Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint

1960 Alfa Romeo Other Description

After twenty four years of ownership I am regretfully offering my 1960 Alfa Giulietta Sprint for sale. I purchased this Sprint (AR 1493*07525) from an Alfa club member on July 31, 1993. He had found the car in Oakland, Ca. The car was in very nice condition with no collisions and the only rust was below the battery and above the rear wheel arches. The car had a rebuilt 1.3L engine, rebuilt front suspension and was totally complete with original interior and all the bits and pieces. I replaced all fluids and spark plugs, did a valve adjust and did a test drive of about 20 or 30 miles. It was basically a good driver but had electrical problems and poor brakes. I put the car in storage and returned to my other car projects. Quite a few years passed before I was able to devote serious time to the restoration of the car.

The car was completely disassembled leaving a body shell on jackstands.

The paint was stripped to bare metal except for under the dash board and under the roof.

Suspension parts, doors, hood, trunk lid etc. were stripped to bare metal and any imperfections

were repaired.

The wheels were stripped and resprayed.

All chrome pieces were sent out for replating except for the big U shaped door pieces that might

not have survived polishing. The left rear bumper has developed a blister in the chrome other-

wise the chrome is perfect.

The original seats were rebuilt by an "old school" professional using covers that took seven

months to get from Italy. These seats are not currently in the car. They are in new condition.

I strayed from a correct restoration and installed later Alfa gauges using the original wiring.

The original gauges in good condition will be included with the car.

The original rear brake drums plus shoes were sent to a brake specialist. The drums were

turned. The shoes were relined and all were radiused to fit together correctly.

I sent the master cylinder to White Post for a rebuild. It leaked fluid so I purchased a new

one and it works fine.

Front brakes were replaced with later Alfa disc brakes per Centerline adapter pieces. The

original front brakes will be included with the car.

I replaced the steering wheel and the original wheel in good condition will be included with

the car.

The original windshield was chipped and scratched and was replaced with a new one plus new

gaskets.

I saved the 2L engine and transmission with 21K miles on it from my 74 Spider and decided to

transplant these into the Sprint using the 1.3L bellhousing and tail section therefore no mods

to driveline, rear axle, etc. were necessary.

I sprayed the car with acrylic lacquer with clear coat topside and catalyzed single stage enamel

underneath where tough paint is necessary.

The stock springs were replaced with stiffer Centerline springs that lower the car about one inch.

I also installed a thicker Centerline anti roll bar and Koni adjustable shocks.

New rear wheel bearings (NLA) were installed and the trailing arm brackets were reinforced.

The whole rear axle was sourced from a Sprint Veloce.

New propeller shaft bearing plus new U-joints were installed.

New Michelin 155HR15 XAS tires and tubes were installed.

The fuel tank was cleaned and coated internally (by previous owner).

The radiator was recored and a pusher fan was installed in front of the radiator.

New headliner.

All new gaskets and seals (too numerous to list).

Original interior panels were recoated in black.

I just installed a new Optima red top battery.

After the car was finished I installed aluminum bucket seats since I am too tall for the original seating position. With everything sorted out we drove the car to Seattle from Portland with pure joy and later made a few trips through the great Coast Range roads to the Oregon coast. On the return from the coast the engine spun a rod bearing (#1). This was likely caused by too high of fuel pressure resulting in carbon ending up in the oil pan. When I was able to devote more time to the car I did a careful and meticulous rebuild (not my first engine build) using the recommendations and engine building philosophy from the Jim Kartalamakis Alfa high performance manual. I sent the cylinder head to Spruell motor sports for the high performance and track day prep with cams.

This work includes full porting of intake and exhaust runners, big valves and of course cams designed for mid range torque. Included with the car is the thick stack of receipts and invoices for this Alfa build. Machine shop and Spruell invoices are included.

This completely rebuilt engine with new parts is now installed in the car and I have put about 360 around town miles on the car as part of a careful break-in process and the setting up and tuning of the new Weber DCOE carbs. I am very happy with the acceleration but have only taken the engine to 3200 RPMs I am about to replace the break-in oil with fresh synthetic. The engine is far from being broken in. That will be up to the buyer. This engine also has a new clutch, pressure plate and the flywheel was lightened. The transmission has approximately 22K non abusive miles on it and shifts fine with good synchros.

Sadly, for all the passion, time, work and money that I have put into this car I have only driven it for about 1100 miles including the 360 around town miles on the new engine.

Why am I selling this Alfa? I have lived with it for 24 years. If I keep it, my wife and I (both age 75 years) will only drive it on road trips on nice summer days. We have other special cars that we only drive on nice summer days. We need a 4 season GT car that I wouldn't be upset putting lots of miles on. Also, storage space is a bit of a problem.

Well thanks for reading all of this. If this Alfa does not sell I will not be unhappy! Good luck bidding.

A buyer would need to deposit a $500.00 non refundable fee per paypal. Shipping would be the responsibility of the buyer. I would assist with loading the car. Payment could be a cashiers check or direct bank transfer. The car has a clear title. The above form states 11,000 miles on the car. This is incorrect. The actual miles are of course unknown. The original odometer read 34,000 miles which would mean at least 134,000. The speedometer in the car reads 98,000 miles but the speedo came out of a salvage car. I calculate the 1100 miles based on known distances to places that I drove the car to after the restoration was completed. The trip meter on the speedo reads about 360 miles which is the actual miles on the new engine.