Category: fun stuff

Update December 1 2015: The lot sold for a healthy $50,850.  The buyer may be in it to have a big collection of restore-able 1300 Normales, or, like I would do, engage in some creative parts dividing and kit making then sell of the extras and keep the one they really want.  We shall see.

Giulietta Spider 750D 1495*00722, 1315*00587.

Giulietta Spider 750D 1495*04302.

Giulietta Spider 10103 1495 09841.

Engines 1315*43757, 1315*43440, 00526*26469, 00112*15352, 00102*30859.

Oh, and a 1975 Spider Veloce…

It’s not often a lifetime collection (or is it an accumulation?) comes to market, and even more rare that it is a true enthusiast for the thing collected.  The seller of this collection is the son of the owner, trying to help his dad sell off his stuff to fund a move to a sunnier climate.  When I first saw the eBay listing I reached out for more info – especially considering there was clearly a “first thousand” Spider pictured.  Check it out:

The cars.  What are they cousins?  Brothers?  Three generations of the same family.  Let me take a stab at it: 1956, 1960, 1975 and 1958.

Legitimate enthusiast?- absolutely.  Gerald Grubb spent a few years showing more expensive, supposedly faster sports cars what a great looking trunk line the might Spider Veloce had.  This car is not among those for sale.  Not sure what happened to it.

Continue reading “Market 527: a trio of Spiders including a 1956!”

Elmar sent me these pictures of his spare Alfa glass. Interesting to see the differences.

1955?

I bought a spare rear windscreen for my Sprint recently thinking that if I ever painted my car (I want to) I’d want to replace the orbital sanded unit it currently wears.  I got this replacement from a friend and am curious about its provenance.  It has nicely beveled edges and makers marking “Visaterm Securit” along the top edge.  It seems to be the right shape, but I haven’t ever seen a Sprint rear windscreen with this marking or beveled edges.  Anyone have one?

I should note the rest of my windows have a Securit marking, just not the rear window.

What it appears to be and all that.  Yep, thats my hood spear and yep, my paint could use some love.

Giulietta Spider 750D 1495*03923, 1315*43831.  This car is available in Italy right now for 85,000 Euro.  A strong ask for a non-Veloce Spider, but it is a fairly early, very well restored, matching numbers short wheel base (SWB) car in a desirable color combo.

Email me if you are interested.

I know it’s tough to tell very much, but panel fit and paint finish look really good.  Looks like the same marker lights as I see on some SS’s. 

Continue reading “Market 520: Restored 750D 03923”

Giulietta Sprint 10102/10105 or Spider 10103/10104 engine 1315*011859.  Leo in Italy contacted me offering up this engine.  It is fairly complete, and of course should be rebuilt.  I can’t comment on 4500 Euro price – I haven’t shopped for an engine for my Sprint ever.  The closer to “matching” this is to your Sprint or Spider that needs a correct engine, the more value it should have to you.  How would you decide if it’s matching?  Check it out – a little extrapolation (or is it interpolation?)…

Sprint 10105*20825 has engine 1315*011167

Sprint 10105*21125 has engine 1315*012133

around Sprint 21000 seems close enough.

Spider 10103*08359 has engine 1315*011500

Spider 10103*08742 has engine 1315*012723.

around Spider 08500 seems close enough.

Email me if you are interested.

All the little pieces add up.  Oil pan, fan, generator, valve cover, cams etc.  Would be nice to get it all at once.

Continue reading “Market 519: 1959 – 1960 Sprint or Spider engine 1315*011859 for sale”

Giulietta Sprint 750B 1493*07473, 1315*06684.  This late second series Sprint 750B is available in the UK on eBay.  Price is about $28,000 with 32 bids as I type.  It was originally a Mexico market car, so would have been partially assembled by Willys Overland – in one of those “make work” trade deals Alfa had in a few countries.  This car looks to have a well applied coat of paint and presents pretty well, but many parts are missing, some quite tricky to locate, that the seller hopefully has – I would get a list before buying.  Not the best pictures either, unless you are the kind that can buy a car based on eight similar shots of the nose.

