Mike Glore has an interesting collection of automobiles. While it is mostly British, with an emphasis on Lotus, he also has two Alfa Romeos. Both were online purchases, and both came with unexpected challenges. The story of his Alfa Romeo JrZ was detailed in Vintage Road & Racecar in December 2018 (1971 Alfa Romeo Giulia Junior Z). The challenges in that story were mostly about getting a car from the Canary Islands to Louisiana. The story of his Sprint Speciale is one that emphasizes the difficulties in determining the condition of a car bought without a chance to inspect it.
The prototype for the Sprint Speciale was shown at the Turin Motor Show in 1957. The first production SS automobiles were announced to the press in June 1959. The Giulietta Sprint Speciale used Alfa’s 1300-cc DOHC engine. The 1600-cc Giulia SS was first shown at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1963. It is one of these 1600-cc engined cars that Glore sought out.
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