The art of car restoration and conservation of historic cars is already in itself a subject of great fascination and interest, but this book deals with the theme of the recovery of an Alfa Romeo SZ Coda Tronca, a masterpiece from the late 1950s, with a completely different approach. And it is literally a “cut”, because the owner, the famous collector Corrado Lopresto who is co-author of the volume, decided to carry out a half-restoration, bringing back to its original beauty only the left side of the car and keeping the other in the condition in which it was found. This car becomes a true “demonstrator” of the fine techniques used and the results that can be obtained and, at the same time, a testimony of two eras, an object in which the past time has not been masked or hidden by a skillful restoration work, but which shows all the signs of the years passed in abandon.
In its 216 pages divided into ten chapters and completed by 263 photographs, it tells the story, including the racing era, of the car from its conception onwards and with an interview with Ercole Spada, author of the iconic design for Carrozzeria Zagato, and a description of the story of this model, with chassis number 00170. Made with the collaboration of the design expert journalist Gautam Sen and Paolo di Taranto, consultant for Zagato, it also contains contributions from Michele P. Casiraghi, a long-time collaborator of Lopresto, and the illustrator Pallavi Naskar. The texts are in Italian and English.
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Datasheet
The Art of Conservation: Alfa Romeo SZ Coda Tronca
Publisher: Dalton Watson Fine Book
Author: Corrado Lopresto, Gautam Sen, Paolo Di Taranto
Size: bound volume measuring 29 x 25,4 x 2,7 cm with hard cover
Pages: 216
Text: English and Italian
Photographs: 263 in color and b/w
Price: 120 euros
