March 5, 2010
Giulia Spider 1600 10123*392337, 00112*15937. As usual Bring a Trailer has the drop on a cool car and have brought it to market exclusive style, this time in the form of this very late Giulia Spider. It’s located in the San Francisco Bay Area and looks to be a pretty nice example. $34,000 must be spent to own it, -top of the private seller market, which means it must be test driven and inspected in person -rather the opposite of a chore.
Nice car in a nice setting. These late Spiders are solid reliable and fun, so where better to drive it than among the vines. Mirrors are a little more forward than usual. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Matt
March 4, 2010
Giulietta TI 10129*220464. This car is available right now on eBay.it. Condition is superbly original and the color combination is spectacular. At 11,500 Euros or about $15,500 it is at the top of the market for these cars, but I think you’ll agree it deserves it once you look carefully at the pictures. Car is listed as being in Caltagirone -must be near Padua judging by the plates.
Great color! Trim and hood fit is great. Everything has a nice even patina. Too bad it’s $2000 worth of transport away.
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Posted by Matt
February 18, 2010
Giulietta TI 10109*00595. This right hand drive or guida destra as the Italians say, is available right now through Vintage Customs in Washington. Vintage Customs is Daron’s shop where a lot of Alfa’s (and other contemporaries) go to have rust repaired, get restored or be prepped for racing -check out some of the projects they have posted on their website while you’re there, neat stuff!
I like the color, I like the originality, I like the shine on the trim and well, there’s nothing I don’t like. A very handsome car!
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Posted by Matt
December 8, 2009
Update 12/17/09: With 19 questions asked including: “Could you tell me the reserve?” to which the reply was “…..yes.” and lots of “How much right now?’ variations, 6 seller added description updates and 29 bids placed this car sold for $50,000 even. If this was an SS and it was in this condition it would be $30 – $35,000, heck, if it was a lightweight Sprint Veloce it would probably only bring about $75 – 90,000.
This represents a change for the fortunes of the early Giulietta Spider Veloce. Just last Spring near sibling 1495*04358 in nicely restored condition sold for $1 less than this, and last months $44,000 result for 1495*05063 are proof. Considering the numbers produced, attrition and the percentage of survivors that are no longer original matching numbers cars, these originals can only go up in price.
Giulietta Spider Veloce 1495*04351, 1315*31400. This car is on eBay right now out of Michigan. d&T lists this car in mid-1958 production among a run of about a dozen sequencial Spider Veloces. This car reeks of patina and it would be a shame to undo the years by redoing everything, but classic cars have not yet, and may never catch up to ‘regular’ antiques like 19th century furniture where refinishing a piece destroys 90% of the value. There are obvious limits to this where vehicles are concerned, function being paramount, but a car like this deserves to be let show its age. I guarantee that someday patina will be valued over refinish, because if for no other reason, it will be the rarest state. Repaint a deteriorated repaint? Tough call, would have to see in person.
Front is pretty nice for an unrestored car. All the trim is in good shape and the paint has a nice warm ‘I’ve been here for ages’ look. The seller indicates it needs paint because the paint on it is a lacquer repaint that is peeling. I like.
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Posted by Matt
October 14, 2009
Update 10/20/09: 28 bidders resulted in a seling price of $13,500. This is very low for this car. A competitive 1300 engine alone is close to $10K to build. I wish I wasn’t paring down myself or I would have jumped in! Another Giulietta heads for Germany.
Update 10/14/09: This car is back on eBay. Previous buyer and now seller has a pretty comprehensive description and you now know exactly what you are getting. If nothing else, the auction is worth a visit to see some vintage pictures of it in action. I wonder what has been done to the engine? Cams? Big valves? Look for a solid end price this time.
Looks like fun. These cars look good with no grill trims at all.
It’s hard to put a price on proven track time. This car seems to have it. I want a race car!
Giulietta Spider Race Car 10103 1495*11341. This car was on eBay briefly last week and ended BUY IT NOW on 5/22/09 for $12,000. Someone got an amazing deal or ripped off and I suspect the latter. If you know this car drop me a line.
Good color, great panel fit, very nice trim condition.
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Posted by Matt
July 21, 2009
Update 7/24/09: Sold for $15,530 after 37 bids were placed. If this car is as good or better than it looks this was well bought.
Giulietta Spider 10103 1495*09766. This Spider is on eBay right now out of Novato California, just north of San Francisco. It wears Washington license plates so it hasn’t been in the area long. I say baby blue rather than Celeste since it looks a little less sky and more boys baby blanket to my eyes.
There is no hood strip but the little 4 inch hood strip continuation piece is still between the hood hinges. I like the no grill eyebrows look and will probably go for this look with my Spider. Bumper overriders or ‘tusks’ are missing. All things considered, the car looks good. Note the poodle in the passenger seat. Dog smell is included at no extra charge.
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Posted by Matt
July 20, 2009
Giulia Sprint 10112*353213. This car is currently on eBay out of Belmont California. It still wears it’s original black plates and looks to be a well cared for original rather than a restored car. I like! Notice also that it’s serial number is one before this car, another San Francisco Bay Area Sprint. Opening bid is at the desired sale price of $27,000.
