Most Beautifull One Off: no concept
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L100NYY said:
How did you 'bump' into a car like that!?!
www.classicdriver.com/uk/magazine/3500.asp?id=12822
. . . and than do some Googling to check out the Ghia.
The Alfa Romeo 33-2 Stradales were all one-offs and mostly drop-dead gorgeous.
Basically, Alfa needed to homologate the 33 to go racing so they had to build a requisite number of chassis. They were too strapped for cash after that to build bodies for them so they gave them to all the Italian design studios to play with.
Bertone, Pininfarina, Ghia, Frua, Zagato - they all had multiple 33-2 Stradales, all one-offs with different styling, some flowing and traditional (the Pininfarina one is achingly beautiful), some all angular and aggressive (the Bertone 'Navajo' for example - used to have a toy one, many years ago. Featured headlights that popped out of the sides).
The closest to a production 'civvy' 33 was the Montreal of the '70s - the V8 was 2.5 as opposed to 2 litres though, and it's probably the world's least practical Alfa (near-F1-spec engine needs a £10k rebuild every 30k miles). Still, it's probably the cheapest Miura-era Bertone-bodied genuine exotic supercar you can buy - £6-£10k.
Basically, Alfa needed to homologate the 33 to go racing so they had to build a requisite number of chassis. They were too strapped for cash after that to build bodies for them so they gave them to all the Italian design studios to play with.
Bertone, Pininfarina, Ghia, Frua, Zagato - they all had multiple 33-2 Stradales, all one-offs with different styling, some flowing and traditional (the Pininfarina one is achingly beautiful), some all angular and aggressive (the Bertone 'Navajo' for example - used to have a toy one, many years ago. Featured headlights that popped out of the sides).
The closest to a production 'civvy' 33 was the Montreal of the '70s - the V8 was 2.5 as opposed to 2 litres though, and it's probably the world's least practical Alfa (near-F1-spec engine needs a £10k rebuild every 30k miles). Still, it's probably the cheapest Miura-era Bertone-bodied genuine exotic supercar you can buy - £6-£10k.
It makes me feel rather ill......
900T-R said:
Imagine the bar talk... "So what kind of car do you own?" "Oh, an old Alfa 33..." 
dinkel said:
The Alfa Romeo 33-2 Stradale . . .
Got to wonder why they don't make cars that look like that today, with todays technology and those looks they would fly out the showrooms.
The 1959 Alfisto Stradale Stovebolt Thunderblog was the first car to really apply the "bread van" elements of the stylist's portfolio to create a timeless beauty rarely emulated since. The stylist, Will Bread, said that the fundamental limitations of aerodynnamic delamination led him to the inescapable conclusion that the superflow lines of modern exotica were little more than a waste of cargo capacity. He also believed that his pet lamb, Freddie, was the King of Siam.
aaaah, stunning.
"He's not the blaaaady King of Siam, he's our son"
>> Edited by LuS1fer on Friday 3rd February 10:59
aaaah, stunning.
"He's not the blaaaady King of Siam, he's our son"
>> Edited by LuS1fer on Friday 3rd February 10:59
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