Update 10/10/10: 47 bids resulted in a reserve not met price of $27,000.
Giulia Spider Veloce 10118*390717. This car is on eBay right now out of New Mexico. It was restored once upon a time by Bobcor to a driver standard with an incorrect engine and some questionable parts combo’s. Asking price of nearly $40K is more in line with a correct, numbers matching car. A side note- Fusi lists these Spiders as having an engine with a 00118 prefix -there is no such thing- they came with the same engine as a Giulia SS -with a 00121 prefix.
Passes the wow test -a glossy picture from 10 feet. Stance is good, bright work looks nice and the door and hood fit is pretty good.
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Market 265: Not only did it not sleep…
Update 10/6/10: Despite several long time Giulietta experts chiming in to say it wasn’t worth more than $500, the auction ended at $2850.55 after 4 bids. The condition of the drive train will dictate whether this is a good deal or not. I reckon a good 00106 block with all its original stuff in usable condition would go for about what this car went for.
Giulietta Spider Veloce 10125 1495*10189, 00106. This rusty shamble of a Spider is on eBay right now out of York, PA. Buy it now price is a reasonable $3500 considering the parts it will provide. With Spider Veloce’s regularly changing hands over $50K these days maybe it’s a viable project for some adventurous soul.
I like the custom crash bar. Lots of rust here. Is that a hard top for it in the background?
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Market 264: 1957 750B Sprint puzzle in Sweden
Update: The UK guy is not the owner AND both door panels are included. I can still put you in contact with the seller if you want…
Giulietta Sprint 750B 1493*04386. A guy in the UK asks a guy in San Francisco Bay Area to list a car he has stored in Sweden… of course! This small headlight, matching number 1957 750B project is available now for the reasonable 9000 Euro’s. Email me (sprints at giuliettas dot com) if you want a direct email address for the seller.
Looks like a Sprint to me. Door fit is great, nose is pretty good and the hood fit is good enough as a place to start. Kind of an odd color combo with beige and rusty orange wheels -original was Grigio Chiarissimo. Windows and trim look good.
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New correct Sprint Speciale wind deflector's available now!
In the pursuit of perfection, or at least originality, Ben in Austin did some research, compared some original samples and when he knew he had the secret of their original shape uncovered, got some proper wind deflectors made -one for his car and a few extras to sell to SS owners like you to help offset the expense. I know what you are thinking -lots of Alfa parts retailers carry a flat reproduction of these and they are not expensive -so why go through the trouble? Thing is, several original deflectors were compared and all had a 15 degree angle back toward the windshield to them, which means they are not simply a flat profile cut from Plexi (or whatever) like the current repro’s available. Check it out.
Old beside new. Makes sense that it would be this shape. Franco was hyper-sensitive to aerodynamic efficiency (you’ve seen the pictures with strips of wool attached to the car at speed on the autostrada) and this bend would create a slightly more slippery shape. Good work Ben!
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Market 262: 101 Sprint shell in PA
Giulietta Sprint 10105 1493*20827. This car, or at least what’s left of it is available right now in Philadelphia Pennsylvania for $750 obo. It has been pretty thoroughly stripped but I see some good stuff still attached including a decent early steering wheel, pedal box, rear end and some trim/headlight parts. Would make a great 24 hours of Lemons car! Contact me for more info.
Looks decent for the asking price -straight body with rust etc. I could use those clear turn signal lenses myself! I don’t think the engine seen here is included.
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Market 234 II: Spider project in Carlsbad
Update 9/16/10 (later the same night): Eagle-eye Anderson has pointed out that this is in fact the same car as Market 234. Â I renamed it above…
Giulietta Spider 750D. This project is on Craigslist right now out of Carlsbad California -near San Diego. Seller is a repeat Giulietta vendor, having sold cars in Markets 95 and 116 whose prices are always fair and usually result in a second or even third sale at an inflated price by a small time dealer.
Not much bad to be seen here other than removed trim and a sense of disrepair.
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Market 260: Giulietta SPRINT RACE CAR
Update 9/21/10: $4500 is pretty strong money for this car as parts unless the engine is as fresh and well built as the seller claims.
Giulietta Sprint 10102*155977. If you’re in the Orlando Florida neighborhood and a challenging Sprint project is just the thing for you then this charmer currently on eBay might do the trick. In truth this is a parts car or the sort of project a passionate but poor giuliettisti might toil on for a few years and maybe take to the level of being doable at some point in the future -either way -it’s not likely to be expensive. Does come with a fancy engine though.
Here I am -take me. It’s just sad that this is how what probably would have been a decent car if it had stayed hidden for a generation longer. Pieces are there, the nose it straight. Maybe.
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Market 258: 101 Spider easy project
Update 9/16/10: $20,100 after 17 bids with reserve not met. Look for the follow up. I think video of it driving and audio of the engine woes might have helped.
Giulietta Spider 10103*170285. This car is on eBay right now out of Novi Michigan. Usually when I write about a car that I describe as a project it’s a challenging, rusty through and through hulk someone dredged from the bottom of a pond. Not so this car. The problem here is a rod knock in the engine requiring attention -what I consider an easy project
Great looking car. Paint is 30 years old but still shines, the only pitting described on the chrome is the windshield pillars.
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Market 257: Series 1 750B Sprint project
Giulietta Sprint 750B 1493*05931, 1315*05350. This Sprint was posted for sale on the Alfa BB a few days ago out of Eau Claire Wisconsin. As can be seen from the pictures it’s a big project but the $5000 obo asking price is reasonable considering the matching numbers and state of the engine. I was tempted myself by this but then I thought about my soon to be departed SS’s and vow to only get into ‘easy’ projects and, well, here it is for someone else to go for.
This treatment reminds me of Market 228 Sprint -either it’s how they come out when a bondo mask is applied, or the same artist at work. But… it comes with a spare nose for grafting purposes. Yea… looks scary but it’s on wheels and lots of stuff is in place.
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Radio blanking plates revisited
Derek in Australia sent me some scans from manuals that show radio blanking plates for the different models. These should be considered ‘correct’ for all you correctness worryists. Check it out.
This looks to be a post-Giugiaro go over Sprint like mine. Can’t tell what the badge in the middle is but will assume it’s the Alfa badge.
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