Update 8/18/10: That was fast. I didn’t see a ‘Buy it Now’ option last night when I wrote this up and now the car has been sold for $8995. Probably a better deal for the buyer than seller, but if the buyer is half way around the world it’s an $11,000 + transaction by the time it’s in the garage.
Giulietta Sprint 750B 1493*01365, 1315*01432 (not included -blank replacement instead). Just when you thought the last worthy early Sprint project had been unearthed and sold and you missed your chance -another comes along, just like this one available on eBay now. Just imagine tracking down all the original Fontana and Lobo nuts and bolts!
I’ve been waiting for this day since 1967 when I was stripped, acid dipped and parked in a cement floor garage -at least that’s my best translation of 1950’s Italian. Very straight nose on this guy!
Rear end looks as straight and ready for skim and paint as the front. The light gray around the windows is lead or some sort of body solder.
This is from when the dash top was part of the body and not removable -made working under the dash fun. It’s an illness I know, but I can’t help but want this car. I’m going to have to write a post about projectophilia.
Some of you are saying something along the lines of ‘Oh -good heavens!’ but this rust is not too bad. I fixed similar on my Giulietta SS.
This car is utterly apart. I had a dream where I got every single little part of my SS cleaned, painted/plated or whatever and once everything was done put it together like a puzzle. May still happen.
Jeez, I’m watching Zardoz as I write this and having trouble concentrating -stupid Netflix streaming…
Engine is a 750 series and the trans is a tunnel case. Too bad it’s not the original block for the car.
Hey baby – nice gauges! Gotta love an old guy that needs the label gun to tell him how fast he’s going.
Even the data plate is in great shape.
As the driver of a regular old 101 Sprint with a regular old 101 1300 in not very exciting but decent enough condition, who knows and embraces the charms of ‘as intended’ Sprints, I have been waiting for a car like this to come along, and here it is and it’s too bad I’m not ready yet to buy one…
What do you think?
2008 Sprints
2009 Sprints
and one from 2010…
750 and 101 series cars 1954 – 1965