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 296: Daytona Beach Spider 10103
Giulietta Spider 10103 171428, 00102*28465. This car is available now on Craigslist out of Daytona Beach Florida. Looks pretty good in the low-res CL picks. If you’re in the area, and looking for one, this might be a good car for you.
Oh so shiny and bright. Florida is probably a good place to drive a sweet convertible like this.
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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 184: project Sprint 02880
Update 3/15/11: This car is now on eBay being sold out of Michigan. No new pictures are available.
More information on early style 750B Sprints.
2/2/10: Giulietta Sprint 750B 1493*02880, 1315*02671. This car, a 1956, is available right now from the seller of Market 179, another early Sprint project. Asking price for the pair is about $27,000. I can put you in contact with the seller if you want to figure out a separate price.
Paint was removed to assess body condition. Looks fairly straight under the current splotch. Is that a Jolly beside it? Continue reading “Market 184: project Sprint 02880”
Market 292: That 59 Spider Veloce from Amelia
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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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 290: Early restored RHD 750 Spider in Australia
Update 3/14/11: Ol’ eagle-eye Laurence in the comments identified this car thus:
“Yes, This car 1495*00422, was documented in the Giuliettaletta issue 81, Spring 2004, by its owner Richard Granger, who purchased the car originating from Fantasy Junction (California) on 04/15/1996.
In 1997 he descided to do a RHD conversion, and to add “Veloce mods” to the normale configuration. Original engine 1315*40508 was replaced with 1315*31665. RHD installation was patterned from a RHD 1964 Giulia Spider. Center (now left-hand) gearshift was retained.Electronic ignition and some driving mods were added.
The work appears to have been done to a good standard in NSW, and the shops are listed. The car then Joined the Grangers in Napier, New Zealand”
Spider 750D 1495*00422. Gavin sent me a link to this car being sold by Dutton’s in South Yarra listed on Car Sales in Australia. Asking price is $99,950 AU dollars or $101,000 US. Description is a bit off from what is seen in the pictures and the numbers. Not a 1959 for sure.
Nice red… sort of ox blood or something. Very clean, very nicely assembled and very expensive! Note steering wheel placement.
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Market 288: blue Berlina in the Netherlands
This Berlina was brought to my attention by Nick in San Francisco. Great color. From Google language tools: “Literally found in a barn in Italy. She was then sold them the house was sold. She has four doors. In good condition bright blue car with light gray sky cover. The mileage is 107,785. The car is technically underway. The car will still go to the body shop to go here and there to be updated.” Asking price is supposedly around 13,000 Euros.
This blue (or a similar one) is more frequently seen on lightweight Sprint Veloce’s. Pretty good on a sedan. I like the lack of bumper -looks sportier than usual.
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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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