{"id":13393,"date":"2015-10-03T00:23:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-03T07:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/giuliettas.com\/?p=13393"},"modified":"2015-10-03T00:23:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-03T07:23:00","slug":"market-507-1957-spider-veloce-750f01970-at-fantasy-junction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/2015\/10\/03\/market-507-1957-spider-veloce-750f01970-at-fantasy-junction\/","title":{"rendered":"Market 507: 1957 Spider Veloce 750F*01970 at Fantasy Junction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update October 2 2015: \u00a0<\/strong>I took the day off work to do some really fun stuff like go to a Dr. appointment and get my daily VW oil changed and smogged, and I was rolling by FJ and thought – hey, why not, and stopped in. \u00a0I gotta say, this car is REALLY nice in person. \u00a0Spencer told me it looks like it’s probably sold, but like Indiana Jones, in the opening of Raiders of the Lost Ark, you could probably swoop in and grab your hat before the door gets all the way down. \u00a0Commendable restoration for sure.<\/p>\n

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If you licked it, it might taste like cherry or watermelon jolly rancher candy.<\/b><\/p>\n

Giulietta Spider Veloce 750F 1495*01970<\/a>, 1315*32969. \u00a0<\/strong>This car is available<\/a> from Fantasy Junction in Emeryville Ca for $145,000. \u00a0I get asked most often if I know of any 1957 Spider Veloce’s for sale – well, here is one! \u00a0Car looks very well restored, though I’m sure there is one or two of you right now seething at some incorrect minutiae. \u00a0The engine number is not in the correct range (1315*30267 – 30761) for this year car,\u00a0but as I commented* on my “What year…” post (see below), Veloce engines blew up and were replaced. \u00a0This old post<\/a> has a discussion of what it may mean. \u00a0The restorer did us a favor and stamped a new build plate with the number for the engine in the car – that won’t cause any confusion in 50 years.<\/p>\n

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Looking good – has that wet lollipop sheen that somehow triggers heightened desire. \u00a0I have worked on a lot of these cars, I can tell you it is an astonishing amount of work to get to this point from a bare shell in need of rust repair (not saying this needed rust repair – just that its a ton of work to get a car together from a shell to yum).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Amazing. \u00a0Some of you eschew the stickers. \u00a0I think it’s okay – they will only last a few years then leave a darkened adhesive ghost behind.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This looks better than the top side of most Giulietta’s I write about.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Again, a ton of work to get this right. \u00a0No over-spray on door jamb \u00a0bolt heads. \u00a0Bravo.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Not original, but it ties things together nicely.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Last Veloce engine was 33000.<\/b><\/p>\n

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If it drives as good as it looks, it will be amazing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

*”Caveat II: 750 Veloce engines: Veloces were driven hard. \u00a0Cars were crashed and engines blew up catastrophically and replacements were required. \u00a0These were found most often from Normales,<\/em> but occasionally\u00a0as transplants from wrecked Veloces or even blank factory replacement blocks. \u00a0Sometimes these replacements were reworked to factory Veloce Spec, usually they were not. \u00a0Your Veloce is still a Veloce without its original Veloce engine, the rarer the Veloce the more so this is the case, and the less it really matters. \u00a0If you have a Veloce and the engine number doesn\u2019t make sense with what you are reading here, your car doesn\u2019t have its original engine. \u00a0Read that again so I don\u2019t have to repeat it. \u00a0I have had numerous conversations with owners who swear they have the exception to the rule\u2026 a Veloce with a factory installed Normale<\/em> block -how could it not be original, it was done so well!!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Update October 2 2015: \u00a0I took the day off work to do some really fun stuff like go to a Dr. appointment and get my daily VW oil changed and smogged, and I was rolling by FJ and thought – hey, why not, and stopped in. \u00a0I gotta say, this car is REALLY nice in … <\/p>\n

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