{"id":4141,"date":"2009-12-08T06:37:24","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T13:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/giuliettas.com\/?p=4141"},"modified":"2009-12-08T06:37:24","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T13:37:24","slug":"market-128-red-spider-10123379954-looking-for-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/2009\/12\/08\/market-128-red-spider-10123379954-looking-for-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Market 128: Red Spider 10123*379964 looking for action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update 12\/8\/09: <\/strong>This car is back in play, this time at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dearbornclassiccars.com\/Inventory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dearborn Classic Cars <\/a>for $23,995.  It has supposedly been gone through by an Alfa expert near the seller and needs nothing except a new home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/b245d69970e2418390f1c08c91906ee4_1600x1200.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5660\" title=\"alfa spider 379964 front\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/b245d69970e2418390f1c08c91906ee4_1600x1200.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/b245d69970e2418390f1c08c91906ee4_1600x1200.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/b245d69970e2418390f1c08c91906ee4_1600x1200.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>Color is a little better this time around.  Still looks like a pretty good car.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/224f1ee6bc7e4f09850ec936c634a097_1600x1200.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5661\" title=\"alfa spider 379964 side\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/224f1ee6bc7e4f09850ec936c634a097_1600x1200.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/224f1ee6bc7e4f09850ec936c634a097_1600x1200.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/224f1ee6bc7e4f09850ec936c634a097_1600x1200.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>Unremarkable, sits about right.  Door lines are invisible but I would expect that from such a low res. picture.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 7\/9\/09:<\/strong> 7 days and 36 bids later this car sold for $14,500.  I am going to say well bought unless it arrives as a bondoed over rust bucket, which it doesn&#8217;t really look like.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Giulia Spider 1600 10123*379964.<\/strong> This <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/ebaymotors\/Alfa-Romeo-Spider-Classic-Alfa_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ65Q3a10Q7c39Q3a1QQ_trksidZp4506Q2ec0Q2em245QQhashZitem41471ec8c9QQitemZ280366074057QQptZUSQ5fCarsQ5fTrucksQQsalenotsupported\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">red Spider is on eBay <\/a>right now and being sold out of Willits Ca, about 2 hours north of the Bay Area.  Pictures, description etc is minimal so I presume they are hoping to drum up some local interest.  Looks like a decent car, hopefully they are not looking for $50K or someother unrealistic amount.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/bvkekrqwkkgrhgoh-d0ejlllyn79bkremlsg_11.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4146\" title=\"379954 nose\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/bvkekrqwkkgrhgoh-d0ejlllyn79bkremlsg_11.jpeg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C198\" alt=\"379954 nose\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/bvkekrqwkkgrhgoh-d0ejlllyn79bkremlsg_11.jpeg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/bvkekrqwkkgrhgoh-d0ejlllyn79bkremlsg_11.jpeg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>Not too bad for a poor quality picture.  It&#8217;s all there, it all works together pretty well and it&#8217;s  resale red.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/bvkegzqcgkkgrhgoh-dgejlll0b6bkrel2ev0g_1.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4143\" title=\"379954 front corner\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/bvkegzqcgkkgrhgoh-dgejlll0b6bkrel2ev0g_1.jpeg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C198\" alt=\"379954 front corner\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/bvkegzqcgkkgrhgoh-dgejlll0b6bkrel2ev0g_1.jpeg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/bvkegzqcgkkgrhgoh-dgejlll0b6bkrel2ev0g_1.jpeg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>It&#8217;s hard to say much about a car given such small low-resolution pictures.  I&#8217;m still trying to place these mirrors, they sort of look like the later trapezoid Vitaloni&#8217;s but then again they might be from anywhere.  Door shut line looks so good I can&#8217;t see it!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/bvkeho2kkgrhgoh-cyejlll9odtbkrel-e9tw_1.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4144\" title=\"379954 rear corner\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/bvkeho2kkgrhgoh-cyejlll9odtbkrel-e9tw_1.jpeg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C198\" alt=\"379954 rear corner\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/bvkeho2kkgrhgoh-cyejlll9odtbkrel-e9tw_1.jpeg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/bvkeho2kkgrhgoh-cyejlll9odtbkrel-e9tw_1.jpeg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>Willits is in Northern California rain country.  I would want to see lots of candid shots of this car before I declared it restored.  This is not an uncommon area for simple bad paint prep to manifest itself thoguh.  Everything else looks good.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/bvkeiib2kkgrhgoh-euejllluugbkremj003g_1.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4145\" title=\"379954 engine\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/bvkeiib2kkgrhgoh-euejllluugbkremj003g_1.jpeg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C198\" alt=\"379954 engine\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/bvkeiib2kkgrhgoh-euejllluugbkremj003g_1.jpeg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/bvkeiib2kkgrhgoh-euejllluugbkremj003g_1.jpeg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>That air cleaner looks like the one I am running on the Sprint.  I call it huckle-buck, they call it restored.  Is that valve cover painted a copper color?  Actually overall doesn&#8217;t look too bad.  I don&#8217;t see any signs of lazy paint prep although the underhood blanket doesn&#8217;t seem to be tucked in very well.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not too bad a car but what a waste of money putting an auction up with so little information.  There&#8217;s no charge for extra words and compared to the final value fee and insertion fee, a dozen or two pictures are a cheap investment.  $14,000?  Next!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.com\/2008\/07\/29\/market-34-barn-find-giulia-spider-normale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Worse comparable red 1600 Spider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.com\/2009\/05\/29\/market-121-a-tale-of-3-red-1600-spiders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trio of comparable red 1600 Spiders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.com\/2009\/06\/26\/market-126-giulia-spider-375817-nice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Better red 1600 Spider<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update 12\/8\/09: This car is back in play, this time at Dearborn Classic Cars for $23,995. It has supposedly been gone through by an Alfa expert near the seller and needs nothing except a new home. Color is a little better this time around. Still looks like a pretty good car. Unremarkable, sits about right. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/2009\/12\/08\/market-128-red-spider-10123379954-looking-for-action\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Market 128: Red Spider 10123*379964 looking for action&#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":[42,7,30],"tags":[103,114,118],"class_list":["post-4141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-101s","category-giulietta-giulia-market","category-spider-normales","tag-alfa-romeo","tag-cars","tag-classic-cars"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4141","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=4141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}