Update 2/16/10: 27 bidders pushed the price to $1575. Reasonable considering the lack of rust and engine/suspension pieces intact. I bet it ends up a parts car this time around. Anyone here buy it?
Giulietta Sprint 750B 1493*07448. This project is on eBay out of El Paso Texas right now. Â The price as I write this is $203 and by the looks of things it might stay sub-$1000. Â This car was probably a Willys-Overland assembled car as it is said to have spent its whole life in Mexico. Â What you see is what you get. Â And at close to 150 pictures, there is lots to see!
This is how they look. Â Wrinkled, uneven and, well, just abused. Â Shouldn’t be too hard to tap this back out to right.
The front end rides fairly high for a car with an engine. Â Probably has shocks out of who knows what -that’s how you keep a car on the road in Mexico for 50 years. Â Body really doesn’t look too bad.
That rust in the corner looks worse than it is. Â Back end is remarkably straight and the trunk fits well. Â I have this image of this car running around some small town in Mexico looking EXACTLY like this, with a guy driving it while sitting on a milk crate.
Trunk floor is not bad. Â Trunk prop -along with every other piece of trim, is missing.
I spent some time looking at the engine pictures and I don’t see any reason (disconnected stuff) why it shouldn’t run. Â Looking at the rest of it, I don’t see any reason why it should. Â I think a balanced universe demands that it run.
Well done taking the time to reveal the vin number.Someone somewhere would be getting all excited if there was an ‘E’ in here. Â Nice overspray don’t you think?
For the numbers geeks.
Here’s a new one. Â Anyone know anything about this?
For some reason the dash top is very rusty. Â The rest of the car is just surface rust but the top is like 1/3 gone. Â I bet it was in the perpetual puddle beside the hose the bodyshop guys washed their hands at and just flowed away molecule by molecule. Â Wheel and gauges don’t look too bad.
Floors are pretty good -no really, look closely.
Proof of previous statement is this view of the underside of the drivers side floor area. Â I see the clutch actuation, or is it e-brake rod. Â Car still has a tunnel case transmission.
What are we to make of a car like this? Â You can’t really restore it because it’s missing ALL the trim. Â It’s not a parts car because, well, it’s missing most of the parts people want and besides, it’s not rusty. Â If I had a 101 bodied 750B that was a complete runner but unrestorably rusty I would buy this car, paint it and transfer all the parts from the rusty car to it. Â Phew, so glad I don’t have a rusty 101 bodied 750B. Â For less than a thousand bucks it’s worth it for some Alfisti to buy and throw a tarp over in their garage just in case that rusty parts car shows up. Â Ben? Â Lionel? Â You guys are inTexas, how about saving this thing!