Giulia Sprint Speciale 10121*381030, 00121*00578. Â This rare RHD SS will be auctioned by Silverstone on February 22nd. Â It’s a clean example if the pictures tell the truth. Â I’m not sure why they are calling a mid-64 built car a 1967, but can speculate that it might have taken some time to go from Bertone to the RHD conversion folks and then to a dealer. Â 3 years? Â I suppose it could have been a late 64 car sold in early 67. Â Anyhow.
I like a good picture. Â This is the view you get when you look up mid stoop after you drop your keys on a wet morning while approaching it to go motoring. Â Description says it saw a bare metal respray recently.
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Market 322: Giulietta Sprint -some assembly required
Update 2/5/14:Â This is the car I referred to in the write up of the super rusted out Sprint a few days ago. Â Get that and this and you would have the basis for a doable project.
Update 2/1/12: Body appears to have sold for $3800 -this didn’t include much of anything to build the car out. Continue reading “Market 322: Giulietta Sprint -some assembly required”
Market 238: 58 Spider Veloce roller
Update 1/28/2014: Â $99,000 premium live auction result. Â This car has come a long way in almost 4 years. Â “The course of true love never did run smooth… Â So quick bright things come to confusion.”
Update 7/31/10: Seller ended the auction early when an acceptable bid came in. The new owner contacted me but a selling price was not revealed. I’m going to guess somewhere between $15k – $20k. New owner sounds enthusiastic about the car so hopefully the restoration will be seen through.
Giulietta Spider Veloce 750F 1495*03326, 1315*30818. This car is on eBay right now out of Michigan. As far as mostly disassembled roller projects go it is a pretty good starting point having matching numbers, not too much rust (I know -but I’ve seen so much worse) and no real accident damage. Step right up!
Nose looks great as a starting place -no ugly repairs to correct, no gaping rust holes and the Veloce intake divider seen here next to the drivers side marker light is in good shape.
Market 157: restored 101 Sprint in Australia
Update 1/20/2014: Â This car found its way to Texas and recently sold through Driversource for about $45,000. Â Still a nice looking example. This car was priced a bit on the high side back in 2009 or the market hasn’t moved much I guess. Â I’ll split the difference.
A great color for Sprints I think.
10/21/2009: Giulietta Sprint 750B 1493*06979, 1315*06197. Frank sent me an email pointing out this car for sale at Classic Throttle Shop in Sydney Australia (who also has a VERY charming Fiat 850 panel van.). Asking price for this Sprint is AUD$43,995 or a little over $40,000 US. A high price, but a very nice car.
Nothing to fault here. Grills, headlight rings, lenses, bumper etc all look very nice. A pair of period Carello headlamps would be the finishing touch, but Australia might have ordinances about headlight brightness that they actually enforce. I have the wipers set that high on my windshield and they move around and chatter at speed, they need to be just at the edge of the windshield gasket on the up side of the free play since the 60 – 80 mph winds they will encounter while working will keep them at that position. Repositioning mine is like job 1142 on my list of things to do.
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Market 440: Sprint 10105 21160 off the path and lost in the woods
Update: 11/27/13:Â This car is on eBay again. Â Someone with a sense of presentation has taken some decent pictures. Â Check it out. Â Still needs a lot. 
Original post: 8/30/2012: Giulietta Sprint 10105 1495*21160. This Sprint is on eBay right now out of Florida.  It has all the hallmarks of a stalled restoration that got pretty far down the wrong road and the owner, rather than spend more money turning around and getting back on track the owner has decided to cut their losses.  Wonder if it was a fix-it-up-and-sell-it restoration or someone trying to get a Sprint driver on the cheap-ish?  Oh, and the starting price is $24,999 – a few bucks on the high side IMHO.  Don’t get me wrong -these aren’t easy cars to put together -but really. 
