{"id":9118,"date":"2011-06-20T09:29:08","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T16:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/giuliettas.com\/?p=9118"},"modified":"2011-06-20T09:29:08","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T16:29:08","slug":"market-316-pretty-good-spider-in-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/2011\/06\/20\/market-316-pretty-good-spider-in-houston\/","title":{"rendered":"Market 316: Pretty good Spider in Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update 6\/30\/11:<\/strong> Failed to sell for $24,500.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/screen-shot-2012-01-01-at-2-56-25-pm.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10097\" title=\"Screen shot 2012-01-01 at 2.56.25 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/screen-shot-2012-01-01-at-2-56-25-pm.png?resize=525%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Giulietta Spider 10103*<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/26218757@N06\/sets\/72157627006041528\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">169986<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong> DriverSource out of Houston Texas, who have had a few cars listed on this site over the years now has this Spider listed on<a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/ebaymotors\/1961-Alfa-Romeo-Giulietta-Spider-w-hardtop-\/290577899951?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&amp;hash=item43a7cae1af\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> eBay<\/a>.\u00a0 While it has its problems, it is a pretty good place to start Giulietta Spider ownership -as it runs, drives, stops, is complete, and doesn&#8217;t have gaping holes.\u00a0 On top of that it&#8217;s a good looking enough car that you wont feel bad using it as is until you can get a coat of original gray paint back on it (or whatever you want but I advise gray).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/6928567_7.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9119\" title=\"6928567_7\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/6928567_7.jpg?w=198&#038;resize=198%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a> <strong>Wow guys -great composition!\u00a0 The green, the red, the blue, the road, the horizon.\u00a0 Nice looking car too.<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/6928567_3.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9120\" title=\"6928567_3\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/6928567_3.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C198\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6928567_3.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6928567_3.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>Not sure why but original cars seem to ride up at the corners.\u00a0 Drop this a bit and it&#8217;ll go from Sunday poke-about to back-roads racer.\u00a0 Still looks great.<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>That said my Sprint is still an &#8216;up in the corners Sunday poke-about&#8217;.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/6928567_13.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9121\" title=\"6928567_13\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/6928567_13.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C198\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6928567_13.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6928567_13.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>This is how it happened:\u00a0 The body got a color change to make pedestrians happy because that&#8217;s who the driver wanted to impress -probably college-age female pedestrians<\/strong>.\u00a0 <strong>Door jambs, dash, trunk, undersides of lids etc all are left untouched because once you got her in the car it was again all about being seen, not whether the dash color matched the body and she probably didn&#8217;t care about the details anyway when the sun was shining and edges of a 45 mph breeze played in her hair.\u00a0 The upside is if you like gray then a quick blow-over will get you back to passing go.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/6928567_24.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9122\" title=\"6928567_24\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/6928567_24.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C198\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6928567_24.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6928567_24.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>Looking good.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/6928567_29.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9123\" title=\"6928567_29\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/6928567_29.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6928567_29.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/6928567_29.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>The last car I wrote about that had an original hard-top was a project and I commented that the car would probably sell to someone who just wanted the hard top.\u00a0 Turned out I was right.<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>What&#8217;d you do with the rest of the car John?\u00a0 My dad wants one&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/6928567_32.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9124\" title=\"6928567_32\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/6928567_32.jpg?w=198&#038;resize=198%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><strong>There will be rust.\u00a0 Not soul crushing -make you need to sit down and rethink your particular approach to dealing with the absurdity of human endeavor in the face of the brevity and no-one-cares-anywayness of life rust<\/strong>,<strong> just maybe $800 or $1200 worth of worthwhile metal work.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/6928567_37.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9125\" title=\"6928567_37\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/6928567_37.jpg?w=198&#038;resize=198%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><strong>I always think of Rudolph Valentino&#8217;s described perspective in &#8216;Celluloid Heroes&#8217; by the Kinks when looking at a shot like this.\u00a0 Looks good enough -or they rattle canned the underside with undercoating.\u00a0 One way to find out.<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/6928567_21.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9126\" title=\"6928567_21\" src=\"http:\/\/giuliettas.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/6928567_21.jpg?w=198&#038;resize=198%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><strong>More pristine -er, at least pretty well preserved gray.<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>I&#8217;m supposed to get my original Solex carb back from George Dolak soon to put on my Sprint and then I can put the original air box back on.\u00a0 Will look a bit like this.<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is not the nicest Spider but it is a very good place to start and what it needs to be a nice car is not as difficult as a lot of projects I see roll through these pages.\u00a0 Go for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update 6\/30\/11: Failed to sell for $24,500. Giulietta Spider 10103*169986.\u00a0 DriverSource out of Houston Texas, who have had a few cars listed on this site over the years now has this Spider listed on eBay.\u00a0 While it has its problems, it is a pretty good place to start Giulietta Spider ownership -as it runs, drives, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/2011\/06\/20\/market-316-pretty-good-spider-in-houston\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Market 316: Pretty good Spider in Houston&#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":[42,59,7,30],"tags":[103,118,165],"class_list":["post-9118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-101s","category-2011-markets","category-giulietta-giulia-market","category-spider-normales","tag-alfa-romeo","tag-classic-cars","tag-spider"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9118","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=9118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}