Update 12/28/10: You can follow Bob’s restoration on the Alfa BB. Here are a few pictures I lifted.
It takes a lot of persistence (or check writing capabilities) to get it to this state.
I like the rotisserie -makes the stripping of the body a lot easier.
Update 2/10/10: 15 bibbers fought it out and a winner emerged paying $9000 for this car. Reserve was met and sale is hopefully final. Kind of sad when a car has to change hands so many times to find a loving home- of course it could be on the boat to Belgium for another mark up. So it goes.
Update 12/23/09: Will a $9850 high bid buy it? Nope. Where do we go from here?
Update 12/14/09: This car is back on eBay. There are extensive pictures and it does look like a pretty fair project, as I said earlier, it’s a shame an enthusiast looking for a Sprint didn’t snap this up when it was first listed out of Santa Barbara for $7500. The resale tax means this car has to make about $9000 to just break even for the current owner who has towing, clean up and eBay listing fees to recoup.
Update 10/20/09: 21 bids, $8200, reserve not met? I expect we will be seeing more from this car. I thought $7500 was a reasonable price and an enthusiast could have gotten it going and cleaned it up without ending up too underwater in it. If I were selling this I would put a few hours into it and make it run before relisting it. Maybe they would trade for my 69 GTV…
Update 10/12/09: Now on eBay. Someone smelled a chance to make a few thousand dollars. Still a good deal if it’s as good as it looks.
Update: Oops, I guess I should have seen if this was still available. Apparently it has been sold and has packed its bags in anticipation of a new life.
Giulietta Sprint 750B 1493*08631, 1315*07393. This car is has been available for a while as the least valuable in a package deal including two first series small headlight, column shift Sprints. The Ventura CA based seller has broken up the family and this car is now listed casually around the internet, check it out at the Alfa BB where the asking price is $7500 These early 750/101 transition cars have a lot of character and are great drivers when set up well.
Looks like a runner/driver just parked in the shade, waiting to do service as a errand runner. I guess the front ride height does suggest the lack of an engine. There is a small dent in the drivers side grill and the paint is definitely dead, but I’d happily drive this as is. I wouldn’t even put hubcaps on it.
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Handsome car. Windows look very clear. Bright work is bright and straight, paint is shiny, door and hood gaps are average or better. I know of guys who have sent cars to Mexico for paint and chrome because you can still get ‘the good stuff’ down there and it’s reasonably priced, you just have to have solid recommendations. Note the big dollar sign on the quarter window.
