{"id":7676,"date":"2012-01-14T12:01:07","date_gmt":"2012-01-14T19:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/giuliettas.com\/?p=7676"},"modified":"2012-01-14T12:01:07","modified_gmt":"2012-01-14T19:01:07","slug":"market-242-small-headlight-sprint-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/2012\/01\/14\/market-242-small-headlight-sprint-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Market 243: Small headlight Sprint 01682 in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update 1\/14\/12:\u00a0 <\/strong>This car has turned up in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldtimeraustralia.com\/wp_car_dealer\/1956-alfa-romeo-giulietta-sprint-coupe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australia<\/a> with an asking price of $32,500 or about $33,400 US.\u00a0 I also got a tip that it was available in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bibarestorations.com\/56AlfaSprintNormale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Southern California<\/a>, but apparently, it&#8217;s an old link.\u00a0 The seller from 8\/2010 confirmed it&#8217;s in Australia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/img_8551-small-800x600.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10319\" title=\"IMG_8551-small-800x600\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/img_8551-small-800x600.jpg?resize=525%2C394\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>You don&#8217;t see this angle often unless you or your neighbor has a Sprint and you have a second story balcony overlooking the parking area.\u00a0 I want a first series Sprint project.\u00a0 Maybe after the 750D project that&#8217;s after the Glas GT project.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><!--more--><strong>Original post 8\/9\/10: Giulietta Sprint 750B 1493*<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/26218757@N06\/sets\/72157624660574332\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">01682<\/a>, 1315*01758. Body # 651655.<\/strong> This car is <a href=\"http:\/\/alfriends.blog112.fc2.com\/blog-entry-17.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">available right now out of Japan<\/a> for $22,000.\u00a0 A pretty good deal for a numbers matching small headlight early car.\u00a0 This car has the rare &#8216;rolled lip&#8217; style early rims and was converted to floor shift from column shift -which supports my theory that column shift was common if not the norm in the early cars.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/getta01682a4.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7679\" title=\"getta01682a4\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/getta01682a4.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/getta01682a4.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/getta01682a4.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>Amazing how similar and yet different the small headlight cars appear compared to the later cars.\u00a0 Makes it look bigger than it is.\u00a0 This looks like a nice solid<\/strong> <strong>car with good shut lines and accident free bodywork.\u00a0 The small headlight components are hard to find.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/getta01682c.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7680\" title=\"getta01682c\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/getta01682c.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/getta01682c.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/getta01682c.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>License plate is California black style.\u00a0\u00a0 Trunk shut line looks great.\u00a0 I prefer the rear end on this series Sprint without the big lip around its waist.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/getta01682e.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7681\" title=\"getta01682e\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/getta01682e.jpg?w=225&#038;resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/getta01682e.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/getta01682e.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>I see some surface rust but all in all the floor looks solid.\u00a0 Door panel looks original, would be nice to keep it in service.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/getta01682g.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7682\" title=\"getta01682g\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/getta01682g.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/getta01682g.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/getta01682g.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The famed &#8216;rolled lip&#8217; style early rims which were discontinued because they were more expensive to manufacture and had the potential to rust from the inside out.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/2d9626d9d3.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7677\" title=\"2d9626d9d3\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/2d9626d9d3.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/2d9626d9d3.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/2d9626d9d3.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Gauges look great. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/getta01682i2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7683\" title=\"getta01682i2\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/getta01682i2.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C152\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/getta01682i2.jpg?w=639&amp;ssl=1 639w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/getta01682i2.jpg?resize=300%2C153&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>No way to confuse this with any other car now.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>$22,000 is not a bad deal at all for this car.\u00a0 The celeste example out of Britain is quite expensive and I think these very early small headlight cars will overtake series 2 Veloce&#8217;s in value eventually.\u00a0 How much is shipping from Japan anyway?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update 1\/14\/12:\u00a0 This car has turned up in Australia with an asking price of $32,500 or about $33,400 US.\u00a0 I also got a tip that it was available in Southern California, but apparently, it&#8217;s an old link.\u00a0 The seller from 8\/2010 confirmed it&#8217;s in Australia. You don&#8217;t see this angle often unless you or your &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/2012\/01\/14\/market-242-small-headlight-sprint-in-japan\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Market 243: Small headlight Sprint 01682 in Australia&#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":[65,7,22,32],"tags":[103,114,118,168],"class_list":["post-7676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-750b","category-giulietta-giulia-market","category-project-cars","category-sprint-normales","tag-alfa-romeo","tag-cars","tag-classic-cars","tag-sprint"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7676","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=7676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}