Beauty and History come together

A five year obsessive journey into building a concourse wining Giulietta Sprint Speciale that drives like new: elegant, nimble and fast. 

The Giulietta SS 257 (Bertone 259) (101.20)
Sprint Speciale Model History
The find and Ownership history - “You never find an Alfa, the Alfa finds you” True indeed! The Speciale was accidentally presented to us when searching for an Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV. From then on, it was the beginning of an epic and detailed(...)  more +

Research - This journey starts in the intense investigation that preceded all the work that was carried out. The first move was asking the official Alfa Romeo archive for the correct exterior colour and original place of delivery. It turns out(...) more +

The Bertone Archive

Restoration vs. preservation - When called to choose the correct approach to the preservation/restoration method, everything was weighed. We had as a starting point(...) more +

The interior fabric - Being this collection closely related to the textile industry through its ownership…the stars aligned. What probably was to be impossible, to reproduce fabric as per the original samples, turned out to be(...) more +


The body work - By now, it was clear that no effort was to be spared to bring this car car to its former glory. Indeed we ask ourselves why put so much(...) more +

Badges and brass lettering - As per what happened with the fabric, when it came to badges and original letters, that this car still kept, the market reproduction also lacked(...) more +

Mechanics

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