Lot 214: 1969 Alfa Romeo GTA 1300 Breitversion Competition

First shown at the 1965 Amsterdam and Geneva motor shows, the Autodelta prepped Giulia sported the soon to be legendary 'GTA' suffix. The 'A' was short for 'Allegerita', or lightweight; an apt description of the Autodelta Giulia. A considerably slimmed down version of the unitary chassis was covered by aluminium body panels, shaving almost 300 kg off the Giulia's weight. The engine was similar to the unit as used in the TZ, complete with the twin spark injection.For homologation purposes a minimum of 500 examples had to be produced, postponing the GTA's track debut to 1966. Fielded by Autodelta, which was now absorbed by Alfa Romeo, and privateers, the nimble Giulia's proved an immediate success. In the opening round of the championship at Monza, GTA's filled the first seven places. Andrea de Adamich scored four victories and claimed the title. A total of 200 wins were scored in the racer's maiden season followed by hundreds more in the following seasons with the crowning glory of a hat trick of overall wins in the European Touring Car Championship, 1966-67-68. Two years later the similarly successful 1300 GTA Junior was introduced for the under 1300cc class.There can be no doubt that the legendary GTA is one of the most popular historic racing cars sought after by both historic racing drivers and collectors. This ex- Hhn 188 h.p, 1300 c.c car is well known in Alfa circles. Apart from a brief spell between 2002 and 2003, the vendor has owned this car since 1986. This very special Alfa benefits from having a 16 valve small head with fuel injection, 13 inch Campagnola wheels and weighing in at only 760 kg, this is a highly competitive car for today's rally or race enthusiast.Dieser ex- Hhn 1300 GTA ist ein sehr bekanntes Auto unter Alfa Romeo Kennern. Mit einem 1300 cc grossen 16-Ventil Motor Schmalkopf Einspritzmotor der eindrucksvolle 188 PS entwickelt bei einem Gewicht von nur 760 kg, ist dieses Auto ein leistungsstarker Wettbewerber bei vielen historischen Rennen. Von einem kurzen Intermezzo abgesehen war dieses Auto von 1986 bis heute im Besitz des Verkufers.