Alfa Romeo’s Vittorio Jano-designed 6C 1500 entered production in 1927, soon to be complemented by an uprated Sport version with twin-cam head, twin-barrel carburettor, and increased compression providing 54 horsepower.

Riding a 290-centimetre wheelbase, this model was generally clothed in saloon and four-seat tourer coachwork by Italian coachbuilders.

Many examples were used in period sportscar competitions with great success, foremost among these victories being the 1928 Mille Miglia.

Offered here is chassis 0211492, a very late second-series example that wears a fascinating Weymann-type body of unattributed construction, which most closely resembles a unique interpretation of the English coachbuilder James Young.

Marque expert Angela Cherrett notes that chassis 0211492 was likely first delivered to the United Kingdom, where it was initially registered as “KP 7591”.

This 6C later passed to the noted scientist Michael Crowley-Milling, and then later to the Alfa Romeo vintage race...