Auto Universum Giulietta Tribute Article

J Kraus, the writer and editor behind Auto Universum sent me notice that he had published an article about Giuliettas.  He recounts the roll out of the various branches of the Giulietta family tree nicely and  included a lot of period press pictures.  Also on his blog are articles about Louis Reard (Renault’s equivalent of Busso or Satta), the Citroen U55 Currus Cityrama and more.   Check it out!

ti20martindaleAnother unrelated picture I found in my picture files that I have no idea the origin of.  Notweworthy is the diversity of the field.  I see a Giulietta Berlina back there.

Old for sale page

Everything has been SOLD.

The lists below are intended to help me find parts for my projects and pay for them. If you have any Sprint or SS parts for sale, a parts car or any related items for sale you want to add to this list, please contact me!

sprints@giuliettas.com

I tend to be philanthropic in my sales so if I have a part you need tell me about your project and I’ll probably give you a good deal!

Cars For Sale

1961 Giulietta SS 00413 project. Sold! This is my car. Not as officially for sale as it was a couple of months ago, but I still would consider selling if the money was right. I have all glass, doubles of most trim, lots of new parts and as can be seen in the blog, a lot of work has been done. Still no 00120 engine but I’ve found an 00121 and some others that would work. Includes recently sourced full seats, extra wiring harness, pair of ready to go 40DCOE2’s and many extras.

cropped-1_23_ssfront.jpgYes it looks bad, no it’s not that bad.

intakeThis probably represents about $1500 to the right person. Correct matched set of 40DCOE2’s and the elusive tapered 101 Veloce manifold.

Engine bottom end is currently (as of 10/27/09) being assembled with .010 over main and rod bearings, new rings and timing chains. Head was rebuilt by Norman Racing Group (about $1500 including skim, new seats, valves, springs etc). Includes 00120 Veloce oil pan, correct 101 intake manifold, headers etc. Transmission is 101 unit with lightened gear set and all new synchro’s, bearings etc by Merritt Carden. I imagine the drive train will be worth $10k when done.

img_4942Some of the bits ready to go on.

Accepting reasonable offers on the SS. It will go up as work is done and parts gathered. Recently sourced parts include Marelli wiper motor, correct wiper arm set. Some nice aspects of the car: nicest original Carello headlight rings I’ve seen, nicest original SS gauges I’ve seen, lots of great parts as can be seen in the picture above. I recently (late October) got the brake shoes relined, a few rare Veloce parts for it AND a blank 101 Veloce replacement block with good crank and head so current price is about $21,500.

For Sale:

SS Parts in San Diego:

Rear Window with trim, Very nice shape, offers.

photoHere is the rear window beside a sadly cracked Windshield. I have the windshield and may get some polycarbonate or lexan (or whatever the accepted plastic is for racing) copies made up by an aircraft windshield place.

Giulietta SS Aluminum Hood from Bertone #382. Straight, little corrosion. See picture below. Offers

Giulietta SS trunk also from Bertone #382. Clean and straight. Offers.

photo3Here is the hood and trunk. I should buy these but don’t have limitless storage.

SS parts I have in my area:

SS seat bottoms. No rails. Surface rust. Get you half way there.

Giulia SS defroster vent set. Very rare part in good shape. $200 the set.

vents

GIULIETTA PARTS:

Item 1: 101 Giulietta Sprint Drivers door. Straight with very little rust. Trim, hinge, window and window winder/door latch mechanisms are present. $250 obo.

Item 2: 101 Giulietta Sprint passenger door in decent condition with most trim, window winder mechanism, no interior trim or handles, no window, no rust. $150.

Item 3: Trunk lid. Has small dent. $150.

Item 4: Sprint rear glass, nice. $150.

Item 5: 101 pedal box with clutch pedal. No corrosion. $50.

Item 6: Throttle linkage crossbar with 1 aluminum firewall mount. $40.

Item 7: 101 Sprint Front fender top repair panels left and right . $125.

Item 10: Early down draft manifold, dual throat, thermostat in radiator hose type. No linkage, two carb studs gone. $50.

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Trade (or sell):

I complete set 750 Spider inside door pull handles. Will trade for Sprint items. $50. Sold!

