Highlights
- Rare right-hand drive 1300 Junior, believed to have been the Earls Court Motor Show car
- Award-winning restoration, including recognition from Scuderia d'Italia in 2007
- Comprehensive history file with service invoices and restoration documentation
The Appeal
Alfa Romeo has long offered 'Junior' versions of its popular models; lighter, simplified cars with a basic specification and smaller, higher-revving engines. After the considerable early success of the 105 Series "Duetto" Spider in 1600 and 1750 form, Alfa offered a 1300 Junior from June 1968. Records say just 2,680 examples were ever built of which we have here one of the very few factory right-hand drive examples. It's an early car too, which the vendor believes to have been exhibited at the Earls Court Motor Show in period. While there's currently no evidence to support this, we're sure keen Alfisti with an aptitude for research may well find this car to be a very important piece of Alfa Romeo history.
Having undergone a substantial professional restoration which has since aged very gracefully, this Duetto Spider is undoubtably one of the smartest examples of the rare Junior model surviving today.
Having undergone a substantial professional restoration which has since aged very gracefully, this Duetto Spider is undoubtably one of the smartest examples of the rare Junior model surviving today.
History and Paperwork
- AROC Giulia 105/115 Register confirm this to be of 1967 manufacture, first registered in 1967
- Factory right-hand drive
- Believed to have been displayed at the 1967 Earls Court Motor Show, though this cannot be verified with documentation
- Extensive history file including service invoices, restoration documentation, and old photographs
- Award-winning restoration, with recognition from Scuderia d'Italia in 2007
- 8,087 miles indicated
- Exempt from MOT and road tax
The Condition
- Presents superbly for an older restoration
- Straight and solid-looking Pininfarina "boat tail" coachwork
- Retains correct Junior features including two-spoke steering wheel and lack of headlamp fairings
- Smart steel wheels
- Some very small paintwork blemishes but otherwise highly presentable
- Folding soft top appears to fit tightly and reportedly operates correctly
- Very clean underside
- Interior appears to be very well-preserved and highly original
The Mechanics
- 1.3-litre Nord four-cylinder twin-cam
- Five-speed manual transmission
- The vendor informs us that the Alfa is running and driving well
- Well-presented engine compartment
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