1957 Alfa Romeo 1900 Super Sprint Touring Tipo 4 Coupe
- Engine
- 1.975L DOHC inline-four with Weber carburetors, 115 bhp
- Colour
- Dark cobalt blue ('Bleu Cobalto Scuro')
The 1957 Alfa Romeo 1900 Super Sprint Touring Coupé, chassis 10473, is a matching-numbers example of the short-lived Tipo 4 three-window design built by Carrozzeria Touring under their Superleggera patent. One of fewer than 600 produced through 1958, it was first delivered to a Lisbon dealer in June 1957 and retains its original Portuguese registration plates. Discovered in a notable Portuguese barn-find collection around 2007, it subsequently received a three-year nut-and-bolt restoration in Italy, completed in 2014 to concours standard and certified by the Automotoclub Storico Italiano.
Ownership
- —Auction saleEstimate US$300,000 – US$400,000
- 1957-06-01 →Factory deliveryMocar, Lisbonfull documentation
Initial retail delivery to a Lisbon dealership; the car was registered in Portugal the following month with plates that remain on the car today.
- → 2011-03-01Acquisition unknownPortuguese barnyard-find collection ownerpartial documentation
Vehicle was part of a notable group of stored cars that came to light in Portugal around 2007.
- 2011-03-01 →Private saleItalian owner, Viterbo Historical Car Club memberpartial documentation
Undertook a comprehensive three-year mechanical and cosmetic rebuild completed in 2014, achieving concours-level preparation and ASI certification; the car has covered roughly 900 km since that restoration.
Competition
No competition history extracted from the catalogue.
Maintenance & restoration
- 2014RestorationBorrani Milano (wheels); broader work by Italian owner's team
Comprehensive ground-up refurbishment over three years: full repaint in the original Dark Cobalt Blue matched to the dashboard, all mechanical components stripped and rebuilt to factory specifications using correct original or new-old-stock parts, and Borrani wire wheels restored by Borrani Milano.
Restoration was completed to concours standard and subsequently certified by the Automotoclub Storico Italiano, FIVA's regional Italian representative.
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