Market 200: Original Spider 10104 at Hyman

Giulietta Spider 10104 1495*08888. This car is available right now out of St. Louis Mo. at Hyman Ltd.  Hyman seems to only deal in pretty good cars and their prices are usually fairly reasonable.  This Spider is no exception at $29,500.

I’ve looked at a lot of pictures of cars photographed in this corner.  The paint has some patina, as does the trim and top, but I like this sort of thing.  Makes for a nice car that is not too nice to use.

Trunk lid fits great and door gaps are very nice.  I like this series of tail light.

Interior is clean and presentable, with well broken in seats.  Wood rim Nardi wheel is pretty cool but I think I like the original wheels these had better.

Gauges are pretty well yellowed.  If I bought this car I’d probably spring the $150 a set of repro’s goes for.  Clean and usable interface.

There are a few reasons to paint an engine compartment black -most of them have to do with saving effort and money.  Spiders originally had body color engine compartments.  Not such a big deal, but plan on spending some cash on it when (if) you have the engine out.  Engine and ancillaries look fine.

I like a vin plate picture.  Makes it hard to loose track of the car in the picture files.

Some readers will pick this car apart and say $29,500 is too high, but even if so it’s not by much.  Yes the car has faults, but a buyer with an eye for patina will like this car as much as I do.

2009 Spiders

2008 Spiders