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Agile et très performante, grace à son moteur porté à 100ch et sa carrosserie en aluminium, l’Alfa Romeo SZ est, en plus de sa rareté, une auto très compétitive en courses historiques.
entraînant chez Zagato plusieurs commandes de pilotes privés pour cette Giulietta SVZ. Un accord passé entre le constructeur et Zagato débouchait en 1959 sur la Sprint Zagato, plus aboutie et plus légère que la SVZ. Véritablement conçue pour la course, elle est aussi la plus rare des Giulietta, avec une production ayant à peine dépassé 200 exemplaires.
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L’occasion de trouver une Giulietta SZ authentique et indiscutable ne se présente donc pas souvent. C’est celle que nous proposons aujourd’hui, avec cet exemplaire qui, une fois remis en état, sera éligible aux plus importantes épreuves historiques du calendrier. The interest of this rare Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Zagato lies in its recorded history, which is complete, clear and without any areas of doubt. It was sold new in Algiers by the ADAR company before being exported to France in 1962 by a private enthusiast living near Béziers. In 1965, the car was bought by Mr Gayraud, the Alfa Romeo concessionnaire in Béziers and he drove it in a number of rallies. Records show that the Gayraud-Martin team entered it in 1968 for the Critérium des Cévennes. It appears in photos of that rally, fitted with small wheel arch extensions, four additional lights and a side exhaust coming out ahead of the left-hand rear wheel. The car suffered accident damage during this event and was not driveable. Still in an unrepaired state it was first sold in about 1975 to Mr. Debien, the Alfa Romeo concessionnaire in Carcassonne, then in 1977 to a Mr Bonhomme living in Pau. In 1985, still unrepaired, it passed into the hands of Francis Fabulet, founder of the Alfa Romeo club and then went to his co-driver, Jean-René Pierre. In 2004 the current owner, a prominent member of the Club Alfa Romeo Classic, acquired the car to add it to his very large collection of Alfas. He started restoring it three years ago. All the original major mechanical components (engine, gearbox and rear axle) remain in the car, which still bears its old registration, “196 KP34” painted directly onto the bodywork.
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