1967 Alfa Romeo T33 'Periscopica'
In late 1964, Alfa took the decision to set up a separate motorsport and special projects department - Autodelta. Headed by the legendary Carlo Chiti, the first project was to develop a replacement for the TZ series of race cars. It was given the title Tipo 33 - a much more ambitious machine, intended to run in the 2 litre prototype class, where it would be up against the Porsche 907s.
Designed as a mid-engined two seater featuring a chassis built around 3 large diameter aluminium tubes, the car sported fairly conventional wishbone suspension and ventilated discs all round. The first chassis were running by late 1965, initially powered by a 4 cylinder engine, but finalised once the all-new 2 litre V8 was ready.
Although completed in late 1966, the car's media launch was not until March 67, when 3 chassis were shown now sporting a 'spider' body and a periscopic air intake for the engine. This was one of the first examples of an airbox - now commonplace in most forms of motorsport.
Less than 2 weeks later, the first chassis - AR 750.33-001 won first time out at a major hillclimb event in Fléron, Belgium.
The car was driven by Autodelta chief test driver - Teodoro Zeccoli
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