Update hours later:Â At $13,500 it suddenly seems a deal! Â Anyone here buy this?
I admit, I missed a good write up.
Giulia Spider 10123*372516. Â This car is on eBay out of Carlsbad -near San Diego- from Cavallo, seller of used exotics and mixed bag Craigslist find type cars. Â Seller describes it as a “Barn Find”. Â I’m not sure what the fascination is with putting phrases in quotes is… I would have thought putting barn find in quotes would make someone think it’s sort of like a barn find but not really a barn find. Â That’s why the double quotes… I’m quoting their unnecessary quotes. Â If they were to write a rebuttal, would they use something like is “””Barn Find””” when quoting me? Â Sorry – it’s early, the sun has yet to even slightly light my vertical stripe of the planet.
Hello sporty! Â Trim is all present and straight looking if a little bit dull. Â They state car was originally red, but the engine compartment is sending me white signals – I suppose it could be red under that white – but that’s a lot of work! Continue reading “Market 489: Spider project 10123 372516 “”Barn Find”””
Market 488: Sprint 10102 remains
Giulietta Sprint 10102.  Brian, who occasionally sells very very nice Alfa’s pointed out that this car is available now from Beverly Hills Car Club.  BHCC seems to have a knack for turning up rough project European Sports cars.  I wonder if it has anything to do with their pervasive Google ad campaign I see whenever I use Gmail.  The numbers stated for the chassis and engine don’t make any sense except that I suspect the chassis number reported “652701” is actually part of the Bertone body number, and shorter by 1 digit than any other 101 Sprint Bertone number I have tracked.  It’s rough, but get it together with the shell on eBay out of the SF Bay Area, and you might have something.  Asking price of $8950 is a bit high, but as parts I suspect it could realize 70% of this.
This is one of the worst Still together Sprints I’ve ever sen. Â Must have found a good place to hide when the hide and seek game started.
Market 486: Vandalized Spider in Florida
2/3/14:Â Any surprise??
1/25/2014: I hear the car has been sold.
Giulietta Spider. Â This 1960 Spider – presumably a 10103, is on Craigslist out of Florida. I get the sense from the description -naming the two individuals who did the damage – that there is an interesting, but sad (from the cars perspective) story to tell.
Looking for a home. Â Blows from a large hammer are not ideal for Pininfarina body work.
Market 487: 750 Spider 03714 in Beverly Hills
Giulietta Spider 750D 1495*03714. Â Our friends at Beverly Hills Car Club have this 750 Spider based Abnormale on eBay right now. Â It looks nice enough but has some originality issues that 5 years ago would probably not have been as big a deal, but with these cars getting expensive, buyers will be doing research, and be quickly confused.
Almost looks black. Â Trim and panel fit is great. Â Borrani’s all around.
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Market 238: 58 Spider Veloce roller
Update 1/28/2014: Â $99,000 premium live auction result. Â This car has come a long way in almost 4 years. Â “The course of true love never did run smooth… Â So quick bright things come to confusion.”
Update 7/31/10: Seller ended the auction early when an acceptable bid came in. The new owner contacted me but a selling price was not revealed. I’m going to guess somewhere between $15k – $20k. New owner sounds enthusiastic about the car so hopefully the restoration will be seen through.
Giulietta Spider Veloce 750F 1495*03326, 1315*30818. This car is on eBay right now out of Michigan. As far as mostly disassembled roller projects go it is a pretty good starting point having matching numbers, not too much rust (I know -but I’ve seen so much worse) and no real accident damage. Step right up!
Nose looks great as a starting place -no ugly repairs to correct, no gaping rust holes and the Veloce intake divider seen here next to the drivers side marker light is in good shape.
Market 485: Sprint 1600 project in SF Bay Area
Update 1/27/14: Â I went and had a look for a reader here who bought the car for close to asking price. Â Some aspects were better than expected, some worse – but a decent buy on balance.
Giulia Sprint 10112 AR358494.  00112*12332 Body 6531139. There was a time when I would be all over a project like this Sprint 1600 on eBay, but nowadays I’m nose down focused on doing adult stuff like growing a business so I can buy a house for Rufus to grow up in.  I know what you’re thinking – 5 posts ago I was patting myself on the back for buying a Spider not unlike this in its requirement for commitment and effort – fair enough – but I have been rationalizing that purchase with the notion I might sell the Porsche or AH3000 to preserve space, funds and sanity.  I am sitting a few minutes from the seller of this car, so if anyone wants me to check it out for them – I wouldn’t mind the excuse to go see it for myself.
