Update 12/14/11: 34 bids were placed, but the car failed to sell for $15,000. Rightfully so. Makes me wonder about where the best place to market this car is.
Giulietta Sprint 10102 1493*24148. Out of Southport CT comes this Sprint racer via eBay. It has been listed a few times before but I don’t remember how much it got to without selling. Car looks to have been imported from Italy. This kind of set up seems like it should command some sort of premium, but with tastes seeming to favor restorations or originality these days, this will probably sell for less than you’d imagine.
Cool stuff. Body and paint do look very nice. Looks like a street car with stickers and driving lights -speaking of which the left driving light is set up to make a pool of light a few feet in front of the car -needs adjustment.
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Market 334: Giuliettas exclusive 101 Sprint project in CA
Update 11/26/11: I got some more pictures from the seller. The trunk rust situation is worse than I expected -not horrible -just needing attention. Still, it could be a good deal for the money. Throw them an offer -it may stick.
This could be patched, but replacement would be cleaner. Not the biggest job in the world and not really a sign that the rest of the car is rusty. My Sprint had it’s trunk floor replaced and you’d be hard pressed to find rust anywhere else on it.
Update 11/12/11: Seller has received some interest but it’s still available. $13,000 obo?
Giulietta Sprint 10105*21453. This car is available right now out of Southern California for $14,000 obo. It is fairly original, with blue paint over original white and original drivetrain. Interior is decent but the seats are not original. There is a tiny bit of rust in the trunk battery corner and in the corner of the rear windshield, but nothing unusual or terminal. If you’re in California and looking for a very good car to fix up as a driver project -this is your car.
A better shade of blue than the preceding SS. Car looks straight and solid here -you may get away with a quick respray of the nose and tail. I’d make it mechanically sound and drive it as is.
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Reader Race Report: Lime Rock 2011 Fall Finale
Track day report from Giulietta Sprint owner Marc in Mass, photo’s were taken by Jim Dyer, captions are mine: ” The 2011 Fall Finale vintage race the last racing event organized by the VSCCA and was held at Lime Rock Track October 14 and 15. The weather cooperated and the participants were graced by sunshine  and an almost dry track as rain was only sporadic. A strong number of Alfisti showed up and so the organizers were able to add an extra 15 lap session on the Friday for Alfas only! 8 Spiders (2 Veloces) ranging from 1956 to 1959, 2 Sprints (1 gorgeous red Veloce in period livery) and a delightful 1960 Sprint Zagato piloted by Sandra McNeil. Added  to the mix was a 1976 Berlina and a 1966 Lancia Fulvia both driven by Italian ex-pats.  Several of the lighter Spiders battled up front while other cars were happy to get a real Italian tune-up. The spectators were treated to some spirited drifting around Big Ben and through the S’s.  In the end each driver was a winner as all cars survived both days. Amazing to see a wonderful group of 50 some year old cars fly around this lovely race track framed by the surrounded fall colored hills.”
We all know what this must sound like -a 12 cylinder air plane or 4 Alfa race cars approaching!
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Market 313: Nice survivor Sprint on Bring a Trailer
Giulietta Sprint 10105 1493*21069. Bring a Trailer has this car listed as an exclusive for a long time owner. A good portion of the paint is original Amber White, interior is original. Engine was rebuilt 30 years ago to Veloce spec though aside from manifold and carbs, a cold air/filter system needs to be purchased. Asking price is $23,500. A bit high by usual Sprint project standards, but this is no ‘usual’ Sprint project. A Sprint buyer looking for originality, no rust, black plates, complete history etc will have no problem paying for this. I suspect it is sold as I write, but I want to share this beauty with any Giuliettas readers who are not BaT readers.
Resprayed door is apparent in this picture. Lost headlight ring? I still want a pair of these lenses. You still have that one for me Brad?
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Market 306: 2 Sprint package deal in Greece
Giulietta Sprint 10102*156687 & 750B 1493*09653. Dimitrios sent me an email letting me know this pair of cars was available from a private party in Greece for €31,000 -about $44,700. The first car is a good driver without the original engine and not a Veloce according to d’Amico and Tabucchi. Second car is all apart and in bare metal. Some of the more prominent trim can be seen in the pictures as can some duplicate mechanical stuff, but no mention is made of an engine or transmission. If you’re interested, send me an email and I’ll get you in contact with the seller.
First the driver. Externally this car is in good shape with excellent panel fit, very fine trim/chrome and that purposeful poise of a car that gets used. There are several pictures of this car in the Flickr set (click on the VIN to go there) participating in an event in Greece.
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Market 298: '55 Sprint project
Update 4/3/11: Bidding reached $10,260 after 19 bids but the reserve was not met. I was thinking maybe $15,000 or a little more. While it needs a total restoration, it is pretty complete and runs right now so you could do the job where you make everything work first, use it a bit then restore it once you’ve done your research and know it’s what you want to do.
Originally posted 3/22/11: Giulietta Sprint 750B 1493*00668, 1315*00744. Early Sprints like this one, currently at auction on eBay, seldom come up for sale. It is a daunting project, but with matching numbers and basically complete, including rare early aluminum hood and air cleaner, someone will very likely restore it. Thanks for the heads up on this car Brad!
Small headlights, aluminum hood, probably the early slightly shorter windshield among other things make this a desirable car. Shame it was let to sit and rot in the New Jersey winter for several years before being pushed indoors.
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Market 287: Sprint corpse
I am reminded of the scene in True Grit when the guy wearing the bear skin asks if they want the body after the teeth are pulled -‘it must have some value’. Indeed. Buy this guy now out of Poland for about $1000.
Your forced to look at it and shrug -what do you do with it? Nice verdant countryside it lives in.
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Market 270: Scrappy runner Sprint project
Update 1/12/11: Back for more on eBay!
Update 12/15/10: 19 bids with a high of $4459.44 left the reserve unmet.
Giulietta Sprint 10102*350206, 00102*30507. This car is on eBay right now out of New Jersey. Some small stuff is missing but all in all it is a fairly complete and worthy project -as long as the price doesn’t get too high -it’s under $600 as I write.
Nose is busted up but not too bad. I like this color on Sprints -there is one in my area this color and in person the color suits it very well.
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2010 Sprint and Sprint Veloce market review
As usual there were fewer Sprints than Spiders. Other than some repeat customers, it was a lot of cars coming out of hiding. Looks like you need to get in to the high teens money-wise to get into something that moves under its own power.  As usual they are presented in order of cheapest to most expensive.
Market 262 was Sprint 10105 20827, for sale out of Pennsylvania for $750 -probably the cheapest Sprint of the year.
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Market 272: Sorry Sprint in the French countryside
Olivier in France turned me on to this Sprint. He says it’s likely near Bourgogne. Car looks pretty rough but complete and in ‘as parked’ condition- kind of how my Sprint would look if I disappeared in South America for 20 years and it found itself rolled out into a wet field in which to await my return.
Eventually there wont be any Sprints like this. I think what happens on the hood is water gets in the holes the hood spear attaches through and the water fills the lowest front edge of the hood with water and it rots. On my car it gets in and fills up the spark plug holes.
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