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Never having been to Italy, I'm not sure what name they use. Interestingly in the English version of the Italian book "Alfa Romeo Duetto Spider", the author, Giancenzo Madaro, states, "The name Duetto lasted no more than a year, and often it was actually replaced by the factory nickname "Osso di Seppia"-"Cuttlefish Bone", which it earned thanks to the form of the tail and the lenticular section bodywork."
I'm not saying this is a definitive answer, but something to consider.
Also remember the US version, among other differences, received the Spica fuel injection and looking at my "Euro" 1750 parts manual, it seems "all else" only received one brake booster (lucky you).
Meaning the US version was a fair bit more different than just enlarging the engine roughly 150 cc's.
Again when the same author comments on the US version he calls it an "Osso di Seppia" - not a Duetto. Later he refers to it as a 1750 Veloce. To the best of my knowledge there was not a US 1750 which wasn't a Veloce.
Biba
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