Do you ever wonder how someone walks outside every day and sees two decently valuable cars rotting in the backyard, never thinking they should either a.) sell said vehicles, or b.) restore and enjoy them. I get it – life gets in the way, and expenses pile up, but it’s a shame that this pair of Alfa Romeo GTVs wasn’t rescued in time. The cars are located in Ohio which is notoriously unkind to vintage tin like this, and it’s safe to say these field finds may even be past the point of providing much in the way of good parts considering the interiors have been exposed to the elements. Can they be saved? Find the listing here on Hemmings with no price listed.
I can’t help but wonder if this pair of Italian sports coupes is related to this find from a few weeks ago featuring a GTV found in an Ohio barn and offered by the same seller. You can read about the 1971 GTV 1750 barn find here, which was hiding in a barn with at least two other Alfa Romeos. Given Alfa enthusiasts tend to collect these cars in batches so as to always have a good supply of spare parts, I suspect Frank Sajjad of MB Vintage Cars grabbed this whole stash of cars and parts when he found the dusty GTV. That car went unsold, by the way.
Will there be a time when we lament the fact that so many Alfa Romeo Spiders went to the scrapyard given their low values and seemingly endless supply? Hard to say. The GTV was certainly popular, but it wasn’t produced or sold in the same quantities so it’s always surprising to see them left to rot. However, given the car’s propensity to rust even when fairly new, it wouldn’t surprise me if an Alfa Romeo enthusiast bought these GTVs with rusty fenders and no floors sometime in the 1980s and simply kept them in the backyard in case they ever needed some errant switchgear or engine parts.
The interiors certainly won’t yield much in the way of spares, as the seats, door panels, dash, steering wheel, and wood trim have all perished. The gauges might be savable, but that’s about it. It looks like there’s still a key in the ignition, so it will be fairly straightforward to test for engine health should the next owner decide the only thing worth saving is the drivetrain. Given the barn contents and what’s in the backyard, I can’t help but wonder what else the seller managed to drag out of this Ohio-based haven of Alfa Romeo cars and parts.
Glass looks good.
Located in Cleveland,Ohio.
Perfect yard art for a Alfa repair shop. Good motivational tool for the customers to stay on top of repairs. Also a good conversation starter.
Actually you’ve stumbled on an imported rust farm. Initially started with the domestic Chevy Vega, but people wanted much more rust and much faster. Thus was born the imported rust farm. Some say the Alfa’s were actually made from compressed rust. Not proven, but possible. Just sayin.
Ah the good old Alfa’s, only car in the world that without modification gets faster year on year due to weight reduction. I think I have mentioned on here previously, even a garaged Alfa only needs a picture of a ocean scene hanging on the wall to start disappearing. Considering the location these have held up remarkably well. Some of the early Alfa’s were great drivers though, so I am a bit of a fan(if someone else owns it).
Combine what you have, turn out a historic road race class car. Then have fun with it.
The GTV was the main challenger in the Under 2 liter class of Trans-Am to the might BRE Datsun 510s and the BMW 2002 back in the day.
I wonder who will get there first with a check and a flatbed, BHCC or Gullwing?
Sad and dumb….
There will be nothing to build here from 2 cars, or 20 in the same condition. Once great cars, left to return to nature. They ar emost of the way there already, maybe just let them rust in peace?
bt
Worth saving for the glass and possibly some of the drivetrain. Too far gone for much else.
Too far gone? If you adjust your medication just right, this would be a perfect candidate for restoration!
Maybe a good tail light lens?
I had a ‘69 GTV. It was one of the sweetest cars I’ve ever owned. It did everything right.
Who needs parts cars for Alfa GTV? Everything you need is available (later cars more so) and not usually expensive.
In today¨s market, good Bertones are $40000 plus. Easy to spend more on a lesser car, but bear in mind that the Alfa 2000 Berlina is a better car at less than half the spend if you forego the coupe look.
even back in the early 80’s when i was just out of high school, in my little WV town, i never saw a single one of these running around.
i sure wish i could’ve latched onto one , or two, or ……
No price listed because the seller is hoping for a big offer. Put them on the scale and pay what they are worth for scrap metal to be fair to the buyer as there really isn’t much left to repair.
Located in Cleveland, OH
Even tough these are less than five miles from my home, I couldn’t see bothering with them unless I was looking for a few specific parts for a similar Alfa. Then perhaps if I could get everything for a low enough price, I could take what I needed and scrape the rest, and end in decent shape.