As soon as we saw this ad we stopped looking elsewhere, it was enough for us to see the profile of this wonderful coupé. It is a 6C 2500 SS built in 1938, i.e. the decade before the Second World War in which Alfa Romeo, especially in collaboration with the nearby Touring body shop, churned out some of the most beautiful cars ever produced, and this car is a testimony.
The seller says that the car is in remarkable found condition with a very well-preserved interior, delivered new to France and despite the inaccuracies in the archives, it is likely that the car had only 3 owners. Certainly the car deserves a photo shoot of 200 photos, not 2, but the seller will certainly be able to provide them to interested parties. It should be noted that the seller is a dealer in the Czech Republic, but the car is most likely in France. The price? Imagine it, you can.
Classic Virus 
I owned a 1949 SS Touring that looked like this one. A stunning car and easy to drive.
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In the last week of August of 1972 my former boss was selling several of his cars as he had recently married and closed his restoration shop. He had 2 vintage Alfas for sale, a 6C2500 coupe similar to the car featured here, and a early ’30s 1750 OTS. Both cars were basically complete, non running, and needing major restoration work. I was offered the 6C2500 for $300, the 1750 for $800.
I was due to report for induction into the US Army on 7 September, and I wanted the 1750, but simply didn’t have the cash. I was able to afford the 6C2500, so I gave my boss the cash and flat-towed the car about 75 miles to a friend’s former dairy barn in central Maryland. I already had put other vintage cars into storage in the barn, where they would all sit for the next 3 years while I served my military obligations.
My boss was very busy with closing down the shop, selling off his car collection, and looking for a house to live in. So with the car paid for and stuffed away, we decided when both had time we would get together to finalize the paperwork.
All that would change in early May 1973. That big long barn was struck by lightning in a nighttime storm. All the cars were completely destroyed. Since the Alfa wasn’t seen as a valuable car back then, I never bothered with the paperwork. To this day I don’t even know what the chassis number was, or who the coachbuilder might be.
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