Alfa Romeo entered into the postwar era with a new twin-cam, four-cylinder engine design, which was a configuration that would dominate the Italian automaker’s portfolio for decades to come. Initially arriving in Alfa Romeo’s Giulietta lineup in the mid-1950s, the twin-cam would go on to power the updated Giulia range and it would remain there until the early 1990s.

Sporting elegant coachwork designed and built by Pininfarina, the 1.3-liter Giulietta Spider was a huge success and continued virtually unchanged in 1.6-liter Giulia guise when the latter joined the Alfa lineup in 1962. A hood scoop, necessary to clear the larger engine's taller block, easily identified the new model. The larger engine boosted maximum power of Alfa's venerable twin-cam four from 80 to 92 brake horsepower and the car's top speed to 109 mph. Reliability was likewise enhanced and the larger engine was noticeably smoother and less temperamental.

The Spider offered here is recorded on its Museo Storico Alfa Romeo certificate as having been built on 29 November 1962 and delivered to New York the following January, finished in Rosso over Grigio interior. It was acquired by the late Terence E. Adderley in 2013, reportedly after 30 years of ownership by the seller, Andy Manganaro of Xenia, Ohio, a passionate enthusiast of Italian sports and racing cars of the era. It is still finished in the classic Italian shade of red, its original hue, with a black interior piped in red as a wonderful accent. While never fully restored, it was upgraded earlier in life to the more potent Veloce specifications with a 129-horsepower engine, delivering its power through a five-speed manual transmission. The engine itself was rebuilt for the prior owner in 1990 by well-known Alfista Jon Norman, with the receipt included in its file.

Bearing a wonderful patina throughout, this would be an entertaining driver in the sun and surely much-appreciated at local cars-and-coffees.