Lot details Registration No: SPY269C Chassis No: AR375343 Mot Expiry: Sept 2018
- Imported to UK in 1990 from USA, red with black interior
- Upgraded from original Normale specification using genuine Veloce block
- LHD example restored by marque specialist John Holden
This very smartly presented lefthand drive Giulia Spider was originally imported to the US by serial foreign car importer Max Hoffman. During 1990 it found its way to the UK and was purchased by the vendor from Black & White Cars of Newbury in 2013, by which time its engine had been upgraded from 'Normale' to the slightly later more powerful 110bhp Veloce specification using a genuine Veloce cylinder block no. AR0012101746. During 2013/2014, 'SPY 269C' was entrusted to marque specialist John Holden of Pure Bodies, Hants, for a major restoration that deliberately saved as many of the original fixtures and fittings as possible. A full respray followed a strip and examination. All the original brightwork was re-chromed rather than replaced. The engine was overhauled, the front suspension uprated and many new parts fitted, including clutch, alternator, battery, brake linings and Pirelli Cinturato tyres, while the underside was Waxoyled.
The vendor unsurprisingly nowadays classes the bodywork and Red paintwork as 'excellent' and the Black interior trim, sonorous 1600c twin-cam engine and five-speed manual gearbox as 'very good'. This Spider is now being offered complete with a file of invoices and an MOT that remains valid until August 27. Qualifying for historic road tax, the accumulated mileage currently displayed is an unwarranted by eminently feasible 70,341.
The Type 105 Giulia Spider was introduced in 1962 as a rebadged and updated version of the earlier Type 101 Giulietta model. Now equipped with the taller 1600 rather than 1300 engine, the Giulia Spider was readily distinguishable via the necessary bulge in the bonnet. The Giulia Spider continued in production until the arrival of the Spider 1600 Duetto in mid-1966. With their endearing looks and combination of lusty twin-cam engine linked to an ever-willing five speed transmission and responsive handling, these period Alfas have an understandably robust following.
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