alfa Romeo specialists in Daytona Beach FL. It is found to have been professionally restored with no expense spared type restorastion by the previous owner. Never Rusted, Never Hit, Dry European delivery car in rarely seen and stunning “FAGGIO” paint with “Lip Stick” red leather interrior as delivered new.

Compare the Italian car makers of this era’s Grand Touring models and there is some interesting company: Maserati 3500 GT- Ferrari 250 and PF coupe just come to mind.

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