Giulietta Sprint 10105 1493*20004. I didn’t write about this one while it was active, but it went unsold after 16 bids brought it to $8522. Very original interior remains and all in all the seller is correct that this should be a straight forward project. Heck, maybe just do the brakes, clean out the carb and go for it!
Yep, metallic black. No, really. Rockabilly-bling!
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Market 264: 1957 750B Sprint puzzle in Sweden
Update: The UK guy is not the owner AND both door panels are included. I can still put you in contact with the seller if you want…
Giulietta Sprint 750B 1493*04386. A guy in the UK asks a guy in San Francisco Bay Area to list a car he has stored in Sweden… of course! This small headlight, matching number 1957 750B project is available now for the reasonable 9000 Euro’s. Email me (sprints at giuliettas dot com) if you want a direct email address for the seller.
Looks like a Sprint to me. Door fit is great, nose is pretty good and the hood fit is good enough as a place to start. Kind of an odd color combo with beige and rusty orange wheels -original was Grigio Chiarissimo. Windows and trim look good.
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Market 262: 101 Sprint shell in PA
Giulietta Sprint 10105 1493*20827. This car, or at least what’s left of it is available right now in Philadelphia Pennsylvania for $750 obo. It has been pretty thoroughly stripped but I see some good stuff still attached including a decent early steering wheel, pedal box, rear end and some trim/headlight parts. Would make a great 24 hours of Lemons car! Contact me for more info.
Looks decent for the asking price -straight body with rust etc. I could use those clear turn signal lenses myself! I don’t think the engine seen here is included.
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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 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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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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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 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 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”