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The Ex-Scuderia Ferrari, Hans Ruesch, Dick Seaman, Dennis Poore Donington Grand Prix and RAC Hill-Climb Championship-winning , 1935-36 ALFA ROMEO 8C-35 Grand Prix Racing Monoposto
United Kingdom • 14 Sept 2013
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This is a meticulously restored 1935-36 Alfa Romeo 8C-35 Grand Prix Racing Monoposto with a rich racing history, including victories at the Donington Grand Prix and RAC Hill-Climb Championship. It boasts connections to legendary drivers like Tazio Nuvolari and Dick Seaman, making it a prized piece of motorsport history.
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The car has been restored to its 1937 specification and has been successfully campaigned in vintage racing events. It has been meticulously maintained and race-prepared throughout its recent ownership, with a comprehensive mechanical rebuild by Auto Restorations of Christchurch, New Zealand. The car also comes with additional bodywork to accommodate a second person and road ancillaries to facilitate road use.
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Scuderia Ferrari No: 65 Here we are absolutely delighted to be have been engaged to offer this outstanding, uniquely important, supercharged straight-8 Alfa Romeo Grand Prix car for sale by auction.
It is a car for which the Bonhams core team has a particular affinity, since we handled its first sale after no less than 41 years in one ownership – that of British industrialist Dennis Poore - from 1946-1987 .
It is a superb example of the first all-independently-suspended, big-engined Grand Prix racing design from Alfa Romeo which the Portello factory tailor-made in 1936 to combat the might of the rival State-backed German 'Silver Arrow' Mercedes-Benz W25E and Auto Union C-Type cars.
It was in this Alfa Romeo and its sisters that the legendary Italian superstar driver Tazio Nuvolari and his team-mates fought a bitter rearguard action against the overwhelming might of the German teams and their own star drivers such as Bernd Rosemeyer, Rudi Caracciola, Manfred von Brauchitsch and Hans ...
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