Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider: The Essential Buyer's Guide

Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider: The Essential Buyer's Guide

Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider: The Essential Buyer's Guide

Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider: The Essential Buyer's Guide

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Overview

Buying a classic car is an expensive business and mistakes can prove costly financially and in time, effort and stress. Wouldn't it be great if you could take an expert with you? With the aid of Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider: The Essential Buyer's Guide's step-by-step guidance from a marque specialist, you can! You'll discover all you need to know about the car you want to buy. The unique points system will help you to place the car's value in relation to condition, whilst extensive photographs illustrate the problems to look out for. This is an important investment - don't buy a Spider without this book's help. Keith Booker has been an Alfa Romeo Owners Club member for more than a quarter century, serving a stint as director. He is also the author of Alfa Romeo Giulia GT Coupés: The Essential Buyer's Guide. He regularly contributes to motoring publications worldwide.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781904788980
Publisher: Veloce Publishing
Publication date: 03/05/2006
Series: The Essential Buyer's Guide
Edition description: First
Pages: 64
Product dimensions: 5.46(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.24(d)

About the Author

Keith Booker has owned Alfa Romeos since 1979, and has enjoyed his 1972 GT 1600 Junior since 1986; he also ran a Giulia Super for 12 years. Keith has been an AROC UK member since 1982, and served as a director of the Club. A bank manager by profession, Keith is now retired and able to devote more time to his wife and family and a wide range of interests that include following his enduring passion for historic motor racing, especially when Alfa Romeos are participating. He has contributed articles and photographs to publications in the UK, Italy and the USA and has written Essential Buyer's Guides for the Alfa Romeo Giulia GT Coupé and also the Giulia Spider (with Jim Talbott). Keith has been elected to the Guild of Motoring Writers. Jim Talbott is the Events Co-ordinator for the Alfa Romeo Owners Club and has served on the club's National Committee for 13 years. An owner of Alfas since 1972, he has a keen interest in motorsports, particularly historics and touring cars.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Is it really the right car for you?
Marriage guidance
Cost considerations - Affordable? Or a money pit?
Living with a Spider, will it fit your lifestyle?
Before you view - Be well informed
Inspection equipment
15 minute evaluation - walk away or stay?
Serious evaluation (60 minutes)
Auctions
Paperwork
What's it worth?
Do you really want to restore?
Paint problems - touch up or respray?
Problems with cars that have been underused/stored
The community
Vital statistics
Index
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