A Milanese leap day Mystery. (upd. 8C Alfa 2300 Corto still around!)

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What a gift!  February 29th. An extra day in life! Always reminds us of the SF novel "Where were you last Pluterday?'  Use it to best, live it to the best. On a special day like this a special picture, posted by Albert Gerbel. It has appeared on various blogs without producing a clear result. Based on the Milanese registration plate people of course think in terms of Alfa Romeo 8C and  Lancia Astura. All quite possible so far. Let's concentrate on what we see. The body looks like a one off. The nose must have inspired the later XK designers, but quite possible this body was made postwar itself. Anyhow our gutfeel says that everything underneath is prewar.  Take away the rounded top of the windshield and it is an exact match with the ones seen at late twenties, early thirties Zagatos . The body is in general appearance quite similar to this 1934 8C 2300. While studying the photo in detail (click), the eye will go to the extension right behind left front wing. Looks like the filler of a drysump. Could this be the clue to whatever is hiding? Have a leaping Pluterday!

very last update by Simon Moore: The body was modified and fitted to an 8C2900, chassis # 412011 which is in the UK.

last update: car historian Frans Vrijaldenhoven contacted Simon Moore who confirmed the car to be chassis # 2111027; originally a Scuderia Ferrari Zagato Spider which was 2nd in the 1932 24 hrs of Spa. See pages 156-159 of Simon's Alfa 8C 2.3 book. This body was removed and later the car was bought by Jack Braam Ruben.

Update: Daniel Rapley came with the final verdict: Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 supercharged (it 'is' for sale in Nottingham ;-), anybody knows what happened to the car after that?

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