Update 8/24/11: It has been reported by several attendees that this car made $190,000! Serious money. Lightweight Sprint Veloce Money. SZ money not too long ago. Now every bumpkin who inherits a busted up SS is going to be offering a $190,000 Buy it Now on eBay. Nice.
Update 8/20/11: This car was spotted at the Gooding and Co auction this Monterey weekend, spruced up and looking to sell for a lot of money based on its preservation status.
It’s amazing how good they can make a car look with some polish and care.
The story as they tell it.
Update 6/30/10: Elmar sent me an email making me aware of the picture below… must be the same car as this is a rare color and vent windows are even rarer.
Period shot of 533? Â Probably!
Update 6/11/10: I hear $250K is the magic number. I will have to chew on that for a while -not sure how I feel about it.
Giulietta Sprint Speciale 10120*00533. Elmar, the European correspondent sent me a link to this SS that is available now from Pegasus in Florida -car was owned my the owner of Centerline for a while. Condition is said to be all original and as can be seen it has the rare vent window option. I’m not sure what they are asking for it.
This is a great color- kind of a platinum gray silver. It’s said to be as good as it looks. Trim, shut lines etc are all fine.
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Market 299: Giulia Sprint Speciale racer
Update 7/26/11:The seller of this car contacted me, the vin is 10121*380352. Anyone know any information on previous owners etc? Check out this cool YouTube of it in action!
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From 3/24/11: Giulia SS. This car is available now from Classic Car dot com. It is described as a 1964 Giulia but no vin is stated. Anyone know which car this is? Asking price is 60,000 Euro’s (about $85,000 on 3/24/11). Description states the seller converted it to race spec -I wonder if it comes with the stock components that were removed?
Learn more about the Sprint Speciale here. The Giulia SS register is here.
I like this color a lot. Fog light placement is interesting -I was going to put fog lights on mine, but use the bumper bracket mounts. Wheels are period magnesium items.
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Market 301: Giulia SS project 381313
Update 5/9/11: After an Atlantic crossing this feller has been put back up for sale. This time in the UK. Check it out. Make an offer. Description is a little odd -saying the restoration process was started 6 – 7 months ago…
“The car needs to be restored.I start the restoration process 6-7 months ago,but I don’t have the money to finish it.The body is in excellent shape.The engine starts and runs perfect ( no mechanical problems ).Matching numbers. Excellent car to restore.”
Update 4/13/11: 18 bids, $32,750. Not bad!
Originally posted 4/5/11: Giulia Sprint Speciale 10121*381313, 00121*01302. This car is on eBay right now from Gullwing in New York after spending a few weeks on their site listed with an asking price of $32,000. There have been a lot of SS’s moving around the last couple of months, from record setting auction results and record setting asking prices, to rough projects and everything in between. This car is obviously at the ‘rough projects’ end of the spectrum, but the matching number engine with correct intake components, the lack of any substantial rust or accident damage and the presence of much of the unique to SS’s trim makes this a pretty good starting point, even better if you’re a skilled DIYer who is enthusiastic to own one of these. Bidding at time of writing is $18,200, reserve not met. Check out BaT’s mention here and especially the comments -lots of humorous somewhat uninformed opinions peppered with wisdom.
Where to begin… panel fit is good, ride height is even at all corners, corner lights and bumper brackets are in the right places, no obvious rot etc. Flat black is right up there with flat white and primer for smoothing things over and blending the bad and good. Front wheel appears to be a Borrani, rear a Fergat. Go look at it in person if you are serious about it -especially considering the sellers 80% feedback score and the rarity of SS parts.
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Market 305: US Market modified Giulietta SS
Update 4/25/11:Â Wrong engine… wrong nose… missing trim… $28,655.55… I think I would have sold it…
Originally posted 4/15/11: Giulietta Sprint Speciale 10117 10120*00246. The latest to emerge from the woodwork since SS’s officially got expensive is this car on eBay right now out of Florida that scooterist Paul pointed out to me. I’ve seen it before -that nose is unmistakable, can’t remember when, but I think it had something to do with Bobcor, which I believe is no more.
It’s got nostrils. I’ve seen a few with this treatment. Some trim is missing up here. Hood fits good. Not bad on balance.
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Market 269: Nice Giulia SS in Colorado
Update 3/21/11: This car has (surprise surprise) ended up at a classic car dealer, with a 20% mark up. See it here at Gullwing Motorcars for $59,500. Lots of new pictures added to this cars photo set.
Looks good with a proper detail job!
