This 1966 Alfa Romeo GTV represents a good opportunity to get into one of these classic sports cars at a fair price, provided you’re OK with tackling body work and rust repair. This is one of those vehicles that is absolutely thrilling to drive hard, hugely expensive to buy restored, and a labor of love even when the hard work is complete. Details aren’t extensive on this example, but the seller notes it drove into the barn under its own power a year ago, looks largely complete. The interior is in tatters and there’s rust in more than one location, including the pedal box. It does come with a clear title and California blue plates. Find it here on eBay with one bid to $8,500 and no reserve.

The body presents well, despite the panel shut looking slightly off on the doors and thin paint wearing through to bare metal on the fenders and hood. The Alfa retains original wheels and hubcaps, a great look for any GTV – especially when lowered slightly. Pretty chrome bumpers remain affixed, but it’s impossible to say from here whether they need re-chroming. The nose shows a bump under the driver’s side headlamp, which has lead to rust blossoming and perhaps requiring the entire panel to be cut out and re-welded. There’s likely no point to trying to save what remains, as it looks fairly rusty. The turn signal is also broken and the grill pushed in on the driver’s side.

The interior is where you’ll find most of the rust. The floors appear to have rot-through front and rear, and as mentioned, the pedal box area seems to be the worst of it. The dash is cracked beyond repair and the seats all need to be redone if you can’t stand the site of tears or exposed foam. The backseat may be partially collapsed, based on the gap I can see between the top of the seat and the foam inside – but that’s just a guess. It does seem likely that this Alfa was left to bake in the sun for some time, which would explain the thin paint on the top-level surfaces of the car and the ratty interior. The headliner is also tired and there is rust in the spare tire well.

The seller provides relatively few details about the mechanical health of the 1300 under the hood, but one would assume it has some shot at coming back to life if it last ran a year ago. It doesn’t appear that anyone has done much work under the hood in some time, but it also looks to be free of period modifications (not that it would be a bad thing if there was evidence of it – Alfa owners tend to invest in desirable go-fast parts.) While it does have rust to contend with, it looks manageable to repair and the body isn’t falling to pieces around the tattered remains of an interior, a phenomenon we see often with vintage Alfas that live near the snow belt. Is this a potential bargain if the bidding stays under $10K?