When Alfa Romeo was handed a contract to build 2000 army utility vehicles for the Italian Ministry of Defence, this is what it came up with - a skimpy four-wheel drive workhorse powered by a de-tuned version of its famous twin-cam engine. Alfa also built 50 for civilian use, which were converted into fire engines, crop-sprayers and other agricultural tools - one even had a combine harvester attachment. A 1900M was bizarrely entered in the 1952 Mille Miglia - not surprisingly, it came first in a special category for military vehicles.
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