Vehicle Description
West Coast Classics are proud to present an absolutely exceptional
and stunning example of this rare ultra low original 32K miles and
long family owned 1978 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce (541 VIN) 5 speed
manual Convertible in the highly desirable color combination of
classic and original Italian 'Pine Green' color exterior paint with
a tan canvas soft top and with an also classic gorgeous light tan
original seat interior! Obviously always garaged and covered with
original color paint and no rust or accident history whatsoever;
indeed this particular example must be seen to be believed and
driven to be truly appreciated! Only driven by obviously very
meticulous and careful mature drivers since new; this car has been
babied all the way!The car has enjoyed a pampered life, it was
purchased new in Italy in 1978 by the board chairman of a Fortune
500 Company who drove the car some 1,000 miles locally before
returning it to the factory for recalibration and before
consequently shipping it to his home in the U.S. The car was then
purchased in the year 2005, from it's original owner by only it's
second owner, with only 26K original miles and driven home to
southern California from the original owner's home in Pebble
Beach,CA. The car is completely stock apart from an after market
radio and alarm and wooden shift knob, it's original carpet which
had faded and was replaced and the headreasts were upholstered at
the same time.The original factory color 'Pine Green' paint is in
exceptional condition and the car boasts an original and still as
new tan seat interior with the whole interior in quite stunning
condition throughout! It also boasts its original canvas soft top
with a clear rear view window and it's original spare wheel, owners
manuals, original import papers from the factory in Italy, all
original service records from new and spare keys! The car has
always been serviced at Alfa Romeo specialists since new,
originally at 'Autohaus, Inc' of Fairborn, Ohio and then later at
'Manarello Import Auto Service' of Palo Alto, CA and 'Tom Gunter's
Alfa Etc, Inc' of Sand City, CA and finally for the previous ten
years at 'APC', the Alfa Performance Connection, of Orange, CA.The
Alfa Romeo Spider (105/115 series) was produced by the Italian
manufacturer Alfa Romeo from 1966 to 1993. Widely regarded as a
design classic, it remained in production for almost three decades
with only minor aesthetic and mechanical changes. The three first
series were assembled by Pininfarina in Grugliasco and the fourth
series in San Giorgio Canavese. The last Spider was produced in
April 1993, it was also the last rear wheel drive Alfa Romeo
produced before Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione was introduced. The
Series 2 second generation spider (1970-83) came with a more
powerful 1,962cc engine in 1972. Only 4,183 cars were built in
1977. It had a cut off tail referred to known as the 'Kamm Tail' as
opposed to the first generations distinctive elongated round 'Boat
Tail'. It also had a newly designed grille, door handles and an
improved interior trim. The 5 speed manual transmission is one of
the finest manual transmissions one can hope to find in terms of
feel and spirit in any European sports car and these cars drive as
good as they look, they have legendarily good handling and are
everything a true sports car should be, never pretentious or
ostentatious but always in style! If only every car could age as
well as the Spyder, it makes it impossible to ever feel old driving
one!This exceptionally well maintained and serviced example drives
exactly like such an original low mileage example should and you
will surely look long and hard to find a finer example with full
service history showing that no expense was ever spared on this
particular vehicle's sevice history. This is one particularly fine
example of this increasingly desirable and collectible garage kept
and rust and accident free 1978 Alfa Romeo Spider Roadster with
only some 32K original miles in this very striking color
combination and you will look long and hard to find a finer example
available anywhere else!