It’s not every day you get to witness the number one chassis of a production line and when I saw chassis #00001 of Alfa Romeo’s Giulia SS, I clicked my camera with complete abandonment.

Of all 50′s cars, I feel the Giulia SS is Bertone’s most beautiful work. It is elegant, beautiful, streamlined to perfection and a testament to the Italian superb flair for the dramatic with a practical use. This car was penned without using an air tunnel. I didn’t take a side picture of this superb car but go Veloce Today and look halfway through the picture to see a gray version. You can see how sleek the car is.

Here is a view of chassis #00001′s back next to a green SS sister. It’s beautiful.

Here is the chassis number stamp.

Notice the different nose from the rest of the series?

The front fenders scoop much lower and the nose lacks that beautiful Alfa grill.

It was a treat to see this car not only for the fact that it is number 1 but it was unrestored and unmolested. It’s beautiful to see such a car in its original state. A testament that Alfa are indeed strong and valuable cars. Now gotta go and play the lottery.

p.s. SS stands for Sprint Special.