Update 11/17/10:Failed to sell on eBay -reaching $40,544 with 20 bids. What’s the story you ask? Well, I think it probably has to do with the rust bubbles in the rockers. These cars are not trivial to fix when they have rust and based on the pictures chances are this car will need rockers. There is a pretty good discussion of this on the BB. The end of the world? No -but competent replacement followed by at minimum color matched paint will be more than $10K. Do the math…
Update 11/11/10: On eBay!
Giulia SS 10121*381131, 00121*01052 (now 00112*15918). This car is listed on the Alfa BB as available for discussion and possible purchase if the price is right before it goes on eBay. The BB post features a fairly comprehensive description and the pictures below. I assume it will end up on eBay as sellers tend to want the max possible money and that is an unknown number until an auction is run.
Looks pretty good. Red with gray interior is a nice combo. Check for dings carefully after seeing it nestled so closely in with all that junk.
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Market 297: Giulietta SS at Steutel
Giulietta Sprint Speciale 10120*00358. This car is available right now from Jan Steutel in the Netherlands. Not much is said about the condition, but from the looks of it, it has seen some work. I sold the previous owner a rear bumper spear that was a duplicate from my SS project, which is where I got the picture prior to paint and the VIN number. Asking price is 14,500 Euro -not bad really if it’s as complete as stated.
SS body on a dolly in an industrial looking neighborhood. The front fender wheel arch swooshes seem to have been trimmed or something.
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Market 289: Giulia SS at Hyman
Update 3/18/11: Hyman has added a price to their website. $175,000! Yes, that’s right. SS’s are now officially in the big leagues.
Update 3/10/11: Okay so this is the same car as market 283 -I thought so but wasn’t totally sure. I guess It’s probably more like $100K.
Giulia SS (anyone know the number?). Andy let me know that Hyman Ltd. has this very well groomed car on offer right now for probably between $60,000 and $80,000. I don’t know if I quite agree with the sellers assertion that a Sprint Speciale is a car it takes an Italian to appreciate. I think everyone would appreciate an SS, for the fact that such an outlandish car was ever built if nothing else -whether they like its looks or not.
A nice example in the currently unpopular (because 10 years ago they all had to be) red. Stance, shut lines, trim, glass -all look great. Buy and enjoy, or invest and sit on it, either way you end up with a cool car. Word to the investor: use it occasionally. Alfa made cars whose true beauty is felt from the drivers seat rather than shining on the grass in a public park, and driving is maintenance.
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Market 294: SS Low-nose 10120*00078 (sold)
Update 3/18/11: The seller sent me more pictures so click on the link below (the vin) to check them out.
Giulietta Sprint Speciale 10120*00078, 00120*00029. I get emails all the time from people with Giulietta’s of all stripe, this is the first Low-nose SS. Dimitrios in Greece commented on the site then followed with an email with these pictures attached. I was in the middle of a busy February (11 days in Spain, driving across the USA in a moving van etc) and by the time I got around to writing about this car it has been sold -or at least a hand-shake agreement has been made for its sale.
Early 70’s Spider nose fits surprisingly well. Wheels are late 101 Borrani’s if I’m not mistaken. It also looks like the windshield trims, front and back are missing. I used to have extras.
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Market #31: Restored 1960 Giulietta SS
Update 3/13/11: More pics from Bill.
Update 3/12/11: Not your usual resale tale here. This car sold for $140,000 + 10% at Amelia Island. Buyer was the Malamut Auto Museum in LA. Thanks for the tip Eric! Anyone have pics from the auction to share? Oh, and congrats to the seller on a big cha-ching.
A nice one from Bill Gillham, the restorer, who is no doubt proud of his work.
From the sellers own hand as the bidding passed the estimate.
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Market 283: Another nice Giulia SS
Update 3/7/11: A regular reader tells me he went to check this car out when the Scottsdale auctions were going on and it was sold for full $85,000 asking price a few hours before he got to the showroom to see it. Serious money! I should be back at this regularly for a while -sorry for the interruption… oddly, readership has stayed steady. Thanks for reading.
Update 1/13/11. This charmer has found its way onto eBay.
Giulia SS 10121*381099, 00121 engine. This car is available now from Brighton Motorsports in Arizona. Seller claims it took a best of class at Monterey weekends Concorso Italiano in 2010 -if so then a lot of you readers will have seen this car before. The usual “140 surviving examples” quote is in the description, I currently list 224 by vin number and know of at least 30 that I don’t have vins for. I have pictures of 49 cars too! No price is stated.
Nice, red, shiny, well fitted example. This is a great angle for these car!
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