2008 Villa d'Este Concorso d'Eleganza

[richardowen]

256/19. Do other Tipo 256 cars have this addon plate? What exactly makes a Tipo 256 different from the regulate 6C 2500 SS?

[Cris Bertschi]

Yes Richard,

s/n 815001 has similar plate stamped 256 / 2-T.
kind regards.
Cris.-

[SpiderWebb]

Low and behold, I was searching the Internet for more information on the 1935 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 Jankovits Spider and found that our own Alfabb had some about another, albeit later, Jankovits Spider:

Alfa Romeo Jankovits 6C 2300

1938 Alfa Romeo Jankovits 6C 2300 by the Jankovits brothers, Hungary. I still like the 1935 6C better, but perhaps I need to study these Jankovits characters a bit more! They were true visionaries.

Alfabb 'Tubolare Zagato' furnished the red car images.
Alfabb 'Alex' furnished the blue car image from an auction, I think.
Photos from that thread:

[SpiderWebb]

I'm sorry for answering my own post, but from what I've read, all of the photos are of the same car!

This was a one of a kind automobile. A 3 seater with center driving position.

The restoration with it's glossy dark green color and wire wheels made it look like an earlier version of the blue and red car. Windscreen, no windscreen. Confusion abounds. Logic would say a restoration would have a single original color. But this thing got re-sprayed at least 3 times.

Read the article posted within the alfabb thread and you'll be amazed at it's journey.

The chassis and maybe engine leaves Italy for Hungary. Some confusion exists as to where it was built, Italy or Hungary. The article seems to state it was built in Hungary and eventually shipped to Italy. The brothers need cash after running from post-war Communist Hungary and sell it to an American GI (the only name forgotten in it's history). He ships it home to America. From there it get's more convoluted ending back in Italy/France?

In the thread there is reference to the design being similar to the German Autounion rear-engine cars. This is supposed to have happened around the time Fusi was fired for losing to the Germans.

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[BertoneTS]

Ultimatecarepage.com has featured a great report from the Concorso today!
Damn good photos of all these cars, and I can't wait for more in-depth coverage of the Jankovits 6C! What a beautiful machine!

2008 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este - Report and Slideshow

[ivan]

Brother Jankovits are from Rijeka, Croatia where thy have been alfa concessionars. Probably they built the car in Rijeka.
Here is link to a text about the car in croatian, but you have some original photos of the car.

[ivan]

sorry, forget the link
Here it is:
F1Racing.com.hr

[SpiderWebb]

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Originally Posted by ivan sorry, forget the link Here it is: F1Racing.com.hr

[technobob]

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Originally Posted by richardowen 1937 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 B Pescara Pinin Farina Berlinetta

[dretceterini]

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Originally Posted by richardowen 256/19. Do other Tipo 256 cars have this addon plate? What exactly makes a Tipo 256 different from the regulate 6C 2500 SS?

[dretceterini]

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpiderWebb I'm sorry for answering my own post, but from what I've read, all of the photos are of the same car! This was a one of a kind automobile. A 3 seater with center driving position. The restoration with it's glossy dark green color and wire wheels made it look like an earlier version of the blue and red car. Windscreen, no windscreen. Confusion abounds. Logic would say a restoration would have a single original color. But this thing got re-sprayed at least 3 times. Read the article posted within the alfabb thread and you'll be amazed at it's journey. The chassis and maybe engine leaves Italy for Hungary. Some confusion exists as to where it was built, Italy or Hungary. The article seems to state it was built in Hungary and eventually shipped to Italy. The brothers need cash after running from post-war Communist Hungary and sell it to an American GI (the only name forgotten in it's history). He ships it home to America. From there it get's more convoluted ending back in Italy/France? In the thread there is reference to the design being similar to the German Autounion rear-engine cars. This is supposed to have happened around the time Fusi was fired for losing to the Germans. .