1968 Alfa Romeo Gt Jr. 1300

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ram/cto/2294874437.html

Any thoughts? Good deal or no?

Yes, it's a very good deal. It likely has many thousands of dollars in rust repair needed though.

An italian car that has sat outside for the last 8 or 9 years?

I'd almost be afraid to move it, whether by driving it (the seller claims it runs) or pushing it, as I'm sure large chunks of the car have already reverted back to their basic elements.

If this had sat outside somewhere where snow...or any moisture, for that matter, hadn't "attacked" it, I'd say MAYBE. But unless you are very experienced at rust repair, this is, at best, a parts car IMHO.

Easily worth the asking price as a parts car.

oldtin wrote: Easily worth the asking price as a parts car.

Really? What on it is still worth money?

The bottom of the car does look very rough and rusty. Wish he had more pictures up.

In reply to killerkane:

mechanicals - running alfa twin-cam is worth 500+, transmission, rear end, suspension, trim, door handles, center grill, lights, hood, bumpers for rechrome, tail lights, trunk lid, glass...

it is probably already gone. I would (just guessing) say it could be parted out for $5k easily. Lots of people are willing to spend $20k+ just in bodywork to restore one. Pretty much if you wanted to part it out or you could fix all the rust yourself its a great deal, otherwise someone who will will grab it right away im sure.

I think I'm gonna buy it if I can get a hold of him...he doesn't have an email listed.

Just reply to the add? Thats how craigslist usually works.

I did but in my experience fewer people return emails that way...not sure why.

http://s820.photobucket.com/albums/zz125/killerkane1/Alfa%20Romeo%201300%20Junior/

Here are a few pictures he sent me. Any thoughts on whether it's worth it or not? I live 4 hours away and would need to rent a Uhaul to get it home.

Bad link. Just buy it though, you couldnt possibly lose money on it.

I may do it. I'll check out Uhaul prices tomorrow.

It all depends on the rust.

Engine, trans, suspension, rear- etc- are all pretty easy to rebuild and repair.

Body... well.

If it's rusted where it is in the original picture, you very much need to lift the carpets to see how bad the rust is behind the seats and in the footwells. And, just as important, the inner rocker- that can tell you how really bad it is.

Floors are not to bad to get (http://www.alfaparts.net/ may not be cheap, but the parts are pretty good, and International Auto Parts has some stuff, too).

It very much depends on what you intend to do. If you want it original, trim bits will nickel and dime you to death, unless you can clean it up yourself (and a lot of it is just stainless steel anyway). If it's for a race car, well, then you can cut some corners to get cheaper solutions. One very cool thing about these racers- classes are your choice- since it's a Jr, you can run 1300, 1600, 1750, or 2000 engines, and still be able to run.

I had a '67 jr for a while until I got a '74 racer. Based on the hidden work on the '74, I should have stuck with the '67.

try this link

http://tinyurl.com/6ybju9g

Thanks man

How are your fab skills?

With the outer rocker showing that the middle rocker is needing work, too- you will have some challenges.

But depending on your plans with the car, you can use a square tube to replace the middle rocker, and fix most of the inner rocker structure. I did that on my racer- wasn't a trival job, but not as hard as I've seen people make totally original.

BTW, work has been done already to the rockers. There should be a seam for the trailing edge of the front fender, and the leading edge of the rear fender which covers how the outer rocker goes back into the body at the front and rear. That rocker should not be one piece front to back.

http://www.alfaparts.net/105_115gtv.html - has most of the parts you will need. Or get an idea how to copy them.

I've seen worse (and bought a much worse spider to harvest some parts). but the work will very much depend on what you plan on doing with it.