1967 Alfa Romeo junior GT 1300 @ Bonham's

[HarmeetJohal1]

A lovely project 105.3 Alfa at Bonham's... Will be interesting to see how it does...
What do the pistonhead boffs think?

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24125/lot/281/

[arguti]

"it is currently the only 1967 example the UK and is believed to be the second oldest in the country"

Where do they come up with this rubbish?

My 1300 GTJ is a July 1967 build and certainly not the only other 67 GTJ around - IMHO very expensive for what it is - a project.

[HarmeetJohal1]

I guess from here https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/vehicle/alfa_romeo_g...

I wouldn't say it's over priced, average/good ones seem to sell in mid 30's, car is running and if you wanted to look like all the other Alfa's would need lowering, new grill and retrim the interior wouldn't take much work at all...
Concourse cars fetch 80-90k and if you're building a concourse car you would be changing all that plus dumping another £40k into a proper nut and bolt resto...
I think this car will make mid teens and will still be a bargain IMHO

[arguti]

It all depends on what it looks like underneath!

For what it's worth, here's mine with her trackday younger brother - my GTJ which was imported from Jersey or one of the channel islands in 1977 and therefore will not show up in the correct date range on your weblink.


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[Elderly]

HarmeetJohal1 said:

I wouldn't say it's over priced, average/good ones seem to sell in mid 30's, car is running .........
.......... Concourse cars fetch 80-90k

Seem to sell, or actually sell?

Are you sure that you're not just looking at a few bullish asking prices for LHD 1300 GT Juniors?

[Scalino]

Elderly said:

Seem to sell, or actually sell?

Are you sure that you're not just looking at a few bullish asking prices for LHD 1300 GT Juniors?

I would assume so. You can always ask, but a good, unmolested stepnose LHD 1300 Junior would be around 30k euros in my eyes (in a LHD country).

As stated, all depends on the condition of the floor and sills. If those are fine, the estimate might be in the right region. Though looking at the general condition and non-original parts, I think it could very well be a let down. Just my opinion off course and just from looking at some pictures.

[Stuart J]

Watched the live feed, Made 7000, not sure if there was a reserve so may not have sold

To add, Not listed in the results so didn't get sold

Edited by Stuart J on Wednesday 6th December 19:02

[HarmeetJohal1]

Guttered it didn't sell... Will be now trying privately

[Stuart J]

Well with my little knowledge of them I would say it’s certainly worth more than the top bid . Like all auctions you need the right people who know it’s going to be there on the day . Seemed quite a few didn’t reach reserve, possibly a day when the buyers just weren’t there.
Might be worth getting advice from a few of the Alfa restoration specialists on its value and they may even know someone who wants one .

Best of luck finding a new home for it

[Fast Bug]

Love PH sometimes,

OP asks for opinion, man with experience of said cars offers opinion. OP then gets in a huff

HarmeetJohal1 said:

Guttered it didn't sell... Will be now trying privately

Then OP posts the above which leads me to believe it's his car and he was fishing for bidders on a car which looks like it needs a shed load of work

[Elderly]

Fast Bug said:

OP asks for opinion, man with experience of said cars offers opinion. OP then gets in a huff

HarmeetJohal1 said:

Guttered it didn't sell... Will be now trying privately

Then OP posts the above which leads me to believe it's his car and he was fishing for bidders on a car which looks like it needs a shed load of work

Much more 'exposed' here

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

I wonder who was trying to sell it back then ?

[Fast Bug]

To be fair from the rubbish auction photos you can tell it needs a shed load of work. Then you read that it's been restored twice, one of those in Kenya it kinda starts alarm bells ringing and that you should move on unless you have deep pockets or are handy with a welder