The Original Alfa Spider: Restorer's Guide

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 1967, 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.