Giulia (Type 115) 1962-1993

Technical Specification                                 Standard Equipment

Engine Capacity:-        1962cc                         Alloy Wheels

Max Power:-                120bhp/5800rpm          Tinted Windows

Max Speed:-                119mph                        Electric Mirrors

0-62 mph:-                   9.4 secs                        Electric Windows

Fuel Consumption:-                                          Voltmeter

        -         At 56mph:-     42.7mpg                        Rev Counter

-         At 75mph:-     32.5mpg                        Oil Pressure Gauge

-         Urban Cycle:- 26.6mpg                        Courtesy Lights

                                                                        -  Engine

                                                                        -  Boot

Variable Valve Timing                                       Power Steering

Ltd Slip Differential                                           Multipoint Electronic Injection

Tyres:-                          195/60 R 15                 Electronic Ignition 

Exterior Colour:-           Rosso Alfa 

Interior Finish:-             Texalfa in Beige

The production registers held in Centro Documentazio Alfa Romeo, show that this car was produced on 27 February 1990 and delivered a month later, 30 March 1990, to George Stamakis, c/o Bell & Colvill Classics Limited in West Horsley, Surrey.  Optional extras fitted by the factory included a Momo wooden steering wheel and a headlight alignment corrector.

Like all Series 4 Spiders, this Pininfarina-styled car was produced in left-hand drive form only.  On delivery to the UK, Bell & Colvill arranged for it to be converted to a right-hand drive model and it is believed that this work was carried out by a company called Ellisons, based in Hull.

Once returned to West Horsley, the car was registered and found its way onto the showroom floor.  There it attracted the admiring attention of a Mr Brooke.  By adding a Pioneer Radio/Cassette (remember those?!), a tonneau cover and a wooden gearknob to match the Momo wheel, the deal was sealed.  So, on 24 November 1990, for the princely sum of £19,590, Mr Brooke became the first owner of H964 YHM, an Alfa Romeo Spider 2000i Veloce, red in colour with a tan interior, trading in his Lancia Delta GTi in the process.

The car remained in Mr Brooke’s ownership until it was purchased by Mr J Moore on 6 June 1995 from Julian Scaramanga Specialist Cars.  At that time, the car had covered 37,848 kilometres.  ( A quirk that remains to this day and often gives the MOT Inspectors a headache, is that the speedometer and mileometer are set in kilometres, not miles). 

Mr Moore then kept the car for a further 20 years or so, but limiting his usage to good weather days and shorter journeys, added only another 6,084 kilometres to the clock, before it was put up for sale and bought by me on 15 August 2016.  It ran out of petrol on the test drive, as Mr Moore, a Chartered Accountant, had been keen to optimise his sale profit!  Undaunted, the car was in excellent shape - no doubt down to it being additionally rustproofed at the outset and always being garaged – the deal was done and, with my brother as co-driver, we drove it several hundred miles all the way back to Scotland.  And without any issues, I am happy to record.

Since purchase, I’ve been following Mr Moore’s example, only taking the car out during the spring and summer months – and even then, with a wary eye on the weather – keeping it garaged when not on the road.  It hasn’t been idle though, having travelled as far north as John o’ Groats and as far south as Lizard Point.  Not in the one journey, though.  Even I didn’t want to tempt fate!  It’s been to National Alfa Day at Bicester too, another great journey.  As at July 2025, having now added a further 13,588 kilometres, the car has now travelled a total of 57,520k, the equivalent of 35,741 miles – pretty good as it approaches its 35^th birthday.

The car continues to be very well looked after with great support from A G Barr, a local independent garage.  So much so, that, much to my surprise but absolute delight, H964 YHM was judged to be the Best Alfa at the 2023 Scottish Italian Car Day at Hopetoun House, near Edinburgh.  Here’s to the next few years.