Looks a bit like mine – even more like Aaron’s. No deal breaker issues from this angle. Â There was a time when old Sprints like this could regularly be found on the streets of Berkeley, San Francisco and other Bay Area cities. Â Lots of them sold new here. Â
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Market 157: restored 101 Sprint in Australia
Update 1/20/2014: Â This car found its way to Texas and recently sold through Driversource for about $45,000. Â Still a nice looking example. This car was priced a bit on the high side back in 2009 or the market hasn’t moved much I guess. Â I’ll split the difference.
A great color for Sprints I think.
10/21/2009: Giulietta Sprint 750B 1493*06979, 1315*06197. Frank sent me an email pointing out this car for sale at Classic Throttle Shop in Sydney Australia (who also has a VERY charming Fiat 850 panel van.). Asking price for this Sprint is AUD$43,995 or a little over $40,000 US. A high price, but a very nice car.
Nothing to fault here. Grills, headlight rings, lenses, bumper etc all look very nice. A pair of period Carello headlamps would be the finishing touch, but Australia might have ordinances about headlight brightness that they actually enforce. I have the wipers set that high on my windshield and they move around and chatter at speed, they need to be just at the edge of the windshield gasket on the up side of the free play since the 60 – 80 mph winds they will encounter while working will keep them at that position. Repositioning mine is like job 1142 on my list of things to do.
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Market 440: Sprint 10105 21160 off the path and lost in the woods
Update: 11/27/13:Â This car is on eBay again. Â Someone with a sense of presentation has taken some decent pictures. Â Check it out. Â Still needs a lot. 
Original post: 8/30/2012: Giulietta Sprint 10105 1495*21160. This Sprint is on eBay right now out of Florida.  It has all the hallmarks of a stalled restoration that got pretty far down the wrong road and the owner, rather than spend more money turning around and getting back on track the owner has decided to cut their losses.  Wonder if it was a fix-it-up-and-sell-it restoration or someone trying to get a Sprint driver on the cheap-ish?  Oh, and the starting price is $24,999 – a few bucks on the high side IMHO.  Don’t get me wrong -these aren’t easy cars to put together -but really. 
Lets see… sombrero’s? Â No. Â Headlights? Â No -nice try though. Â Turn signal lights? Â Nope. Â Paint doesn’t look too bad. Continue reading “Market 440: Sprint 10105 21160 off the path and lost in the woods”
Giulietta 750 Spider parts wanted
I’ve got the Spider at a shop getting the brakes done with some rebuild kits that Classic Alfa managed to get to me in two days from England, then it’s getting the wrinkly-under-bondo nose straightened out, the little bit of rust repaired and some other little stuff done. Â Andrew is putting a 1600 from a Super together for me to run until the 750 gets rebuilt. Â Anyway, I have some parts I need to source. Â I have some stuff to trade if there’s anything you need. Â Fair market gladly paid!
- Outer exhaust manifold piece (1 and 4) for 4 bolt 750 (see picture)
- Lucas tail light trim ring
- 750 water pump aluminum fan or complete rebuildable unit
- front center grill with some ‘character’, but not too much
- spare tire hold down hook and fancy screw (new will look too weird)
- tunnel case gear shift lever that’s not all scaled over with rust
- Little front Lucas clear turn signal lens and trim ring
- Alfetta oil pan and pump
- set of 165 SR 15 tires for my Healey (these get pulled of Giuliettas no?)
- I’ll start pulling the 750 engine apart soon and will have more.
Thanks!
For you originality guys who have been wondering about the exact correct way to plumb a head mounted fuel pump. Â Do you get these lines dull cad plated?
The part of the header that goes to 1 and 4 is broken, so I need one – this is fairly urgent because I need it to put the 1600 in the car.
Drum roll please: Giulietta Spider 750D 04151
You know the scene in a spy movie when the guy has a stethoscope on the safe door next to the number dial and the final number clicks into place? Â The safe opens, everyone breathes a collective sigh of relief, the required thing was inside, and the plot moves on. Â Something like that happened to me this weekend. Â Andrew had this Spider on eBay and I went for a casual look – not expecting anything dramatic to happen – like me actually buying, but here I am today getting a Spider towed to the shop of a buddy who does body repair (rust and collision damage) on old cars – especially Giulietta Spiders. Â The plot has moved on – the cast of characters has increased – I have proven myself acquisitionally undisciplined. Â Woot – I have a SWB 750 Spider!
How you find them sometimes – totally as parked. Â No one has monkeyed with it. Â Needs everything, but doesn’t need it all at once. Â I can deal with that. Â Needs a nose job, but it’s going in for that today. Â
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