1955 Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Three-window Coupé (Touring coachwork)

AR1900C 10481roadItaly

Engine: 1.975L twin-cam inline-four, ~115 bhp
Colour: Two-tone 'Azzurro Verde Oceano' with dark green roof

Chassis AR1900C 10481 is a 1955 Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint coupé bodied by Carrozzeria Touring in the desirable three-window configuration, one of roughly 600 built between 1955 and 1958 with perhaps 200 surviving. Originally delivered new to Switzerland, it later passed through France and Belgium before undergoing a comprehensive body-off restoration completed around 2017–2018, emerging in two-tone Azzurro Verde Oceano livery with a dark green roof, deleted bumpers, Borrani wire wheels, and a Nardi remote gear linkage.

Ownership

2019-06-30Auction sale
Estimate €200,000 – €300,000
Bonhams catalogue lot →
1971 → 1994Acquisition unknown
French owner or owners
partial documentation
Car arrived in France in 1971 and remained there roughly two decades; original French registration document dated 1971 is retained in the file.
→ 1995Acquisition unknown
Mr J Durieux
partial documentation
Based in Saint-Tropez; car departed France in 1995 under his ownership, with the cancelled Carte Grise still on file.
2003 → 2005Private sale
Belgian owner (first tenure)
partial documentation
Acquired the car in Belgium; subsequently sold it in 2005, after which a comprehensive body-off restoration was commissioned by the buyer.
2005 →Private sale
Restoration buyer
partial documentation
Initiated and oversaw a full body-off rebuild completed around 2017–2018, including a two-tone repaint, deleted bumpers, Nardi gear linkage, and Borrani wheels; sold back to the previous Belgian owner once work was complete.
Date unknownFactory delivery
Swiss first owner
partial documentation
Original delivery confirmed by factory records as being to Switzerland; no further details on identity or tenure length.
Date unknownPrivate sale
Belgian owner (second tenure)
partial documentation
Re-acquired the car after the restoration was finalised; current consignor offering the vehicle at auction.

Competition

No competition history extracted from the catalogue.

Maintenance & restoration

2017
Restoration
Full body-off restoration begun in 2005 and completed around 2017–2018, encompassing a repaint in two-tone Azzurro Verde Oceano with a dark green roof, a matching interior retrim, removal of the bumpers, fitment of Borrani wire wheels, and installation of a Nardi remote floor-shift gear linkage.
Restoration file includes invoices for parts and labour, plus extensive notes and correspondence relating to the project.

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