Update 2/5/12: This car is doing another tour of eBay -in what will likely be a decaying series of ending prices. The last result of $6901 was pretty reasonable for a scruffy, loosely assembled project with the wrong motor.
Update 1/24/12: Close maybe, but no sale.
Update 1/28/12: 13 bids resulting in a sale price of $4550 is about right for an incomplete, rusty Spider. I wonder how many people are hoarding these kinds of cars, waiting for the day when they are all expensive -if it ever comes?
Update 1/22/12: I have said it often: you get one chance to have a really good outcome from an eBay auction, and this car is a perfect case study. Round 1: 24 bids resulting in $12,100. Round 2: 17 bids resulting in $7,789. The presence of 2 other Spider projects on eBay during the second round does change things, but they are both later 101 cars and neither is in as good restorable condition as this one. Look for Round 3: 12 bids resulting in $6,456 or, if the seller is savvy (or a reader) they will give the car a month or so, wait for a good one to sell somewhere for $70,000, take new pictures from new angles with the car cleaned up, and list it again. Or they could list it here on my site with a hard purchase price and be patient, like we had to do 10 years ago…
The day is getting close when I will have the Glas 1700 GT in a position where I can work on it, the whole thing -probably early next week. The plan was to have the parts I dragged home and those taken from the parts car ready to bolt on when it turned up. The plan is coming along -but I’m behind schedule -in part due to my getting sidetracked doing more than necessary to fix things up as evidenced by the generator below, and in part due to how long it takes to get parts from Germany. I did get the charging system together though!
This is a Bosch 6 volt generator. I had 3 to choose from to clean up and this one was the cleanest, had best bearings and the best brushes. I suppose I’ll restore the other 2 at some point and have them ready for service -it may be a Bosch, but it is a generator after all, and in my experience they are tempermental.
Update 1/15/12: This car has been loosely assembled, had new pictures taken and relisted on eBay. Seller says to call them (Daniel, 203 778 2601), that they expect to have a strong offer for it and sell it before auctions end. I hope it finished at auction so we get a sense of what a car like this is really worth.
Looks like a car now. I know it needs as much work as one all apart to restore this, but I would make it run and drive with the minimum effort first, enjoy it on the road for a few years then do a gradual nut and bolt. Too bad I don’t have a billionaire benefactor in my readership. A wonderful book about the restoration of it could be produced.
I am assuming this is all just finger tightly assembled, but at least you can see it’s all there. -except the hood latch. Would the hood have been stamped with the body number?
Laurence’s SVC has this color scheme interior, in original condition. This would look amazing if just carefully put together with what you see. Horn ring is busted.
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!
Update 1/9/12: $15,101 is the sale price after 5 bids. That’s pretty solid money.
Giulietta Spider 10104*09537. This Spider is on eBay out of New York with a starting bid of $8,000. Condition is pretty reasonable as the start of a light ‘run it as is’ type project. Seller says it doesn’t run currently and has had some floor repairs. It comes with a hardtop that is one of the made in California FiberFab (??) type. I like the license plate!
It really doesn’t look bad. It could be the basis of a decent driver without much fuss. The engines can always be made to run, but will probably require a minor overhaul. I like them without the grill ‘eyebrows’..
Update 1/4/12: Wow, $6,412!!
Giulietta Spider 750D 1495*00647. This odd-ball home-brew special is on eBay right now out of Sacramento. I am going to assume this is all reversible, and only the front end changes will present any challenge not part of routine rust repair. Title of the auction says ‘Veloce’ but 00647 is not listed as such in d’Amico & Tabucchi. If the engine is matching numbers to the body -and I believe it is based on the fuel line configuration- this is actually a pretty good first step toward early Spider ownership in project form. Me? I’d vacuum out the leaves and roll as-is to Pebble Beach -you’d turn more heads in this than an 8C 2900. If you had this car and the Market 216 car, you’d corner a dubious market.
