Update 9/7/10: Well, this sad case has been reduced to an ending -no reserve met- total of $1136 after 3 bids. On the bright side, the phrase ‘Tennessee Velosh!” has entered the Alfa Giulietta lexicon.
Update 8/23/10: This feller is back on eBay -some lucky motoring enthusiast can buy it now for $2700 and figure out what to do with it later. Woot!
Update 7/10/10: Someone liked this enough to buy it now for $2500. Â In one of the Q&A responses the seller says emphatically that this car can’t be returned to stock. Â With these cars likely to be $100K by the end of the decade I’m sure some intrepid soul is hoping to prove the seller wrong.
Giulietta Spider Veloce 750F 1495*04640 (or 750F 03305), 1315*31655 (Not included). Tennessee is the home of this Spider that’s on eBay right now. Â Vin on the title with the car is 03305, vin on the build plate is 04640 and the vin on the body is unknown -if I had to bet on which is accurate I’d put my money on the title. Â It’s ironic/sad/frustrating that someone took a roller 58 Spider Veloce probably worth $10 – 15K of todays money, spent 6 years ruining it by altering it to fit a V8 and Toyota suspension and now are hoping to get $2500 out of it. Â This is what you call a lose-lose situation -I bet they threw out the sheet metal they cut out of it too.
What do you do with something like this? Â It’s probably unusable in its current form with all that weight over the front axle, way too much power for the rear end to grip and poor visibility with that scoop.
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Market 251: Apart for 40 years 1955 750B Sprint
Update 8/18/10: That was fast. I didn’t see a ‘Buy it Now’ option last night when I wrote this up and now the car has been sold for $8995. Probably a better deal for the buyer than seller, but if the buyer is half way around the world it’s an $11,000 + transaction by the time it’s in the garage.
Giulietta Sprint 750B 1493*01365, 1315*01432 (not included -blank replacement instead). Just when you thought the last worthy early Sprint project had been unearthed and sold and you missed your chance -another comes along, just like this one available on eBay now. Just imagine tracking down all the original Fontana and Lobo nuts and bolts!
I’ve been waiting for this day since 1967 when I was stripped, acid dipped and parked in a cement floor garage -at least that’s my best translation of 1950’s Italian. Very straight nose on this guy! Continue reading “Market 251: Apart for 40 years 1955 750B Sprint”
Market 250: SSweet projects o' mine
Giulietta SS 10120*00413, 00121*02334 & Giulia SS 10121*380211, 00121*00271. Liquidation sale!! Well, sort of… I am in the first months of a new business venture I helped start and have spent exactly *zero* hours on my SS projects since it started. I have more excuses but that one is the most immediate. In the case of the Giulia it’s not hard to part since we barely got to know one another, but the Giulietta has been a needy companion for a few years and saying goodbye will be hard. I’ve started down this path a few times -selling my projects that is- but just couldn’t do it when it came right down to it. This time will be different I hope.
The first picture I ever saw of my Giulietta Sprint Speciale. This car is a lot less rusty than I thought it would be when I bought it. The black finish is a very tough rust encapsulator that I have cursed countless times.
Not the first but one of the first good pictures of the Giulia. Lots more pictures here.
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Market 168: Giulietta Sprint fixed up 'My way'
Update 8/16/10: This car is now for sale out of San Francisco on eBay. Seller is an Alfa enthusiast I know personally and good guy so I am confident things are as described.
Vroom! Tough looking Sprint -this is the type of minimal approach I plan on taking with my Giulietta SS if it stays in my keeping.
Update 1/24/10: It’s not very often that a car manages a higher finish the second time around on eBay, but then again it’s not very often that someone bothers to post more/better pictures, and an expanded description including a viable explanation for the failure of the first campaign. Very well done at $17,601.
Update 1/17/10: “I sold this alfa on ebay a few weeks ago to a delightful gentleman who planned to drive it back to his home in Mexico City. That, by the way, impressed the hell out of me!! But after some second thoughts he decided it probably was too risky. We mutually agreed to cancel the deal. So here it is relisted and available again for the eager, the brave and the hardcore.” Nice. There are some new and improved pictures as well.
