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The chassis number is 10204 00546
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Ok The chassis number is 1020400546 and the engine number is 00442. The car (a red Superleggera Touring Spider) was imported by Hoffman and purchased from John Fitch Motors in July 1959. It was imported to the UK in Feb 1961 by the original owner and has only now been purchased by myself. The car was driven for 18 months in Massachusetts and i believe originally registered there. Any help would be appreciated including the likely dealership servicing the vehicle. I include a photo taken in the UK.
Could this be of help: https://www.johnfitchauto.com.....John Fitch Automotive on John Fitch Boulevard in South Windsor, Connecticut? The logo even depicts what looks like an Alfa Romeo 8C
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I assumed that John Fitch Motors was related to the legendary war hero, racing driver, car designer, traffic safety pioneer, etc etc John Fitch. He is unfortunately much less known than his Mercedes team mates Stirling Moss, Fangio and Karl Kling on this side of the pond. Most people know here about the 1955 Le Mans disaster, when Pierre Levegh drove his Merc SLR into the crowd, killing more than 80 people. Few know that John Fitch was his co-driver in that race. I first heard about him watching ‘Chasing Classic Car’, when Wayne Carrini bought the Fitch Phoenix. I rememembered that was somewhere in Connecticut. Of importance to the original post, he had two car dealerships. One was established in 1948, in White Plains, New York. It is in the picture below. In an interview I read that besides Jeeps, he sold ‘crap European cars’, including Austin and Renault. No idea if that included Alfa’s as well. He manufactured cars there too. Later, in the mid-60’s, he had a garage called Fitch & Co in Falls Village in Connecticut. I don’t think either place still exsists, but maybe it is still worth the lead.
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