1939 Alfa Romeo 6C2500 Sport Berlinetta (Touring coachwork, Super Sport engine conversion)

Vehicle was a gift from Benito Mussolini; she used it during the final days of the Italian fascist regime, including the ill-fated northward flight toward Switzerland in April 1945.

Car was confiscated after Petacci's arrest and execution and relocated to Livorno.

American Army Air Corps officer based near Livorno who acquired the car around 1946, drove it in Italy, then shipped it to his family's farm in New York in 1949; the car was eventually laid up after a mechanical failure.

Pettit's uncle, who partially disassembled the car with intentions of restoring it, though no restoration was carried out.

Antique furniture dealer from Mohawk, New York, who purchased the car for $300 after learning of it through a Hemmings Motor News listing; he later investigated and substantiated its remarkable historical provenance.

Large private collection that carried out a cosmetic restoration and displayed the car among rare coachbuilt vehicles for roughly two decades.

Had the engine rebuilt in Italy using components from specialist Francesco Bonfanti, entered the car in historic events, then commissioned a comprehensive two-year restoration costing approximately €500,000 at Garage Bonfanti.

Connecticut-based collector who acquired the partially restored car from Keno in the late 1970s before passing it on to the Imperial Palace Auto Collection.

Car was entered following an engine rebuild in Italy carried out with parts sourced from specialist Francesco Bonfanti.

Second consecutive appearance at this historic event before the owner undertook a major restoration.

Cosmetic restoration carried out by the Imperial Palace Auto Collection to display standards, scope limited to appearance rather than a full mechanical overhaul.

Undertaken during the collection's ownership period, which lasted approximately two decades up to 1999.

The original engine was overhauled in Italy using components sourced from Alfa Romeo specialist and master mechanic Francesco Bonfanti, preparing the car for historic competition.

Carried out at the instigation of the owner who acquired the car in 1999, prior to the 2001 Mille Miglia Storica entry.

A comprehensive two-year restoration costing approximately €500,000 was undertaken at Garage Bonfanti in collaboration with body specialist Dino Cognolato. Missing sections of the floorpan and door sills were faithfully recreated using original Carrozzeria Touring drawings made available by Carlo Anderloni, son of the coachbuilder's founder. The work was extensively documented photographically.

Carried out at the advice of Francesco Bonfanti following the Mille Miglia participations. Carlo Anderloni visited the workshop during the process to assist with authentic reconstruction of coachwork details.