About the Giulia Spider Archive

What this is

An editorial archive, not a shop: a knowledgebase of verified, marque-specific reference on the Giulia Spider — its Normale and Veloce variants, what to check when buying, and how to look after one. It exists to gather scattered, often Italian-language knowledge into one clear, honest English-language resource.

How it's written

Every figure is checked against reliable sources rather than repeated from memory, and where something cannot be verified it is flagged rather than guessed. Corrections, period documents and first-hand knowledge from owners are genuinely welcome — the archive improves when people who know these cars get in touch.

The featured car

The featured car, RCA 379B, is a 1964 right-hand-drive Giulia Spider studied as a useful reference example. It is not our car; being able to look at a real example closely informs how these pages are written. Every image on this site is published in good faith. If you hold the rights to any image here and would like it credited, or would prefer that it be removed, please get in touch and it will be dealt with promptly.

Who writes it

Jon Cosson is a lifelong classic-car enthusiast based in North Yorkshire, near Thornton-le-Dale on the southern edge of the North York Moors. After a career in cyber security and IT, he has returned to a passion that runs in the family — his father was in the motor trade — and now spends his time driving, maintaining and writing about the classic cars he owns, among them a Jaguar E-Type, a Jaguar Mk2, an MG TF, an AC Aceca and a Triumph Stag. This Giulia Spider archive is part of a small family of single-marque references he maintains for fellow enthusiasts.

The other archives he writes, and his own hub, are listed here. This is the single place on this site where they are gathered.

• MG T-Series covers the MG T-Series, the TA to TF of 1936 to 1955.
• AC Aceca covers the AC Aceca and its Bristol engine.
• Triumph Stag covers the Triumph Stag and its Italian-designed V8.
• Jaguar E-Type covers the Jaguar E-Type, from Series 1 to Series 3.
• Jaguar Mk2 covers the Jaguar Mk2 saloon and its 2.4, 3.4 and 3.8 twin-cam engines.
• Jon Cosson covers the author's own hub, where the wider set of archives is introduced.

Get in touch

Corrections, additions, missing sources, offers of photographs or documents — all welcome. Please use the form below. If you own a Giulia Spider, you can also add it to the registry.