• One of the most attractive Alfa Romeos of its day • Ultimate Veloce specification • Offered with cancelled Dutch registration papers • Una delle più belle Alfa Romeo degli anni '60 • Rara versione veloce • Documenti olandesi radiati per export Sporting elegant coachwork designed and built by Pininfarina, the 1.3-litre Giulietta Spider was a huge success and continued virtually unchanged in 1.6-litre Giulia guise when the latter joined the Alfa line-up in 1962.

Launched at the Monza Autodrome on 27th June that year, the Giulia was the work of a design team headed by one of the greatest of Italian automobile engineers, Dr Orazio Satta Puliga, who had been responsible for all the post-war Alfa Romeos.

A bonnet air scoop, necessary to clear the larger engine's taller block, readily identified the new model.

The capacity increase boosted maximum power of Alfa's classic twin-cam four from 80 to 92bhp and the car's top speed to 109mph.

Reliability was likewise enhanced and the larger en...