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1961 ALFA ROMEO 2000S SPYDER
COACHWORK BY TOURING
Registration No. 502 DCB 75 (French)
Chassis No: 02812
Engine No: To be advised
Metallic grey with red leather interior.
Engine: four cylinders in line, 1975cc, twin overhead camshafts, twin Solex carburettors, 115bhp at 5800rpm; Gearbox: five-speed synchromesh; Suspension: front, independent by double wishbones and coil springs, rear, coil springs; Brakes: hydraulic drum. Left hand drive.
In 1950 Alfa Romeo comprehensively turned away from the costly, complicated hand-built eight and six-cylindered high performance sports and racing cars that had made their name, The new 1900 was intended for a very different market. To take the company into the second-half of the 20th century it had a lusty four-cylinder engine boasting twin overhead camshafts, like all Alfas before and since, but it was intended for large-scale production. The first 1900 was an unpretentious all-steel four door saloon, but it was soon backed by a profusion of coupes and open spyders on specially developed steel platform chassis. In 1958 the 2000 berlina arrived to supercede the 1900 and it too was offered in coupe and spyder form. The engine was evolved from the earlier model, and there was a new platform short chassis for the high performance versions. Suspension owed much to the smaller-engined Giulietta with its twin wishbone front suspension and carefully controlled lightweight rear axle. There was a five-speed all-synchro gearbox, a feature which perhaps emphasised that the 2000 was staking a claim to a wider market. The spyder's Touring body was delectable, beautifuly finished and equipped, a classic grand tourer for two fortunate occupants in separate, well-shaped front seats with possibly an amenable accommodated behind. The 200 had its own character. It still offered a 110mph maximum and 0-60 mph in just over 14 seconds, but it could also thread smoothly through crowded city boulevards without any show of temperment.
COACHWORK BY TOURING
Registration No. 502 DCB 75 (French)
Chassis No: 02812
Engine No: To be advised
Metallic grey with red leather interior.
Engine: four cylinders in line, 1975cc, twin overhead camshafts, twin Solex carburettors, 115bhp at 5800rpm; Gearbox: five-speed synchromesh; Suspension: front, independent by double wishbones and coil springs, rear, coil springs; Brakes: hydraulic drum. Left hand drive.
In 1950 Alfa Romeo comprehensively turned away from the costly, complicated hand-built eight and six-cylindered high performance sports and racing cars that had made their name, The new 1900 was intended for a very different market. To take the company into the second-half of the 20th century it had a lusty four-cylinder engine boasting twin overhead camshafts, like all Alfas before and since, but it was intended for large-scale production. The first 1900 was an unpretentious all-steel four door saloon, but it was soon backed by a profusion of coupes and open spyders on specially developed steel platform chassis. In 1958 the 2000 berlina arrived to supercede the 1900 and it too was offered in coupe and spyder form. The engine was evolved from the earlier model, and there was a new platform short chassis for the high performance versions. Suspension owed much to the smaller-engined Giulietta with its twin wishbone front suspension and carefully controlled lightweight rear axle. There was a five-speed all-synchro gearbox, a feature which perhaps emphasised that the 2000 was staking a claim to a wider market. The spyder's Touring body was delectable, beautifuly finished and equipped, a classic grand tourer for two fortunate occupants in separate, well-shaped front seats with possibly an amenable accommodated behind. The 200 had its own character. It still offered a 110mph maximum and 0-60 mph in just over 14 seconds, but it could also thread smoothly through crowded city boulevards without any show of temperment.
Sale room notice
Please note that the fuel lines are dirty and therefore the car has an intermittent stop. The vendor has just spent 800 pounds on the brakes although the pedal does not always retract fully. The fuel and water temperature guages are not working properly. There is an exhaust blow.