The Spider was the roadster version of the Alfa Romeo Giulia, built in Italy from 1962 to 1966. Some 9,000 of the 2-seat 1600-cc sports cars were assembled – with many of them landing in export markets like the U.S. This rough 1963 edition looks to have been in a storage unit for 28 years and is not complete. It also doesn’t have a title, likely disappearing sometime after 1996.
Back in the day, this Spider was perhaps a handsome machine with its glossy black paint and matching interior. While the Giulia sedans had a 1.3-liter engine, the Spider’s was larger and produced 91 hp in a fairly light package. We’re told this Spider has its original engine and manual transmission though neither has been engaged in a very long time.
Given its plight, the Alfa Romeo has limited rust and some little dents. And a variety of its parts are missing, including the grille, trim and some dashboard pieces. The convertible top is said to be gone but does not mean worn out or literally missing? We’re told the seats are original as are the stock wheels. The seller refers to this as a “great summer project” but more than one Summer is going to be needed to restore this vehicle.
We’re guessing someone opened Grandpa’s storage unit and found an old car inside (hence the lack of a title). But the seller can probably fill in some of the details. The once-classy car is in Fontana, California, and is available here on craigslist for $15,000 OBO, no trades. Is this a project you’d undertake a restoration upon?
Had a friend DECADES ago that bought a similar Spider. You could put your fist through the holes in the chassis. Or, at least we could after the body separated from the frame on a test run.
When running away from a car, its much easier if the car folded down, onto the pavement…
Suggest running away again. Unless you need parts.
Looks like the ’57 a friend had found with more rust than paint. It was headed to the wrecking yard but I snatched the steering wheel off of it and used it as a wall ornament for 40 years with a Porsche horn button in it. Couple years ago sold it to a west coast Alfa restorer for $800. I’d guess that’s what you could do with this thing but not after paying the asking price. Don’t see $800 worth of anything on it except for the steering wheel.
$15,000 clearly ” California Dreaming” I’ve owned over 15 of these 750 and 101 Alfas and this one looks marginal at best.
I’ve seen worse. Just a small correction to the writeup. The Giulia sedan was first introduced with the same 1.6-liter engine powering this Spider. Only later was the smaller 1.3-liter engine “economy” version introduced.
Last year a mint 1963 Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider sold at auction at Gooding & co. for $80,640.00. This was at the Amelia Island auctions.
The single carburetor means it’s a Normale, not the rarer and more valuable Veloce, which had dual Webers, etc. Big difference in prices. Here, everything depends on how serious the rust is. You can buy a very nice one, ready to enjoy, for $50K or less.
Surprise today. 3 of the finds are the cars of 5 or 6 that I drove on the same day years ago.
I drove A late model low mileage Spridget, a 356, Daimler SP250, Alfa Guilia and a couple others were all about $1k in 1970.
Spridget was too small.
356 sounded like a Beetle and it was hot in Riverside, CA.
Hemi in the Daimler was neat but from every angle it was too ugly.
I took the Alfa and left the others on the lot.
Seems a bit overpriced for what you get