{"id":15081,"date":"2016-11-12T00:01:28","date_gmt":"2016-11-12T07:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/giuliettas.com\/?p=15081"},"modified":"2016-11-12T00:01:28","modified_gmt":"2016-11-12T07:01:28","slug":"market-551-tidy-early-spider-01594","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/2016\/11\/12\/market-551-tidy-early-spider-01594\/","title":{"rendered":"Market 551: Tidy early Spider 01594"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Giulietta Spider 750D 1495*01594, 1315*41667. \u00a0<\/strong>This lovely example is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/1957-Alfa-Romeo-Spider-\/162271914339?forcerrptr=true&amp;hash=item25c828e963:g:JCYAAOSwA3dYH8XW&amp;item=162271914339\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">now on eBay<\/a> out of Illinois. \u00a0These very early 750D&#8217;s are about as blue chip as a classic gets &#8211; they are mechanically simple, surprisingly fast, and can be quite reliable. \u00a0As the description points out, this is a largely original example, without the usual &#8220;upgrades&#8221; such as a split case 5 speed, or disk brakes. \u00a0As these cars continue to be discovered by collectors, originality to spec will hold more value.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15093\" src=\"https:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/s-l1600.jpg?resize=525%2C394\" alt=\"s-l1600\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you showed me this picture and said it was 40 years old I&#8217;d believe you except maybe it would have a bit of a sepia tone to it. \u00a0Node looks really well balanced and straight &#8211; hard to achieve on a car that has seen any work.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15086\" src=\"https:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-1.jpg?resize=525%2C394\" alt=\"s-l1600-1\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phenomenal shut lines. \u00a0Even a perfectionist would leave this alone. \u00a0I wonder if that license plate number has any significance?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15087\" src=\"https:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-2.jpg?resize=525%2C394\" alt=\"s-l1600-2\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-2.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-2.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-2.jpg?resize=1568%2C1176&amp;ssl=1 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tidy and as it ought to be. \u00a0Once could do a little work to bling it out a bit&#8230; or not. \u00a0I really want an early Spider before they get expensive like the early Sprints have.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15088\" src=\"https:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-3.jpg?resize=525%2C394\" alt=\"s-l1600-3\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-3.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-3.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-3.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-3.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-3.jpg?resize=1568%2C1176&amp;ssl=1 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Original build plate with the numbers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15089\" src=\"https:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-4.jpg?resize=525%2C394\" alt=\"s-l1600-4\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-4.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-4.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-4.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-4.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-4.jpg?resize=1568%2C1176&amp;ssl=1 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>More numbers. \u00a0That bright thing in the foreground is the dip stick.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15090\" src=\"https:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-5.jpg?resize=525%2C394\" alt=\"s-l1600-5\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-5.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-5.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-5.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-5.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-5.jpg?resize=1568%2C1176&amp;ssl=1 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>I like the open glove box of the early cars. \u00a0Carpets are new, as are the mats.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15091\" src=\"https:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-6.jpg?resize=525%2C394\" alt=\"s-l1600-6\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-6.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-6.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-6.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>You almost never see original gauges in a Spider this nice &#8211; must&#8217;ve spent a lot of time in a garage without windows.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15092\" src=\"https:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-7.jpg?resize=525%2C394\" alt=\"s-l1600-7\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-7.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-7.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-7.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-7.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/s-l1600-7.jpg?resize=1568%2C1176&amp;ssl=1 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Clean enough to put nice clothes back here. \u00a0That bumper light used to be really hard to find. \u00a0I haven&#8217;t looked for one in a long time &#8211; maybe it still is.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Remember when you could get a nice Sprint early Sprint 750B for $30,000? \u00a0Those are $80K + now. \u00a0Someone is going to look back on this car and think &#8211; jeez, I should have bought that, they are $110K now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giulietta Spider 750D 1495*01594, 1315*41667. \u00a0This lovely example is available now on eBay out of Illinois. \u00a0These very early 750D&#8217;s are about as blue chip as a classic gets &#8211; they are mechanically simple, surprisingly fast, and can be quite reliable. \u00a0As the description points out, this is a largely original example, without the usual &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/2016\/11\/12\/market-551-tidy-early-spider-01594\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Market 551: Tidy early Spider 01594&#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":[63,7,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-750-d","category-giulietta-giulia-market","category-spider-normales"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15081","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=15081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15081\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}