Giulietta & Giulia Market – Page 11

March 22, 2013

Market 460: Giulia SS 10121 380136. Worst yet?

Update 4/20/13: 15 bids. $3326. Wow.

Giulia Sprint Speciale 10121*380136. Richard over at ClassicAlfa (whose products I use quite frequently) sent me a link to this auction. The British Isles are detrimental to old cars if they are not ‘kept up’ and this one appears to have supported a blackberry hedge for a few decades before being picked up so it could be picked over for parts.

999 out of 1000 of you look at this and assume it’s hopeless, and one of you thinks… I can get a $3000 Spider body as underbody donor, buy all Biondi’s applicable repair panels and have someone who knows their way around rust repair who has an English Wheel glue it all together then make some exterior panels. Where are you then? $30,000? I know, I know -but I mean really, if $130,000 is the going rate for good but not necessarily great ones, this is potentially doable in a profitable way -especially if you have contacts in places where skilled labor is affordable.

I know of a similar one I can buy for less than $8000 that includes suspension, seats, etc, but is, like this, very very rusty. Continue reading “Market 460: Giulia SS 10121 380136. Worst yet?”

February 18, 2013

Market 459: Pretty Giulia SS in Florida

Giulia SS. This car is available out of Florida for $145,000 from Kirk F. White. If the engine is original there may be some meat on the bone for someone to buy and send this to auction -Giulia SS’s are bringing strong money at auction after all, and this one has one of the best color combo’s. Of course it could go to a loving new home, but that never seems to be the case. Anyone know the vin of this car?

Close to black blue in this one. This photo set is a study in how much pictures can lie. Great looking car, as I’ll continue to say.

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February 14, 2013

Market 464: Abarth – Alfa – Colani 1000

Update 2/14/13: As they must, things seem to always come around. Henrik pointed out that this car is now on offer for (gulp) €380,000! Quite a bit more than the auction estimate of a few years ago. Is this crazy? I don’t really think so. A unique (refreshing to be able to use that word without hyperbole) rebody of an already very special car with an Abarth Tubular chassis, Alfa race intended engine rework to 1000cc etc. It’s a styling that works for some and doesn’t for others -like an Yves St Laurent masterpiece (for seldom do masterpieces satisfy all lookers or readers or…). It’s kind of a shame that both cars can’t exist. Do any of the other original Abarth examples survive?

Eddy sent me this image among some others from Retromobile. I guess the mismatched wheels are period and thus the way it has to be.

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February 9, 2013

Market 390: untouched and reasonably preserved Spider Veloce 10125 11332

Update 3/2/13: Seller pulled the auction making me think it either didn’t seem like it was going to recoup their investment if the no reserve auction was allowed to play out, or they sold it off eBay. Not sure which is more likely…

Update 2/9/13: This car is available again on eBay out of Santa Barbara from someone who knows their Alfa’s if the garage it’s in is any indication. I had this listed as 11337, but it’s 11332. Looks pretty good all cleaned up!

Scrappy. Just needs some work and a few rare parts like the firewall mounted air box.

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February 4, 2013

Market 457: Sprint 750B (not) 06035 for $98,000!

Update: Thanks Greig for straightening the numbers out for me -I was going off the top of my head when I said 06011 -should be 06611. So yes, the seller has their numbers wrong… including the price

Giulietta Sprint 750B 1493*~~06035~~, (was) 1315*05570. This car is listed on Craigslist out of Brooklyn, NY. It looks like a nice enough car and all, but has some drawbacks… especially at this price. On a side note, it’s the earliest second series body style Sprint I’ve seen. So we know ~~06011~~ 06611 was a series 1 and now ~~06035~~ is a series 2 -neat! “The only one in the world with this perfection.”

It certainly looks nice here. Has a GTV era Bertone badge on the lower front fender and no rocker trims. Cute little fog/driving lights. 14″ (or are they 13″) rims from a ?. Left and right grills look painted. I do like the white.

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February 3, 2013

Giuliettas.com T-shirts -back by popular demand

Update 2/3/13: After some delays around toddler sized T-shirts I should have the big box of T’s in hand and start shipping them to all of you who preordered. I have sold about half of them and have very limited quantities left, so if you want a shirt -especially a medium or large -speak now…

The source of the image!

