Vittorio Jano's first Gran Turismo - the Alfa Romeo 6C 1500

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Vittorio Jano's first Gran Turismo - the Alfa Romeo 6C 1500

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Created on March 17, 2013

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - at the Klausen Memorial 2006

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - at the "Indianapolis in Oerlikon" event in 2012

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - at the "Indianapolis in Oerlikon" event in 2012

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - View of the Barker body with grandmother's seat

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - stands today as it was dressed in the early thirties

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - the Barker body was only fitted once to a 6C 1500 chassis

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - photographed after the body restoration in October 2012

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - with the unique Barker body

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - after the bodywork restoration in 2012

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - at the Klausenrennen Memorial 2006

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - the young team in the back seat

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - at the Klausenrennen Memorial 2006

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - in Albüron in 2008

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - with the roof on, taken many years ago

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - at the Grand Prix Bern 2009

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - Lord Strathcarron during a race at Silverstone in 1946

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - used at the 2012 Gurnigel mountain race

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - used at the 2012 Gurnigel mountain race

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - used at the Gurnigel mountain race 2012

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - used at the Gurnigel mountain race 2012

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - at the Indianapolis event in Oerlikon in 2012

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - View of the engine compartment from the right

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - View into the engine compartment many years ago

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - View from the left side into the engine compartment

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - the reference to the coachbuilder

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - the chassis badge

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - the engine number of the retrofitted 1750

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - Kessler on the Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 at the Klausenrennen 1928

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 (1930) - Josef Kessler with the fastest time of all sports cars at the 1930 Klausen Race

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The 6C-1750 SS and GS engine in section - Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 SS 1928

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Alfa Romeo 6 C 1500 (1928) - in 1928 the Alfa cost 45,000 lire, in 1985 it was auctioned by Christie's for 13,000 pounds or 53,000 marks

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Turismo (1930) - four-door touring sedan

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 SS (1929) - elegant and powerful

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 SS (1929) - the radiator conceals 1487 cc and 44 hp

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 SS (1929) - with carefully shaped individual rear seats

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 SS (1929) - solidly built bumper

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Alfa Romeo 6 C 1500 (1928) - closed, four-door version

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Alfa Romeo 6 C 1500 (1928) - Lurani-Villoresi in the Alfa Romeo at the 1983 Grand Prix de Lausanne

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Alfa Romeo 6 C 1500 (1928) - at a classic car event

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Turismo Graber (1930) - offered at an auction in Lucerne in 1976

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Alfa Romeo 6 C 1750 Grand Sport (1930) - offered at Christie's auction in Geneva in 1974, price 110,000 francs, bodywork by Brichet Geneva

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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 (1928) - at the "Indianapolis in Oerlikon" event in 2012

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Summary

Between 1927 and 1928, the Alfa Romeo company built over 1,000 examples of the 6C 1500, which was an advanced vehicle and was one of the best you could buy for good money in motorsport and on the road. This report briefly tells the story of the 6C 1500 and portrays a 6C 1500 Sport in words and pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

The 6C 1500 is created
Sporting successes provide commercial stimulus
Further development to the 6C 1750
The last 1500 Sport
"Motoring for Pleasure"
41 years in the same ownership
Overhauls and restoration
A ride in the classic Alfa Romeo Gran Turismo
Use in historic racing

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

On April 22, 1891, a man was born in Italy who 30 years later brought the then little-known Alfa Romeo brand to worldwide fame: Vittorio Jano. Many experts regard Jano as the father of the Italian Gran Turismo car. Jano joined Alfa Romeo in 1923 and was given his own new department, the "Ufficio di Studi Speciali". The first vehicle he developed was the Tipo P2, assisted by Luigi Fusi, Secondo Molino and Gioachino Colombo. The P2 was a great success and went from victory to victory. In the fall of 1924, Jano was commissioned to build a lightweight and powerful six-cylinder for use on the road. He did not have to wait long.

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