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08/10/2025 12:28 pm
By the 1930s, aviation aerodynamics began to be incorporated into the coachbuilder's designs for both performance and esthetics. Although the philosophy as wind tunnel results were identical, each countries' designs were such that you could identify them by their country of origin. Italian coachbuilders, like, in this case, Touring of Italy, produced uniquely Italianate styling cues that separated them from their French, German and American counterparts. I was happy to see Franklin Mint release this 1938 Alfa-Romeo 8C 2900B Superleggera (light weight) Lungo Spyder in Rosso Italico (Italian Racing Red). The '8C' refers to its 2.9 liter supercharged straight 8.
Here's the Berlinetta 2900B by White Box:
08/10/2025 1:08 pm
Love the red ragtop. It looks great with the Berlinetta.
Could go well with the FM LE, also in black.
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08/10/2025 4:17 pm
@perrone1 I like yours better than my red which would be better served on the Mille Miglia and Le Mans variants.
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09/10/2025 2:27 am
I have the red one and a light blue coupe by Whitebox et al. Great pics thanks gents
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10/10/2025 6:13 am
the Berlinetta 2900B looks lovely 'edit' it looks very hard to come by, just did a search, nothing on the secondary market...
This post was modified 8 months ago by Greg