Twelve icons of the sports history of Biscione for sale in Monterey. Spotlight on the rare 33/2 Daytona and the Giulia Tz-1 “Double Boble” of Nabokov, without forgetting the Giulia Sprint GTA
Twelve Alfa Romeo historians of the golden era of the races will be offered at the RM Sotheby’s auction dedicated to Quadrifoglio Collection On the occasion of the Monterey Car Week on 15 and 16 August. From prototypes to tourism cars, crossing the most competitive era of Autodeltaeach car tells a fundamental aspect of the competitive inheritance of Biscione. In the foreground theAlfa Romeo T33/2 Daytona of 1968, a rare prototype V8 standard with an important competitive history behind him, and a unique specimen of Giulia Tz-1 Double Bubble of 1964, ordered by Dmitri Nabokov son of the writer Vladimir Nabokov.
Unforgettable racing alpha
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The queen of Quadrifoglio Collection It is theAlfa Romeo T33/2 Daytona of 1968, which reaches the auction at a price of esteem between the million and 700,000 and two million dollars. It is one of the only ten T33/2 survivors, it is believed that the car with the 015 frame was the first equipped with the rare 2.5 -liter V8 engine. With a very important sporting history behind him, he competed with Autodelta in 1968 and with the VDS team in 1969 in competitions such as the 24 -hour Daytona of 1968, the Targa Florio, the 1000 km of the Nürburgring, the 1000 km of Monza and the 1000 km of Spa of 1969. Restored by the former mechanic Autodelta Marcello Gambi in the nineties, was purchased in the nineties, was purchased in the nineties, 2006 by David Jacobs, former ski champion and Boulder skiing clothing entrepreneur in Colorado, who brought him back to the track at the Le Mans Classic and Monterey Historics in 2009, before arriving in the hands of the last owner.
Giulia and Giulietta
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The most sought after by Alfa Romeo collectors are the wets that RM Sotheby’s offers in the catalog in the Monterey auction on 15 and 16 August. Iconic models such as the Giulietta sz tail Tronca of 1961, born from the collaboration between Alfa Romeo and the Zagato bodywork, unmistakable for the line and cutting of the rear window. The car, which has a past in the race in Daytona, Sebring, Bridgehampton and Bahamas Speed Week with the Martini & Rossi Racing Team, is offered with an estimate price between 400,000 and 500,000 dollars. Important prices also for theAlfa Romeo 1750 GTAM of 1970, one of the only 40 built by Autodelta, delivered in Belgium and led by the pilot Franz Abraham, which reaches the auction with an estimate price between 200,000 and $ 250,000, and for theAlfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA of 1966, fast, light and full of character, proposed with a price of estimate between 125,000 and 175,000 dollars.
The Alfa “Lolita”
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Among the most coveted Alfa Romeo of the Quadrifoglio Collection there is also the Alfa Romeo Giulia Tz-1 “Double Bubble” of 1964, which reaches the auction with a price of estimation between $ 700,000 and 900,000 dollars. This is the only TZ-1 originally delivered with the so-called “double hump” roof, tailor-made by Dmitri Nabokov, son of Vladimir, the famous Creator of Lolita. Dmitri was a great fans of sports cars. Completed in April 1964, the car with a 750061 frame number was painted in white with seats covered in black leather: Nabokov, who measured almost a meter and 95 with a racing helmet, claimed to have personally requested this feature precisely for reasons of space, and in fact the car is the only TZ-1 delivered new with the Double Boubble roof. After racing in Europe and Australia and having “placed” on the cover of Sports Car World In 1969, the TZ1 passed by hand and remained owned by the same collector for 34 years.
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