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Thanks, Skip, for posting those pictures. To me, though, that was not one of Alfa Romeo's prettier cars. One of my personal favorites was owned by my late friend, Bill Serri. Ralph Lauren bought the car from the estate, and this is how it looks now, done in Alfa Corsa red. I wish this car were modeled in 1/24/5! I'm hoping that at some time I can recover some pictures I have on my ancient 486 computer, as Bill sent me a pic of him in a vintage race at Pocono in this very car. As an aside, he also had a Ferrari 250 Monza (1 of 4 with the V12) that he bought around 1973 for $7500. I saw him arrive at Lime Rock in it once; somehow he got it grandfathered in as street legal in NJ. His license plate was VROOOM. Straight pipes, racing windscreen, no windshield wiper, etc. He would get out of speeding tickets by pleading to equipment violations, LOL. What a sound that car had! I miss Bill. Sorry to hijack your thread, Brizio!

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Brizio MCM Ohana

Brizio

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I admire your bravery for taking a razor saw to a Pocher kit! I still haven't found the pictures of the 2300, and looks unlikely that I will. However, I have a better chance at finding the negatives, so maybe can make prints if I do. I do remember that the 2300 had body colored wheels rather than natural metal finish like the car in your photo. I guess that was not uncommon.

I try also because I have two body... :) So if goes wrong with one, I can use the other one... ;)

Don't worry about the pics, if you can is ok, if not no problem. :)

Brizio MCM Ohana

Brizio

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It's really hard to find photography that accurately reproduces body color, but these two shots, with different exposures, are reasonably authentic regarding classic Alfa red.

http://www.fantasyjunction.com/cars/865-Alfa%20Romeo-6C%202500%20SS%20Mille%20Miglia%20Corsa-2.5%20%20Litre%20DOHC%206%20Cylinder

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This one was restored, and the car is a 1939, maybe the used another red color, brighter...

I still prefer the darker red. Like on those.

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sjordan2 MCM Ohana

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Thanks, Skip, for posting those pictures. To me, though, that was not one of Alfa Romeo's prettier cars. One of my personal favorites was owned by my late friend, Bill Serri. Ralph Lauren bought the car from the estate, and this is how it looks now, done in Alfa Corsa red. I wish this car were modeled in 1/24/5! I'm hoping that at some time I can recover some pictures I have on my ancient 486 computer, as Bill sent me a pic of him in a vintage race at Pocono in this very car. As an aside, he also had a Ferrari 250 Monza (1 of 4 with the V12) that he bought around 1973 for $7500. I saw him arrive at Lime Rock in it once; somehow he got it grandfathered in as street legal in NJ. His license plate was VROOOM. Straight pipes, racing windscreen, no windshield wiper, etc. He would get out of speeding tickets by pleading to equipment violations, LOL. What a sound that car had! I miss Bill. Sorry to hijack your thread, Brizio!

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Personally, I find it to be one of the most beautiful cars ever made. The pictures I posted were of a rebuilt version with a totally new body. The picture below is of the Lauren car (which, I believe, was owned earlier by Phil Hill), with a very cool exhaust cover at the frame rail.

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Jim Gibbons MCM Ohana

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Personally, I find it to be one of the most beautiful cars ever made. The pictures I posted were of a rebuilt version with a totally new body. The picture below is of the Lauren car (which, I believe, was owned earlier by Phil Hill), with a very cool exhaust cover at the frame rail.

Yup, that's the same car Bill had. Again, on my ancient 486, I have a B&W photo of the car taken when Phil Hill was racing it. Rats, I gotta figure a way to retrieve those pics!

Brizio, I like the darker red myself. The 2300 I saw had original paint and if I recall, was somewhere in the middle of the reds between what you posted and what Skip posted. I made a valiant attempt again to find the negatives, but came up empty. There is hope, though; the friend I went to Lime Rock with was a track photographer there, and I'll ask him if he has prints he can scan for me.

Brizio MCM Ohana

Brizio

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@Jim, it is always so, when you are searching something, you'll newer find... And when you are not searching it, you'll find... ;):lol::D

Here the body without the front part...

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Soon I'll reglue it in the "correct" position.

Brizio MCM Ohana

Brizio

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I glued the front part back to the body. and looks much better... But now I'm thinking to fix the door problem, so I'm thinking to cut all the front part, and scratch build it, with the "new" door cut... I think doing that I can save some time... :lol:

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That's a nice looking car in your photos Skip, and a very interesting build by Brizio being featured.

Why can't Photobucket use a small discreet watermark in a corner somewhere. Their huge watermark ruins every picture.

You can load pictures directly from your PC into this site incidentally

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