750 and 101 series cars 1954 – 1965
Update 5/6/12: I don’t remember if it failed to get any bids, or was ended early, but this car is back on eBay after a brief hiatus. Seller seems to have done some research and knows what they are selling this time around. Car looks a lot better now and the opening bid has gone from $500 to $6499. Such a deal.
Much better no? Check out the difference in descriptions, both are posted below.
Update 7/1/12:Â $29,200 is good money for one of these late cars.
Giulia Spider 1600 10123*374485. This car is on eBay right now out of Scottsdale Az. Condition is very good, not quite fancy auction fodder, but headed in that direction. Short comings include the black engine compartment and trunk floor as well as some non originality in the interior such as mirror and shift knob. It’s a good car that gets such minor criticisms.
Sometimes I feel like I’ve seen this scene so much it’s like dejavu. Trim and paint looks great, shut lines are excellent and he lawn is sinfully green for a desert yard.
The other night I was examining the fabric of my life and found that, while it seemed on the surface I was spread thin, there was actually an area that could be worked to give a little more bandwidth if you will. This examination followed closely on the realizations that I needed to not be dicing with modern traffic daily in my Sprint, that hauling greasy Alfa and Glas lumps around in the back of my wife’s 6 month old Jetta was almost as dicey as a panic stop behind a new German car with ABS while in the Sprint, especially should some gear oil find it’s way into the carcinogenic ‘new car smell’ emitting carpets, and, most subtle of all, there was this old itch that could use a little scratching- you see, back when I was doing 20 unit semesters of engineering course work there was this particularly weird/cool white Toyota pick-up I used to spot on my route to school.
I bought a 1966 Toyota Stout! It’s cousin Norm’s fault. (Australian readers are nodding knowingly -these are tough neat trucks).
The good: it’s got a rebuilt engine with very close to zero miles that runs good; there is not much rust -just the similar-to-an-Alfa rust that happens when dirt is trapped behind the front wheels; the interior is pretty good; to Stout owners chagrin the world over -a perfect windshield (there was one offered on eBay recently for $2000!!!!!!). The bad: the horrible 80’s wheels, the rattle can primer coating, the seat covering, the dark tinted windows and the impossibly funky carb throttle linkages.
Update 7/1/12: This car did pretty well, selling for $37,500 -a mere $1000 less than their initial asking.
Update 4/23/12: This car has been listed on eBay. I suppose I should buy it so I have two red Giulietta’s with black paint below the rocker trim. Anyone care to guess what price the auction will end at? Looks like Marina green in San Francisco -but Laurence will know for sure.
Picture above is a little more pro. Looks very nice.
Original post 3/29/12: Giulietta Spider 750D 1495*03629, 1315*43387. This car is offered by CarPlanet out of the San Francisco bay area for $38,500. Car is in well loved and nicely taken care of condition with some low priority little improvements that can be done when the new owner chooses. Overall finish is average, but a complete, dry, runner seems to be worth more than the sum of its parts.
Looks like a nice example. Everything fits well and has an alluring sheen. Black painted rockers can be a clue that rust repairs have been done, so check carefully if that scares you -I’m not saying it has rust, just pointing out what I think when I see black painted rockers.
This is the first post in a new series I’ve been working on, that will coincide with a car I’m working on and some other endeavors. Project cars are called basket cases because many times you get baskets full of mystery parts. The car I’m working on is no different except that occasionally an unmarked sandwich bag holds all the bits to a particular assembly, as was the case with this one, the famous ‘airplane’ rear plate light housing and trim flourish. This assembly is pretty straight forward, a plated casting with some mounting studs (at least one of which is usually broken off), a light socket assembly with a mount, a lens and some screws. This assembly is tricky, because all those parts are specific to it -except possibly the screws.
Not the best picture, but good enough -it’s hard to show those little screws and the big casting in the same picture. That little Alfa emblem is and has been unavailable for years. This one is pretty good, with only some light crazing. Not sure if the triangular Carello lens is available. Maybe Alfastop?
Continue reading “1493.80.711 Sprint and Sprint Veloce Light, rear number plate (Carello)”
Update 4/27/12: No sale at $47,000. Would you have sold?
