Serpent Autosport was established to make available to other Alfa owners a 16" alloy wheel option. My quest to find the perfect wheel for my 1966 Duetto Spider started soon after acquiring the car in 1977. As a broke college student I had just enough money (thanks Dad) to keep the car running as a daily driver. Once I had an income of my own I never found the perfect wheel, it seemed one thing or another kept it from happening. I have owned my Duetto for 25 years. And now that Duettos are better appreciated in their stock configuration I gave up on the wish to find the perfect wheel for it. But three years ago I started the search all over again with a 1986 Spider. Now here is a car I can personalize and not feel I will be ruining a future classic (at least for 30 years).

The requirements for the perfect wheel are: to maintain the stock outside tire diameter, use a modern low profile high performance tire. It must also have the correct offset and backspacing so no rubbing occurs. And also as important it must compliment the unique and classic design of the car. Looking at the styles offered by the aftermarket I quickly found out that the styles I liked would not fit my Spider or where out of production and no longer available. So, I began considering the offerings  from the Alfa Romeo parts suppliers. They had all the different wheels from the factory and a few aftermarket styles. They did have Cromodora and Panasport wheels and those brands certainly look terrific on Alfas, but they are to common and not quite the right size to be my perfect wheels. I then turned my search to the custom built wheel segment. Custom wheel manufacturers build wheels to fit any vehicle's requirements for width, offset, and bolt pattern. I soon discovered this category is very expensive. To put $3500.00 wheels on a car I paid 5 grand for is just not right! It's better to leave those wheels to the Ferrari guys.

In my pursuit of the perfect wheel I made contact with a manufacturer who was interested in this project. And after working out the details I made available the Serpent Autosport Type 1 alloy wheel.

Type 1 discontinued

I soon found out the wheel business is all about fashion. As automotive designs change so do the selection of aftermarket wheels. The Type 1 wheel was soon a casualty of these changes. I then made available the Type 2 wheel.

Type 2 discontinued

This attractive looking wheel was very popular with Alfa owners. However the  supply of the Type 2 wheel also fell victim to the ever changing demand on aftermarket wheels. 

So after a year long development period Serpent Autosport is please to offer the all new Type 3 wheel.

New Type 3

This classic star design features a silver powder coated  center with a polished alloy lip. The polished lip ties the chrome head light rings, door handles and windshield trim together exceptionally well. And would look just as terrific on 67 to 74 cars with stainless bumpers.  This new wheel is also available in sizes to fit Milano, GTV6 and 164 cars.

My interest in sport cars began when I first saw this old photo. My grandfather is pictured here with my grandmother in his new car. Papa DiMarco told me how he use to race this 1927 Chrysler G-70 roadster over the old Ridge Route from Los Angeles to Bakersfield in the late 1920's. The match races where set up and run at night and there was always money on the line.