{"id":7052,"date":"2010-01-01T00:02:28","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T07:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/giuliettas.com\/?p=7052"},"modified":"2010-01-01T00:02:28","modified_gmt":"2010-01-01T07:02:28","slug":"sprint-veloce-alleggerita-750e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/2010\/01\/01\/sprint-veloce-alleggerita-750e\/","title":{"rendered":"Sprint Veloce Alleggerita 750E"},"content":{"rendered":"

As of 8\/11\/10 there are 39 Sprint Veloce’s on the register that are confirmed to exist.\u00a0 21 of the cars on the register have links to photo sets.
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\"l19\"<\/a>Sprint Veloce Alleggertia racing in France. Check out Saffier de Bard, lots of great period pictures to be found.<\/strong>
\nThe appearance of the Sprint Veloce was inevitable. Creating an even faster version of an existing sports car to take racing was standard practice among auto makers who raced in the 1950’s. This seems to be especially true of the Italians who perfected this approach to car building. You can almost imagine the scene after Alfa debuted the Giulietta Sprint in the racing world only to be beaten by Porsches in the same class.<\/p>\n

The first line is the Fusi stated range for the year and the following are numbers on cars that have been reported. d\u2019Amico and Tabucchi have some differences listed and I\u2019ll try and work them in later. Eventually as enough data points become available I\u2019ll modify or remove the year\/range headings and provide a better view of the flow of things at Alfa and particularly Bertone in through these production runs. An entry ending in Ref. is for an important car which may or may not exist.<\/p>\n

\"30661\"<\/a>Veloce’s were marked 750E here on the build plate along with the body and engine number. 750 Veloce’s all have 1315*3XXXX engine numbers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"30659\"<\/a>Bertone body numbers for the Veloce’s were changed to start with 77 rather than the 65 used on Normales. <\/strong>The total of ~610 comes from the body number explanation for 750B’s. I’ve never seen a non lightweight Veloce below about chassis number 6000.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"badges<\/a>Body shape of the Alleggerita<\/em> Sprint Veloce’s is the same as the Normales<\/em><\/strong>. Aluminum doors hood and trunk were used, but not necessarily on all of these cars. Badges were updated as seen here.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"bigi\"<\/a>There was only one guiding principal at work on the Sprint Veloce: go faster (and beat the Porsche’s)! With this in mind, both sides of the power balance equation were adjusted. The engine power output side of the equation was increased by using Weber 40DCO3’s, higher lift cams and a shaved head (among many other things), and the various factors on the other side of the equals sign that are multiplied by velocity were reduced. Or, if you prefer, the engine was tuned to increase power and the rest of the car was tuned to remove weight, rolling resistance and drag.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"pass<\/a>Compare this to a Normale<\/em><\/strong> door panel. The window itself going from glass to plexi doesn’t save much weight, but the winder mechanism and associated brackets and controls are massively heavy for the job they have to perform. Almost looks like a British roadster removable side curtain. This particular car was ordered by the prince of Sweden new with various non-lightweight feature as a hopped up road car, rather than the out and out racer the Veloce was originally intended to be.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"bigh\"<\/a>The tuned engine of the Veloce had a higher redline (rev limit) so they made a special tachometer with a 6600 rpm redline that went up to 8000 rather than the 6200 redline\/7000 limit of the Normale<\/em><\/strong>. Other interior details included the omission of the choke knob and glove box door (this car was specially ordered to include both) and supposedly lighter weight construction seats.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"under<\/a>Veloce final drive was changed to 10:41 from 9:41 to take advantage of the increased power and provide for a higher top speed. The typical use for a Veloce was a race like the Targa Florio or Mille Miglia, a long distance road race, so the fuel capacity was increased from 56 liters (14.8 US gallons) to 84 liters (22.2 US gallons). Thats 28 Kilograms or 61.7 pounds more fuel carried. These little cars are all about conservation of momentum so I doubt it mattered much. Note that most of the volumetric increase was achieved by growing the tank in the direction of the rear axle keeping it low and as near the center of the car as possible. This growth of the fuel tank necessitated the rear emergency brake cable and yoke type set up seen here.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"latest10_20_08<\/a>While this car is a fake Veloce from back when owners felt the addition of side draft Webers allowed for the use of this badge, they did get the rear circular badge correct in that they left off the chrome over brass base that goes under this badge. A detail that is usually overlooked by restorers of real Veloces, who tend to add this little trim bit. <\/strong><\/p>\n

