Having chanced upon a 2005 photo of a Pinin Farina-bodied 1937 Alfa Romeo 8C-2900B at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, I was so struck by this gorgeous machine that I had to know more, and see more.
Sadly, it is seen rarely in public: other recent appearances have been limited to another showing at Pebble, in 2021, and the 2023 Greenwich Concours d’Elegance (where it took Best in Show).
Fortunately, there were four big hits for chassis 412012 in the Classic & Sports Car back catalogue, now easily searchable via our online archive.
Mick Walsh toured Scotland in this Alfa Romeo 8C-2900B for our August ’94 issue
In our July 1992 magazine’s Past and Present section, Jon Pressnell reported that this one-time Mille Miglia racer (it claimed third, in 1938) previously owned by Cisitalia creator Piero Dusio was thought lost for decades, but it was discovered by ‘Two-Nine’ guru Simon Moore, having journeyed through Switzerland and Germany, then, in 1959, to the USA.
It was still remarkably original when Terry Cohn bought it in 1992, reinstated its correct engine and commissioned a restoration by Tony Merrick.
