Giulietta Sprint Veloce 750E 1493*02159, 1315*30114, *77*101*. This car is available now out of Germany. Price is available on request which means it’s expensive, and the seller knows what they are selling. This car is said to have been restored in the late 1980’s in Italy with Maurizio Tabucchi (yes, the same guy who co-authored the book I quote in almost every post) giving input on originality, and / or perhaps even owning it for some time.
It’s important to realize that this is not *just* a Veloce. It’s a Veloce when Veloce actually meant something really really (really) special – they were made to race, not give buyers a performance option they would seldom tap. SVA’s are generally regarded as somewhat homologous through their 600 – 610 unit production, but really the evolution that resulted in the SV Confortevole started after perhaps 200 cars being produced. Magnesium became aluminum etc. It would be interesting to see a scholarly work analyzing car to car changes, but at this point the cars are all largely restored to the capricious tastes of rich owners, and even in the cars youth, parts were swapped around feverishly in pursuit of Targa Florio mountain climb advantages etc. The parts book is thorough to a fault in a general way, but with the Veloce’s it just couldn’t capture the nuance of car to car production. Even a car like this which appears to be very original, likely hides some liberties taken for performance or expedience when it was restored.
Yes, I am saying I really like this car.
This color -typically called Francia (French) Blue, seems to be quite popular for the Sprint Veloce Alleggerita – especially the early ones for some reason. d’Amico and Tabucchi list available colors for these as: Alfa Red, Gardenia White, Iseo Blue and Black – not sure why Francia blue is not included. Headlight trims, grill eyebrows, bumpers and other assorted trim were in aluminum on these cars, as were the hood, doors and trunk. Overall weight savings from these and other changes was around 110 kg.
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