Roof gutter definitely recalls the VW bug. Too bad they didn’t have access to a Sprint roof to work with -might have been more successful. Firewall is early Spider 750D leading me to believe more strongly that the vin is correct. Headlight openings are likely 70′s Alfa Spider sections. Engine looks remarkably complete and original.
Update 12/31/11: Sold for $30,100!
Giulietta Spider Veloce 750F 1495*02264, 1315*30740. Brad pointed out that this car just popped up on eBay out of Connecticut. As far as Spider Veloce projects goes, this car just about has it all -1957 build date, matching numbers, correct intake system including 40DCO3′s, seats with tracks, moderate rust, and overall decent completeness. It’s still a project, and as such maybe a road to ruin, but among projects, it’s not too bad.
Looks like a really good car -maybe wax it, vacuum the spiders out of the engine compartment, iron the carpets and away you go. Hood fit is really good.
Update 12/17/11: I’m still a little skeptical, but this car seems to have surfaced as a restored example in France for 32,000 Euro or $41,600. I’ve compared pictures and the drivers side mirror, gauges and shift knob look the same between both. What do you think? If it sold for $12,000, cost $2000 to get it to Europe, that leaves $27,000 to fix it up and try and make money over 18 months. If all it needed was rust repair, a respray and some catalog parts, maybe they’ll make money. I suppose it really begs the question of corners cut.
Lots of pictures to compare here.
No visual cues yet that it’s the same car.
Same wood shifter knob and yellowed tri-gauge. Neither is a rare thing. Interior looks okay -seat covers are wrong.
Other than being a lot cleaner, it could be the same engine compartment. Same radiator cap?
Update 11/11/09: This car has turned up at Steuel in the Netherlands. Price is not 11,500 Euro ($17,200 while the dollar lasts as the semi-universal currency). Let’s see, $1000 to get it across the water, add a few thou’ to it and the makings of a living can be seen. I’m surprised the hardtop wasn’t removed and sold separately.
Giulia Spider 375838 finds itself in a new country with a new language to learn and in the hands of people who have seen way worse rust.
Update 6/16/09: Amazing what can happen on eBay. This car ended at $12,200 with 22 bidders this time around. That is almost double what it reached last time with the same amount of bidders. Maybe someone really wanted the hard top! This car is in many ways not as nice as my car that I am asking $4000. I guess it’s time to put it on eBay.
Update 6/8/09: Apparently not sold, this car is once again on eBay though the seller has a different ID, not sure what that is about. Current bid is higher than the previous selling price and it’s only been on half a day. Seller has another Spider project, earlier, not as complete and a Veloce, that was listed at the same time. I think I would space the listings out if it were me, but there seems to be no shortage of Spider projects so it probably wouldn’t help.
Sorry about the lack of postings, I’ve been busy with other stuff and WordPress has been taking a LONG time to do/load anything so I get frustrated. Must be the large amount of stuff I have saved on their site.
Update 3/19/09: Car sold for $6250 with 22 bids. Probably well bought when everything is considered, especially the hard top.
Giulia Spider 1600 101.23 AR375858, Engine AR00502*15806 (Sprint GT). This little gem available on eBay right now out of Carlsbad California (near San Diego) re enforces the notion that ‘it’s always something’. Here we see a promising start with a complete car wearing very straight trim, a factory hard top, California Black Plates and a Sprint GT engine. While the engine is not original, with these ‘regular’ Spiders it doesn’t really matter so long as it runs. The something? This car is pretty rusty where it matters.
I could see just making this thing run and drive and then using it rusty bumpers (or no bumpers) and all. From this picture it looks like Carello’s chrome is longer lasting than Alfas and the grill eyebrows make me think it all should be stainless.
Giulietta Spider 750D 1495*00140, 1315*40151 (missing, now 1315*011042). This very early number 1956 Spider is available now from Classic Investments in Englewood Colorado. No price is stated.
Nose is about average for a nearly stripped to a shell Spider. Red over white over blue -how patriotic. I wonder if that medium blue is the original?
