AR514, AKA Rosso Montecatini  

 

  

 

 

Well, not all of them, some are black but . . .

 

The 1968 colour information is from the sales material and www.duettoinfo.com  While we are at it, the Montecatini was the name of the comapny that manufactured the paint, it is also a lovely town in Tuscany, Italy.

 

Here you may find the red colour codes used by Alfa Romeo OEM. Rosso is my favourite colour. Roundt-tails also came in white, green, blue, black, silver etc. I have focused on the red colour codes. The code numbers are easy to find, since they are the same used by PPG, DuPont etc. paint shops. Here is a company you may try too:  touchuppaintonline

 

The red colour is the classic Alfa Romeo racing standard. Italian racing cars were always red. Today only (?) Ferrari has the red colour in F1 of the Italian racing teams. It is quite odd to see that Alfa Romeo changed the tone from bright red, close to orange, to the burgundy/blue tone through the years.

 

You will find the colour code on a small plate under the boot lid to the right. If you respray, any local paint shop will be able to mix the red colour you like if you tell him the OEM #.

 

The Duetto came in the following colours from factory:

 

Spider 1.6 duetto 1966-1967

• Avorio
• Bianco Farina
• Rosso Farina
• Blue Medio
• Celeste
• Verde
• Grigio Grafite
• Nero

1750 Spider Veloce 1967-1971

• Bianco Farina
• Avorio
• Celeste
• Blu medio
• Rosso Farina
• Verde inglese
• Grigio Chiaro Metallizato
• Nero

*until July 1969

Spider 1.3 Junior 1968-1973

• Bianco Farina
• Avorio
• Celeste
• Blu medio
• Rosso Farina
• Verde inglese
• Grigio chiaro met
• Nero
• Giallo prototipo**
• Grigio indaco**

* until July 1969
** fStarting November del 1972

 

2000 Spider Veloce 1970-1977

• Rosso Italia
• Verde inglese
• Grigio indaco*
• Nero
• Avorio
• Grigio chiaro met.
• Giallo prototipo
• Blu
• Bianco Farina

*until September 1976

Spider 1.6/2.0 1980-1983

• Rosso Alfa
• Avorio
• Nero met.
• Grigio chiaro met.
• Verde acqua met.

Spider Q.V. 1.6/2.0 1986

• Q.V.: rosso e grigio met.
• 2.0: bianco, rosso, nero e blu medio met.

The 1750 Veloce had these option:

 

USA

 

• Red
• Light Blue
• Midnight Blue
• Ivory
• White
• Light Gray Metallic
• Apple Green
• Black
• Graphite Gray

EUROPE

• Pininfarina White or Bianco Pininfarina
• Ivory or Avorio
• Italia Red or Rosso Italia or ROSSO MONTECATTINI
• Pininfarina Blue or Bleu Pininfarina
• Sky Blue or Celeste
• Metallic Light Grey or Grigio Chiaro Metallizzato
• British Racing Green or Verde Inglese
• Black or Nero

The complete charts are also sorted by code and by name. The 1968 colour information is here: colour chart, then the Duetto options, the Berlina combinations and the GT Veloce chart.

Alfa Romeo colour codes for "Rosso" Alfa OEM code

 

Colour name     Years     PPG code #

• x x x x Rosso Farina '61-62, 67 71290
• KF-185504 Rosso Cardinale '62-68 71456
• 303 Alfa Rosso Corsa '63-68,73 71297
• C-9068 Rosso Montecatini '66-69 Glassurit's AR504. VW-AUDI "Marsrot"
• 4506 Rosso Chiaro '68-69 71726
• 501 Rosso 501 Classico '69-70,74-81 71818
• 4501 Rosso '69-70 71819
• 510 Rosso Carmen '71-72 72052
• 519 Rosso Zagato '73-74 72050
• 514 Rosso Semaforo '75-85 72051
• 534 Ruby red poly '77-81 72287
• 530 Alfa rosso Spider '82-90 72528
• 537 Rosso Venetia '84 72634
• 538 Red poly '84 72635 note
• 547 Rosso Cabernet Spider '87-89 73029 note
• 552 Rosso Bordeaux '87 73032 note
• 555 Alfa Rosso 555 '88-90 73151
• 130 Alfa Rosso 130 '89-94 73464 note
• 179 Rosso Vinaccia '91 73836 note