1964 Alfa Romeo TZ1 Coupe

The Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ or Tubolare Zagato, manufactured from 1963 to 1967, featured an advanced tubular space-frame chassis and aluminum Zagato coachwork. The engine, developed by Alfa's best engineers, Virgilio Conrero and Carlo Facetti, was a 1.6-liter, 4-cylinder twin-cam, canted at an angle to lower the bonnet line and increase airflow to the car's distinctive Kamm tail. Alfa TZs were built as either lightweight road-going sports cars or as pure racing cars, and they scored many successes on the racetracks of Europe, where they became known as Alfa Romeo's Ferrari GTO beater. As soon as they were ready, four competition TZ1s were entered at the 1963 FISA Monza Cup, where they took the first four places in their class. By the beginning of the 1964 race season, the TZ was homologated by the FIA, meaning that at least 100 cars were built to qualify for the Gran Turismo class. Although records are not exact, it is thought that 110 TZs were eventually sold by Alfa Romeo.