1963 Alfa Romeo Giulia 1600 Spider RHD

- According to the Alfa Romeo Museum archives this right hand drive Giulia Spider was manufactured on October 25th 1963 (with front disk brakes) and sold by Alfa Romeo on June 15th 1964 to Chipstead Motors of Holland Park. London. It was first registered for road use when new in England on September 21st 1964.
- This car is a very rare factory produced right hand drive version (Giulia 1600 Spider Normale). of which only 404 were made. (the majority in 1963 with a very small number in early 1964).
- The original service book for the car which is on file indicates that it was first sold to a Mrs A Poyser of Marks Tey. in Essex.
- Mrs Poyser's name has been crossed out at a later date and the name of a Mr W. D. Partridge of Aldenham. Hertfordshire. is written on an earlier page.
- The service book shows that First County Motors of Southall. Middlesex serviced the Spider on October 22nd 1965 when the speedometer recorded 7. 91 miles. As Southall is some considerable distance from Mrs Poyser's home in Marks Tey. it is expected that this service was carried out by First County Motors when they sold it to Mr Partridge.
- Mr Partridge appears to have had the car maintained by Round Bush Garage (close to his home in Aldenham). firstly in July1966 and secondly in January 1967. The Spider returned to its supplying dealer Chipstead for a service in August 1967. and thereafter it was maintained by Round Bush Garage. It is comforting to know that Mr Partridge clearly enjoyed his Spider and used it as a weekend car. as he maintained it so regularly and covered such a minimal mileage. He owned the car for at least ten years. possibly longer.
- The healthy history file for this Spider then jumps to 1987 where a V11 tax disc reminder form states that it was registered to a Lynne Doyle of South Woodham Ferrers in Essex. Some time afterwards a car club application form on file lists the Spider as being owned by both Lynne Doyle and a Nick Smith. Mr Smith owned Swallow Engineering of Basildon. Essex. and at the time was restoring a right hand drive Alfa Romeo Giulia 1600 Sprint GTA.
- MOT certificates on file from the Essex area indicate that Ms Doyle and Mr Smith owned the car until March 2005 when it was purchased by a Simon Brauer (seemingly also known as Simon Brewer) of Fulham. London SW6. Mr Brewer had the car regularly maintained by several well known marque specialists in London. most notably the excellent DTR European Sports Cars of Coulsdon in Surrey (originally in Mortlake. London SW14).
- Some time in around August 2010 Mr Brewer sold the car to DTR Sports who carried out a superb repaint of the car (all outer panels. door shuts. dash board. engine bay. and boot area) and completely rebuilt the engine (new pistons and liners. new bearings. a balance of the crankshaft. and a rebuild of the cylinder head with new valves and hardened valve seats) and fitted a new wiring loom.
- In March 2011 DTR Sports sold the Spider to a Gentleman from Dorset. The speedometer recorded 85. 00 miles at the time which could well be all that the car had travelled since it was new.
- The Gentleman proceeded to drive the car often and maintain it to a high standard. and has improved the car further than DTR's excellent works by fitting a new folding roof. a stainless steel exhaust by Longlife. and having the gearbox overhauled.
- In June 2014 the Gentleman and his Wife drove the car to northern Italy with the English Giulietta Register in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Giulietta launch. They spectated at the wonderful Vernasca Silver Flag hill climb event and returned to England without any problems. That trip was closely followed by a Giulietta Register trip to Wales (which we also attended in our 1957 Giulietta Sprint).
- Having covered 8. 00 miles during his three-and-a-half years of thoroughly enjoyable ownership. soon after the Welsh Tour the Gentleman decided to have a change of Alfa Romeo and offered the Spider to us. We were of course delighted to purchase it from him having admired it greatly while chasing it around Wales!
- This is a very rare car that is in superb condition. It enjoys a good sized history file and being powered by what we believe to be its original engine. which has recently been re-built. A rare find indeed.
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