Giulietta Spider Veloce 1495*07600, 1315*32968. This Bill Gillham restored car recently went through the auction at Amelia Island and sold for $90,000 + 10% buyers premium ($99,000). Seller was the same as he who sold SS 388 for $140,000 + 10% buyers premium. I actually know this car very well as I went to inspect it for the seller last summer. I drove it home, stored it, and used it a little to make a list of wants for the new owner. It drove amazing and turned heads! It had a few loose ends that the seller tightened up.
Black with red interior is the new red with black interior. This is a nice car. I drove it. I was tempted to ask Don what he was talking about the next time he called for an update. Light and nimble on the road, pulled great for the much poo-pooed 1300 that everyone sneaks a 1750 in place of. I even dug the 4 speed.
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2010 Spider and Spider Veloce market review
2010 saw a lot of Spiders change hands around the world, from the roughest of the probably-impossible projects to the top of the market concours trailer queens. I did my best to take little snapshots as they passed with pictures matched to vin numbers and sale prices, but I probably missed a bunch. Anyway, here they are, cheapest to most expensive. Where no sale price was recorded I made an educated guess. Last year I had more time so I did the Veloce’s separate -this year they are combined. Lot of cars this year!
Market 230 was abomination “Jiuliet Spider Velosh” 750F*04640 selling for $1136.
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Market 266: Late Spider Veloce
Update 10/10/10: 47 bids resulted in a reserve not met price of $27,000.
Giulia Spider Veloce 10118*390717. This car is on eBay right now out of New Mexico. It was restored once upon a time by Bobcor to a driver standard with an incorrect engine and some questionable parts combo’s. Asking price of nearly $40K is more in line with a correct, numbers matching car. A side note- Fusi lists these Spiders as having an engine with a 00118 prefix -there is no such thing- they came with the same engine as a Giulia SS -with a 00121 prefix.
Passes the wow test -a glossy picture from 10 feet. Stance is good, bright work looks nice and the door and hood fit is pretty good.
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Market 265: Not only did it not sleep…
Update 10/6/10: Despite several long time Giulietta experts chiming in to say it wasn’t worth more than $500, the auction ended at $2850.55 after 4 bids. The condition of the drive train will dictate whether this is a good deal or not. I reckon a good 00106 block with all its original stuff in usable condition would go for about what this car went for.
Giulietta Spider Veloce 10125 1495*10189, 00106. This rusty shamble of a Spider is on eBay right now out of York, PA. Buy it now price is a reasonable $3500 considering the parts it will provide. With Spider Veloce’s regularly changing hands over $50K these days maybe it’s a viable project for some adventurous soul.
I like the custom crash bar. Lots of rust here. Is that a hard top for it in the background?
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Market 230: "Juliet Spider Velosh"!
Update 9/7/10: Well, this sad case has been reduced to an ending -no reserve met- total of $1136 after 3 bids. On the bright side, the phrase ‘Tennessee Velosh!” has entered the Alfa Giulietta lexicon.
Update 8/23/10: This feller is back on eBay -some lucky motoring enthusiast can buy it now for $2700 and figure out what to do with it later. Woot!
Update 7/10/10: Someone liked this enough to buy it now for $2500. Â In one of the Q&A responses the seller says emphatically that this car can’t be returned to stock. Â With these cars likely to be $100K by the end of the decade I’m sure some intrepid soul is hoping to prove the seller wrong.
Giulietta Spider Veloce 750F 1495*04640 (or 750F 03305), 1315*31655 (Not included). Tennessee is the home of this Spider that’s on eBay right now. Â Vin on the title with the car is 03305, vin on the build plate is 04640 and the vin on the body is unknown -if I had to bet on which is accurate I’d put my money on the title. Â It’s ironic/sad/frustrating that someone took a roller 58 Spider Veloce probably worth $10 – 15K of todays money, spent 6 years ruining it by altering it to fit a V8 and Toyota suspension and now are hoping to get $2500 out of it. Â This is what you call a lose-lose situation -I bet they threw out the sheet metal they cut out of it too.
What do you do with something like this? Â It’s probably unusable in its current form with all that weight over the front axle, way too much power for the rear end to grip and poor visibility with that scoop.
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Market 102: Interim Spider Veloce Project
Update 7/26/10: This car is on eBay right now. I’m not sure if it’s the same seller as before -the listing says Florida and the car ships out of PA which is where it was when it was being sold on the BB. Either way -it looks like a pretty good place to start your Spider Veloce project.
Originally posted 4/6/2009: Giulietta Spider Veloce 10107*167587, Engine 00106*01197. This car is available right now on the AlfaBB our of Pennsylvania. No asking price is stated but it sounds like in the neighborhood of $20,000 is what the seller would like.
The ever popular ‘before’ picture. Looks pretty good from an accident damage and rust standpoint. This has the neat small tail lights with separate reflectors below them.
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Market 229: Another day, another Spider Veloce
Giulia Spider Veloce 10118*390171. Doing a thus-far unsuccessful tour of eBay right now is this good looking example of the late 1600 Spider Veloce.  There is some almost humorous dialog in the Q & A section surrounding the as yet undisclosed engine number and for good reason -without the original engine and with other vagueness such as the lack of underside pictures, the $35K opening bid may be a little too much in my opinion.
Oh boy -a slightly blurry picture of a nice looking red car in the sun -panel fit of course looks great. I am not sure but I think this car has Fergat’s on the front and Borrani’s on the back -not the end of the world but worthy of giving pause -especially if the seller never noticed.
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Market 220: 750 ‘Spyder’ Veloce
Update 5/24/10: Check out this picture of the 750F list in d’A & T. Â I would think it’s a Veloce. Â This car doesn’t make any sense to be $40K as a normale… more like $28k.
Giulietta Spider Veloce 750F 1495*05388, 1315*013679. This car is listed right now at Fantasy Junction for $39,500 and described as being a Veloce conversion but this chassis number is listed in d’Amico and Tabucchi as a 1958 Spider Veloce and I will assume they are correct.
So far so good. Â Grill eyebrows are missing but that’s not a big deal to sort out if you want. Â Drivers side grill tusk looks a little crooked. Â Hood fits good and everything says ‘driver’.
Market 212: 1 and 1/2 Spider Veloce’s
Update 4/26/10: 29 bids and $12,200 resulted in a sale. Fair all the way around.
Giulia Spider Veloce 10118*390255, 00121*01757 & 10118*390245. These cars are on eBay right now as a package deal out of Ithaca New York from a seller who sounds very knowledgable and realistic about the condition of the cars. A little over 1000 of these late run 101 Spider Veloce’s were made, with engines in common with 1600 SS’s. Fusi says the engines should be tipo 00118 but no such engine exists. Values are strong for good ones, so a project is worth doing.
The overall picture isn’t too bad, but everything you see will require work. At least the nose dimple is in pretty good shape.
Market 181: Early Spider Veloce
Update 1/23/10: Car has apparently sold, after 3 days on the market. Â Who’s the lucky new owner?
Giulietta Spider Veloce 750F 1495*01942, 1315*30541. This car is at Fantasy Junction right now and I can tell you now, it wont last. Â Why do I say that? Â Well, it’s a 1957, a year they didn’t make many Spider Veloce’s, it’s restored to a very high standard by people who have good reputations and it’s only $8500 more than the two 1958 Spider Veloce’s that sold last year for $50K needing some sorting and tidying.
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