Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV Bertone

[RicksAlfas]

Congratulations! Enjoy it

[dxg]

RicksAlfas said:

vpr said:

dinkel said:

Ouch and what a beauty: not mustard yellow but Cognac?

Ochre (spelling)?

Yes. Best colour!
AR109 Yellow Ochre, or Giallo Ocra!

aka BT van!

(It's a lovely, lovely, thing).

[arguti]

My old 1750 GTV from South Africa covered in dust and now in the UK.....a future project!

[dinkel]

GTSJOE said:

Looks like a pre '73 model - great looking car. Does it go wel?

[Mound Dawg]

Where did the ally bonnet come from, didn't think you could get those.

[GTSJOE]

Hi Mound Dawg, I recently bought the car from New Zealand where it had a full restoration by a guy called Alan Bowden of Car Restorations. Alan made the aluminium skin for the boot and bonnet.
The engine is a fully rebuilt 2.0 with a twin Weber 40DCOE
Other bits are lowered centreline suspension, new interior from Alfaholics, Petronix electronic ignition, master cylinder relined with stainless steel.
The car was originally sold in the UK on 4-5-72, Victoria Motors in Cirencester serviced the car until it was exported to NZ in. 1974.

[9xxNick]

That yellow Junior looks beautiful.

[GTSJOE]

[GTSJOE]

Thanks Nick , it drives as well as it looks!

[9xxNick]

What would you be looking at in cost terms to acquire something like that?

[Mound Dawg]

GTSJOE said:

Hi Mound Dawg, I recently bought the car from New Zealand where it had a full restoration by a guy called Alan Bowden of Car Restorations. Alan made the aluminium skin for the boot and bonnet.
The engine is a fully rebuilt 2.0 with a twin Weber 40DCOE
Other bits are lowered centreline suspension, new interior from Alfaholics, Petronix electronic ignition, master cylinder relined with stainless steel.
The car was originally sold in the UK on 4-5-72, Victoria Motors in Cirencester serviced the car until it was exported to NZ in. 1974.

Looks great, are you going to bring it to our track day in April?

[beach bum]

Can't help myself contributing with my Blu Olandese `74 1600 Junior.

[velocemitch]

9xxNick said:

What would you be looking at in cost terms to acquire something like that?

15 to 20k I'd expect.

[dinkel]

This topic is becoming a Bertone nirvana!

15-20K BPs I guess? Exact and rally spec cars can be twice the price of a good and sound but slightly modded or scratched car. It's great Alfa produced so many: bang for the buck galore.

[RicksAlfas]

beach bum said:

Can't help myself contributing with my Blu Olandese `74 1600 Junior.

That's lovely, but it's proximity to salt water is causing me palpitations.

[9xxNick]

velocemitch said:

15 to 20k I'd expect.

Thanks. That feels quite reasonable in the context of the current market.

[GTSJOE]

I'd say around £20,000. My car has NZ$ 45000 of invoices which is about £20,000. Purchase price would be about £25,000 in today's market.

[GTSJOE]

Beach bum, your car looks perfect.. Great colour!

[beach bum]

RicksAlfas said:

That's lovely, but it's proximity to salt water is causing me palpitations.

That is actually a rain water pool. The wheels, tyres and insides of the wings were hosed down afterwards.

[Elderly]

9xxNick said:

velocemitch said:

15 to 20k I'd expect.

Thanks. That feels quite reasonable in the context of the current market.

I agree with those figures for that model.
There is a pecking order for the mass produced variants of these lovely Bertone coupes;
in general terms the early step fronts at the top, followed by the 1750s, followed by the 2000GTV
and with all the later non step front, smaller engined types bringing up the rear.