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1923 Ansaldo 6AN Dual-Cowl Torpedo Tourer Registration no. SV 9441 Chassis no. 6049 Engine no. 6070S
United Kingdom • 10 Sept 2011
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This 1923 Ansaldo 6AN Dual-Cowl Torpedo Tourer is a rare Italian sports-tourer, one of only a handful of surviving six-cylinder Ansaldos with original factory coachwork. It has undergone a body-off restoration in 2003/2004, including a re-spray, rewiring, and engine rebuild, and is described as being in generally very good condition, making it an attractive option for collectors of vintage cars.
However, the engine still needs to be run-in, with only 500 miles covered since the rebuild, and the gearbox has been modified to four speeds using a Riley gear set, which may affect its originality and value to some collectors.
Condition
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The car is described as being in generally very good condition. A body-off restoration was undertaken circa 2003/2004 including a re-spray, rewiring, and engine rebuild. The engine has only covered 500 miles since the rebuild and still needs to be run-in. There is a modification of note, the gearbox's conversion to four speeds (from three) using a Riley gear set in the original case.
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Transmission:
[Transmission]
Chassis No:
6049
Odometer:
[Odometer Reading]
Reg Number:
SV 9441
RHD/LHD:
RHD
One of Italy's largest engineering groups, Ansaldo needed to find a use for its Turin aero engine factory after WWI and decided to diversify into motor manufacturing.
Production of an advanced light car - the Tipo 4 - commenced in 1919.
Designed by Ansaldo's chief engineer, Guido Soria, it was powered by an overhead-camshaft four-cylinder engine displacing 1,847cc and featured an American-style central gearchange to the three-speed 'box.
In 1923 Ansaldo introduced four-wheel brakes to the range and launched its first six-cylinder model, the 1,990cc 6AN.
Ansaldo seemed to have established itself in the motoring marketplace when the group was broken up on Mussolini's orders in 1927, the car division being sold to Macchi.
Soria found employment elsewhere but had left designs for two luxury cars on the drawing board, which appeared after he left.
Car production fizzled out during the early 1930s, though the Ansaldo name subsequently appeared on Viberti-built trolleybuses.
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