1947 Alfa Romeo

[Duesey]

6C 2500SS Cabriolet Pininfarina

This a car we are planing to restore, the last one we saw was restored in Italy.

But is there any company in the UK who could take this on ?

Any advice welcome.

Edited by Duesey on Saturday 7th March 10:49

[jagman21]

i'm sure restoration companies will be clawing all over this one, best to keep it as local as possible, without compromising quality, let me just say it looks in lovely condition the shut lines look remarkably good for a car of this age.

If your looking to change its colour (personally i love the old english white) but its got be a italian red.

Can't wait to see it finished
keep us up dated.

[Elderly]

Duesey said:

6C 2500SS Cabriolet Pininfarina

This a car we are planing to restore, the last one we saw was restored in Italy.

But is there any company in the UK who could take this on ?

Any advice welcome.

Many would take it on but would they do it well?

I would recommend http://www.mgscoachworks.com/

[Pooh]

Classic car restorations in Perthshire have a superb reputation.
http://www.classicrestorations.co.uk/

[lowdrag]

This is a venerable car and an important (and complicated) project. While I am a Jaguar man if there is one thing I have learned it is to speak to those who know the make of car inside out and learn from them so my first move would be to check out the Alfa Romeo club and speak to them. They know the good and the bad restorers plus thos who specialise in which era. This could literally save you thousands in the long run since club members work by word of mouth and sadly by bitter experience. One company well known (I obviously have no personal experience save 30 years of classic cars) is Alfaholics although looking at their site they seem to specialise in more modern cars.

http://www.alfaholics.com/about_us/

Worth a call though but I reiterate - speak to the club and learn from them.

[AJAX50]

I could be worth looking at Italian companies.

[Duesey]

Thanks for the replies.

I now have some pointers from the Alfa site;

Raoul San Giorgi in Antwerp and Fabio Calligaris in Milan through the 6c2500 register.

Also Jan Steutel http://www.steutel.com/projects/1949_6c_2500/

Edited by Duesey on Monday 27th July 12:40

[nc107]

The best resource bar none for Alfa's is http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/

There is a specific sub forum for cars of your vintage and many of the most respected Alfa historians and restorers in the world are members (including Max Banks, although they tend to cater for later cars).

I would ask the questions on there - you will ge the best answers and advice.

[BlueCello]

Oh dear God that is lovely

[justin-banks]

You have some lovely cars there, I am extremely jealous!
The Alfa 6c is absolutely worth restoring properly and I would not think there is no need to send it away, I am sure the talent exists locally to restore the car. Or you could of course just sell it to me!

I particularly love your Facel II, one of only 23 RHD left, I have one myself and seeing yours has convinced me to restore mine!
All The best!
Justin

[RicksAlfas]

Fantastic car! Good luck with the restoration.
(Don't paint it red though).

[ettore]

RicksAlfas said:

Fantastic car! Good luck with the restoration.
(Don't paint it red though).

Absolutely, please don't paint it red.

My best recommendation would be to speak with the Alfa section of the VSCC (details can be found on the vscc website www.vscc.co.uk.) I beleive the section is run by a lady called Angela Cherrett.

Although your car is post war (just) it is most closely associated with the fabulous pre-war offerings of Alfa and these people absolutely know the best specialists in the UK. I would have thought that their advice should be non-partisan as well.

The UK contains some of the worlds best restoration firms so there really is no need to send it overseas. Jim Stokes workshop seems to have handled plenty of relevant stuff and TT workshops in Wiltshire have a fabulous reputation with similar-era cars.

[austin]

ettore said:

RicksAlfas said:

Fantastic car! Good luck with the restoration.
(Don't paint it red though).

Absolutely, please don't paint it red.

My best recommendation would be to speak with the Alfa section of the VSCC (details can be found on the vscc website www.vscc.co.uk.) I beleive the section is run by a lady called Angela Cherrett.

Although your car is post war (just) it is most closely associated with the fabulous pre-war offerings of Alfa and these people absolutely know the best specialists in the UK. I would have thought that their advice should be non-partisan as well.

The UK contains some of the worlds best restoration firms so there really is no need to send it overseas. Jim Stokes workshop seems to have handled plenty of relevant stuff and TT workshops in Wiltshire have a fabulous reputation with similar-era cars.

And once you are a member the VSCC forums are excellent, slightly eccentric and not as busy as Pistonheads but the level of knowledge is fantastic.

[braddo]

nc107 said:

The best resource bar none for Alfa's is http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/

There is a specific sub forum for cars of your vintage and many of the most respected Alfa historians and restorers in the world are members (including Max Banks, although they tend to cater for later cars).

I would ask the questions on there - you will ge the best answers and advice.

It's the biggest online resource, but it has as much misinformation as any other large internet forum (that's not to say there aren't some very knowlegable people posting though). It is also US-centric, and the approach taken to modification/restoration can be quite different on the two sides of the pond.

[RW774]

Hi Duesey, I have a colleague tin man who works for us. He is an independant but at one time I worked with him back in the day for a Rolls agent/ specialist. He is as miserable as sin and refuses to speak to anyone he doesn`t like, which is most people. But he is absolutely magical with alloy or steel. I remember he built a front wing on a cloud 111 smashed up to the front wheel and the set about repairing the grill.He has just finished building a E roadster body for a client, that is perfect.
If it helps , I can speak with him.

[BYRON]

hi i would try richard at frenchay garage in bristol he is restoring a 6c 2500 fixed head at the moment alongside 2 other single seater alfas at the moment 01179 567303

[Duesey]

Thanks all for your help.

I joined the AlfaBB and have also been in contact with Peter Marshall from the AROC website who knows the cars history from when it was imported from the USA.

[Duesey]

I have come to the sad conclusion that this is just not the project for me to undertake so it's going off to auction with the rest of my restoration projects and hopefully find a new home with an owner that will give it what it deserves.

Thanks again.

Claire

[Elderly]

I see that the auction catalogue is now on line ..... and your Alfa has become 2 years younger

[Duesey]

Yes, my mistake, it's 1949.

Hoping the new owner can transform it to this;

http://www.fantasyjunction.com/cars/760-Alfa%20Rom...