Trim looks great and fits very well. The paint seems to be shiney and it just looks right.
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Posted by Matt
June 17, 2009
Update 6/17/09: “The seller ended this listing early to sell to the high bidder(s) at current bid price.” 50 bids, $25,300 and the seller ended early to sell to the current high bidder. I guess eBay has figured out that there was no way they could keep this from happening so they have embraced the off auction sale. $25k for this car is about right in my opinion.
Giulia Spider Veloce 10118*390214, engine 00121*01727. This car is available out of Southern California on eBay and includes the rare Pininfarina factory steel hardtop. Auction description is lengthy and included at the end. Seller states the car is a 1965 and no doubt that is what the title says, but d&T and Fusi both indicate it was manufactured in 1964.
This is how you find them and when you are very lucky you are the first one to find them and get a very good deal. I don’t think I would do much to this car at this point, just make it safe and clean. By the shape of the ovals in the wheels these are Borrani’s. There late Veloce’s seem to always have these wheels.
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Posted by Matt
March 29, 2009
Update 3/31/09: Auction ended at $32,299 with 32 bids. This is strong money and reaffirms that SS’s are sought after right now. If the new owner is happy with the cosmetic condition and drops it off at a shop to be made to run and drive they will probabkly be $50K into it when they take their first test drive. They will be pushing $60K if they decide the two-tone paint needs to be rectified. The DIY home mechanic could probably see this on the road for about $40K out of pocket. The white SS that was on eBay recently is looking better when all this is considered.
Update 3/29/09: A kind reader took some pictures when he went to see it in person. He reported that it needs more work than he thought it would before seeing it and that the paint was not as good as it looks in the pictures. Still, this is one of the better SS projects to show up in a while. Spy shots here.
Giulia Sprint Speciale 10121*381357, no engine number stated, but said to be original. Available right now on eBay out of La Habra Ca is this 1965 SS. Seller says it’s a 1966 but it was (according to Fusi and d&T) made in 1965, the year production ceased at car number 381399. The two tone treatment is reminiscent in my opinion to that seen on some Lotus Elites. Some assembly required.
This is a great angle for SS’s. I like the two-tone treatment, but would consider painting the roof to match the body color.
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Posted by Matt
March 27, 2009
The careful reader will know that the 101 is for the number of Market reports I’ve written. I suppose the same reader could guess that 200 is the total number of posts I’ve written for this blog. 603 is the most page views I’ve had in a day, there is no average to be seen, but I would guess around 275. 72,434 is my total visitors, doubtful if they are unique.
What good have I done? Not sure. I’ve been tempted to write a market wrap up but that sounds like a lot of work, maybe at the end of a year. I have this crazy idea that I could develop a Giulietta value calulator based on actual sale prices now that I have a pretty good catalog of auction results. I’ve gotten a lot of work done on my Sprint, enjoyed the daily commute company of a fine Berlina and gathered a lot of good parts for my SS project. Through all these I’ve had you here to keep me honest and on track. Thanks!
Oh, and check out my new ‘Production and Register’ page. I think the format has stabilized now that I have accepted it has to be edited in HTML. If your car’s not there drop me a line!
Random period SS photo to fulfill be word-to-photo quota.
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Posted by Matt
March 23, 2009
Giulietta Sprint 750B 1493*01149, Engine 1315*01110 (I think). This car is one of the earlier Sprints I’ve seen come up for sale and is available now on Anamera for 50,000 Pounds Sterling. This car is well known to Alfa enthusiasts in Europe, having been displayed in shows and driven on events there by the seller. A friend who owns several Sprints (early, late, veloce etc) said he wouldn’t hesistate to lay out the cash if he could afford it. He says that this car is as good in person as the pictures and has been warmed up so that it really goes.
The car at speed. Note the wire wheels. Stunning, and I even like the color.
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Posted by Matt
January 13, 2009
1/30/09 update: If eBay closed stats be believed, this car sold with 1 bid for $40,000. What do you think, any intrepid readers care to comment?
Giulietta Spider 750D 1495*04904, Engine 1315*44211. This car is on eBay right now out of Waltham Ma. Car is said to have had a comprehensive rebuild but the paint and trim is original. Starting bid is $39,900 reserve not met and the car has a $42,500 buy it now price. This car will appeal to a certain kind of buyer, like me, who likes to use their old cars and prefers originality at the expense of a few warts, but unfortunately this kind of buyer tends to be a little tight fisted when it comes to buying cars and the asking price of this car is about what could be expected for a concours winning restored example.
This is a no nonsense car, with clean lines and presentable trim. Black with red interior is among the better color combinations for these cars. I like the early cars like this that don’t have vent windows.
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Posted by Matt
Nice car in a nice setting. These late Spiders are solid reliable and fun, so where better to drive it than among the vines. Mirrors are a little more forward than usual. Read the rest of this entry »
