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22/10/2024 3:23 pm
1937 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Corto Spyder
https://www.supercars.net/blog/1937→1938-alfa-romeo-8c-2900b-corto-spyder/
John Bono
North Jersey
22/10/2024 3:45 pm
Another phenomenal choice John!!
I have FM's 1/24th Alfa in black. Sure wish they had done this two-tone beauty!! WOW!
23/10/2024 2:44 am
me too Bob, this 2 tone is spectacular though. Love it there is always something intriguing in the notes with the car;@perrone1 I have the FM model in red. That two tone looks great.
"In December of 1942, Autocar tested a Touring-bodied 2900 which reached 60 mph in 9.4 seconds and they reported a price of £1,950."
What were they doing testing and selling unique and expensive cars in the middle of WWII in Europe?
14/12/2024 1:01 pm
Gorgeous cars! Here is another 8C 2900B in 1/43 by IXO.
@geoff-jowett - Perhaps it was a pre-war car imported into the UK? The mag was looking for a diversion for their readers during the war?
15/12/2024 2:59 am
Gorgeous cars! Here is another 8C 2900B in 1/43 by IXO.
@geoff-jowett - Perhaps it was a pre-war car imported into the UK? The mag was looking for a diversion for their readers during the war?
thanks Karl, you reminded me of a series I'm currently watching for the 2nd time on one of our public broadcasting channels. Along with combat it tells stories of everyday activities during a selected week of the war.
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/weeks-of-war-gbr
15/12/2024 6:40 am
This is a magnificent car. Alfa were really at a peak in the late 1930s and early '40s.
Many here will know I've argued ad nauseam that continental Europe tried to maintain their peace-time economies as long as possible; not least to garner foreign currencies, which export routes via Spain and French overseas territories allowed. Simca in Vichy France never stopped production and some of the most beautiful furniture was produced in Italy and France, during the war. Excellent on the subject is Anthony C. Sutton's 'Wall St. And The Rise Of Hitler', (see also his 'Wall St. And The Bolshevik Revolution' & 'Wall St. And F.D.R.') in which he shows evidence that the U.S. airforce would not bomb U.S. owned facilities in Germany, engaged in war time production, (Ford, AT&T as prime examples). The situation was far more like the globally inter-connected world we see around us today than the official narrative would have us believe - and that we should understand.
Many thanks for the 'Weeks Of War' notice. This looks well-worth searching for.