{"id":10469,"date":"2012-01-26T10:48:01","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T17:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/giuliettas.com\/?p=10469"},"modified":"2012-01-26T10:48:01","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T17:48:01","slug":"strange-giulia-super-torpedo-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/2012\/01\/26\/strange-giulia-super-torpedo-for-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange Giulia Super &#8216;Torpedo&#8217; for sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got a bunch of links from Maurizo that included <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoscout24.it\/Details.aspx?id=203728148\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one to this car<\/a> for sale.\u00a0 As you can see, it&#8217;s an open top\/no doors stretched Giulia Super sedan in a style that most people in know would call &#8216;like a Fiat Jolly&#8217;, but sans wicker.\u00a0 On Capri, in 2003, I saw a mid-60&#8217;s Fiat 1500 station wagon done up this way.\u00a0 This sort of car was commissioned to give slow, fair weather (obviously) guided tours and serve as a hyper local taxi or errand running vehicle in resort areas.\u00a0 I could easily imagine this being some manufacturing executives facilities touring car -in Arese perhaps&#8230;\u00a0 oh, and it&#8217;s \u20ac75,000!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-53-15-am.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10472\" title=\"Screen shot 2012-01-26 at 8.53.15 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-53-15-am.png?resize=525%2C391\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-53-15-am.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-53-15-am.png?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you put your hand on the screen to obscure everything from the windshield back, it just looks like a very nice Super.\u00a0 I like how the arm rests also keep the passing-out drunk from slipping out of the car.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong> <!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-52-06-am.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10476\" title=\"Screen shot 2012-01-26 at 8.52.06 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-52-06-am.png?resize=525%2C374\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-52-06-am.png?w=639&amp;ssl=1 639w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-52-06-am.png?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Car is longer than usual and looks it with so much missing up top.\u00a0 If they stiffened the chassis on the underside I bet this thing handles pretty good, having a very low center of gravity.\u00a0 Imagine rolling about 15 k\/hr from the bottom of the hill to the top in Positano in this thing, checking out the sights.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The usual odd translation &#8220;No environmental sticker, Torpedo The body set up by the &#8216;platform Colli&#8217;sul stretched Alfa Romeo Giulia Super 1965, was designed for use on special occasions representative visits the establishment of the centenarian. Produced in only 2 specimens of which one in possession of the museum, you can in effect define a unique piece!&#8221;\u00a0 So that explains it -it&#8217;s a few years old and served as a sort of Pope-mobile.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-53-42-am.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10470\" title=\"Screen shot 2012-01-26 at 8.53.42 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-53-42-am.png?resize=525%2C386\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-53-42-am.png?w=638&amp;ssl=1 638w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-53-42-am.png?resize=300%2C221&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Neat how they capped the sills to protect them from shoe soles and added a grab bar to help you in and out.\u00a0 Upholstery looks nice.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-52-25-am.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10474\" title=\"Screen shot 2012-01-26 at 8.52.25 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-52-25-am.png?resize=525%2C391\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-52-25-am.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-52-25-am.png?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Standard Super up here.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-53-04-am.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10473\" title=\"Screen shot 2012-01-26 at 8.53.04 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-53-04-am.png?resize=525%2C392\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-53-04-am.png?w=637&amp;ssl=1 637w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-53-04-am.png?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Coachwork back here is tidy.\u00a0 I like the golf-cart style parasol roof.\u00a0 Some rich Rodney Dangerfieldesque golfer needs to roll this on the course at Pebble.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-53-32-am.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10471\" title=\"Screen shot 2012-01-26 at 8.53.32 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-53-32-am.png?resize=525%2C377\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-53-32-am.png?w=634&amp;ssl=1 634w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-53-32-am.png?resize=300%2C215&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Parasol follows the general shape of a Promiscua.\u00a0 I wonder who built this? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-52-16-am.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10475\" title=\"Screen shot 2012-01-26 at 8.52.16 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-52-16-am.png?resize=525%2C396\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-52-16-am.png?w=639&amp;ssl=1 639w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/screen-shot-2012-01-26-at-8-52-16-am.png?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Looks original and needs some detailing.\u00a0 Makes me want another Super&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got a bunch of links from Maurizo that included one to this car for sale.\u00a0 As you can see, it&#8217;s an open top\/no doors stretched Giulia Super sedan in a style that most people in know would call &#8216;like a Fiat Jolly&#8217;, but sans wicker.\u00a0 On Capri, in 2003, I saw a mid-60&#8217;s Fiat &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/2012\/01\/26\/strange-giulia-super-torpedo-for-sale\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Strange Giulia Super &#8216;Torpedo&#8217; for sale&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,7,18],"tags":[103,118,151],"class_list":["post-10469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2012-markets","category-giulietta-giulia-market","category-other-alfas-market","tag-alfa-romeo","tag-classic-cars","tag-italian-cars"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}