Wanted:

Front bumper complete or pieces there-of.

Dash mounted rear view mirror -same as Giulietta Sprint.

Grill Heart.

Original Carello tail light lenses, 2 red, 2 amber, four red, whatever.

Veloce Aluminum plenum for firewall mounted airbox

Radiator -this is an SS specific part.

Door button set.

Door opening inside surround trim.

SOLD: Everything below this line has been sold.

SOLD: 1958 SV 1493E0617: I have the original 750 Veloce block w/caps and front cover for it (1315*31573). It currently has a fresh, expensively built 1750. Car is mechanically sound. I have a $14,500 receipt from a local highly regarded specialist for all the work. Minor rust repairs have been completed to trunk floor and floor. I just bought a 101 hood for it to replace the odd item in the pictures. Car is straight and presentable in a rough and ready sort of way. Most of the white paint is original. Interior is average, seats are incorrect Fiat items. Comes with new Italian made headliner and front and rear window gaskets. All badging and brightwork is original and looks good. Car currently has normale gauges installed but I have the Veloce units, they are apart and ready for new text rings. SOLD!

SOLD: 1962 Giulietta Spider AR370645. My car. Now actively for sale. Needs new trunk floor and some light floor patches. Rockers are solid. I just bought a bunch of parts for it including windshield. Doesn’t come with Spider seats (well, about 70% of one), but does come with a set of perfect MGB seats that look good.

giulietta spider AT LAST!!!Nose is a little banged up too!

Giulietta SS/SZ gauge set. Chrome rings are nice, inserts are not yellowed, look almost new, some moisture discoloration on glass needs to be cleaned up. SOLD! the set.

Sprint or Spider tri-gauge, early style, works, insert ring is lightly yellowed. $SOLD.

10112-exhaustItem 8: 10112 exhaust manifold, nice! $80. SOLD!

Veloce emergency brake set-up I think it’s complete from brake plates to the bracket that mounts to the body. Will inventory and post pictures later. Sold!

Sprint rear window surround trim. $200. Sold.

101 Sprint Veloce trunk lid. $100. Sold.

105 5 speed transmission with reverse lockout. $150. SOLD!

Sprint Veloce or SS gas tank with extra capacity, requires Veloce rear brakes, no rust, could be used as is but has dents. $400. SOLD!

Lot of 3 shoe drum brake parts including 1 complete Destro unit, 1 mostly complete Destro unit missing only brake lines and 1 NOS Sinestro Drum, never on a car. The 2 Destro units are crusty and still assembled. A good starting point for your Veloce conversion. Make offer.

The NOS drum.

The pair.

Market 97: Very nice 750F Spider Veloce

Update 3/24/09: Auction ended at $49,999 with 43 bids.  This is about what I thought it would do.  Apparently the economic rollercoaster isn’t confusing buyers of fine cars that are likely to appreciate or at least hold their value.  I wonder where this car will go?  Germany?  Belgium?  Japan?  Dubai?  Berkeley?  I hope the latter.

Giulietta Spider Veloce 1495F04358, Engine 1315*31402. This car is on eBay right now out of Santa Clara Ca. These early 750 Spider Veloce’s are the Spider to get if you can find one and as always, if you can find a nice original it’s the one to get, if not, get a no excuses restored car like this.

bowniqmkkgrhgookjgejllmyuwjbjumv2e2ow_3I don’t usually have black come to mind when I think of a Giulietta Spider, but I have seen a lot of local cars in black over the last few years and I think going forward I will always think of them in black.

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101 1300 rebuild 15: almost back together

Goodness I’m tired! Saturday was a long day but I got close to being back where I should be. Let’s see, where to begin. So I got the piston/connecting rod that was in backward out and took it to Norman Racing Group on Thursday afternoon. Dan Marvin agreed to check the rod for straightness and pointed out that the piston was making contact with the head, something Tom Sahines told me to look for. I brought the head along too so they could tell me if there were problems with valve clearances etc which was a good thing as it was needed to cut the pistons down to clear the head. I asked if they could do a one day turn around on Friday so I could reassemble everything this weekend if I got the other three pistons to them first thing Friday morning. They said they would try.

