Giulia 105 Series Colli Wagon Question...

["David L Mericle" <DAVEMERICLE@domain.elided>]

Hi Folks,

Does anyone on this list own a 105 series Giulia Super Colli Station Wagon?
If so, I have a few questions about niggling details in the restoration of
one (these questions pertain to the "full hatch" real Colli wagon, not the
more garden variety "half hatch" panel vans bodied by Giorgetti et al. and
used by Polizia and as Alfa Romeo Servizio vehicles in various countries in
the late 60s and early 70s):

- -Does anybody have any idea what the rear window (the one in the "full
hatch") is from? It certainly doesn't appear to be from an Alfa, so perhaps
a period Fiat or other vehicle was the donor?
- -What sort of rear window seal rubber would work on the car (see above)?
- -Same question about the hatch hinges, any idea what they were taken from?
- -Does anybody have any real ideas about the actual number produced?

Colli is long since out of business, and surviving vehicles are so low in
number I'm trying to piece together some of the facts about them at this
point.

In addition, as far as I have been able to determine, there were very few
other wagon variants based on the Giulia Sedan chassis. The one pictured in
most books as a "Giulia Super Promiscua/Giardinetta" is actually a Giulia Ti
Promiscua (wagon), alternatively called a "Giulia Ti Estate" in Britain.
They have full windows behind the rear doors and a roofline to rear bumper
"full hatch" in the rear. Then there are the myriad of Giulia Super variants
bodied by Giorgetti as "Panel Vans" for Polizia and Servizio use-these
examples have sheet metal welded in behind the rear doors instead of
windows, and a roofline to trunk lid "half hatch" in the rear. Then there
are the Giulia Fire Trucks used at Arese, which essentially had the rear
doors welded up and the roof chopped right behind the front door with a flat
glass window added behind the seats and metal plates welded inside the
"truck" bed and floor areas for additional chassis stiffening. And, of
course, the special Giulia "golf carts" with no doors, spartan interior,
three rows of seats, and a lightweight roof delicately attached to the body
(last November I saw two of these still in use as factory haulers at Arese
for corporate "suits").

Any others we haven't yet seen out there?

Production of the Colli version wagons was so small that it would be absurd
to believe that Colli had such a small batch of special glass and hinges and
fittings made for them-but then again, when dealing with Alfas, anything is
possible (as we all well know by now)...

Thanks in advance,

Dave Mericle-European Car Magazine
Southern California-USA

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