Lambo owned by British pop star up for auction at huge price
A VINTAGE car originally designed for racing is a decorated motorsports winner, and heading towards the auction block.The 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Lungo Spider is one of five prewar cars designed by the Italian automaker specifically to win races and win races it did.
The car has a handful of Grand Prix wins, a few 24 Hours of Le Mans wins, a win at the Mille Miglia, the Targa Florio, and the 24 Hours of Spa.The 2.9-liter engine was developed in 1931, and with an average race speed of 132 mpg, it was one of the fastest race cars of its era. Simon Moore, the author of a book covering the car bumper to bumper, wrote a "majority of these fabulous cars were fitted with bespoke bodywork by Carrozzeria Touring, both in closed Berlinetta form and as open spiders."sometime in the 1940s by Major Raymond Flower, a proprietor of the Cairo Motor Company.
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