Vendor Simon bought this Alfa Giulia Junior from Silverstone Auctions in May 2017. “I didn’t view the car before I purchased, so I was really pleased when I saw the quality of the bodywork,” he explains.

“It’s an Italian car and at the time of purchase, it wasn’t UK registered so I had an MOT tested and made the relevant changes to have it made road legal here. The mileage was noted as being 88,602 but it is in fact in kilometres. It’s only covered an additional 637km since that original MOT.”

Originally registered in Milan, a wide variety of Italian documents are included in car’s history file (please see Photo Gallery, below). These show it as being converted for historic racing in 1996, before going on to win the Sicilian round of the Italian Hill Climb Championship in both 2013 and 2016.

The Junior was granted an FIA Historic Technical Passport in 2015 and is accompanied by its old CAI Technical Passport (Form no 1917N, Period H1 1972-1975, FIA Class 23). “It’s generally been prepared to ‘Appendix J’ regulations, but any purchaser wishing to undertake historic racing would have to verify compliance with FIA regulations.”

Simon hasn’t carried any major work on the car, other than fitting GTA-style trumpets to the Weber 40 DCOE carburettors to improve breathing – although the original air filter is included in the spares package. He also had the car serviced by renowned 105 specialist Ian Ellis Classic Alfas on the 27th of May 2021.

“I had intended to go down the Restomod route and upgrade the Junior with an Alfa Romeo 75 Twin Spark engine (which I have purchased, and is available by separate negotiation for around £2000), however I had second thoughts as the installation would have voided its FIA papers.

“My personal circumstances have also recently changed and due to downsizing I need to recover some garage space; every time I look at the car, I think I’ll keep it, but I know that it must now go on to a new home.”

There’s no doubt that’s a shame for Simon but it’s an opportunity for someone else pick up a cheeky Junior, which offers a wide range of classic driving options.

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