Could this be the world’s worst Alfa Spider being sold as a complete car? Quite possibly, according to the seller who has listed the car here on eBay and obviously has a sense of humor. The “car” is located in Dallas, Texas and carries a buy it now price of $9,500. You read that correctly.
To quote the seller: “This is probably the worlds worst Giulia spider, it was stored outside for many, many years and basically broke in half when we moved it. It’s almost totally complete and might be a parts car or donor at this point. I’ve actually seen worse cars restored, normally at the expense of a long and painful divorce.” I can’t argue with them, can you? Even if only just over 27,000 Giulia and Giulietta Spiders (the Giulietta was it’s direct predecessor and looked almost exactly the same) were produced, I’m not sure an example like this is worth restoring. But as always, beauty is in the eye of the beholder — perhaps you are up to this kind of challenge? Or maybe you own a Spider that has a decent body but are in need of mechanical components. This Spider left the factory in 1963, so make sure any parts will fit the one you have!
The car literally broke in half when the seller tried to move it! I’m glad they are accepting offers although I’m not sure what I’d offer. Perhaps some of the drivetrain components are worth saving? A little hunting of some online classifieds for good and restored Giulia Spiders pins the sale price of really nice cars of this type around $125,000, with running, decent-looking examples starting at just under $60,000.
The Alfa twin-cam four-cylinder is well-known and certainly is a terrific little engine. In this case, if it’s the original engine it’s a 1570 cc version producing 105 horsepower. Incidentally, the car originally had a curb weight of 2,116 pounds — what do you think it weighs now? With a 0-60 time of 9.5 seconds, it wasn’t a screaming performance car anyway, but I suspect that isn’t the charm of these Italian cars anyway. If you’ve ever owned or driven a Giulia, how about telling us what it was like in the comments!
Sense of humor is right Jamie, they have some really cool items for sale, but most are priced like this rig. And thanks for flipping the engine photo. After looking at that photo in there ad, at first I thought it was a shot of the underside.
Ran when parked, one of blah blah equipped this way.Its garbage. BF,unless you’re posting ads like this for laugh factor,please stop.This is scrap metal at best.Stick to presenting cars that have half a chance of going down the road again.
Whoa, take it easy man! These kind of humorous ads are cool to see and make my school day a lot funnier and better. There’s a nice balance of restored cars, project cars and things like this!
I just don’t see the humor here.
I especially like the aerodynamic lines of this Spider.
Too bad its Italian, based on other similarly styled vehicles here on Barnfinds it should be German and its not.
I think fondly of:
https://barnfinds.com/too-far-gone-1959-mercedes-ponton-pair/
and
https://barnfinds.com/rusty-bathtub-1959-porsche-356/
And now I have to consider this Spider, the choices are just too great.
I thought it was funny. “local viewing strongly encouraged.” 🤣 Good times!
Pretty typical of a roadster well rusted, they bend in half with the doors open. Lot of good unobtainable parts here for someone. In the early 70’s, my brother bought a tired, but solid Alfa like this. I believe he paid $500 bucks, and the guy “threw in” a VERY tired TR4. We got the TR4 running and sold it for $250 bucks, so $250 bucks for a car today that can bring 6 figures easy, but that was the ’70’s, nobody wanted these cars. I remember it was a fun car to drive. 1st 5 speed I ever drove, and that motor wound out like a sewing machine and the sound was typical Italian. Someone cross threaded #3 spark plug, and it blew out of the hole, so we pulled it apart, had the hole fixed, but when we put it back together, we must have had the cams timing a tooth off, because it never ran the same after that. He sold the Alfa and bought a A-H Healey 3000 for $1,000 bucks. Ah, the ’70’s,,,,
Where are TR4’s selling for SIX figures easy?
If ya really want to see some neat finds check this eBay sellers other listings!
Looks like a good father and son project
Yeah, if you never want to see your kid again.
COTD award goes to IkeyHeyman.👍
Same Seller as https://barnfinds.com/wrecked-1988-porsche-911-w-18k-miles/
Yep…..squeeze the tube of Testor’s Model Cement into the box and shake vigorously. Apply decals.
After the Porsche, this abomination? Someone please lock this clown away, and be sure to take away any sharp objects-including knives and forks!
It’s getting to the point where many of these sales border on the edge of the absurd.
It is usually possible to move a car this bad and get it home in one piece, you need a tilt bed operator who is smart and willing to take his time and pull on all four corners with chains. I’ve done it, it takes time and patience. But if the car is that far gone, is it really worth keeping it in one piece? It’s going to be a pile of parts for your good car, or parts for sale on eBay anyway.
My Dad taught me well. Decide if it’s worth the effort, or just jerk on it and get however many pieces home, then have a cold one. As he got older he liked the second option a lot. I saw him unload a complete but “needed everything” 57 Ford Retractable that wouldn’t roll by chaining it to a tree and driving the tilt bed out from under it. I’m a Chevy type with one Mopar (just to piss off the Chevy only crowd and confuse the Mopar types), but that one still hurts.
Right, just chop it in half and toss it in the back of your pickup.
So years after he had his Alfa 8C taken by the American troops, the German SS officer decided to get another Alfa roadster………..
Ya know, as valuable as these cars are — the VIN plate alone could be worth quite a bit to someone assembling one or restoring from parts, etc. There might even be a couple of other things useful on it.
Billy is that you..?? Now getting back to the car….! There are plenty of other cars out there that you could work on, this one here needs one thing and it’s called a Crusher…..
Parts car maybe, plus VIN. Trying to keep it in perspective and positive. Good luck to someone that finds it useful!!!
Cheers
GPC
I have owned 4 of these and restored three of them and as shocking as it might seem this might be a far easier restoration than you might think. The metal that is rusted under the doors is able to be purchased including the inner sills, as is the sheet metal of the floor pan. It will not be easy but it can be done. The rest of the car while needing tremendous work is enough to be worth restoring. This is especially true considering the price they now bring. I have seen some sold between $60K to $120K.
IF you are taller than 6′-2″ I would seriously suggest you consider this car model for yourself. It has one really unusual feature that will make it interesting is that you will fit in it. The seats are installed at an angle and if you are taller and you move the seat back it also lowers itself into the well designed for it. You eye level will be almost exactly the same as shorter drivers and the controls will fit perfectly.
These are amazing cars to own and I had one for almost 25 years until my youngest sister got married to a man that was 6′-4″ tall and I let drive it. He fell in love with both my sister and my car and after many years of pestering me and me needing money to pay for my wife’s MS condition I finally sold it to him. BIG MISTAKE.
Right now I am restoring a pair of LOTUS if not I would consider this one. They are making more and more parts for these and I would not be surprised that in the future somebody makes a complete copy out of carbon fiber with all the original flaws like worthless heater fixed. I think they would sell very well. For this is not only a nice sports car but a wonderful touring car for two. Enough luggage capacity, very comfortable, excellent on gas even with carbs, delight to drive and quiet on the road. Not a 0 to 60 machine to be sure but on back roads such a joy.
As for the price, that man is dreaming. $5000 MAX is what that car is worth The parts might be worth the $9000 he is looking for but it will take him 10+ years to get it. Better to sell it all now as a piece. I hope it gets restored as these are more like very useful works of art. Even in the 80’s & 90’s these attracted as much attention as many Ferraris and Maseratis when sitting side by side those other, for a very good reason, they are just plain beautiful.
That front end would look good on a wall.
I would say scrap metal……but I don’t see any metal here.