Update 12/7/09: This car sold for $15,967 after 31 bids were placed. A reader expressed surprise at this result, thinking it would sell for more. I think the result is about right. Most people are going to want to change it -whether it means a bigger engine or a correction of some of it to a more original spec. This car represents a good buy in my opinion.
Giulietta Sprint 750B 1493*06702, 1315*05885. This car is on eBay right now from the collection of an Alfisti in southern California, known for both the rarity of his cars and his willingness to do his own thing when fixing them up to put them back on the road. Originality police will no doubt give this car a hard time, but it was probably done when these cars were $2500 for runners and restoration parts were few, far between and expensive. He has sold some odd stuff in the past like a 2 door Giulia Super conversion and a Giulia Super truck conversion but of all the things he’s sold, I still wish I had gotten a loan and bought the Giulia Promiscua he sold through Fantasy Junction a few years ago!
I like these cars with out the brightwork. Grill opening bars are adapted to this car from elsewhere… an early 750 Sprint or Spider perhaps. Stance of this car on the Panasports is tight and the paint and shut lines look good in the pictures. Most missing trim is said to be included in the sale. Continue reading “Market 168: Giulietta Sprint fixed up 'My way'”
Market 249: Odd but nice Sprint 1600 in Italy
Giulia Sprint 1600 10112. This car is available now out of Italy for 25,000 Euro’s. It sports some odd treatments but looks to be a really nice car -I especially like the color combo.
Blue is slightly metallic. Bumper looks like it could use a good polish or perhaps replating. TP? Continue reading “Market 249: Odd but nice Sprint 1600 in Italy”
Market 248: Spider # 00418 in NL
Giulietta Spider 750D 1495*00418. Elmar forwarded me a link to this car for sale and it looks like a good one for those who are enticed by early production numbers. I only have 14 earlier cars listed on my 750D register!
This looks as good as most of the cars that have gone through eBay in the last couple of months. Seller describes it as either a superb resto candidate or a good car to just put back on the road. Continue reading “Market 248: Spider # 00418 in NL”
Market 247: clean 750D in Germany
Giulietta Spider 750D 1495*07183, 1315*45807. Another fabulous Giulietta out of Germany, this Spider is available from Wunscholdtimer for 39,500 Euro’s or about $52,000 at the time of writing. A lot of money but a very nice, original appearing Spider.
This car looks to have either been extremely well cared for since new or it’s an older restoration. The paint is great but some of the interior and engine compartment components lack the luster expected of a ‘new’ restoration. This is about as nice as I’d want a car to be. Front end looks amazing.
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Market 246: Exceptional(er), more expensive Sprint in Germany
Giulietta Sprint 10102*350073. This Sprint is also available from Movendi for the price of 47,900 Euro’s or about $63,200 (!!!) at the time of writing. This is not much than a 750E lightweight sold for last year… have times changed or is this car really that good? They list the car as a 1959 but the number is for a 1962.
I’ve never seen the grills blacked out in this way before -very cool looking. These guys know how to prep and photograph a car for sale. No cluttered background, no excuses detailing and just a sense of caring about the cars.
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Market 245: Exceptional Expensive Sprint in Germany
Giulietta Sprint 10102*157933, 00102*30207. This restored Sprint is listed at Movendi for 44,900 Euro’s or about $59,200 at the time of writing. The condition of the car is indeed exceptional except for adherence to originality in the interior, but I’ll make an exception since, while not original, it is extremely attractive.
This is one of those ‘better than new’ restorations you hope to one day buy. You’ll see what I mean if you follow the vin number link to this cars photo page. Sprints are great in white.
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Market 239: Giulietta Spider 750D 05488
8/11/10: No more beating around the bush -the car has been listed for $35K ‘buy it now’ or ‘make offer’. Throw an offer their way between the last high bid and the asking and maybe it can be yours.
8/10/10: 19 bids saw this car make $22,200 but the reserve was not met. Seller says they have the correct seats which is a plus. This car will probably be relisted and reach about the same high bid. I’m beginning to think eBay is not really suited for cars like this.
Giulietta Spider 750D 1495*05488, 1315*44524. This car is on eBay right now out of South Carolina. Condition is along the lines of well cared for drivers with some hidden blemishes and unoriginal parts -seats the most glaring feature in this category.
Hood fit is good, paint looks okay but not great. Trim -especially bumpers is presentable but not excellent. Just my kind of car!