{"id":2786,"date":"2018-08-13T07:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=2786"},"modified":"2023-02-22T11:26:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T14:26:05","slug":"alfa-romeo-8c-2300-9-ixo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/alfa-romeo-8c-2300-9-ixo\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 #9 &#8211; Ixo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/a-h\/alfa_8c2300_9_01.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><b>1934 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300<\/b> \nPilots: L. Chinetti, P. Etancelin \nTeam: <i>Luigi Chinetti \/ Philippe Etancelin<\/i> \nRace: 1st overall (S 2.3 &nbsp;class) at Le Mans in <strong>1934 <\/strong>\nIxo - LM 1934 (diecast)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size\"><span style=\"color: #919191;\">Published 08\/13\/18<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Chassis #2311249 was one of the last 8C 2300s that Alfa Romeo produced. Though it had a short wheel base (<em>Monza <\/em>version<em>)<\/em>, it received a four-seater <em>Mille Miglia<\/em> body by <em>Carrozzeria Brianza<\/em> of Turin. In the 1934 edition of the <i>24 Heures du Mans<\/i> there were three other Alfa 8C 2300s, but only #9 here finished the race. And in reality, it almost didn\u2019t finish either, in typical Le Mans fashion. Most of the opposition was out of the race, and by Saturday night #9 was in the lead. However, at Le Mans, when things seem to look too good, it&#8217;s because something is about to happen. Just when the race appeared to be in the bag, a ruptured fuel line spells disaster. Undaunted, Chinetti ordered everyone in the pits to chew bubble gum, to plug the hole \ud83d\ude05.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/a-h\/alfa_8c2300_9_02.jpg\" alt=\"2300 #9\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This 8C in my eyes looks &#8220;business like&#8221;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With chewing gum plugging the fuel line, thus 2300 #9 managed to limp all the way to the <a aria-label=\"checkered flag (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/736x\/de\/96\/3c\/de963c3d219831b63b9538f4de44c009--first-place-alfa-romeo-c.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">checkered flag<\/a>. It was the 8C 2300&#8217;s fourth consecutive and final victory at La Sarthe. So we have a car that raced at Le Mans using <i>chewing gum<\/i> as a fix? And it came in first place overall?!? OF COURSE I had to have it. I know that old clunkers is not everyone\u2019s cup of coffee, but look at the car\u2019s history. Maybe &#8220;just&#8221; a clunker, but you just don\u2019t get that kind of story from modern racers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/zgroup\/alfas_02.jpg\" alt=\"2300 #9\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Between the 1932 and 1934 versions, I have to say I prefer the former. Both are good, but in my eyes the blue one is nicer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1:43 the 2300 #9 is as nice as my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/alfa-romeo-8c-2300-lm-8-1932-ixo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1932 8C winner<\/a>, but without the huge pontoons. And in French blue (the team was French). In the end you got another simple &amp; honest Ixo, with a fantastic value for the money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1934 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Pilots: L. Chinetti, P. Etancelin Team: Luigi Chinetti \/ Philippe Etancelin Race: 1st overall (S 2.3 &nbsp;class) at Le Mans in 1934 Ixo &#8211; LM 1934 (diecast) Published 08\/13\/18 Chassis #2311249 was one of the last 8C 2300s that Alfa Romeo produced. Though it had a short wheel base (Monza &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/alfa-romeo-8c-2300-9-ixo\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 #9 &#8211; Ixo&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2786","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2786"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15269,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2786\/revisions\/15269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}