1963 Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider 1600

Please note, since cataloguing it has been realised that there is only half of the hard top remaining and it will require extensive restoration prior to use.

Sporting elegant coachwork designed and built by Pininfarina, the Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider was a huge success and continued virtually unchanged in 1.6-litre Giulia guise when the latter joined the line up in 1962. Launched at the Monza Autodrome on 27th June that year, the Giulia range was the work of a design team headed by one of the greatest of Italian automobile engineers, Dr. Orazio Satta Puliga, who had been responsible for all the post-war Alfa Romeos. The capacity increase from 1,300cc to 1,600cc boosted the maximum power of Alfa's classic twin-cam four from 80 to 92bhp and the car's top speed to 109mph. Reliability was likewise enhanced and the larger engine was noticeably smoother and less fussy. A 5-speed gearbox was standard on the Giulia 1600 Spider, which remained in production until 1966.

This rare right-hand drive Alfa Romeo Giulia 1600 Spider is finished in cool white with a classic red Alfa interior and was family owned until our vendor acquired it in 2018. It was the subject of an older restoration some years ago to an excellent level and has remained as part of a small Collection over the intervening years. It has been little used during those years but has been maintained as required and will have a complete check over prior to sale. The current recorded mileage is a little over 47,000 which we are led to believe, bearing in mind the low ownership, may well be correct. With outstanding period looks this is surely one of the most stylish cars of the era which will still turn heads today being in superb condition throughout. These cars are extremely rare in right-hand drive as, we understand, less than 400 examples rolled off the production line. Sadly there is little early history with the vehicle but the quality shines through upon inspection and we welcome and encourage your early viewing to satisfy yourself as to the opportunity that is on offer. The Giulia is not currently fitted with a soft top, however, and more interestingly, it will be accompanied by a very rare factory hardtop and hood frame albeit in need of restoration.

Imagine it's a balmy, late July, Sunday evening in central Rome and you pull up in this sparkling little Alfa right outside the Doney Café on the Via Veneto, hoping to enjoy some of Maria Foglieni's famous Cantuccini Biscotti and a glass of Vin Santo. The Alfa ticks and pings as it cools and the yellow street lights are reflected in its gleaming Bianco coachwork, much to the delight of the laughing and chattering 'beautiful people' as they pass on the way up the Via Vittorio, making the most of the last hours of their Roman weekend. Well, the Café is still there and the Alfa will soon be here!