This 1963 Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint (chassis AR820411) is rusty, beat-up and sad looking, though fortunately its big, lovely six still turns by hand and sounds to be complete as well. Many boxes of parts are pictured separately, and despite what it looks like we still hold out hope it’s not beyond restoration. Find it here on eBay in Hilton, New York with no reserve.

Partially repaired front end damage is visible, and it seems as if the car was prepped for final work that never came and then parked outside and allowed to rust. Note the rotted rockers, lower front feners and crusty headlight bezels.

The interior is rough but not as bad as could be expected. Floors look OK, but are a bit blurry as shot and do seem to show at least surface corrosion. Gauges, switchgear and the steering wheel are all intact, however.

Underhood, the twin cam straight six retains its three OEM Solex carbs and is said to turn freely.

Worst case scenario, at least the engine will live on. We’ve seen a few really pretty, early Post War-style roadsters assembled around the same unit, though anyone prepared to shell out for a ground-up custom should also have adequate resources to fix this car regardless of how bad it may be underneath.