Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Super Sport Zagato
Sporting Alfa engineering paired with Zagato’s open coachwork.
Sporting Alfa engineering paired with Zagato’s open coachwork.
The 6C 1750 Super Sport Zagato profile joins two parts of the car’s identity: the Alfa Romeo chassis version and the coachbuilder responsible for the body. Both deserve documentation. Its collector interest lies in that combination, rather than in applying the entire 1750 family’s production number to one open-bodied variant.
Engineering and historical context
Alfa Romeo’s account places the 1750 family’s introduction in January 1929 and explains the chassis-and-coachbuilder arrangement of the period. Buyers and specialist body makers could create different cars around related mechanical foundations. The Super Sport name should be checked against the chassis series, while Zagato attribution should be supported by the body’s own history.
Production and rarity
No exact Super Sport Zagato production total has been established by the primary references used for this batch. The family’s 2579-car figure and the museum’s six special fixed-head Gran Sports answer different questions. Neither is entered as this variant’s production total. The 1752 cc displacement is retained as a family specification.
Coachwork and the illustrated car
The photograph depicts a 1929 Super Sport Zagato participating in the 2018 Mille Miglia. It provides a clear modern view of a named example. The event setting should not be used to imply that this car won the original race or that its present body survives unchanged from first delivery.
Reading an individual car’s history
Begin with the chassis identification and trace its connection to dated records. Keep engine identity, coachwork and race history as separate lines of evidence. A replacement component may be documented and appropriate without being original to delivery; a restored body may be historically faithful without preserving every original panel.
For this Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Super Sport Zagato entry, retain copies of the records that support the precise version being described. Period photographs can establish a configuration at a particular date, while invoices and restoration photographs can explain subsequent changes. A concours award or modern rally appearance belongs in the ownership history, alongside those records, rather than replacing them.
Collector questions
Does the model name identify a particular chassis?
The name identifies the model or configuration. An individual chassis and its body history need their own supporting records.
What does the production figure count?
The exact variant field is left blank. The production discussion records the available evidence and the limits of its scope.
Related vehicle profiles
Primary references
Photo and credit
1929 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Super Sport Zagato, entry 39 at the 2018 historic Mille Miglia. Photo: Franco Vannini / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0. Resized and JPEG-compressed for web display; no content retouching. Website layouts may crop the image.
Why this machine matters
The 6C 1750 Super Sport Zagato profile joins two parts of the car’s identity: the Alfa Romeo chassis version and the coachbuilder responsible for the body. Both deserve documentation. Its collector interest lies in that combination, rather than in applying the entire 1750 family’s production number to one open-bodied variant.
Built in limited numbers
No exact Super Sport Zagato production total has been established by the primary references used for this batch. The family’s 2579-car figure and the museum’s six special fixed-head Gran Sports answer different questions. Neither is entered as this variant’s production total. The 1752 cc displacement is retained as a family specification.
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Specifications
Factory specifications may vary by model year, market and configuration.
Identity & production
- Official model
- Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Super Sport Zagato
- Country of manufacture
- Italy
Powertrain & performance
- Engine
- 1752 cc inline-six
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive
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