In the 1960s and 1970s, Alfa Romeo built several iterations of the Giulia GTV sports/touring car. In racing form, it took several European Touring Car championships, so, they were all about performance and handling. The seller’s 1968 edition has found itself in some rather sad-looking surroundings and may need a bit more than a “little TLC” to be a viable road car again. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, this Italian project is available here on craigslist for $18,000 as another interesting tip from Barn Finder T.J.!
The car’s design dates to 1963 when it was cooked up using an abbreviated Giulia sedan chassis. Different tweaks of the inline-4 engine were done over the years and the cars were easily capable of exceeding 100 mph. Because of its year of manufacture, this Alfa probably has a 1779-cc engine. At the time, their primary competition was cars like the BMW 1600ti. Over 14 years, some 223,000 of these GTV automobiles are thought to have been produced.
Given its surroundings, we assume this Alfa Romeo was forgotten about for years. The odometer reading is 64,000 km which the seller equates to about 40,000 miles. That’s not a lot for a car to have been exiled for mechanical reasons. The seller says the auto has European seats and wool carpeting, so does that mean it was not built to U.S. specs, but for sale on its home turf? And in what condition is the passenger compartment (no photos)?
There are probably more unknowns than knowns about this car that meets the eye. We see evidence of rust in some of the rather dark photos. And is what’s under the hood intact and complete? The seller would have done the car a greater service by also pulling it out in the daylight for some photos.
The photography in the craigslist ad is classic craigslist. From what I can see a potential buyer would have to have an affinity for rust and some skill as a welder to want to take this on. I am pretty sure the “T” in GTV stands for tetanus.
A non-rusty one (rare as hen’s teeth) would be lovely weekend car. This appears to NOT be that car.
There’s nothing about this car that’s worth 18K. Would put money on the underside being rust from one end to the other.
Parts car. What a sad joke. This thing is rotten, incomplete, not all that rare, and has been owned by someone who didn’t care about it in the least for decades. Other than that, it’s perfect!
cheers,
bt
Says the people with no money.
I can usually exercise some self control and resist buying projects where you are upside down from the start. You go ahead and buy it, slugger – put your money where your mouth is.
bt
Doesn’t look rusty; the chrome’s a good indicator of that. Fousty, on the other hand…
Price? Optimistic.
Things to do with an Alfa at Goodwood…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpU8-jA7bf8
Chrome is all stainless steel on these. But I agree, this car is certainly worth checking out in person.
Why do people do this to cars??? And how much???
I see this style of Alfa and think how they couldn’t shake a Japanese sedan at the track so they tried to cheat. Pete Brocks Datsuns were untouchable.
That´s kind of selective history given that these cars dominated European sedan racing 1965-74. And early years of Trans-Am….
So given the choice of an Alfa Bertone or a Datsun 510 road car…..my that´s a tough one!
Seller – The first picture is not helping your case at all to attain $18k
Take one zero off the price and then maybe you have a start as to where to haggle that price down. Fun car as a driver but not that rare and valuable. BAT has given the uneducated a false sense of value.
If the car is close to what the seller claims, it is ifact both rare and valuable.
A well-restored GT Veloce (this is not a GTV- as the Barn Finds title would have you believe) with original engine and correct detail in tthis colour combination is a $60-80000 car.
I think the seller meant to say that the car HAD wool carpets, as they will have been eaten by moths years ago.
A rust prone Italian car that spent it’s early days in Europe, then landed in Ohio – what could go wrong? I would guess the pans look like Swiss cheese! Why not roll it outside, hose it off, and take some decent pics? Too lazy to invest a few minutes of your time?
Barnfinds readers doing f what they do best:
Nothing.
It appears Critical Theory has found its way to Barnfinds!
Can the SPL be far behind??
I bought my 68 GTV in 73 for $1800. but it ran and though the paint was a bit weak, it wasn’t total trash like this car. only a fool would buy this for that kind of money.
Wow…18K. A fool and his money are soon parted.
What’s the problem, guys? If this car is a 1968 GT Veloce, it is on of the most valuable and desirable Bertone 105s short of a GTA. It is a 1600 (lazy research, no stepnose was a 1750) and should be full of little features which differentiate the model (and add value) from other Bertones. If the parts are there, all Bertones needing total restoration end up in the same ballgame, so starting with a very collectable variant at $18000 makes more sense than a better GTJunior at half the price.
Pity that the photos are so bad that it is impossible to know if all those little details are there or not.