The1938 8C 2900B Le Mans Speciale recorded a drag coefficient as low as 0.38. At 10 am on the Sunday morning of the 1938 24 Hours of Le Mans, Clemente Biondetti and Raymond Sommer held a commending 11-lap lead over their closest rival in their startling Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Le Mans Coupe. At well over an hour and 160 km (100 miles) this was the 1938Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Short Chassis Touring Spyder by Ray Scherr wins Best of Show at Rodeo Drive Concours d'Elegance 2015, Father's Day DSC07927 20150622.1080. In1938,1939, and 1940, Alfa ran in most races Tipo 256/6c2500s, 8c2900Bs, and cars other than the 412, due to possible reliability issues. Even with not using the 412 at LeMans 1938, the 8c2900B coupe was MILES ahead before it encountered trouble, and it was basically a 3 year old design! Advertisement. 1939Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Lungo Spider by Touring for sale at RM Sotheby's Monterey Thisfirst Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring Berlinetta with chassis number 412020 was also shown at the major car shows in Milan and Berlin, before it was sold to its first owner in Germany. at Windsor Castle and at Villa d’Este. At the Paris Motor Show in 1938 the fifth and final 8C 2900B Touring Berlinetta debuted, which was subsequently AlfaRomeo 8C Spider*Erstauslieferung an CEO von Alfa Romeo. € 275,000.-. 6,900 km Automatic 10/2013 Gasoline 331 kW (450 hp) Pape Classics Zeljko Pape • DE-82031 Gruenwald. Alfa Romeo 8C Spider 334 of 500 I Carbon I 1. Hand. € 269,890.-. Ofcourse besides craftsmanship, Pebble Beach honors cars with distinctive histories as well, and in the case of the 8C 2900B Shirley's records show that the Alfa actually won the first race at PaulHudson 22 July 2016 • 1:14pm. This Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Lungo Touring Spider is expected to set a record for a pre-war car sold at auction Credit: Darin Schnabel. Described as the ultimate Sortresults byModel Auction location Auction house Auction date price. 1939 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring Berlinetta ($18.98M/£14.65M) €16,745,600. Artcurial - Rétromobile 2019, Paris, France . 1938 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 B Mille Miglia . Estimate $2,000,000 - $3,000,000 (unsold) 1938Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B Lungo at Alfa’s museum in Milan, Italy. The Alfa Romeo 8C name was used on road, race and sports cars of the 1930s. The 8C b1efJWQ.