Mille Miglia Alfa Romeo and Ferrari 500 Mondial ...

During the 1930s, the Alfa Romeo production cars were thinly disguised competition cars and not surprisingly were often raced as well. Among these was this 6C 2300B MM Touring Spider, which was based on the very first new-for-1938 6C 2300B MM road car. It was created under supervision of Vittorio Jano himself and featured a lightweight and slippery Touring Spider Corsa body. Driven by Franco Cortese, it won seven of the eight rounds of the Italian Championship it competed in, while it also scored a class win in the Mille Miglia. During the War, the car was fitted with a Pinin Farina Cabriolet body. Since then it has been restored and the Italian Championship winning 6C 2300B MM was shown at this year's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
Also on the same field was a Ferrari 500 Mondial Pinin Farina Spyder that had just been restored by Ferrari Classiche. In addition to that chassis, we take today a look at four more examples in our updated article. Named for the back-to-back F1 World Championship won by Alberto Ascari for Ferrari in 1952 and 1953, the 500 Mondial was powered by the same two-litre, four cylinder engine. It was raced with some success but soon struggled against the two-litre Maseratis. The 500 Mondials are pictured in this 76-shot gallery.

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