1971 Alfa Romeo Spider 1300 Junior: The Family Car, Petrolicious

Perched on a rearfacing, foldaway jump seat in the back of the family station wagon. Wedged between your parents on the front bench of an old pickup truck. Or climbing around in the +2 section of a sprightly red Italian 2+2 with the top down and everyones hair flapping wildly. The sentimental value of the vehicles we grew up inand of the spots inside them that we got to call our owncannot be quantified. In todays film, Petrolicious own Tiziano Niero sits down with his father, Carlo, to discuss a special Alfa Romeo thats been in the family garage for over thirty years: a 1971 Spider 1300 Junior. It wasnt my dream. I would have never thought about buying it back thenI was at the beginning of my career, I had no money. But it happened all of a sudden, and finding this car became one of the rare occasions when I could afford the object of my desire. Since then its been treated to two paint jobs and all the maintenance youd expect a dailydriven Italian sports car to require, but even when a mou br, br,