Introduction
Colin Bashford
Arguably the most beautiful iteration of Pininfarina's design - a true classic, the Alfa Romeo Spider.
The original Alfa Romeo Spider was launched in 1966 as a two-seater, front-engine, rear-wheel-drive roadster, designed by the famous Pininfarina. It was a follow-on from its predecessor, the Giulietta Spider. The car made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show. The new Spider had a price tag similar to that of the E-type Jaguar in the UK. The new Alfa was fitted with the revvy 1,570cc twin-cam engine, which had twin Weber carburetors, helping the Spider produce an acceptable 108BHP. It was soon to be upgraded in 1968 with the more powerful 1750 Spider Veloce, which had a 1,779 cc engine producing 116BHP.
This is a third-generation Spider, which debuted in North America for the '82 model year with the introduction of the 2.0L Bosch electronic fuel injection system. In '83 the Spider saw further styling revisions with the introduction of black rubber front and rear bumpers, with incorporating front grille, small soft rubber spoiler added to the rear kammback and various minor mechanical modifications.
For the North American market, a model marketed as the Graduate acknowledged the model's appearance in the '67 film, The Graduate, starring Dustin Hoffman. This Graduate was imported to the UK in 1990 and converted to RHD. It's had 8 previous owners since then, and has been in the careful hands of June and Andrew for the previous 9 years. More recently in October, there has been ~£3,000 expenditure on some exterior renovation to ensure this Spiders journey continues.
This auction listing was written from information supplied by Colin after meeting Andrew and June the owners, and having visited and photographed the vehicle.
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Last October restoration work to LH/RH lower body panels, outer sills, inner sills & reinforcing rails, cut out corroded areas, fabricated new inner panels, welded into position. Replaced no. 3 wing panels x 2. Areas were then resprayed. Total cost £4200.00. Car was completely resprayed plus intensive renovation work carried out shortly after we bought the car in 2013.
Hi Andrew could you tell me the following please.
The repair is down as the wings. Have they been replaced or was it the sills on both sides renewed as well as the lower section of the wings.
Do you know when the respray was carried out.
Cheers
Vehicle Location
Eyemouth, Scottish Borders
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