Giulietta Spider 750D 1495*00040. This car, available on Autoscout.it was brought to my attention by Elmar who keeps an eye on the European market for interesting cars. A quick disclaimer is that the seller states that it is car number 40, but I haven’t seen a picture of the vin to verify that it is in fact that car. Whatever the vin, this is a great looking early Spider.
Looks funny in this pose. I don’t know that I’ve featured this look before in a headline picture.
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Market 308: 750D project in Texas.
Giulietta Spider 750D 1495*03964. This car is available now on the Alfa BB for the asking price of either $13,000 or $16,000. Pretty decent starting point from a completeness standpoint. Not sure about the price as I haven’t seen thorough pictures of the rust, the engine is not original and the car in Market 304 was better most-of-the-way-around for $13,200 and had a real Pininfarina hard top.
Front end is not bad. Looks to have had some slight mishaps over the years. I like this color and it is original to this car.
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Market 290: Early restored RHD 750 Spider in Australia
Update 3/14/11: Ol’ eagle-eye Laurence in the comments identified this car thus:
“Yes, This car 1495*00422, was documented in the Giuliettaletta issue 81, Spring 2004, by its owner Richard Granger, who purchased the car originating from Fantasy Junction (California) on 04/15/1996.
In 1997 he descided to do a RHD conversion, and to add “Veloce mods” to the normale configuration. Original engine 1315*40508 was replaced with 1315*31665. RHD installation was patterned from a RHD 1964 Giulia Spider. Center (now left-hand) gearshift was retained.Electronic ignition and some driving mods were added.
The work appears to have been done to a good standard in NSW, and the shops are listed. The car then Joined the Grangers in Napier, New Zealand”
Spider 750D 1495*00422. Gavin sent me a link to this car being sold by Dutton’s in South Yarra listed on Car Sales in Australia. Asking price is $99,950 AU dollars or $101,000 US. Description is a bit off from what is seen in the pictures and the numbers. Not a 1959 for sure.
Nice red… sort of ox blood or something. Very clean, very nicely assembled and very expensive! Note steering wheel placement.
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Market 278: Stalled V8 conversion (phew) 750D
Giulietta Spider 750D 1495*03133. This car sold on eBay out of the SF Bay Area for $2749.99 after a reserve met no sale the week before at $4615.
Note the abbreviated firewall. You’ll need to address this if your going to go original rather than Ford V8. Wheel well flairs don’t look too bad.
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Market 234 II: Spider project in Carlsbad
Update 9/16/10 (later the same night): Eagle-eye Anderson has pointed out that this is in fact the same car as Market 234. I renamed it above…
Giulietta Spider 750D. This project is on Craigslist right now out of Carlsbad California -near San Diego. Seller is a repeat Giulietta vendor, having sold cars in Markets 95 and 116 whose prices are always fair and usually result in a second or even third sale at an inflated price by a small time dealer.
Not much bad to be seen here other than removed trim and a sense of disrepair.
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Market 248: Spider # 00418 in NL
Giulietta Spider 750D 1495*00418. Elmar forwarded me a link to this car for sale and it looks like a good one for those who are enticed by early production numbers. I only have 14 earlier cars listed on my 750D register!
This looks as good as most of the cars that have gone through eBay in the last couple of months. Seller describes it as either a superb resto candidate or a good car to just put back on the road. Continue reading “Market 248: Spider # 00418 in NL”
Market 247: clean 750D in Germany
Giulietta Spider 750D 1495*07183, 1315*45807. Another fabulous Giulietta out of Germany, this Spider is available from Wunscholdtimer for 39,500 Euro’s or about $52,000 at the time of writing. A lot of money but a very nice, original appearing Spider.
This car looks to have either been extremely well cared for since new or it’s an older restoration. The paint is great but some of the interior and engine compartment components lack the luster expected of a ‘new’ restoration. This is about as nice as I’d want a car to be. Front end looks amazing.
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Market 239: Giulietta Spider 750D 05488
8/11/10: No more beating around the bush -the car has been listed for $35K ‘buy it now’ or ‘make offer’. Throw an offer their way between the last high bid and the asking and maybe it can be yours.
8/10/10: 19 bids saw this car make $22,200 but the reserve was not met. Seller says they have the correct seats which is a plus. This car will probably be relisted and reach about the same high bid. I’m beginning to think eBay is not really suited for cars like this.
Giulietta Spider 750D 1495*05488, 1315*44524. This car is on eBay right now out of South Carolina. Condition is along the lines of well cared for drivers with some hidden blemishes and unoriginal parts -seats the most glaring feature in this category.
Hood fit is good, paint looks okay but not great. Trim -especially bumpers is presentable but not excellent. Just my kind of car!
Market 244: Early Spider at Gooding auction
Update 8/26/10: So, word is this car sold somewhere in the mid-$70K’s to a rich guy from Mexico. Rumor? I’ll try and find out.
Giulietta Spider 750D 1495*00724, 1315*40670. Gooding and Co. will be auctioning this 1956 Spider off at their Pebble Beach auction held August 14th and 15th. There is no reserve and the selling price is expected to be $70,000 – $90,000. Big money, but as the auction text states, this car is ‘striking’, ‘eligible’, ‘iconic’ and ‘superb’ -the full thesaurus treatment. I occurs to me that if this car makes money in the stated range it will be the most expensive production 750D recorded.
Paint looks amazing as do the shut-lines and trim. Stance is about perfect. Someone spent some money.
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Market 213: Spider 750D 01503, very nice project
Update 8/9/10: This car has turned up for sale yet again, this time on San Francisco Bay Area craigslist for $29,500 I find it hard to believe work to the tune of about $10K has been done to it but it’s a free country and a fool and his money…
It really doesn’t look like a bad car and I understand that where there’s a buck to be made it will be made, but at least rattle-can that rust spot on the front wheel so we get the sense that some work has been done to earn the mark-up.
Update 5/1/10: 23 bids pushed the price up to $14,100 but the reserve was not met. I wouldn’t have sold it for that either. What’s fair for this car? The market will eventually decide, but my opinion is somewhere between $16k and $18k, maybe a little more if it’s better in person than the pictures, but that’s not usually the case. I think the appearance of another early 750D in slightly better shape derailed this auction a bit. List it again after an eBay Giulietta Spider dry spell but before the Monterey weekend Alfa 100 year celebrations and things should go well.
Giulietta Spider 750D 1493*01503. This car is on eBay right now out of Northridge Ca. Seller is pretty well known in the Alfa world and a straight shooter as they say. Car was on Craigslist not long ago… can’t remember when or where exactly but I think in 2010 and I think in Colorado for I think about $15K. If you are looking to restore an early one in the rolling restoration style then this is your car to start with!
Very nice and straight other than a bump in the bumper. Hood fit is not quite right on the passenger side but not terrible or anything.
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