Lets see… sombrero’s? Â No. Â Headlights? Â No -nice try though. Â Turn signal lights? Â Nope. Â Paint doesn’t look too bad. Continue reading “Market 440: Sprint 10105 21160 off the path and lost in the woods”
Market 484: Early 750B Sprint in Texas 05588
Giulietta Sprint 750B 1493*05588, 1315*04982. Â This somewhere between here and there project is on eBay now out of Richardson Texas. Â Asking price is a somewhat aggressive $33,500 that will seem like a deal in 5 years. Â While the project has been moved forward, and one could carry on, ignoring the less-than-perfect aspects and create a driver, I would consider a rethink on some of the work done and take a step back. Â The wiring looks awful and new well made harnesses can be had from multiple sources for not much money -so this at least needs to be redone -yes, I know the under dash wiring is a bear, but that’s what patience is for right? Â Overspray and incorrect finishes in the engine compartment also needs attention, but none of this is particularly difficult. Â At the end of the project you’d have a nice early Sprint!
Looks very nice. Â I’m sure someone can count few things wrong – like the missing badge, but as these go it’s pretty good.
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Market 482: Veloce-ized Spider 10123 379454 survivor
Giulia Spider 10123*379454. This car ended recently on eBay out of Washington state and almost perfectly represents the value of a car a friend of mine was asking me to give a valuation of.  A well maintained, scruffy but attractive -well, except those seats- car that functions as intended and needs nothing for use, but needs a lot to be a nice car.  I guessed $20,000 – $30,000, probably a little higher than $25,000 if sold on eBay.
The proof for all you who visit after the link to eBay dies.
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Market 428: Giulia Spider Veloce 10118 390417 -needs a little
Update7/12/13:Â This Spider is back on eBay after being cooped up for over a year. Â Samee pictures, so probably the same owner/seller. Â Have prices moved in 12 months?
July 5, 2012: Giulia Spider Veloce 10118*390417, 00121*01950. On eBay right now out of Novi Michigan -a city I’ve never heard of except as the source of a lot of eBay auctions for Alfa stuff. This car needs everything and is not for the faint of heart -but will yield an uncommon, very usable and valuable car when done. Some guys like the last of a breed, with all upgrades like disk brakes and more CC’s -if you’re one of those guys, this is the Spider for you. Me? I like the early stuff with small tail lights and drum brakes.
Lot’s of metal has been replaced along the wheel arch and rocker -looks to me like it will need touching up. Doesn’t look too scary here. I think lowering the soft top would be an improvement on presentation.
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Market 481: Spider 750D 03235 project
Giulietta Spider 750D 1495*03235, 1315*43081. This car has been on eBay a few times recently , trying both the recently defunct ‘start low’ old school auction approach, the ‘this is what I want’ buy-it-now approach, and now the ‘call me if you want it’ BIN approach.  Car looks decent enough -needs everything except a lower 4″ metal transplant.  Great car for the aspiring 750D owner -I’ve seen, worked on, and written about much worse!
On the bright side, it’s not 1988 and you can actually get parts now. Â They’re not as good as the ‘left-overs’ of 1988 you might have gotten from Alfa Ricambi, but they are available. Â Door fits well, wheels need paint -you know the rest. Continue reading “Market 481: Spider 750D 03235 project”
Market 480: 1900M ‘Matta’ AR5101384 in Florida
1900M AR51 01384, AR 1307 00610. Â This interesting piece of Alfa history is available now out of Florida. Â The Matta is very rare in the US -I think I may have seen one or two over the years in pictures, but never in person. Â It is a fairly standard 1950’s ‘serious’ 4×4 offering – a sort of next step from the 4×4’s designed for WW2. Â It occurs to me as I type this that the long lived lines of serious 4×4 players grew out of this period: Unimog, Jeep, Land Rover 88, Austin Gipsy, Toyota Land Cruiser, Fiat Campagnola, NIssan Patrol, yougettheidea. Â Had Alfa based the Matta on the Giulietta engine, maybe there would be tens of thousands of them around -I know I would dig an open Fiat Campagnola type Alfa from the 1950’s! Â I suppose there probably is one that I am not aware of…
Great grill on these -has a modest character. Â In the cramped garage with poor lighting for my auction pictures? Â Why not! Â No one else will be listing a Matta at the same time. Continue reading “Market 480: 1900M ‘Matta’ AR5101384 in Florida”