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Lopresto's Alfa Romeo 6C2500 Bertone revisited.

You may remember our recent feature about the Alfa Romeo 6c2500 Coupe by Bertone, as there were doubts about the nose of the car compared to pre-restoration photos. Well reality sometimes is more interesting than imagination. To days ago Mr. Lopresto answered by sending us photos of the car during restoration after all the old paint was stripped off. One can clearly see that the spaces for  louvres on the left and the louvres on the right were changed from oblong to the oval shape as seen in the pre-restoration photos. And if you look well you can imagine how the old louvre setting must have been. Possibly at the same occasion the orange direction light were added. Compare the old photo  with the charming young lady at the entrance of the Scuderia Automobilistica Milan S.A. (shot in the late forties?)  with nearly the same perspective as seen at UltimateCarpage.  Based on all information and the photos made during-restoration we think there is nothing to blame to the restorers and this fine Alfa coupe by Bertone is backm,  as it once was when delivered new to Concessionaria Oreste Peverelli in Como Italy in December 1942 (source Anselmi).  For your informaion we added the e-mail of Mr. Lopresto under Read More

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donderdag juni 23rd, 2011
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27 Juni 2011, 12:53
I'm very happy to see that Mr.Lopresto clarified about his fantastic car. As I wrote you before, it's a one off model and he restored as it was when born... Who wrote fakes on that car, has to be cancelled from the old cars world.
Congratulation Mr. Corrado!!!!
Alfadoctor

editor: We think it is only good a story like this comes out and is corrected accordingly. There were stories about this car and they are now corrected in the open. Joris Bergsma
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Onbekend
24 Juni 2011, 09:37
I saw this car myself at the Brooklands Festival in England last Sunday, and very beautiful it is. Of course the amber flashing indicators are a real 'give away'. I don't know whan they first appeared in Italy, but in England semiphore arm 'trafficators' were being fitted to new cars until the mid- 1950's. 'Flashers' had been invented by the early 30's but were then rarely seen. My 1933 Talbot has George Roesch's amber 'arrows'- but they did not flash until I had them converted to meet current legal requirements.
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