Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B

What to check before buying

Request photographs of chassis, body and engine numbers, preparatory restoration photographs, and independent inspection of how the body fits the frame.

Gooding’s 2024 result for 412027 and RM’s 2016 result for 412041 describe different histories. RM records uncertainty over 412041’s original chassis and body pairing.

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Factory specification and chronology

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Alternative names

Also recorded as 8C 2900 B.

Documented variants

Individual chassis histories

• Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Lungo Spider chassis 412027

  Gooding catalogued this as a long-chassis Touring Spider and reported a US$14.03m result at Pebble Beach in 2024.

• Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B chassis 412041

  RM reports a US$19.8m sale in 2016. Touring body 2027 and replacement engine 422042 were fitted during restoration. The original body pairing is unresolved.

• Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B chassis 412011

  This chassis wore later Spider coachwork at its London 2025 sale. RM says the original Nowack body accompanied the car.

Sources

• RM Sotheby’s, 1939 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Lungo Spider by Touring · Monterey 2016
• Gooding Christie’s, 1938 8C 2900B Lungo Spider
• Artcurial, 8C 2900B Touring Berlinetta, lot 20

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