750 and 101 series cars 1954 – 1965
Giulia SS 10121*380456, 00121*01135. This car is available here in France now. Has been finished to a high, but awkward standard.
Nothing wrong here well, the upper lip does seem to stick out a bit more than usual, perhaps a trick of the photographers angle. Yellow headlight bulbs? I like.
Update 7/24/09: Sold for $15,530 after 37 bids were placed. If this car is as good or better than it looks this was well bought.
Giulietta Spider 10103 1495*09766. This Spider is on eBay right now out of Novato California, just north of San Francisco. It wears Washington license plates so it hasn’t been in the area long. I say baby blue rather than Celeste since it looks a little less sky and more boys baby blanket to my eyes.
There is no hood strip but the little 4 inch hood strip continuation piece is still between the hood hinges. I like the no grill eyebrows look and will probably go for this look with my Spider. Bumper overriders or ‘tusks’ are missing. All things considered, the car looks good. Note the poodle in the passenger seat. Dog smell is included at no extra charge.
Giulia Sprint 10112*353213. This car is currently on eBay out of Belmont California. It still wears it’s original black plates and looks to be a well cared for original rather than a restored car. I like! Notice also that it’s serial number is one before this car, another San Francisco Bay Area Sprint. Opening bid is at the desired sale price of $27,000.Â
Trim looks great and fits very well. The paint seems to be shiney and it just looks right.
Continue reading “Market 132: Maybe the nicest 1600 Sprint I’ve seen”
Update 7/20/2009. Car sold for $27,102 making my SS project seem insanely overpriced and ambitious. I say this car was very well bought and will probably represent a bargain, then again, I haven’t seen a really strong verifiably sold SS in a while, perhaps the market has cooled. What do you think?
Giulietta Sprint Speciale 10120*00455, 00120*00964. This car is on eBay right now out of Florida from the son of the long time owner. Condition is to my eyes enviable as I like the archaeological aspects of cleaning up a car that has been off the road for awhile. This car is the perfect example of what ‘easy restoration’ should mean.
It’s an SS, of course it’s good looking. All the nose trim looks well fitted and correct. White is a good color on these cars. Note windshield trim is missing.
Continue reading “Market 131: Dad’s Giulietta SS, #455 up for sale”
Giulietta 10591 prototype. This car is available right now out of Finland. It is said to have been made by Bertone but the styling cues seem to me to be a little later than 1959 though (1969?)  I do see a Sprint under there if a squint just a bit. Anyone know the story here? Sellers story is below. Oh, and it’s 40K Euro’s.
Looks a bit like this modified car. Kind of approaches something sort of Opel or??
Giulietta Spider 750D 1495*02420. This car sold on eBay recently for $18,100 after 38 bids. About the right result for a car like this. What do I mean ‘a car like this’? See the sellers  description for the full details, but basically a largly unoriginal bitsa that spent most of it’s life in Mexico. Not that any of that is in and of itself bad, especially if the result is fast and looks good, but Giuliettas are trending towards originality being reflected in asking and selling prices as interest and values go up. Bringatrailer did a write-up which can be found here.
Always a pleasure to see a Giulietta Spider nose that is well turned out in a color other than red, white or black. Not a lot to fault up here!
Continue reading “Market 127: Sold Spider. Assembled in Mexico!”
Update 7/14/09: 7 bidders had it out and the new result was $2025. Not bad really.
Update 7/1/09:  “This car is being relisted due to difficulties in concluding the sale to an International buyer. U.S. Bidders only!!!b”
Update 6/11/09: Wow, 15 bidders fought it out and the winner spent $2236 buying this car, 11x more than the last result. Bravo, so now buy my car already, it’s twice as good as this and closer to home.
Update 6/4/09: This car has been listed on eBay again. Get in there. What are you waiting for? Bidding starts at $200. Such a deal. I’d drop half that to have the hood hinges.
Update 8/19/08. Reserve not met. Bidding reached $202.50 and would have been very well bought at that price. Car is relisted with $50 opening bid and $1500 buy it now. At least we now have an idea what the seller thinks it’s worth. Due to the complexity of moving this thing I am not sure even $1000 makes sense to anyone but a local to the car.
Giulietta Spider 10104 1495*11267. Listed here on eBay as a 1958 Spider parts car or body for restoration. Numbers indicate the car is a late 1960 interim car. As of writing this the auction has no bids and starts at $50.
It’s nice to see someone list a car like this without the usual hyperbole about how close it is to being a runner etc. The real shame here is this doesn’t look like it was such a bad car too long ago. I am going to guess someone pulled the wheels off to get some tires mounted and do the brakes, lost interest for a few years , lost the wheels and brake parts then sold it for parts. Eventually it ended up belly on the ground in Orrick MO (just outside of Kansas City), where we finally caught up with it.
Surprisingly straight and solid on the top side at least. I paid $1500 for a similar car earlier this year but it was on wheels. Trim parts seen here are all very valuable.
Continue reading “Market #39: rough 60 Spider project non-roller”
Update 6/29: Alright people, come to order. Yes, this is an attractive, well maintained Giulia Spider with a storied past, and very well presented auction, and yes, it is pretty cool, but $33,100 after 48 bids? Wow, I’m glad to see 101 cars are still doing okay. My Spider looks pretty good at $4000… maybe I’ll just fix it up!
Giulia Spider 10123*375817. This red Spider is currently attracting bids on eBay out of Denver Colorado. The write up is extensive and it’s ownership record reads like a who’s who of well-known long-time Alfa (AROC) Enthusiasts. With 2 days, 8 hours left in the auction it is sitting at $20,600 after 21 bids, reserve not met. Full auction write-up is at the end of this post.
Now that is nice! Trim finish is perfect, trim and panel fit is exemplary and the color red is right. Uncle Rick would complain about the ‘eye liner’, but then he’s that way. Eyeliner refers to the ‘licorice rope’ rubber edging that guys like to put under the trim to protect their $10,000 paint job from vibration scratches inflicted on the paint by the trim. I can dig. Why do these kind of headlights bother me?
Update 6/28: 29 bidders duked it out and the high bidder got this car for $6433. Not bad, not bad at all. Seller is probably back in the green on the sale and high bidder got if nothing else a fabulous parts car or tough but do-able project.
Giulia Spider 10123*379887 is available on eBay now out of Lafayette California, just over the hill from me. It wears Texas plates and has some significant but not terminal underside rust so don’t let the California auction mislead you. It is however an unmolested example (unmolested is another way of saying ignored), ready for restoration so the new owner will be the first one to take anything apart and begin the process.
Appears to have been molested a little to the left of the grill. Center badge is missing (cheap repro is available) and so is the grill eyebrow above the license plate. All in all pretty good up here.
Continue reading “Market 125: Giulia Spider project 10123*379887.”
Update 6/17/09: “The seller ended this listing early to sell to the high bidder(s) at current bid price.” 50 bids, $25,300 and the seller ended early to sell to the current high bidder. I guess eBay has figured out that there was no way they could keep this from happening so they have embraced the off auction sale. $25k for this car is about right in my opinion.
Giulia Spider Veloce 10118*390214, engine 00121*01727. This car is available out of Southern California on eBay and includes the rare Pininfarina factory steel hardtop. Auction description is lengthy and included at the end. Seller states the car is a 1965 and no doubt that is what the title says, but d&T and Fusi both indicate it was manufactured in 1964.
This is how you find them and when you are very lucky you are the first one to find them and get a very good deal. I don’t think I would do much to this car at this point, just make it safe and clean. By the shape of the ovals in the wheels these are Borrani’s. There late Veloce’s seem to always have these wheels.