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= Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 MMS chassis 0231.325 =

'''Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 MMS chassis 0231.325''' is a 1928 Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 Mille Miglia Speciale with documented participation in the 1928 and 1929 Mille Miglia. The car is one of a very small number of surviving supercharged MMS examples.

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== Factory specification ==

* Year: 1928
* Model: [[Alfa Romeo 6C 1500]]
* Variant: 6C 1500 MMS (Mille Miglia Speciale)
* Type: Spyder/Cabriolet
* Chassis number: 0231.325
* Engine number: 0211.407
* Coachbuilder: Unknown (sometimes attributed to Farina)
* Exterior colour: Red

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== Period competition history ==

=== 1928 Mille Miglia ===
* Driver: Ugo de Giovanni
* Co-driver: G. Boris
* Competitor number: 36
* Result: 39th overall

The car was registered to de Giovanni in Torino on 3 July 1928.

=== 1929 Mille Miglia ===
* Driver: Elio Scampini
* Co-driver: Bogani
* Competitor number: 71
* Result: 17th overall, 3rd in class

The car had been sold to Scampini in November 1928 and registered in Varese.

=== Possible 1930 Mille Miglia participation ===
An MMS entered by Gualtiero Natali (competitor number 105) finished 144th overall in 1930. It is not definitively established whether this was chassis 0231.325.

Other recorded period competition includes:

* Alessandria sports car race (1928)
* Tolentino–Colle di Paterno hill climb (1930, possibly 1st in 1500cc class)

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== Pre-war ownership history ==

* Ugo de Giovanni (Torino) – 1928
* Elio Scampini (Varese) – 1928
* Gualtiero Natali
* Conte Anselmo Anselmi (Arcevia, Ancona)

The car was recorded in Italy as late as 1937.

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== Libyan and American history ==

The car was exported to Tripoli (Libya) by an English officer, Arthur Webb.

In 1958 it was sold in Tripoli to Captain Henderson. Period photographs and Libyan documentation are recorded.

The car later moved to the United States, including ownership in Indiana.

In circa 1969–1970 it passed through dealer John Delamater and was traded to Luigi Chinetti in exchange for a Ferrari 365 GTB/4 (Daytona). The transaction is described in Brock Yates’ book ''Cannonball''.

In 1978 Chinetti sold the car to Dan Marguiles (UK).

Subsequent owners included:

* Mr Bayliss (UK; Mille Miglia Retrospectives)
* Sold via Martin Chisholm (2004)
* Current Italian owner (act*

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