By Louis Galanos<\/p>\n
In secret testing almost two weeks (April 1 to be exact) after the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring race Alfa Romeo arrived at Sebring with their one-of-a-kind, six-wheeled, twelve cylinder Alfa-Romeo T33\/6\/12. Designed to give the Porsche 917 and Ferrari 512 a run for its money, the Alfa Romeo sported a 5-liter V12\/60 degrees\/4v engine and six wheels in total.<\/p>\n
The six-wheel Alfa Romeo T33 project was cancelled abruptly after teens from a local high school snuck onto the raceway at night and stole the car from its hanger\/garage. The chassis was found two weeks later in a nearby orange grove minus the engine.<\/p>\n
For several years after this incident rumors circulated about a V12 hot rod that was blowing away all comers in the Sebring area. Not to be outdone by Alfa Romeo, other race constructors soon jumped on the six-wheel bandwagon. Ferrari had their 312\/T6, Tyrrell had the P34, March had the 2-4-0 and Williams had the FW08B. In both the World Sportscar Championship and Formula 1 these cars were soon outlawed.<\/p>\n
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By Louis Galanos In secret testing almost two weeks (April 1 to be exact) after the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring race Alfa Romeo arrived at Sebring with their one-of-a-kind, six-wheeled, twelve cylinder Alfa-Romeo T33\/6\/12. Designed to give the Porsche 917 and Ferrari 512 a run for its money, the Alfa Romeo sported a 5-liter V12\/60 degrees\/4v engine and six wheels in total. The six-wheel Alfa Romeo T33 project was cancelled abruptly after teens from a local high school snuck […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":789432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2187,543,9348,17100],"tags":[3919,6833,544,6715,6420,19322,13061,6722,245],"class_list":["post-369308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1970s","category-alfa-romeo","category-guides","category-model-guides-race-cars","tag-1970s","tag-1970s-cars","tag-alfa-romeo","tag-alfa-romeo-model-in-depth","tag-alfa-romeo-race-cars-in-depth","tag-alfa-romeo-t33-6-12","tag-car-profiles","tag-race-car-in-depth","tag-race-car"],"yoast_head":"\n