Vehicle Description
1969 Alfa Romeo Giulia GTA 1300 Junior, LHD
This�delightful Alfa Romeo is one of just 492* Giulia GTA 1300
Juniors and was constructed in June of 1969 before being registered
to its first customer in Spain a year later. Interestingly it is
believed to have been the Madrid Motor Show car which may explain
the delay between construction and first registration, after which
it is thought to have been sold to Pietro Navone, a former
president of the Spanish Alfa Romeo Club. It is then believed to
have passed to the former Alfa Romeo works racing driver Toine
Hezemans prior to being acquired by the former UK based collector
about five years ago. Having received some restoration work in
recent years, this rare GTA remains in delightful condition and is
finished in its correct Alfa red with Black interior. It also
retains an original set of very rare wide alloy competition wheels
and would be eligible for a wide range of prestigious touring and
racing events around the world.
Please contact us for further details.
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Alfa Romeo replaced their wonderful Giulietta Sprint coupe with the
2-door Giulia Sprint GT in 1963.� The new 105 Series Giulia saloon
had been launched the previous year and whereas that had been
designed in-house, the superbly simplistic design of the coupe was
the skilled work of Bertone.� Initially available with a 1570cc
version of Alfa Romeo's highly regarded aluminium twin-cam
four-cylinder engine, the model designation was Giulia Sprint GT,
the letters GT separating the model from the earlier Giulietta
bodied Giulia 1600 Sprint it had replaced.� The very advanced
design made features available to the general public that were
scarcely available even on more expensive cars, such as disc brakes
all-round, a 5-speed gearbox, and a light-weight body and
mechanical construction including an aluminium engine block.�
The racing potential did not go unnoticed by the factory and in
1965 the Giulia 1600 GTA was launched, with the A in the name
standing for Alleggerita, which translates to Lightweight.� And
lightweight it was, with many of the engine's aluminium parts being
replaced by magnesium alloy items, and many of the body panels
being replaced by aluminium parts.� Importantly, the engine gained
a twin-spark plug head and twin 45 Weber carburettors which
produced 115bhp in standard specification (170bhp in race
specification), which with only 745kgs to pull along�granted the
GTA with exceptional performance.� Only 493* were manufactured and
on-track successes were both inevitable, as well as numerous.
The evolution of the Bertone styled coupe brought with it several
other models during its production run, which ended in 1975.� These
other versions were fitted with smaller 1300 engines as well as
larger 1750 and 2000cc versions.�� To take advantage of various
other racing series, Alfa Romeo replaced the 1600 GTA with a Giulia
GTA 1300 Junior in 1968, based loosely on the GT 1300 Junior model
which was the entry level car for the Coupe range.� It shared many
features with the earlier 1600 GTA such as an aluminium body
(although subtly different to the 1600 in places) which resulted in
the car weighing�only 760kgs, and the twin-plug cylinder head�and
magnesium mechanical components which allowed the engine to produce
96bhp in standard specification (160bhp in race specification or
165bhp at 8,400rpm with SPICA mechanical fuel injection).� Only
492*�examples were constructed, and again, it was hugely successful
in competition and is much desired by collectors today, as is the
earlier 1600 GTA.
* Production numbers quoted from Alfa Romeo owner Richard Bremner's
Alfa Romeo Giulia book
