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Italian Concours South Lake Union Park
Some shots of David Smith's 6C2500 Compititione.
Despite Maserati’s featured position David Smith’s Alfa 6C2500 Competizione, the only survivor of the three built and freshly back from finishing second in the Postwar Alfa Sports Racing class at Pebble Beach, drew the greatest attention It was originally purchased by Italian Franco Rol who drove it in the Mille Miglia four times, finishing third in 1949 after leading most of the way from Rome. It also took part in the Targa Florio and Dolomite Cup and won at Pescara. The Alfa then spent almost forty years stored under a lean-to in the Sleeping Beauties collection depicted in Automobile Quarterly. Smith found it in the back of an Alfa dealership in Belgium. It managed to remain in hiding to the Seattle Alfa intelligencia missing at the month earlier Alfa Romeo Owner’s Club National Convention. As a late entry to this event it had no mention in the program and sat unceremoniously between a pair of Alfa 164s. Between the 6C2500 and the Ferrari 340/375 MM the event has started to reach beyond it’s casual status.
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