The Restorer's Guide 1966-1993. Immortalized as Dustin
Hoffman's transport in "The Graduate," Alfa Romeo's Spider enjoyed an
extraordinarily long production span of 27 years. Launched as the 1600cc
Duetto with Pininfarina's simply-styled round-tailed body, it got a
1750cc engine and its tail sawed off in 1969, grew into a 2000cc in 1970
and was saddled with rubber bumpers in the '80s, but lost them in 1990,
by which time it was the second oldest car on sale in the U.K. Chris
Rees has assembled a comprehensive production history of the car that
was offered in literally dozens of different versions with a bewildering
multiplicity of minor changes and variants. This task has never been
fully attempted before, and the result is sure to be eagerly seized upon
by the thousands of Spider enthusiasts hungry for a definitive
volume.