At the beginning of the 1960s, Alfa Romeo was enjoying a return to success in motorsport.

Having retired from competition in the preceding decade to focus on industrial production, the famous marque from Milan reignited its competitive streak with victories for the Giulia Sprint GTA and 1750 GTAm in the European Touring Car Championship, reserved for cars modified from mass production models.

In 1968, riding on its earlier successes, Alfa Romeo elected to participate in the class reserved for smaller displacement engines.

The Giulia GTA 1300 Junior was born.

At the heart of the new Alfa Romeo was a 1.3-litre, twin-cam, straight four-cylinder engine—small enough to comply with its intended race class—based on the existing larger 1,600-cubic-centimetre powertrain but with a shorter stroke camshaft.

Of the 447 examples of the Giulia GTA 1300 Junior made between 1968 to 1975, almost every model was finished in the recognisable “Alfa Rosso” red livery with contrasting white elements.

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