101’s – Page 9 – Giuliettas

November 12, 2009

Market 163: Interim Spider racer project

Update 12/5/09: This car sold for $5000 even. Seemingly the new norm for incomplete unremarkable Giulietta Spider rollers.

Giulietta Spider 1495*09110. This car is on eBay right now from a seller in the north east US who seems to have a lot of Giulietta stuff in their barn. This car is said to have been a long time race car, but seems to only be stickers, stripes and a roll bar away from being your usual remainder of a parted out Spider- very solid and rust free remainder I should add.

Race number might help explain why it ended up years later stripped on anything of value and sold off. Front looks tough with the bumper brackets and blanks where the signal lights go. Certainly sits low for a car with no engine, supporting the race car claim.

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November 1, 2009

Market 161: Nice 1600 Spider in Seattle

Update 11/6/09: 30 bids, $26,100, reserve not met. A lot of money for a 1600 Spider. I suspect we will be seeing this car again.

Giulia 1600 Spider 10123*372671. This car is currently on eBay out of Seattle Washington. There seem to be a lot of these 1600 Spiders making the rounds on eBay lately, perhaps a good time to jump in if you have been considering one.

Very nice image here. Good to see someone thinking about how the effort put in to listing a car is proportional to the result. It just looks right. Trim, stance, panel fit -everything and a nice vista to boot.

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October 30, 2009

Market 160: Giulia Spider for parts?

Giulia Spider 10123*392625. This car was on eBay last week listed as a parts car by a pretty well known Alfa guy. The auction disappeared before I could get a post together about it, but for the sake of the poor soul who will one day buy this car with an aim to restoring it and happen upon my blog, I feel like I better include it.
So far so good. I like the fog lights. Headlight and headlight rings missing is kind of typical for a car described as a parts car. Nose sheet metal looks good on the outside. Windsheild doesn’t appear to be cracked.

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October 29, 2009

Market 159: 62 Spider project

Update 11/6/09: 13 bids, $6400, about right. I bet this sale goes through.

Giulietta Spider 10103*171165. This lovely project Spider is on eBay right now. By the VIN number this car was made in mid 1961. It comes with a Fiberfab or some such hard top -gooney but effective at keeping the weather out. Auction is light on detail photo’s but from what is seen, it looks alright. I think if you lined up all the Spiders left in the world side by side, worst condition at one end and each car improving as you made your way to the other end, you would find this car about center.

I think I would have moved Pa’ out of the way so a potential bidder could see the all important nose sheet metal. Paint is stated to be light blue but looks gray here. Engine compartment has a lot of wires etc all roughly where they should be. I don’t see any evidence of rocker rust.

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October 5, 2009

Market 151: Nice Red Spider

Update 10/12/09: No takers at $34,500 which is a surprise, usually cars that have had this much work lavished on them sell because there is a whole segment of buyers who know you get a lot for free when you buy a restored car. Isn’t the saying that you buy the restoration and get the car for free? Has a few faults but is as good as or better than cars that have sold for more. If I were the seller I’d do some light detail work under the hood and relist it next March when everyone has convertible fever.

Giulietta Spider 10103*170689. This car is on eBay right now out of Southern California. Car looks great in the pictures but for the $34,500 buy it now asking price, there are a few details that should be a little better, especially if the claimed outlay of cash is genuine. It does look great though!

Very nice angle on the iconic Giulietta Spider. I agree with the seller that the front is a little cleaner without the grill ‘tusks’. Stance looks good and if it handles like it promises then it will be sweet.

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September 11, 2009

Market 146: Nice expensive Giulietta Spider

Update 9/18/09: This car sold for $35,000 with 4 bidders joining the fray. I am thinking that this car was very impressive in person and the winning bidder went and saw it. Regardless, this is BIG money for a Spider Normale with the wrong engine. Well sold!

This car is essentially the same as my project Spider being a late 1300 in gray with red. Time to get to work.

Giulietta Spider 10103*170953. This car is available on eBay right now out of Florida. Seller says it’s a restored 1962 1600 Spider. It was really born in 1961 and was originally a 1300. It’s not a Veloce, so it doesn’t really matter that it’s not powered by its original engine.

This is the same color combo as my spider, red on gray, and in my humble opinion, probably the best color combo for an Alfa of this period. Bumper over riders have been deleted. Stance is perfect, hood, door and trim fit is as well.

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September 3, 2009

Market 142: restored 1600 Spider

Update 10/12/09: An offer of $30,000 has been accepted for this car. Well bought? Well sold? Who knows, I’m just surprised the seller got $1000 more than the Buy iy Now price from the first time around. Nice work!

Update 9/16/09: After failing to attract a bid at $29,000 the seller has relisted this car with the ante upped to $35,000. Makes perfect sense to me…

Giulia 10123*379928, 00112*11686. This car is on eBay right now with an opening bid/Buy it Now price of $29,000. The car has 7000 miles on a restoration. The mechanical specification is impressive and if everything is as stated, this is retail price for a good car. I’m not excited about the red paint, but would rather have a no nonsense usable car in a color I am not excited about than a car that needs a lot of TLC in a color I love.

Paint looks great, as does trim and shut lines. I need a set of these headlight rings! From this angle and with this camera it looks like it’s peering out of a goldfish bowl.

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July 21, 2009

Market 133: Baby Blue Spider Normale

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.

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July 1, 2009

Market #39: rough 60 Spider project non-roller

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.

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June 26, 2009

Market 126: Giulia Spider 375817. Nice!

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?

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