1963 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale

Presented in as-delivered Bianco over a Blu hide
Fully matching, as per its accompanying Certificato Di Origine
The ultimate iteration of the SS; with 1570cc engine and disc brakes
The recipient of a comprehensive, concours-ready restoration by Dutch marque experts between 2019-2022
Elegible for a host of events as well as the concours lawn
An original French car from new, delivered to Paris
Accompanied by its original jack, spare wheel, rare user manual (conduite et entretien) and dedicated history file
Fresh to market & Dutch registered, probably one of the best in existence
Priced to sell

The Alfa Romeo Sprint Speciale:

The Alfa Romeo Sprint Speciale was originally conceived as a motorsports-inspired sportscar, with its roots running back to the reknowned Berlinetta Aerodinamica Tecnica (B.A.T.) concept cars of the 1950's. The B.A.T. cars were of the hands of Franco Scaglione in name of Bertone and created a real buzz in the automotive world. Alfa wanted to commercially tap into this hype with a more production-oriented model, which was launched at the 1957 Turin motorshow in the form of the Giulietta SS (Sprint Speciale) prototype. After a few tweaks and subsequent prototypes, the final production version was unveiled to the world on the 24th of June 1959 at the Italian temple of speed: Monza.

The production version of the SS came with the fabled 1290cc in-line 4-cylinder with hemispheric combustion chambers and valves controlled directly by twin overhead camshafts. The mechanical setup of the Giulietta SS (official model designation 101.20) was near identical to the coveted and superrare Giulietta Sprint Zagato. The early SS production cars came with a slightly lower nose, aluminium doors and plexi windows, but Alfa soon upgraded the SS as it was a very scarce and raw endeavour. Additions were bumpers on front and rear, the removal of plexi windows, aluminium doors were changed to steel variants and the Weber 40 DCOE3's were changed to 40 DCOE2's.

Come 1963, Alfa launched an improved version of its SS at the Geneva Motorshow in the form of the Giulia SS (internal model code 101.21) - now with a 1570cc engine capacity replacing the outgoing 1290cc. The 1.6L engine brought about 10 hp more and (most importantly) a lot more torque low down in the rev range. The Giulia also marked the introduction of disc brakes at the front (after the first 200 cars) with the rest of the design and technical setup remaining largely unchanged (don't chnage a winning team, right?). However some minor nuanced differences can still be found on the Giulia's including some changes to the dash layout. A leather dash underside with the glovebox being angled differently from the fascia than the Giulietta. "Giulia SS" badges were also added on the sides. Production ended in 1965, with about 1400 Giulia SS cars built in total - about equal to the production run of the Giulietta SS.

Chassis no. "380506":

This Giulia SS rolled off the production line on the 30th of October 1963 and was subsequently delivered to the supplying dealer on the 6th of November 1963 in Paris. It was first registered to its initial owner on the 8th of December 1963 - just in time for Christmas! According to the accompanying Certificato Di Origine, this Giulia SS was originally specified in the spectacular shade of Bianco over the lesser-seen Blu hide - exactly the specification the car is presented in today. The car has remained in France throughout its entire life, passing through the hands of a handful of owners from the vicinity of Paris to eventually end up in Nouvelles-Aquitaine, before it was acquired by the current Dutch custodian in 2018.

The car is believed to have remained in total unrestored condition up until around 2010, where it underwent a complete, well-documented restoration in France. Images of the car's state prior to restoration are present in the history file. However, although the current Dutch custodian bought it in a "fully restored" state (and for an equal price), after a little while of ownership he found that the car just didn't live up to his descerning standards that he holds for all his cars. Especially the body restoration was reportedly sub-standard. This meant there was no other option than to bring the car to marque experts and undertake a full bare-metal, no-expense spared restoration of about three years in 2019. Evidently, no stone was left unturned with the entire car being brought up to concours standard, also re-doing the technical aspects of the car to the same high quality. All images of this, as well as the "initial" French restoration, are on file and available upon request. It goes without saying that undertaking a restoration after having purchased a car in "restored" form is an economically unviable endeavour. However the gentlemen in question was adament to stick to his "best or nothing" approach - which shows in the shape the car is presented in today. Nothing short of marvelous.

Today the car has covered a mere 1.000 km's since restoration (typically the post restoration snagging km's) and presents in nothing short of immaculate condition throughout. Due to the vastness of the owners' collection, the Giulia just does not get used enough which has brought the client to the painful decision to pass it onto a new owner and entrust us with the handling of its sale.

Today the Giulia SS is complete with all accessories including the jack, spare wheel as well as the original French owners manual (!). A dedicated history file containing numerous invoices and restoration imagery is present as well. Currently the SS is Dutch registered under "DZ-87-84" and can be supplied with correct Dutch export documents to be registered anywhere in the world with ease. It is located in a descrete and remote location in the direct vicinity of Maastricht, where it stands ready for inspection immediately.

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This is probably the best Giulia Sprint Speciale currently for sale anywhere. A real do-it-all car: on the button for tasteful weekend getaways, elegible for the foremost events and with its recent restoration quality - also ready for the concours lawn!

Price: €137.500,-

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