Ebay Duetto, help!!!

[ossodiseppia]

Someone said the seller has a repair shop. He also sells (or tries to sell) used Alfa parts on Ebay. His prices are always so inflated that most don't sell. I would approach this car with caution as it's more than likely cobbled together from some of those parts he sells. Chances are that this car will not sell on Ebay for the price he's asking. So, you can take your time. Don't rush into this. When you go see the car, take your digicam and take lots of pictures. Try and note all of the things that don't belong on that car. Post the pictures on the BB when you get a chance and we will all take a good hard look at it.

The bump on the nose is always a concern. Reach through the bumpers and up to the underside of the upper panel. Feel for any irregularities in the metal. Look at the trailing edge of the trunk lid. Make sure it's not been hammered. Lot's of luck.

[Andrew]

My friend Chris sold his exemplary 69 Spider on the AlfaBB for $16,000; it was the car that, once tarted up with Borrani wire wheels, a custom yellow tonneau cover, and a bunch of other cosmetic gew-gaws, sold for $33,000 on ebay a couple months ago in Oregon.

I took the pics and posted the car to the BB for Chris, and had seen it and driven it pretty extensively. When Chris sold that Spider, it was utterly dialed in in terms of mechanical function and cosmetics, other than that is floors were replaced 20 years ago before good repro pieces were available as they are now, and one dash crack. But they were as well done as you could have at the time. It was the best-driving 105/115 car I've ever been in.

I'm not sure how, if at all, the market has changed in the several months since that $16,000 sale, but I think of that as the ballpark for a really nice, no-issues driver 69 Spider. This to me does not look like that level of car.

Andrew

[101/105guy]

Perhaps some of us should step back a bit and consider that the seller is not representing the car as all original or concourse condition. Just a solid, good looking driver.
Only a personal inspection can confirm this.

[Dr.G]

Remember, when you ask a question like the one you are asking- THIS IS A TOUGH CROWD!

Bruno has multitudinous costly parts and he's burned (well maybe tinged, sunburned, mildly fried, you get the idea) me on descriptiziones, sorry, end of story, keep looking. Those carb rubber supports weren't worth buying Bruno, naughty. But he does have a lot of used parts if you really, really, really need a used part and you just can't, can't, can't get it elsewhere. So pay your money and-a-takes your chances. He's a true old time Alfisti, he can keep his babies running with cobbled together parts. Bravo Bruno, you are a great American. But with the availability of parts these days, we shouldn't need to cobble together our cars anymore, like we used to, because we were poor. Mama Mia the price-a she just a-too-a high!!!! Now you owe me a Christmas present.

But it probably runs really, really good because I'm thinking Bruno is a capable mechanic and can really tune cars. Bruno, I'd like to meet you and drive one of your Ferrari's. After all, Bruno put a Twinspark in a duetto, and that's pretty good. But the price is too high for what I'm seeing. But I remember when a buck was really worth a buck, in silver.

Wes