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Text: Frank Rameckers
Photos: Frank Rameckers, Morgan Koetsveld, Alex Goevaers
During the annual Spettacolo Sportivo (Sports Show) of the Dutch Alfa Romeo Club SCARB (Stichting Alfa Romeo Bezitters) held June 28-29 on the legendary circuit of Zandvoort, Frank Rameckers of the 1900 Register celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Alfa Romeo 1900. The SCARB is one of the largest Alfa Clubs in the world with 2600 members, many of whom participate in the Spettacolo with their Alfa Romeos.
Detlef Nussbaum’s Alfa with a tale.
At this year’s Alfa 1900 meet (see story), Frank Rameckers helped solve a long time mystery involving a 1900 which defied attempts to identify it. So here is that brief by interesting tale of a tail or two.
Text by Frank Rameckers
At our meet was a very special 1900 dark blue 1900C SS Pinin Farina Coupé of the German Detlef Nussbaum with a very interesting story behind it. In 2023, Chris Jongsma sent me two photos of a silver-gray Coupé with race # 36 and a Dutch license plate that participated in races on the Zandvoort circuit.
Garage Steutel, photos from the website.
A Movable Feast…After a delightful time at Retromobile in Paris, Paul Wilson and Mark Bennett traveled to Belgium with Alfa doyen Frank Rameckers, then to the Netherlands, where Paul had been invited to give a presentation about the design and construction of his three amazing Alfas. Here is Paul’s story….