{"id":9451,"date":"2011-11-12T11:24:18","date_gmt":"2011-11-12T18:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/giuliettas.com\/?p=9451"},"modified":"2011-11-12T11:24:18","modified_gmt":"2011-11-12T18:24:18","slug":"modified-sprint-speciales-3-another-zat-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/2011\/11\/12\/modified-sprint-speciales-3-another-zat-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Modified Sprint Speciale's 3: another Zat car??"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elmar sent me this picture yesterday, describing it as ‘pimped’.\u00a0 It reminded me that I’ve been owing the ‘Modified SS’s’ post series an update for a while.\u00a0 This one is dedicated to the modern era super sports type\u00a0 mod’s that probably started with the Zat SS (381238 was the basis) that eventually sold through RM<\/a> in 2008 for just under $50K.\u00a0 I can’t verify the auction description below -but it states that 4 Zat SS’s were made and two survive.
\n\"\"<\/a>This car has been to the ‘Shelby Cobra 427′ school of design: very wide wheels, chunky bulbous corners and a big ol’ hood scoop.\u00a0 Would be funny if it was stock Alfa powered.\u00a0 I suspect it is an SS body on a tube frame.<\/strong>
\n\"\"<\/a>This is 10121*381238.\u00a0 Note the body lines around the front wheel arches have been shaved and there is no vent behind the front wheel.\u00a0 These wheels don’t look too bad in this application.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“1965 Alfa Romero SSZ First Prototype
\nFinal Bid: $ 48,400.00 – Monterey 2004
\nThis car is the first of four SSZ (Sprint Speciale Zat) prototypes built by Tom Zat, a world-renowned expert, on an A-R Sprint Speciale Chassis. The Alfa Romeo factory contacted Zat about building a car to win the SCCA National Championship. Zat proposed a racer based on the Bertone-designed Sprint Speciale. With factory blessings and support, Zat began work on this project by building four prototypes of what would later become a dominant and successful racecar line. The first four were built on Alfa Romeo SS chassis, and future SSZs were built on tube frames. Zat campaigned SSZ cars in S.C.C.A., and took home three national championships.
\nZat\ufffds first prototype was born from a 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale. It has a heavily modified racing suspension, 4-wheel disc brakes, alloy body panels, low-nose bodywork, a locked 5.12 rear end, and a whopping 140hp! It is a matching-numbers car featured on the cover of the Alfa Owner Magazine and numerous other publications. Of four prototypes built by Zat, only two remain, this first prototype and the first tilt front clip car, still owned by Zat. The other two vehicles have been completely destroyed.
\nIt was displayed for a decade in the Alfa Heaven Museum, which holds North America\ufffds largest collection of Alfas. Additionally, it has been traced through all previous owners, and has a well-documented history. “<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>Earlier picture of the same car with it’s creator hanging out in ‘Alfa Heaven’, the biggest collection of Alfa’s in the US I hear.\u00a0 Wheel and interior color seems to have changed to the car above.<\/strong>
\n\"\"<\/a>Different car here -this one has hood scoop, vent by wheel and side exit exhaust.\u00a0 <\/strong>
\n\"\"<\/a>And then there’s this car -maybe it’s the car just above it but wearing new paint?\u00a0 This is the car I thought of when I saw the dark blue\/purple car pictured at the top.<\/strong>
\nIf anyone knows more about the Zat cars or the car at the top -drop me a line at sprints @ giuliettas .com.
\nModified SS’s 1.<\/a>
\nModified SS’s 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elmar sent me this picture yesterday, describing it as ‘pimped’.\u00a0 It reminded me that I’ve been owing the ‘Modified SS’s’ post series an update for a while.\u00a0 This one is dedicated to the modern era super sports type\u00a0 mod’s that probably started with the Zat SS (381238 was the basis) that eventually sold through RM … <\/p>\n

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