Update 1/14/12: This car has turned up in Australia with an asking price of $32,500 or about $33,400 US. I also got a tip that it was available in Southern California, but apparently, it’s an old link. The seller from 8/2010 confirmed it’s in Australia.
You don’t see this angle often unless you or your neighbor has a Sprint and you have a second story balcony overlooking the parking area. I want a first series Sprint project. Maybe after the 750D project that’s after the Glas GT project.
Update 1/12/12: This car is still available, and currently listed on Autoscout. Thanks for the tip Elmar! Asking price is 8200 Euro’s.
Someone has a new coat of primer!
Giulietta 750B. This car is available now on Anamera out of Switzerland. No vin is stated, so if any of you happen to find out what it is, let me know, and get me some better pictures while you’re at it! Price is 92,000 Swiss Franc’s, about $96,500 (didn’t realize the USD and CHF were so close). Car is in Iseo blue, with small headlights, and looks to have been restored to the highest standard. Alex, paint your SVC this color!
Restoration skills? Yes! Photography Skills? No! Headlights are definitely the early smaller type. I have read that the windshield on the very early ones is a slightly different shape at the top. This color is a little butterier than the Spider in market 363.
Update 1/12/12: I have it on good word that this car has been sold.
Update 1/7/12: The time they are a changin’ for our favorite little coupe. Just 18 months ago this 750B Sprint 08689 struggled to reach $25,000 on eBay, and now, today it is listed for $64,500 by Fantasy Junction with a big ‘Sale Pending’ sign under it. It looks amazing in the photos, and with a two liter engine should be a blast to drive, but this price for an Abnormale? I guess.
A little wide in the stance with these wire wheels. Attention to detail is impressive, as is the coat of shine.
Giulietta Sprint 1300 10102*385833. This car is available now from Luzzago in Roncadella, Brescia. Color combo on this one is one of my favorites, the condition is very good, and the asking price is 25,000 Euro -about $32,500 at the time of writing. This car is one of the last few Giulietta’s made -production ending at 386000.
I see this blue on a lot of 2600 Sprints, 105 GT’s, TI’s and Supers. I might have to paint the Glas this color. This all looks impeccable.
Giulietta Sprint 10102*350182. This car is listed on Anamera and is available now out of the Netherlands. It is described as a good runner/driver that needs some detail work to make it perfect. Price is 19,500 Euro’s, a little less than $25,500 at the time of writing.
Car was imported from the USA in 1992 and repainted then. Looks pretty good. Suspension is a little high in the front. Wears original white Carello turn signal lenses.
Update 12/14/11: 34 bids were placed, but the car failed to sell for $15,000. Rightfully so. Makes me wonder about where the best place to market this car is.
Giulietta Sprint 10102 1493*24148. Out of Southport CT comes this Sprint racer via eBay. It has been listed a few times before but I don’t remember how much it got to without selling. Car looks to have been imported from Italy. This kind of set up seems like it should command some sort of premium, but with tastes seeming to favor restorations or originality these days, this will probably sell for less than you’d imagine.
Cool stuff. Body and paint do look very nice. Looks like a street car with stickers and driving lights -speaking of which the left driving light is set up to make a pool of light a few feet in front of the car -needs adjustment.
Update 11/26/11: I got some more pictures from the seller. The trunk rust situation is worse than I expected -not horrible -just needing attention. Still, it could be a good deal for the money. Throw them an offer -it may stick.
This could be patched, but replacement would be cleaner. Not the biggest job in the world and not really a sign that the rest of the car is rusty. My Sprint had it’s trunk floor replaced and you’d be hard pressed to find rust anywhere else on it.
Update 11/12/11: Seller has received some interest but it’s still available. $13,000 obo?
Giulietta Sprint 10105*21453. This car is available right now out of Southern California for $14,000 obo. It is fairly original, with blue paint over original white and original drivetrain. Interior is decent but the seats are not original. There is a tiny bit of rust in the trunk battery corner and in the corner of the rear windshield, but nothing unusual or terminal. If you’re in California and looking for a very good car to fix up as a driver project -this is your car.
A better shade of blue than the preceding SS. Car looks straight and solid here -you may get away with a quick respray of the nose and tail. I’d make it mechanically sound and drive it as is.
Update 10/08/11: Sold for $3748. A great deal for someone who doesn’t mind parting them out.
