Chassis No. AR 1426328
Engine No. AR00564 S0007

Penned by Marcello Gandini for Bertone, who famously created the iconic Miura just one year before, Alfa Romeo launched its “Montreal” concept car to the world at the Expo 67 World's Fair in Montréal. Three years later, Alfa Romeo debuted the Montreal as a production model at the 1970 Geneva Auto Salon. While strikingly similar stylistically to the Expo 67 concept, the production model abandoned the Giulia's four-cylinder for a high-revving quad-cam, dry-sump V8 based on the 2.0-liter Tipo 33 Stradale engine. With a sticker price higher than a Jaguar E-Type or Porsche 911, the striking design and exhilarating performance was not enough to tempt many buyers, with just 3,925 examples produced by 1977. Regardless, the Montreal is a beautiful hand-built Italian sports car certainly worthy of a place in any collection. 

Never imported to U.S. when new, this immaculately presented and well documented Montreal was delivered new to the home market on 19 September 1973, painted in the classic Italian Rosso Red, while the interior was trimmed in period-appropriate Black Vinyl with cloth inserts on the seats; just as it appears today. The Alfa Romeo Certificato di Orgine and ACI (Automobile Club d'Italia) records on file attests to the first owner residing in Palermo, Sicily, and proper old Palermo province license plates remain on the car today.

The Montreal is believed to have remained in Italy until sold in December of 2016 by Aquarama Cars & Boats of Perugia, Italy to the late, renowned Florida-based collector of exceptional European sports cars, Leo Schigiel. Ever the perfectionist, Schigiel requested mechanical and cosmetic restoration work be performed by the capable craftsmen at Carrozzeria Rizza of Rome, Italy before shipping the car Stateside. The Montreal remained in Schigiel's collection until his passing in 2021, and as was the norm with his spectacular collection, maintenance and upkeep was continuously performed. Under current ownership, the Montreal has received further servicing and maintenance work carried out by the consignor's capable in-house restoration facility, including a rebuild of the sophisticated Spica fuel injection system by Alfa Romeo specialist Wes Ingram of Ingram Enterprises of Burlington, Washington, totaling $6,390.

Today the sporting and powerful, DOHC dry-sump powered Montreal presents in a fantastic condition inside and out, a quality of presentation which can be hard to find on a car at this price point. Factory air conditioning is fitted, a very rare option on a Montreal, to keep occupants cool on a high-speed rally such as the Copperstate 1000. Appropriate Michelin XWX tires are fitted on the period Alfa Romeo turbine alloy wheels, with a matching spare situated in the trunk, and original Carello lights and lenses remain in situ. A very clean undercarriage attests to the comprehensive restoration work carried out.

Accompanied by its Alfa Romeo-issued Certificato di Orgine, receipts and AFI paperwork, the Montreal remains in excellent condition, a testimony to the late Mr. Schigiel's perfection in his cars.