{"id":10608,"date":"2012-02-16T00:58:09","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T07:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/giuliettas.com\/?p=10608"},"modified":"2012-02-16T00:58:09","modified_gmt":"2012-02-16T07:58:09","slug":"market-382-spider-1600-10123-379587-true-barn-find","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/2012\/02\/16\/market-382-spider-1600-10123-379587-true-barn-find\/","title":{"rendered":"Market 382: Spider 1600 10123 379587 -true barn find!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update 2\/24\/12:\u00a0 <\/strong>Sold for $8101.\u00a0 Not bad money for this car.\u00a0 Will be interesting to see if anyone is public about buying this car and shares their fixing it up story.<\/p>\n

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Update 2\/16\/12: <\/strong>This car was listed on BringaTrailer <\/a>resulting in the Buy it Now price being removed from the auction, then, when most of the commenters gave it a thumbs down the auction stalled.\u00a0 Remember gentle reader -there are at this moment a lot of guys (and some gals I’m sure) out there toiling away on worse cars than this of all nationality and desirability (car and owner alike I suppose…) -this car resurrection business we are all contemplating is a crazy pursuit -but what else are we to do with our time?\u00a0 At least it’s a tangible object and requires learning, skill development and resourcefulness to see through.\u00a0 A failed restoration is not wholly a failure -just the car never got done.<\/p>\n

2\/10\/12: Giulia Spider 1600 10123*379587, 00112*45195.\u00a0 <\/strong>This car is available now on eBay<\/a> out of Connecticut, where it was just awakened from a 40 or so year sleep in a not so well insulated barn.\u00a0 Car is rough -as should be expected, but it’s a Spider, it’s complete looking and it’s not much money.\u00a0 I know some will say it’s a losing proposition if it’s free, but it takes a few owners to carry it along to the viable point sometimes, and this car is far enough away from that edge that it will happen.<\/p>\n

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Look at this pair -you could take my idea to just make some POS work and drive it around to a new level and have both these guys -the coupe and the convertible.\u00a0 They look like they were just released from some ordeal they weathered together -would be a shame to break them up.\u00a0 Dig the fog light in the grill -might start a new fad.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I don’t know if I’ve seen many trunk lids that fit this well on a Spider.\u00a0 that luggage rack needs off of there now.\u00a0 Pretty straight -really.\u00a0 Bumpers have a ghostly green glow.\u00a0 Lotus Elan in the background with the blue tarp?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nothing a little WD40 and some elbow grease can’t cure -oh, and some soap and water, new tires, oil change, a couple turns of a wrench, some swishing of fluid containers…\u00a0 I’d buy it -but I’m both optimistic bordering on crazy and sympathetic to tough cases.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This is somewhere between PG and PG-13.\u00a0 Some guys would replace half the car, some guys would give it a quick bath and run it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Floor will need welding if you want to keep your butt off the pavement.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Odometer reads about 40,00 miles -those were some hard days sitting still.\u00a0 Steering wheel didn’t crack.\u00a0 I bet you’ll break the ashtray trying to open it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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See that clutch pedal?\u00a0 It’s stuck.\u00a0 To free it will require removing the pedal box.\u00a0 To remove the pedal box you have to disconnect some brake lines that will be stuck.\u00a0 Your fingernails will get dirty from the fuzzy rust on everything on the underside.\u00a0 You’re going to bust your knuckle bloody, twice.\u00a0 When the pedal box finally comes free the tapered pin holding the clutch pedal to the shaft will be stuck. STUCK.\u00a0 You might take the master cylinder apart, but the big nut on the end will be a level of stuck you’ve never experienced.\u00a0 You will need a 50# vise with at least 6 12mm bolts holding it to a 600# steel table to hold the cylinder in, an acetylene torch to heat it up and a 10 foot breaker bar to bust it loose.\u00a0 Then the inside will be all funky and at best need a re-sleeve in brass or stainless or some other metal.\u00a0 You get the idea.\u00a0 This whole car is going to challenge you like this.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I wonder if it turns over.\u00a0 Pulling the head is easy enough -right Kip?\u00a0 MacGuyver could have this thing running and make a get-away in minutes.
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<\/strong>Well, it’s far from the worst and far from the best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Update 2\/24\/12:\u00a0 Sold for $8101.\u00a0 Not bad money for this car.\u00a0 Will be interesting to see if anyone is public about buying this car and shares their fixing it up story. Update 2\/16\/12: This car was listed on BringaTrailer resulting in the Buy it Now price being removed from the auction, then, when most of … <\/p>\n

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