Alfa Romeo industrial history 1933-1945

[gtv2000]

Well, still with modesty, I'm really happy to announce that my latest effort, tracing down the history of Alfa Romeo as a company, is now available online on the Italian Society for Automobile History (AISA)'s site here.

The article was first published on Het Klaverblaadje #115, Dec. 2006. My thanks go to Karl Schnelle for having proofread the English manuscript.

A gallery of pictures is also available by clicking on the icon upper right.

This chapter has not been based on an existing book, but was researched with the use of quite much unpublished or obscure material. Again, it deals quite little with cars, since the main activity during those years was mainly about aircraft engines, trucks and busses and military equipment. Relationship with the fascist regime is another relevant issue. The fates of the plants during the war are also addressed.

I hope the most history-minded of this BB will enjoy, and I will happily answer any question.

[MALDI]

Thank you for sharing.

The photographs are particularly fascinating!

This one is especially dramatic:

[Alfa_Japan]

Patrick, as usual from you a great article on an obscure piece of the Alfa Romeo history. Dutch Alfa Romeo fans are very happy you write such fine atricles on these less known subjects. Keep up the good work and looking forward to your next article

[dretceterini]

Excellent and informative piece of writing, as usual from Patrick...

[Palmer]

I can only echo the sentiments of Alfa Japan and dretceterini, excellent article.

[Calafiore]

Where would part one of this series be found?

Where might one view the accompanying photos alluded to?

[dretceterini]

Here is the link to part one:

http://www.enzociliberto.it/aisastor...6/italiano.htm

[Calafiore]

Thanks dretceterini for the link.

Will give a read!

[dretceterini]

For a link to the photos, go to the above website, and click on the camera icon on the upper right.

[dretceterini]

Patrick and I have discussed this in the past, but circa 1905, there was another compnay called Anomima Lombarda Fabbbrica Automobili....or A.L.F.A.

They built only one car, with a variable, sliding, infinite gear ratio transmission. There appears to be no connection to the company later known as Alfa Romeo, but I was wondering how what became Alfa Romeo was able to use the A.L.F.A. name unless they bought out the corporate shell of the company that made only one car.

Any Italian corporate history research types here have any idea how this came about?

[azzaob]

Quote:

Originally Posted by gtv2000 Well, still with modesty, I'm really happy to announce that my latest effort, tracing down the history of Alfa Romeo as a company, is now available online on the Italian Society for Automobile History (AISA)'s site here. The article was first published on Het Klaverblaadje #115, Dec. 2006. My thanks go to Karl Schnelle for having proofread the English manuscript. A gallery of pictures is also available by clicking on the icon upper right. This chapter has not been based on an existing book, but was researched with the use of quite much unpublished or obscure material. Again, it deals quite little with cars, since the main activity during those years was mainly about aircraft engines, trucks and busses and military equipment. Relationship with the fascist regime is another relevant issue. The fates of the plants during the war are also addressed. I hope the most history-minded of this BB will enjoy, and I will happily answer any question.

[tazio360]

Quote:

Originally Posted by gtv2000 Well, still with modesty, I'm really happy to announce that my latest effort, tracing down the history of Alfa Romeo as a company, is now available online on the Italian Society for Automobile History (AISA)'s site here. The article was first published on Het Klaverblaadje #115, Dec. 2006. My thanks go to Karl Schnelle for having proofread the English manuscript. A gallery of pictures is also available by clicking on the icon upper right. This chapter has not been based on an existing book, but was researched with the use of quite much unpublished or obscure material. Again, it deals quite little with cars, since the main activity during those years was mainly about aircraft engines, trucks and busses and military equipment. Relationship with the fascist regime is another relevant issue. The fates of the plants during the war are also addressed. I hope the most history-minded of this BB will enjoy, and I will happily answer any question.