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Car Forum / Alfa Romeo Cars / February 20042600 Sprint Zagato (should I buy, what could it be worth?)
It took me forever to find out even what this car I had found was. The owner wouldn't let me within 20 feet of it. After 2 years of me offering him $3500 cash, the crazy old coot sold it to a parts yard. I can buy it from them for $600. Anyway, its a 2600 SZ. How much should I expect to shell out for resto parts, and.. is there a single good source for parts? Engine will probably need to be rebuilt. All the glass is there, but the rear window has gone milky white around the edges. No visible rust. Fair chrome, dented rear bumper (I think). Any feedback (or opinions) is very welcomed. On Wednesday 20 August 2003 23:37 Rick Wallace wrote in <BB6953D7.13DF%adagencyotr@sbcglobal.net> > It took me forever to find out even what this car I had found was. The > owner wouldn't let me within 20 feet of it. After 2 years of me offering [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > chrome, dented rear bumper (I think). Any feedback (or opinions) is very > welcomed. You are asking if you should buy it for $600? I wonder who's the crazy coot here... :) google around, plently of 2600 (SZ) registers and sites about. Hard to put a value to it, but if it is in the state you described -rust-free- add a zero, maybe even two when finished restoring. hth, Chris  SignatureGnagloot, n.: A person who leaves all his ski passes on his jacket just to impress people. -- Rich Hall, "Sniglets" > It took me forever to find out even what this car I had found was. The owner > wouldn't let me within 20 feet of it. After 2 years of me offering him $3500 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > milky white around the edges. No visible rust. Fair chrome, dented rear > bumper (I think). Any feedback (or opinions) is very welcomed. BUY IT! There were never many made, fewer still ever made their way to the USA and a good one is worth close to US$50,000. There was a guy who had a black one here in CA that used to belong to Sophia Loren. He sold his for close to US$75000 (mostly due to it's provenance. Imagine parking YOUR -er-derriere in the same seat that once held THAT derriere!). George Graves Editor-in-Chief Overheard Cams Magazine Alfa Romeo Association of Califonia A fender or a door alone would already be worth 600 or more, that's the good news but also the bad news: parts are expensive, so a complete restoration will also be expensive. > It took me forever to find out even what this car I had found was. The owner > wouldn't let me within 20 feet of it. After 2 years of me offering him $3500 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > milky white around the edges. No visible rust. Fair chrome, dented rear > bumper (I think). Any feedback (or opinions) is very welcomed. ...and if Zagato's are anything like Bertone-built 2600's you should first 'test' out any body part that you buy, I found a door for next to nothing for my Bertone 2600 and it does not fit! At all! (too long). Seems like they 'fitted' the body around the chassis as they would with a gentleman's suit. That said, for 600, I'd buy it in a split second (or for 6000, btw). If you've got the space to stash the car, what can you loose? Engine is basically the same as a standard 2600 sprint or spider, no part worries there. Same goes for most of the underpinnings (shortened standard chassis), steering, brakes.. Good luck. Oh, and www.afra.it is a good source, but there are quite a lot of them about. (alfaring...) Info. PS engine sounds like a WWII spitfire ;-) > A fender or a door alone would already be worth 600 or more, that's the good > news but also the bad news: parts are expensive, so a complete restoration [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > milky white around the edges. No visible rust. Fair chrome, dented rear > > bumper (I think). Any feedback (or opinions) is very welcomed. > ...and if Zagato's are anything like Bertone-built 2600's you should first > 'test' out any body part that you buy, I found a door for next to nothing > for my Bertone 2600 and it does not fit! At all! (too long). Seems like they > 'fitted' the body around the chassis as they would with a gentleman's suit. I can almost assure you that this is the case. Both are coach-built cars, and the Zagato has an aluminum body beaten into more-or-less the correct shape over wooden bucks. > That said, for 600, I'd buy it in a split second (or for 6000, btw). If > you've got the space to stash the car, what can you loose? My sentiment exactly! George Graves > It took me forever to find out even what this car I had found was. The > owner wouldn't let me within 20 feet of it. After 2 years of me offering > him $3500 cash, the crazy old coot sold it to a parts yard. I can buy it > from them for $600. Anyway, its a 2600 SZ. You lucky _______! ;-) Enjoy it mate. ciao Zak -- ======================================================================== http://www.carfolio.com/ Searchable database of 10 000+ car specs ======================================================================== >You lucky _______! ;-) >Enjoy it mate. >ciao >Zak If you do not want to buy it for $600, then I will pay you $1000 handling fee, plus the $600 cost to buy plus the cost to ship it to me. Pete =================================== <iowna156@clubalfa.com> 156 2.0 TS (2001) - Proteo Rosso (his) 147 2.0 TS (2002) - Gem Green (her's) =================================== According to Fusi, 105 (!!) have been made between 1965/1967 (model serie 106.12 chassis nrs 10612.856001-10612.856105 engine nrs 00612.00601-00612.00705 Buy it SOON!!!! Ciao from Holland AlfistaGJ 156 SW 1.8 (2000) Montreal (1974) > >You lucky _______! ;-) > >Enjoy it mate. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > 147 2.0 TS (2002) - Gem Green (her's) > =================================== Rick, I'm in the process of doeumenting all existing 2600 SZ cars. 57 of 105 are still believed to exist. Please contact me off the newsgroup about the car you mentioned. I'd like to hear more about it. My email address is "tubut<at>iname.com". I had to substiture the @ sign with <at> in order to make the e-mail address human readable but out of reach for Spambots. Cheers, Ruedi Rick, I'm in the process of doeumenting all existing 2600 SZ cars. 57 of 105 are still believed to exist. Please contact me off the newsgroup about the car you mentioned. I'd like to hear more about it. My email address is "tubut<at>iname.com". I had to substiture the @ sign with <at> in order to make the e-mail address human readable but out of reach for Spambots. Cheers, Ruedi |
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