Front trim looks good at this distance.  Rims will need painting.  Windshield trim is missing.  Not easy to find in good shape if you need it.

Continue reading “Market 518: Ex Mexico Sprint in UK 750B 07473”

Giulietta Spider 10103*10484, 00536*15683 (not original!).   H&H will be auctioning (actually probably was auctioned a few hours before I started writing) this Spider.  Estimate is 50 – 55,000 British Pounds.  Looks to be a nice example, but is not super original under the hood or, er bonnet ( I always get this Little House on the Prairie image in my head when I hear/say/type bonnet).  With a bigger engine and engine compartment painted black, this will be more along the lines of what some prospective buyers want.

This hedge corner looks made for auction sale photographs.  Rim paint looks a tiny bit blue-ish.  Very tidy car.

Continue reading “Market 517: Spider 10484 up for auction in UK”

Giulietta Spider Veloce 750F 1495*05642.  Available now from BHCC and listed on eBay.  For a minute I thought it was this car, but no.  Is $19,000 as I type.  Worth probably $100,000 all correct and redone.  I looked it up in the Veloce list and sure enough, this vin started life as a Veloce.  Ad claims it’s matching numbers, but the engine looks more 101 than 750.  It’s possible, but, well, it’s a lot of work to get a 101 1300 head to work on a 750 block.

Vroom, it certainly looks to have been built for speed.  Headlight fillers appear to be cut down hub caps.  Bumper mount holes were brazed over.  Good color combo.

Continue reading “Market 516: Spider Veloce 05642 rough racer project”

Giulietta 750B 1493*02586, 1315*02411.  Update October 3 2015: You all can thank Marco of SquadraAlfaRomeoMadeira fame for getting more pictures and info on this car. The condition of this car is just right for my taste in cars, having a light patina, but being very presentable.  Marco didn’t get a price for me.  I have to wonder how many early Sprints are surviving at this point since there are half a dozen or more on the market right now.  Are there any others on the market I missed?

October 1 2015: More of an SOS than anything.  Any of you kind readers who is fluent in Spain Spanish care to inquire about this car for me?  Maybe get the vin and engine numbers, a picture or two more?  They have a regular website but of course this car is not on it.  Thanks!

Bertone red at this point is a pretty deep and kind of old-world looking compared to Pininfarina red with its hint of orange.  Small headlights really change the character of the front.

Continue reading “Market 513: 1956 Sprint 02586 in Spain”

Update September 29 2015:  As Tim D pointed out, not a Veloce.  Gotta start using my reference materials more.

Giulietta Spider 10103*170259.  This car is due to be auctioned at Hilton Head Island on October 31st by Auctions America RM.  Estimate is $75,000 – $85,000 which seems reasonable.  Not a heck of a lot of information about the car among the 3 paragraphs of description, and the pictures are internet circa 2003 quality / size.  I guess you gotta go stick your nose in and under it to see if it’s as nice as it seems.  Source and pictures are from Anamera.

Looks pretty good from 30 feet.  Anyone know this car?  Door shut lines are almost lost in the red.  Almost.

Continue reading “Market 510: Spider Veloce 170259 Hilton Head Halloween Hauction”

Giulietta SS 10120*00593.  This SS is available now from Mirbach, outside of Munich.  It was recently purchased from longtime owners in the Rome area.  It has a nicely preserved feel that is refreshing in an SS these days.  Yours for 139,000 Euro.  Can anyone in Germany give them a call and confirm the VIN, and maybe even get the engine number?

I don’t think many people realize how good you can make a car look with some careful touch-up and serious polishing.  It is sort of interesting that someone would choose to copyright a picture that is clearly ephemeral in nature, and no one in a million years will ever make a penny from.  

Continue reading “Market 509: SS 00593 fresh out of Italy”