1956<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

750E 1493*01380 – 03545, 1315*30001 – 30266<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*01380, 1315*30001. 1956\/04\/24. Ref.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*01461, 1315*30006. 1956\/04\/24. Ref.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*01613, 1315*30011. 1956\/04\/21. Ref.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*01722<\/a>, 1315*30025. 1956\/05\/03. 77025. AR501.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*01806. 77034.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*01819<\/a>. 1956\/05\/05. Scaglietti rebody. MIA. Ref.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*01849<\/a>, 1315*30046. 1956\/05\/05. Rebodied by Zagato. Ref.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*01862. Ref.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*01889, 1315*30048. 1956\/05\/19. 77048. 1956\/05\/27 first race.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*01944<\/a>, 1315*30059. 1956\/04\/24. Zagato rebody. Ref.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*02028<\/a>, 1315*30074. 1956\/04\/24. Telaio + engine used on Zagato rebody of 1493*06936. Ref.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*02158. 1956\/06\/20. Zagato rebody. Ref.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*02209. 77111. USA.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*02289<\/a>. 1956\/07\/06. Zagato rebody. Ref.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*02239. 77117.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*02277.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*02308<\/a>. 1956\/06\/19. Zagato rebody. Ref.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*02348<\/a>. 1956\/07\/04. Zagato rebody.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*02488. 1956\/07\/14. Zagato rebody.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*02508<\/a>. Sweden.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*02578. 77184. Italy. ’08 MM #310.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*03409. USA.<\/p>\n

1957<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

750E 1493*03546 – 04718, 1315*30267 – 30761 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*03559, 1315*30279. 1957\/01\/4. 77265 or 77285. UK.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*03613<\/a>. 1957\/01\/03. Zagato rebody. USA.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*03798, 1315*30552.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*03807, 1315*30359. 1957\/02\/05.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*03808. Italy. ’08 MM.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*03877. 77336.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*03907<\/a>. 1957\/02\/26. Zagato rebody. Ref.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*03999.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*04045. 1957\/03\/01. Zagato rebody.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*04067<\/a>, 1315*30393. 1957\/03\/01. M59.<\/a>77393. Sweden.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*04069<\/a>. 1957\/03\/21. Zagato rebody. Japan.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*04118, 1315*30452. USA.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*04127. 77411.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*04159, 1315*30442 (original) 1315*30598 (now). 77422. M558<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*04227.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*04229.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*04238, 1315*30468.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*04239, 1315*30449. Japan.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*04249<\/a>. 1957\/03\/17. Zagato rebody. India.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*04347<\/a>, 1315*30526. M60.<\/a>5\/27\/57. 77468.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*04447<\/a>, 1315*30528. 77498. M136.<\/a><\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*04547, 1315*30622.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*04637, 1315*30635. Now: 1315*32359. 1957\/06\/14. Japan.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*04657<\/a>. 1957\/06\/19. Zagato rebody. Germany.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*04700<\/a>, 1315*30481. 1957\/04\/19. 77500. Conrero.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*04717<\/a>. 1957\/06\/22. Zagato rebody. Ref.<\/p>\n

Sprint 750E 1493*04718<\/a>. 1957\/08\/03. Zagato then Michelotti rebody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As of 8\/11\/10 there are 39 Sprint Veloce’s on the register that are confirmed to exist.\u00a0 21 of the cars on the register have links to photo sets. Sprint Veloce Alleggertia racing in France. Check out Saffier de Bard, lots of great period pictures to be found. The appearance of the Sprint Veloce was inevitable. … <\/p>\n

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