"Desert Queen" - Alfa 6C 1750

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Letter to the editor

One of the few benefits of coronavirus lockdown is being able to spend time working on our restoration projects. I attach photographs of my 6C Alfa Romeo 1750 which is now nearing completion. The original car had an interesting history. It`s a 6th series Grand Sport which was first registered in July 1933. It found, briefly, a new owner in 1937, and in 1938 was exported by a new owner to Asmara in Eritrea which, at that time, was an Italian colony. It was crashed in racing and dissembled and, following British occupation after WW2 its remnants were eventually returned to England. After lengthy storage, and earlier, stalled attempts at restoration, I acquired the remnants some 4 years ago as my "retirement" project. While the car is no longer wholly original, I have obtained a majority of missing original parts, sourced from owners around the world, and my project is nearly complete. With any luck, the car should be running later this summer.

I have details of the car`s ownership following it`s journey to England, but I`m keen to find out more of its Italian history. If any readers can advise me how such information can be found I`d be most grateful.

Kind regards,

Richard Francis

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