Update 1/3/13: It’s that time again -I’m going to order a batch of T-shirts. This years edition will be black in honor of the two Sprint’s I’ve been working on for the last few months. So… Who wants them, how many and what size? Email me at sprints at Giuliettas dot com what you want and when I have a good sized order together I’ll place it. $22 each plus shipping this time..

Like this -only black!

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February 2, 2013

Market 421: Restored Speciale 177413 at Fantasy Junction

Update 2/2/13: The beat goes on. This guy, failing to generate much interest in the 2012 auction season is back at Fantasy Junction with new pricing: $169,500.

Good to see a picture from Fantasy Junction that’s not in front of the brick wall.

Update 8/23/12: No bids were placed at the minimum $135,000 buy in on this car so it went unsold. I wonder if it was the color combo, or lack of originality in the interior -or that the windows wouldn’t easily go up and down (they didn’t when I checked it out at FJ) or if a lot of people knew it was purchased from FJ to be sold at this auction and make a quick buck. Do any of these things matter when a potential bidder has 5 Gin and Tonic’s helping their hand up? I dunno.

Update 7/1/12: In case you missed out on buying it from FJ, you now have a chance to get it from Russo and Steele who will auction it during the old car festivities in Monterey this year.

Yes George, the drivers side rear wheel is a Fergat (and so is the spare) and the rest are Borrani’s. I guess a high selling price doesn’t cure this sort of ailment.

Update 5/28/12: Car was initially listed for $142,500 and sold immediately for $135,000.

Giulietta Sprint Speciale 10120*177413, 00120*01738. This icy fellow is currently providing the white balance alongside all the usual reds in the Fantasy Junction showroom. This car looks great from all angles and is a pretty good performer. I had a chance to go for a ride in it after some tuning work was done by a local friend. Send me an email if you want some impressions. It’s not listed with a price and it’s got a ‘sale pending’ notice. I’m guessing $125K or so based on recent SS sales from them.

Very cool in white with all the chrome and glass. I like white on old cars. Paint on this is very nice. Headlights are $8 Wagner’s.

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January 21, 2013

Market 38: 1959 Giulietta Sprint Project 20107

Update 2/2/13: Bid to $18,100 with the reserve not met. I’m torn here. $18,100 is not a lot for a complete project car that is ready for a light skim, paint, trim/mechanical refresh and assembly -the body had to be done, but ball-parking it, you will be $10K into paint, $12K into the mechanicals and probably $20K refinishing and assembling trim/interior etc. That’s $60K for a ’59 Normale. I know a few guys who are deeper than that into theirs, but I don’t think I’ve seen one sell for that (have I?).

Update 1/21/13: Looking better without those widened wheel arches, this car is back on eBay after considerable work. Good car for someone who wants to just paint and put together a car.

Metal work looks great! Buyer gets to choose the palette and level of finish. It’s a lot of work.

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January 21, 2013

Market 456: Giulia Sprint 10112 353030 in the North east

Update 4/17/13: 1 bid, $25,000, sold. I suspect this will turn out to be a well bought car.

Update 2/2/13: No sale at $24,101.69. I am thinking they would probably like to get at least $30K.

Giulia Sprint 10112 353030. This late Sprint is on eBay out of Mass. It looks pretty good in the pictures -well except for some mismatched looking paint on the lower edge of the doors, but I’ve talked to a previous owner and they assured me this was a sold car. I usually say it, but here it is again -I like these late Giulia Sprints -there’s a something neat about the fact that this is an 11 year old design when it was made, and only probably continuing to be made to use up parts.

Has all the good points I usually mention -shut lines, straight trim etc. See what I mean about the paint on the lower door edge and on the rocker? I am assured that it was totally solid and just had some paint lifting, probably due to poor prep.

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January 16, 2013

Market 362: Spider 750D 02124 project

Update 2/2/13: Another no sale.

Update 1/16/13: Someone has had a little work done. Boy -they shoulda painted the wheels bright red while they were at it. I still think it’s a pretty reasonable start to that early Spider 750 project you’ve been contemplating. See it on eBay now!

Update 12/12/12: A little better than last time. Maybe eBay is not the right outlet for this car?

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