Giulia Sprint Speciale 10121*381122. Marty hipped me to this car on eBay out of Germany right now that’s currently sitting at a comical $6100. Body is in good shape if the shiny paint doesn’t hide any problems. It has been gutted and set up for weekend racing and as such has a lot of shortcomings as a contender on today’s SS market. Engine is not correct, nor are seats and some other stuff. Wouldn’t be a shame to do with this as you will since it’s already altered quite a bit. Wasn’t someone looking for a good SS to turn into a race car??
I wonder what the story is? I am thinking this car is from when an SS was a $18,000 car and it was a parts donor for another better one. Body looks really good. Seller claims no rust -lets hope so. Germany has VERY strict rules about how fit cars are to be on the road, so if it’s road registered it’s probably pretty good.
Continue reading “Market 414: SS 381122 ‘Boy Racer’ in Germany”
Update 7/1/12: Curious what happened to this car? BaT is running a series of updates from the buyer. Looks like it’s landed in good hands.
Update 4/16/12: Asking price has been confirmed to be $60,000! Still a better deal than the red one that just ended on eBay for just under $60K.
Update 4/10/12: Car has gotten some press on BaT, lots of experts with short attention spans chiming in in the comments section. I don’t think this car rolled over -had an off-road excursion rather. I maintain -not a bad project.
Giulia Sprint Speciale 10121*381323. This car is on Craigslist right now out of New York. It was purchased after an accident of some sort and mothballed until now, with the tow drivers grease pencil writing still on the windows. Body has some serious problems in the roof area, but I’m pretty sure most restorers would rather tackle some roof dents than rust. I think the survival of this car is proof that there are a lot more SS’s out there than seems possible.
What happened. Crashed into a tree that then fell on it? Not nearly as bad as it would be if it was stored out doors.
Continue reading “Market 412: timewarp crashed in ’79 Giulia SS 1323”
Update 4/27/12: Seller sent me an email informing me that this car has sold for full asking price.
Update 4/12/12: This car is available again for the new asking price of $49,700, quite a bit more than it was when it first entered the market. Detailing is thorough and some small problem areas have been fixed. There have been some stellar examples of these late 1600 Sprints on the site over the years (see here for one) that have failed to sell for much, but maybe it’s a case of ‘that was then’ -after all the highest priced SS from the same time was a little over $60K. Bravo for a an extremely well put together presentation.
Update 12/17/11:Â Seller has been swamped with interest so the price is being rethought.
Giulia 1600 Sprint 10112 356435. Kip informed me this car is available now from Motoring Investments in San Diego. Color combo is great and the car appears to be in fantastic condition. If it’s as good as it looks, it’s a bargain at $XXXXX and wont last. You don’t see these 1600 Sprints very often.
I love these in Celeste blue. Body looks fantastic. Trim looks as good as the body and everything else looks as good as the trim. If I had money to spend on a car I’d be on the phone right now (paying off my VW Jetta Wagon ;^)).
Continue reading “Market 341: Nice Giulia Sprint in San Diego”
Update 7/1/12: Seller has commented that this car has sold and is happy with the sale price.
Update 4/11/12: 18 months later this car turns up in VERY nice shape on eBay with a respectable $62,000 buy it now price. List of work done reads like a wish list for my car. Goes to show that even when you start with an excellent car there is a lot to do to make it ‘right’ if that’s your aim. If you read the original ad below I mention that it had a Sprint seat adjusting knob and that I had an extra Spider one -I sold it to this seller, so a humble part from my stash is incorporated here.
Very nice Kevin! Don’t know that eBay is the right place to list this, but it’s amazing to see the transformation. Unusual perspective this.
Continue reading “Market 261: 1600 Spider 10123 375767 in Idaho (was in Buffalo)”
I got these color charts in an email from Sascha in Germany who has a 1700 GT. Now that I have the original palette to choose from, I am rethinking the color I should paint the car. It needs a lot of body work so a light color would be best. It looks to have originally been white and later repainted to red. I’m not interested in red, having had a number of red cars over the years. I like the idea of white, but my cousins GT is white. I go on about light blue and gray Alfa’s, maybe this is my chance to paint something one of those. I have alternately decided on light gold, metallic dark dray and metallic light blue, so maybe I should settle on one of those. Tough decision. What do you think? Post a comment with the color from the charts below you would paint a Glas GT if you were about to paint one.
Perlgrau and Aquamarin are pretty sweet.