• Aluminium replica body • Assorted engine and other parts included • Exciting and potentially most rewarding project Its Portello factory devastated by wartime bombing, Alfa Romeo did not resume car production until 1946 with, inevitably, a pre-war carry-over, the 6C 2500, which would form the basis of the Milanese marque's post-war recovery.

Last of the separate-chassis Alfas, the 2500 had debuted in 1939 and was a development of the preceding 2300.

Styled in-house, but strongly influenced by Touring, the streamlined five-seater Freccia d'Oro (Golden Arrow) sports saloon was built alongside coupé and cabriolet versions featuring bodies by the likes of Pinin Farina, Touring and Ghia, plus a six/seven-seater berlina on a longer wheelbase.

The engine was, of course, the latest version of Alfa's race-developed double-overhead-camshaft 'six', its 2,443cc displacement having been arrived at by enlarging the bore of the 2300.

Introduced in 1934, the latter had been designed by the legen...