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Restoration work has included the replacement of the floor, sills and side members and the front end has been put back into shape with scrupulous concern for originality. It must be emphasized that great care has been taken to keep all the original aluminium body skin. Only the bonnet could not be saved and was replaced. The Giulietta SZ is a particularly interesting model, as it has the highest performance of all the cars derived from the Giulietta range. This model was born from a somewhat haphazard train of events. Dore Leto di Priolo, a private racing driver, went off the road in his Sprint Veloce during the 1956 Mille Miglia. Zagato, to whom he gave the car with instructions to improve the performance, reduced the weight by 135 kg and designed a more aerodynamic body. These characteristics enabled the car to beat all the Sprint Veloces in compétition and led several private entrants to order from Zagato identical models now known as the Giulietta SVZ. An agreement concluded between Alfa Romeo and Zagato led to the production in 1959 of the Sprint Zagato, lighter and more highly developed than the SVZ. Specifically designed for racing, this is the rarest of the Giuliettas, with a production run of barely more than 200 cars. The opportunity of finding a genuine and undisputed Giulietta SZ does not come along often and this is what we are offering today. Once the restoration has been completed, this car will be eligible for all the most important events in the calendar for historic racers
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