Of note is this Giulietta Sprint on eBay, sold as a companion to a 67 GTV. Pictures/description etc are basically useless, but if you’re in the neighborhood you may get what turns out to be a decent Sprint for a bargain.
It’s a Sprint. It has European marker lights. It has glass. Missing hood. Moderately rusty. With Sprints bringing the money they are these days and lots of cars being restored, a chunk of change could be made taking this car apart if it proves too rusty.
Update 9/22/11:In Portugal, with Vent window -this Sprint is back on eBay.
I think I would take fresh pictures rather than reuse these close to 2 year olds…
Update 7/1/10: No sale last time I suppose. Now on eBay again… better $20K? Doubtful.
Update 6/24/10: Auction ended at $22,850, reserve met. Not such a bad deal when you consider it wouldn’t wouldn’t be too hard to turn it into a nice car with a nearly unique feature in the vent window.
Update 6/10/10: This car has made its way to ebay and the seller has listed the vin number -1493*08477, so I now have another to add to the register. Condition is described as ‘restored to like new’ but it’s not… incorrect driver restoration is more like it. The kind of car that gets bid up to just under $20K. Vent window is still a neat thing though.
Original post March 3, 2010: Giulietta Sprint. I found this car on a Japanese classic car site and it’s available out of Portugal for just under $33,000. A Portugese car on a Japanese website makes perfect sense really -the Japanese are highly refined in their car collecting and own a disproportionate number of interesting Italian cars, many Giuliettas among them. Why not market directly to the money?
Looking back over the last few weeks I’ve been trending toward more international market entries (among the posts about welding on the SS). What’s up you ask? Well, there aren’t many Giuliettas for sale in the US right now. Must be the weather!
The body and paint on this car is really pretty nice, panels fit well, trim embellishes as intended, not much to complain about to be seen. A careful viewer of the above picture will note a rare feature.
Update 9/15/11: A note from the seller: “Actually I did quite a lot to the car since I bought it from the man in Savannah GA who offered it on ebay. That was about 30 months ago. Paint was carefully hand cleaned, hand clayed, hand polished and waxed. Carpet was replaced with custom colored wool woven plush material, of very tight linear weave. Engine bay was extensively cleaned and detailed. Original Lodge spark plugs and Cavis wires installed. Original air cleaner canister was refinished and re-installed with an adaptor to the dual barrel Weber. Engine was fine tuned and a complete new centerline exhaust system was installed by Mike Besic. Brake system was completely fine tuned. Five new Pirelli Cinturatos installed. Interior was cleaned and extensively detailed. Trunk was extensively cleaned and detailed. Fog lights were replaced with Carrellos. It all seemed like a good idea at the time, and then the 1958 Veloce Confortavole came along last Spring. I actually took the 1960 Sprint and 1969 Duetto to the Concorso Italiano last August. That’s where the buyer saw it for the first time. He drove it the following week at Fantasy Junction. Car sold yesterday. Five days after Fantasy Junction offered it on their website.”
Maybe I didn’t ask enough.”
Update 9/14/11: First -I had to really dig to find this old post. I’ve been at it a while now it seems. Champagne all around! Okay, wishful thinking aside -this car is now available from my frequently frequented, frequently well stocked with frequently above average -in this case way above average cars, Fantasy Junction. Asking price is an inspiring $49,500. Yep. “Sale Pending” the website says. Mines parked on the street in Oakland California with the windows open. Heh!
My car looks almost this good from space on a rainy day before they fixed the Hubble lenses. That’s a nice car!
Update 9/5/11: Wow, $25,800 is pretty serious for this car. Ummm, maybe I should stop driving mine every day? Nah.
Giulietta Sprint 10105 1493*21083. This car is on eBay right now out of Temecula in southern California. Car wears its original California black plate but none of the originality usually associate with a black plate car. A lot of difficult to source trim is missing, engine is incorrect, interior is mostly wrong components with incorrect finish among other things. It runs and drives (yay) but will require a lot to be original. Would make a great beginning for a CSRG or other vintage racing group car. Looks nice though.
Don’t get me wrong, it is a nice looking example. Sprints are good cars, this example would bring a smile to your face every time you drove it. I don’t mind the lack of badges, bumpers or hubcaps, but the trim that runs along the top of the rockers is necessary to the shape.
