• Seller: erik g ebhard
• Location: Hesperia, California
• Mileage: 1,111 Shown
• Chassis #: 1493 21410
• Title Status: Clean
• Engine: 1300
• Transmission: 4-Speed Manual

While taking on an unfinished vehicle restoration project can seem daunting, having one that’ll make you proud when it’s completed, along with the joy of displaying it at car shows, will make it worth the effort., especially if a lot of the hard work has already been done, and that’s the case with this gorgeous 1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint. The seller has it listed here on Barn Finds!

A halo car for almost anyone’s collection, this 1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint has already undergone extensive restoration work. The seller bought it two decades ago as a white car, and they wanted to bring it back to its original shade of red, so a lot of work has already been done. After having been in several restoration shops, bodywork and paint were finally completed two or three years ago, and it’s been in storage since.

71 years ago, in 1954, Alfa-Romeo introduced the smaller, Bertone-designed Giulietta 2+2 Coupe at the Turin Motor Show. It was quite a change from their bigger pre-war cars. A year later, a four-door Berlina sedan joined the family, followed by the Giulietta Spider, designed by Pinin Farina. Other special models included a higher-performance Sprint Veloce and Spider Veloce, along with a stunning Giulietta Speciale.

The seller has included dozens of photos of this car before, during, and after restoration has begun, along with photos of extra parts and a harrowing and, sadly, often-heard story about how some parts went missing from various body shops over the years. For example, they say the original door panels are missing, but replacements are available. The engine, which can be heard running in a seller-provided video, and transmission are being stored at an Alfa-Romeo specialty shop in Orange, California. This car is ready to be assembled!

The Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint was made from 1954 through 1962, and seeing one at a Hemmings Concours event a few years ago was fun. I sat at a table with a gentleman from upstate New York who drove his yellow Giulietta Sprint down to Saratoga Springs, NY for the show, and it was fun to chat with him about the car. Seeing him clean off the bugs before the show the next morning was a treat; these are cars made for driving and showing, they aren’t just trailer queens.

Here’s a photo of the restoration showing the engine (# AR00102 30874) wrapped in plastic before it was stored to finish the rest of the body and paint. It’s an Alfa Romeo alloy 1,290-cc DOHC inline-four that was factory-rated at 80 horsepower and 80 lb-ft of torque when new. Backed by a four-speed manual sending power to the rear wheels, this would be a fantastic project for anyone interested in post-war Alfa Romeos. There are some Alfa experts in the Barn Finds family of readers, so please fill in any blanks that I missed on this gorgeous Giulietta Sprint, and then get your offers in! 

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