1956 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce Alleggerita
The Giulietta Sprint of 1954 marked Alfa Romeo’s entrance into medium sized car market and it made an ideal basis for a small displacement race car. By 1956, Alfa recognized this fact and released the Giulietta Sprint Veloce. The most potent of these was the Alleggerita version which was stripped down for events like the Mille Miglia and Targa Florio.
The underlining theme for this special Giulietta Sprint Veloce was less weight which gave the car its Alleggerita name. The original production car was styled at Bertone who also stripped out the Veloce version for racing. Included were Plexiglas side and rear windows, lightweight bucket seats, rear seat delete, lack of sound deadening, aluminum doors and an aluminum hood.
With a stripped out interior and lightweight components, the car was ready for events like the Mille Miglia and Targa Florio. It also notched up successes in the Coupe des Alpes, the Daytona 3 Hours and the Sebring 12 Hours, collecting nearly 500 wins along the way.
It is estimated that Bertone produced from 100 to 200 lightweight Alleggerita models. Afterwards, as extra supplies of the aluminum components were available, some standard Confortevole models were outfitted with competition parts. Since all these cars were hand built, they vary with regard to specification and weight.
In the spring of 2014, one of such prized Alfa's entered our workshop and it's restoration began.
The underlining theme for this special Giulietta Sprint Veloce was less weight which gave the car its Alleggerita name. The original production car was styled at Bertone who also stripped out the Veloce version for racing. Included were Plexiglas side and rear windows, lightweight bucket seats, rear seat delete, lack of sound deadening, aluminum doors and an aluminum hood.
With a stripped out interior and lightweight components, the car was ready for events like the Mille Miglia and Targa Florio. It also notched up successes in the Coupe des Alpes, the Daytona 3 Hours and the Sebring 12 Hours, collecting nearly 500 wins along the way.
It is estimated that Bertone produced from 100 to 200 lightweight Alleggerita models. Afterwards, as extra supplies of the aluminum components were available, some standard Confortevole models were outfitted with competition parts. Since all these cars were hand built, they vary with regard to specification and weight.
In the spring of 2014, one of such prized Alfa's entered our workshop and it's restoration began.