Description

Brighton Motorsports is pleased to present this beautiful 1964 Alfa Romeo Guilia Sprint Special, in brilliant red over black interior, with red piping.
 
This car (SS #AR381099) is one of only 140 of all cars known to exist today. Just 1,399 Giulia Sprint Speciales were built from 1964 to the end of production in 1966. It was purchased from the original Italian owner and imported from Milano, Italy to the United States in 1970 where   a bare metal repaint was performed. The full mechanical restoration was completed this year – undertaken over several years.
 
The interior is original, with the exception of the seats that were recovered in the original type fabric.  After years of storage, the repaint was beginning to lose its shine so the paint was polished and buffed to achieve the current, beautiful finish. Also preserved in the restoration are its original Italian registration, Auto Club of Italy registry #357105A, engine #10121, running gear, complete & perfect tool kit, tire jack, and two owner’s manuals (in English and Italian).
 
On August 13, 2010 this car won the “Best of Class #101” at Concorso d’Italiano at Monterey, California and was also awarded the “Most desired non Ferrari Italian car” by the Ferrari owners group in attendance, at the same show.  Subsequently, it was invited to the Pebble Beach Concourse de’Elegance that same weekend, but had begun its trip home by the time of that show.
 
In addition the these prestigious honors earned at Monterey, this car also won “People’s Choice” at the “Beauty Of Italy” Italian car show held in Phoenix, Arizona on October 2, 2010.
 
The Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale or SS was one of the world’s first production body designs based on the experimental aerodynamic “BAT” (Berlinetta Aerodynamica Technica) These cars were first developed by the Bertone design studios and Alfa Romeo of Milano, Italy in mid 1950.
 
 Giulia “Sprint Speciale” was created by Giuseppe “Nuncio” Bertone & Franco Scaglione after meeting in 1957. The first Giulia SS prototype was unveiled at the annual Torino, Italy Auto Show that same year, followed by the first production car introduced in June of 1959. The Giulia Sprint Speciale was originally outfitted with Alfa’s 750 series 1,300 cc. DOHC. 4 cylinder engine and 5 speed transmission.
 
Initially, only 1,366 examples of the Giulia were produced.  This vehicle implemented many design concepts originally explored in the “Berlinetta Aerodinamica Technica” BAT studies featured by Alfa Romeo at the time.
 
The Giulia was the first production model to be designed through a scientific approach, based on wind tunnel testing and aerodynamics. It had the lowest drag coefficient of drag (0.28) any car produced for many years to come and it is considered a major aerodynamic achievement, even by today’s standards.
 
This car is of the later, improved SS unveiled in 1963 as the “Giulia Sprint Speciale” or Spinta, meaning, “pushed” or “super tuned.” The 101-series engine had grown to 1600-cc with dual side draft Weber carburetors, producing 126-bhp at 6,500-rpm, a disc/drum brake system, and it retained the 5 speed transmission used in the previous year.
 
This is your opportunity to own a prestigious show-winning, show-quality, very rare and desirable Alfa Romeo Sprint Speciale.