I recently opined about the creation of Stellantis, the new holding company for FCA (Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram, Fiat, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, and Lancia) and PSA (Citroen, Peugeot, Opel, and Vauxhall). Supposedly, the new company will maintain all of its brands but that seems, ultimately unlikely. It is easy to imagine that there will be a push to cover the $50+B investment cost and expense cutting is usually job-one in a “merger” of this nature. Who will stay and who will go? Fun to speculate but impossible to know, for now, with any certainty. With that thought in mind, let’s examine an older version of one of FCA’s mainstays, Alfa Romeo and its 1960 Giulietta Spider. This two-seater is located in Rohrersville, Maryland and is available, here on Facebook Marketplace for $3,900. Thanks to Chuck F. for this tip!

The seller refers to this Alfa Romeo as a Giulia but it looks like a Giulietta Spider to my eyes. With 177K  units produced between 1954 and 1965, the Alfa Romeo Giulietta was offered in a 2+2 coupe, four-door sedan and the Pinin Farina designed Spider. The Giulia, a model produced today, wasn’t introduced until 1962 and was offered in four-door body styles through 1978, discontinued and then revived later on. Having the model name incorrectly listed and asking the question, “Would like to know what a reasonable price would be for this 1960 obviously restoration project Alpha (sic)” indicates that this is probably a found car being flipped.

So what do we have here? Not a lot to work with, serious rust, missing trim, and a body that looks to be precariously perched over its unibody platform; note the position of the rear right wheel to the wheel opening in the lead image. The other images present a car that has been, at best, stored outside, maybe under a cover, for some length of time.  The passenger compartment floors are pretty well ventilated, you can see that some semblance of a repair has been affected, but it’s the same story with the trunk. Overall integrity is not going to be this Giulietta’s strong suit.

The engine, which clearly hasn’t turned a lick in many moons, is a 1.3 liter, in-line, four-cylinder that would have been good for 80 HP in original state and tune. Being of a DOHC design, the engine was probably impressive-sounding and had a nice power-band that would have moved this 1,900 lb. Spider with alacrity. Obviously, the air cleaner assembly is missing and probably a lot of other stuff too. A four-speed manual transmission puts the power to the rear wheels.

The interior is a what-you-see-is-what-you-get arrangement –  essentially, a steering wheel and a gearshift and that’s about it. This is a tough one because, besides the obvious missing components like the seats, instruments, wiring, and door cards, there is the entire matter of the floors – lots to contend with. What about a convertible top you ask? Fuggedaboutit.

Alfa Romeo has made some truly fine “driver’s cars” over their 111 years of storied auto manufacturing. Hopefully, they will continue to be an important, if niche component of Stellantis. As nice as it would be to bring this vintage Alfa back from its near-death existence, it may be too far gone. What do you think, thumbs up or thumbs down?