750 and 101 series cars 1954 – 1965
Giulietta Sprint Speciale. This car is available right now from VSOC in the Netherlands but Anamera has better resolution pictures and more information. This car looks about right for the 39,750 Euro ($53,700 at time of writing) asking price. If anyone talks to the seller, let me know what the VIN is please.
As the maker intended. There is some photo distortion that makes the fenders appear to rise up from the door gaps. Very nice paint and trim. Those look like repro headlight rings.
First item: News flash! My first of two payments has been made on SS 10121*380211 after 3 months of exchanging emails and pictures and basically waiting for Spring to come. The car is apart (has been apart for about 5 years -was a runner before that) and requires some rust repair and all, but is complete, matching numbers and comes with a lot of new parts. It was basically one of those deals where I couldn’t not buy it knowing what I do now about these cars.Â
Where does that leave me with 10120*00413? We’ll see. A local Alfa guy has been looking for an SS shell as the basis for a race car and now that a lot of the rust is repaired it’s probably a much more doable looking project. No promises either way. I did just spend a miniscule fortune on a radiator out of the UK for it… Any interest??
This is how you find them or rather they find you. Truth is this was the other car I was considering when I bought 00413 all those months ago. The detail oriented in the crowed are right now trying to figure out what’s going on in the front behind the grill opening. It’s just a repair panel laying in there.
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Update 3/22/10:  I have moved all of my photo files to Flickr so they would be harder to lose -these are about 10% pictures I’ve taken, 10% pictures readers like you have sent and the rest are  pictures from classified ads, forums and the like that I saved.  All these pictures have been linked to the vin’s of the cars they are of on the ‘Production and Register’ page.  What’s the point?  Well, if you’re looking for a picture of some part of a car, some original color, some option or references/examples to help inform you about a car, chances are you’ll find it among the pictures.
If you have pictures of any cars to add I’d be glad to add it.
This picture of a Sprint Veloce lightweight at the beginning of a race was one of those ‘where did it come from’ pictures I found when organizing. If you go to Christian-Claude you will see many interesting pictures like this from France. Hopefully they don’t mind me posting this since I am sending them traffic.
Original post 4/2/09: I’ve been struggling with the layout of the production and register page the last few days but it is now fairly stable. Why go through the trouble you ask? The generally referenced production lists have flaws and don’t really address the numbering systems for US cars and this has led to a few restored cars I’ve come across with the wrong numbers stamped on their repro vin plates and in some cases owners who assume an engine is not original because its number doesn’t fall into the stated range for their vin.
This is the first time I’ve seen a contemporary picture of the original Bertone wood buck for the Sprint. Thanks Rogerio Machado for posting this to Flickr. Continue reading “‘Production and Register’ page finally stable”
Giulietta/Giulia Sprint 385086. This car that I found on Anamera is going to be auctioned May 1st 2010 in Monaco by RM auctions (listed between a Frua AC 428 and a Aston DB2 Vantage!). Car wears a 10112 Sprint 1600 build plate on the firewall but the vin number itself is that of a 10103 1300 Giulietta Sprint from 1965. I am guessing the vin is 10112*358086. I’ll send an email off into the cloud and see if they can clarify this. Car is set up for fast street or track use being stripped of bumpers and other unnecessaries and having a roll bar and race style controls.
Car looks very good in this view with bumper missing and mount holes filled. Alfa grill badge is missing, no doubt to save a few grams. I like the blacked out mesh of the grills. Rear view mirror is in an unoriginal place. I like the cartoon dead fish eye X’s. A close look at the front reveals a thick sway bar.
Continue reading “Market 203: Late Sprint hotrod in Monaco RM auction”
Giulietta Sprint 750B. Listed as a 1956 in LVA, the leading classic newspaper in France, is this rusty Sprint. Price of entry is 5000 Euro’s or about $6800. Without more pictures I would have to say this is pretty ambitious as a project since a Sprint this early in good, though unrestored shape can be had in the mid $20k’s.
It looks to be complete other than the missing metal from the bodywork. Rims may be the early rolled edge style -can’t really tell in pictures of this resolution. Advertisement indicates it was an original French delivery car and thus probably has the glass brake fluid reservoir and yellow headlights. Door gaps are superb here for what it’s worth.
Update 4/26/10: Car has been sold as of 4/4/10. I imagine the selling price was a little shy of the asking, perhaps about $26k?
Giulia Spider 10123*373471, 00112*15253. This car is currently listed as for sale on the Alfa BB out of Florida. Asking price is $28,500 which includes a Pininfarina hard top to be restored and an original Giulia Spider hood.  I would call this restored to very nice driver condition.  Not necessarily original or perfect but attractive and usable.
The money shot for sure, like a mature super model in sunsets orange glow. Â Remember that this is what the average person sees before you go and pick the details that are not perfect apart.
I am back from vacation but need a few days to see what’s going on and get back into the swing of things so another rerun for you all.Â
Originally posted 7/28/09: Following on my success with the Super gauges intended for my TI and the two Sprint Speciale gauges, I decided tackling the last gauge for the SS was the thing to do yesterday when I spent some hours at the shop.
Outwardly the Tachometer was the middle child, not so cosmetically usable as is as the tri-gauge and not so obviously water damaged as the Speedometer. Functionally it was not much better off than the Speedometer. This is how it went:
I would probably have paid $40 for this on eBay and been disappointed when I received it if I didn’t know then what I know now. Needles are pointed where they belong but other than that it looks bad. At least the plastic insert is not yellowed.
So many of you enjoyed the last rerun about modified SS’s that I thought I’d rerun this one.
Originally posted July 16, 2008: The last modified Sprint Speciale’s installment highlighted some fairly successful modifications, mostly done in the youth of the featured cars. This car glared at me from the same file directory I used to store the other pictures but I just couldn’t work it in. It would have been like accidentally finding reverse while speeding down the highway.
I know, you’re looking at the picture thinking ‘that’s an SS??… NO WAY’. Look closer, you know it’s true. My first impression was someone built an interpretation of something from Bubblegum Crisis or another cyberpunk Anime, but without the ability to fly.
Not an altogether unsightly proposition if it was based on a 70’s Spider -which is where the nose appears to have come from, but in my opinion an abberation as a Franken-SS unless based on a horribly smashed SS that would have been recycled if not for this.
A rerun since I’m tropically indisposed. Â Enjoy.
Originally posted July 5th, 2008: While not considered competitive on the race track in retrospect, the Sprint Speciale must none the less have been a somewhat attractive option for wealthy amateurs when it was first sold. The combination of an aerodynamic shape and powerful engine must surely have seemed like a winner if some weight could be shed and current engine tuning tricks being used by Conrero, Bosato and others could further improve the engine. This is supported by period race photographs and entry lists which document the occasional SS among the field of SV’s, SVZ’s and SZ’s.
An early SS (00045) running the 1960 Targa Florio, 00029 and 00040 also ran. 00045 went on to run in ’61 – ’64. Anyone know where 00045 is now?
Giulietta Spider 10104 1495*08888. This car is available right now out of St. Louis Mo. at Hyman Ltd. Hyman seems to only deal in pretty good cars and their prices are usually fairly reasonable. This Spider is no exception at $29,500.
I’ve looked at a lot of pictures of cars photographed in this corner. The paint has some patina, as does the trim and top, but I like this sort of thing. Makes for a nice car that is not too nice to use.
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