I left their shop and pulled the other three pistons. I can’t complement Norman Racing Group and Dan enough. I had my wife drop the pistons off on Friday morning about 10am and they were ready when I got there at 430 to pick them up. I guess the bag of pastries she brought them probably helped but I doubt they were necessary. He gave the backward connecting rod a clean bill of health. I bought a new head gasket and set of Viton oil passage seals and away I went.

img_7882I guess you can’t really see the orientation in the manual, but I can tell you the offset goes toward the center on 2 and 3. Continue reading “101 1300 rebuild 15: almost back together”

Market 96: Confused Spider in So Cal

Update 3/19/09: Car received 2 bids and with the reserve not met the auction was pulled in the 11th hour. 

Giulia Spider 101.23 AR379169, Engine AR00536*07055 (not original). The eBay auction says 1965 Normale/Veloce and it is in about that order, a Normale with a Veloce engine and trunk badge from our friends at Sports Car LA. black plate, no rust, odd color and a $9500 starting bid.

used-1965-alfa_romeo-giulia-normale__slash___veloce-6818-3921364-3-640Looks like an honest Spider just how you used to find them.

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Sprint Speciale as art? Absolutely!

The Cincinnati Art Museum is displaying a 1964 Giulia SS belonging to Richard Grant of Dayton Ohio from February 10th to June 7th.  If you are in the area, stop by.  I sure would! 

“Supporting the Art Museum’s commitment to showcase art and design across multiple disciplines, classic and concept cars introduce visitors to industrial design and its place in the history of art. Starting this February, visitors can experience the curvaceous and futuristic form of the Alfa Romeo’s 1964 Giulia Sprint Speciale created by the famed Italian design studio, Bertone. A limited production car, its body panels were carefully formed and finished by hand. The styling of the Sprint Speciale, considered especially radical when first introduced, took its cues from the study of aerodynamics and the global fascination with space travel and supersonic flight prevalent during the 1950s and 1960s. “

839_3A teaser from the Museum website.   Looks like a sublime specimen of the Sprint Speciale species. 

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101 1300 part 14: two steps forward and, er, 10 steps back

I’m usually pretty good at analogies. I am thinking maybe my current situation is like flying to Italy and finding out you have to fly home to San Francisco, turn off the oven and then fly back to Italy to get on with your vacation.

Okay, what did I do that is so bad? A total rookie move so it’s a good thing I’m a rookie. I put the number three connecting rod in backward. The Engine ran with a not terminal sounding but noteworthy knock. “The engine ran???” the attentive reader will ask.

It goes something like this…

img_7866I’m not sure why but it is somehow immediately apparent that this engine runs. This was right before the steps back announced in the title began.

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1495*00002 Bertone Spider prototype

This friendly looking chap is Spider 1495*00002, the first of two Giulietta Spider prototypes designed by Scaglione and built by Bertone. The top two pictures of it are from the mid 1970’s when it was in the Bobcor showroom that I found on google images, not sure who’s they are but would love to hear from the photographer.

It is said that Alfa deemed the design a little too futuristic for their clientele and Bertone went back to the drawing board and 1495*00004 emerged. Can you imagine if this car made regular production? I would have called it the Spider Speciale and fitted it with a Veloce kit. Alas what could have been…

bertone-proto_04-75-or-76-bobcor1Strong personality of Scaglione shows through and ques from cousins the BAT cars, Sportiva and SS can be seen. Also evident is front trim and headlight treatments destined for a home on the Duetto.

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Gripe gripe gripe: top five internet gripes

Gripes are in no particular order. I am forced to stretch here to provide content. My camera went on a trip across Europe for 2 weeks and I have been too busy at work to get to my shop after work, and there isn’t a glut of Giuliettas on eBay right now so I’m going to do what I don’t usually do and digress from a directly Giuliettas related blog post. Here it is , my own personal list of things I encounter while using the internet that irritate me. (Why does using seem like the wrong word?). Oh, and the pictures mean nothing in relation to the text, they are just funny or good or bad shots I found on my old computer.

img_1012When I worked at Applied Materials there was a courtyard completely surrounded by the building and every year a Mallard duck would sneek in there and lay eggs in the bushes, hatch babies and provide a general sense of cuteness to the semiconductor engineering world. This scrum is 5 of 12 from 2005.

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