Update 9/16/10 (later the same night): Eagle-eye Anderson has pointed out that this is in fact the same car as Market 234. Â I renamed it above…
Giulietta Spider 750D. This project is on Craigslist right now out of Carlsbad California -near San Diego. Seller is a repeat Giulietta vendor, having sold cars in Markets 95 and 116 whose prices are always fair and usually result in a second or even third sale at an inflated price by a small time dealer.
Not much bad to be seen here other than removed trim and a sense of disrepair.
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Market 260: Giulietta SPRINT RACE CAR
Update 9/21/10: $4500 is pretty strong money for this car as parts unless the engine is as fresh and well built as the seller claims.
Giulietta Sprint 10102*155977. If you’re in the Orlando Florida neighborhood and a challenging Sprint project is just the thing for you then this charmer currently on eBay might do the trick. In truth this is a parts car or the sort of project a passionate but poor giuliettisti might toil on for a few years and maybe take to the level of being doable at some point in the future -either way -it’s not likely to be expensive. Does come with a fancy engine though.
Here I am -take me. It’s just sad that this is how what probably would have been a decent car if it had stayed hidden for a generation longer. Pieces are there, the nose it straight. Maybe.
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Market 258: 101 Spider easy project
Update 9/16/10: $20,100 after 17 bids with reserve not met. Look for the follow up. I think video of it driving and audio of the engine woes might have helped.
Giulietta Spider 10103*170285. This car is on eBay right now out of Novi Michigan. Usually when I write about a car that I describe as a project it’s a challenging, rusty through and through hulk someone dredged from the bottom of a pond. Not so this car. The problem here is a rod knock in the engine requiring attention -what I consider an easy project
Great looking car. Paint is 30 years old but still shines, the only pitting described on the chrome is the windshield pillars.
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Market 257: Series 1 750B Sprint project
Giulietta Sprint 750B 1493*05931, 1315*05350. This Sprint was posted for sale on the Alfa BB a few days ago out of Eau Claire Wisconsin. As can be seen from the pictures it’s a big project but the $5000 obo asking price is reasonable considering the matching numbers and state of the engine. I was tempted myself by this but then I thought about my soon to be departed SS’s and vow to only get into ‘easy’ projects and, well, here it is for someone else to go for.
This treatment reminds me of Market 228 Sprint -either it’s how they come out when a bondo mask is applied, or the same artist at work. But… it comes with a spare nose for grafting purposes. Yea… looks scary but it’s on wheels and lots of stuff is in place.
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Radio blanking plates revisited
Derek in Australia sent me some scans from manuals that show radio blanking plates for the different models. These should be considered ‘correct’ for all you correctness worryists. Check it out.
This looks to be a post-Giugiaro go over Sprint like mine. Can’t tell what the badge in the middle is but will assume it’s the Alfa badge.
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Market 256: '61 Sprint **Potential Show Car**
Update 8/31/10… morning: Craigslist ad is working again.
Update 8/30/10… evening: Craigslist posting has been deleted. Sold? Headed for eBay? Tree fell on it? Chances are it’ll turn up before long.
Giulietta Sprint 10102*158831. This car is listed on Craigslist out of St.Charles, IL for the asking price of $29,000. The seller claims the 1600 engine is original but this car should have a 00102 series 1300 (around # 00102*24900) unless it was made for some market d’Amico & Tabucchi don’t know about. Looks like a really nice car!
It’s hard to tell much from this picture. Door and hood shut lines look good, sill trim is missing and wipers are sitting pretty high on the windshield glass. Looks to have a Ferrari sticker above the badge on the fender. Continue reading “Market 256: '61 Sprint **Potential Show Car**”
Market 255: 1956 Sprint "needs restored"
Update 9/7/10: $7900 after 24 bids is where this unlikely survivor ended up. Good luck new owner!
Giulietta Sprint 750B 1493*03396. This 1956 column shift Sprint is on eBay right now out of Medina Ohio with a current, reserve not met price of $2500 after 14 bids and 9 days to go. Car sports a set of later egg-crate style grills but the headlights still appear to be the early small type so I doubt the body has been altered. Check it out.
6″ lights I think -good thing the buckets are present -too bad the lights themselves are ruined. Hood spear has been abused. 101 grills can probably be fit without much effort on an early car.
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Market 254: Spider Spider "Black Plate"."Desert Find!"
Update 9/7/10: This car sold for the buy it now price of $13,900 after 20 bids and a full run at auction -would’ve saved someone some trouble to just have gone for it right from the start.
Giulietta Spider 10103*171756, 00102*28201. After a mere 4 clicks (home, motors, used:alfa, this listing) from their homepage you can be looking at this car on eBay right now (or you can click on the link). It’s in Northridge California which makes me think it’s the same seller as the first who offered M213 on eBay. Buy it now is a probably realistic $13,900.
Don’t let the cops see this thing parked in a handicap spot unless it’s a spot for handicapped cars. Door and hood shut lines look about right. Yellow looks like the yellow used to ‘colorize’ black and white movies in the 80’s. Continue reading “Market 254: Spider Spider "Black Plate"."Desert Find!"”
Giulietta Sprint radio blank plate options
I got an email from Jock in Australia asking me for recommendations for a radio blank plate for his Sprint. I spent a few minutes looking through the ‘Sprint Collection‘ I’ve built on Flickr and came up with these examples of how it has been handled. I had no idea there were so many variations!
If I had to point to a blanking plate and say ‘that’s the right one’, this is the one I’d point out. These come up for sale occasionally on eBay and are not too expensive. The center badge and chrome strips have threaded studs and are removable. Continue reading “Giulietta Sprint radio blank plate options”
Market 252: Barn find interim Spider 10104
Giulietta Spider 10104*09081. Sheesh! I go on vacation for 4 days and I somehow miss an auction entirely. This car was on eBay for about 5 minutes and has apparently been sold. Closing bid was $3950 -not sure if that was the selling price. Without further ado…
“Four score and tewnty years I spent locked in this thankfully dry and heated garage waiting for rescue…” Looks like a good car! Has Lucas (or Lucas type) mirrors. Dig that hard right pointing driving light.
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