Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 SS chassis 0312.874

Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 SS chassis 0312.874 is a 1929 Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 Super Sport delivered as part of the group of four consecutively numbered cars supplied to the British importer F.W. Stiles.

The chassis formed part of Alfa Romeo’s factory-supported UK competition effort in 1929.

Factory specification

Year: 1929
Model: Alfa Romeo 6C 1500
Variant: 6C 1500 SS (Super Sport)
Chassis number: 0312.874
Registration: GU 8733 (United Kingdom)

Delivery and ownership

Chassis 0312.874 was delivered in April 1929 to F.W. Stiles in England.

It was registered to Mrs. Florence Stiles on 29 April 1929.

The car was one of four consecutively numbered Super Sports supplied to Stiles for what has been described as thinly disguised factory promotional racing activity in the United Kingdom.

Stiles Team Context

Chassis 0312.874 was the fourth car in the sequence:

0312.871
0312.872
0312.873
0312.874

These cars were campaigned in the UK during the 1929 season and form a historically significant group within 6C 1500 SS production.

Documentary references

Photographic documentation appears in:

Beaulieu Archives
Alfa Romeo in Pictures (p. 35)
Alfa Romeo – Spirit of Milan (p. 34)
Angela Cherrett – Alfa Romeo 6C (p. 150)

Period images show the car on Milano registration plates.

Historical significance

Chassis 0312.874 represents:

One of the rare supercharged 6C 1500 SS examples
A member of the 1929 Stiles UK team quartet
A car linked directly to Alfa Romeo’s factory-backed UK competition programme

Together with 0312.871–873, it forms one of the most important grouped deliveries of early Alfa Romeo Super Sports outside Italy.

Registry classification

6C 1500 SS
Stiles Team Car (1929)
UK factory-supported competition entry

Chassis registry reference

See: Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 SS/Chassis Registry