wonderbot
06-20-2008, 02:40 PM
Filed under: Time Warp (http://www.autoblog.com/category/timewarp/), Convertibles (http://www.autoblog.com/category/convertibles/), Sports/GTs (http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/), Driving (http://www.autoblog.com/category/driving/), Alfa Romeo (http://www.autoblog.com/category/alfa-romeo/)
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Click to view the '61 Alfa Giulietta in our hi-res gallery
Everyone has their own idea of heaven on earth: the first snowfall, a cold beer on a hot day, a pristine azure beach... Cruising around town on a beautiful summer day in a classic Italian roadster may just be ours.
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/06/10web-250a_52_alfagiulietta.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/1961-alfa-romeo-giulietta-spider/873196/)There's just something, what the French call a certain je ne sais quoi, an indefinable quality about a vintage Alfa - found somewhere in between the exhaust note and the chrome details - that has a unique capacity to make driver and passenger forget about everything else and just enjoy the drive. Don't get us wrong, we're big fans of progress. But after spending a few hours with this beautiful 1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider, we're gaining a new appreciation for the phrase "they don't build 'em like they used to". Follow the jump to read why.
Gallery: 1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/1961-alfa-romeo-giulietta-spider/)
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Photos Copyright (C)2008 Noah Joseph / Weblogs, Inc.
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Click to view the '61 Alfa Giulietta in our hi-res gallery
Everyone has their own idea of heaven on earth: the first snowfall, a cold beer on a hot day, a pristine azure beach... Cruising around town on a beautiful summer day in a classic Italian roadster may just be ours.
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/06/10web-250a_52_alfagiulietta.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/1961-alfa-romeo-giulietta-spider/873196/)There's just something, what the French call a certain je ne sais quoi, an indefinable quality about a vintage Alfa - found somewhere in between the exhaust note and the chrome details - that has a unique capacity to make driver and passenger forget about everything else and just enjoy the drive. Don't get us wrong, we're big fans of progress. But after spending a few hours with this beautiful 1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider, we're gaining a new appreciation for the phrase "they don't build 'em like they used to". Follow the jump to read why.
Gallery: 1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/1961-alfa-romeo-giulietta-spider/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/06/01_alfagiulietta_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/1961-alfa-romeo-giulietta-spider/857453/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/06/02_alfagiulietta_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/1961-alfa-romeo-giulietta-spider/857454/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/06/03_alfagiulietta_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/1961-alfa-romeo-giulietta-spider/857457/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/06/04_alfagiulietta_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/1961-alfa-romeo-giulietta-spider/857458/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/06/05_alfagiulietta_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/1961-alfa-romeo-giulietta-spider/857459/)
Photos Copyright (C)2008 Noah Joseph / Weblogs, Inc.
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