Sadly, you may not be able to follow in Gumbo’s footsteps! This week’s mystery location was the Alfa Romeo Historic Museum, located in a former Alfa factory in Milan. However, Fiat, the present owners of Alfa, have closed the museum for “renovation,” and haven’t said when it might open again. There’s an online PETITION to get it re-opened.
The car itself—perhaps the world’s first minivan—is the Alfa Aerodinamica of 1914, built on a “stock” Alfa chassis, the HP40/60, which came in 2-seater or 4-seater versions. Count Ricotti bought a 4-seat version and hired the coachmaker Castagna, to make a totally aerodynamic body with a teardrop, or torpedo shape. Never in production, but the prototype claimed 70 hp and 139 mph top speed. More details HERE
GOOD NEWS UPDATE: The museum re-opened in 2015 and is definitely on Gumbo’s bucket list!
image: traumautoarchiv.de/Wikimedia
Ohh so that was the location! So nice
We want to give credit to Sheesh and Kustom66cat ! Hope next time they can put the answer in the comments here too, so it’s not missed.
Great work on a really challenging WITW!
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