Does anyone else drive these miserable piles of garbage?
 

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It is such a riot to drive. For all the rough edges my 3.2 has, this car is ALL raw edges.

That is sexy!

Have you had that one at the PDX Cars & Coffee meet in Wilsonville? It looks familiar.

Yes.

Great looking car! Maybe you could just have it towed to strategic shows.

LOL, it's my daily driver.

Geez, they must be tough where you come from :cool:

Does Mario and Mario look after it or do you do the maintenance stuff yourself?

I like it

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That there is a beautiful ride. I think I know it's an Alfa - yes? What model?

GTV6... had one.

Wonderful to drive, and the sound is fabulous... stiff clutch... always something...

She's a looker!

My finding so far is that the half-assed attempts by previous owners have been part of the problem. Sorting out the crap fixes to the already-crap electrics made most of the electrical stuff work properly. And relaying stuff so that all the power doesn't go through the switches was very helpful.

I owned three gtv/6's in the 80's. loved each and every one. gorgeous machine to look at and to drive. better sounding than my 12 cyl Ferrari!!!

the op has a beauty!!!!

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Love it! Came close to bying one several years ago, fortunately had a moment of sanity. How Alfa can make a V6 sound that good has always amazed me.

Always wanted one. Have owned Alfa Spider Veloces over the years. Always wondered about the interior bits on the 1980s GTV. All of that black plastic has the look of being less durable than modeling clay. Thoughts?

I've always liked these
Calloway turbo'd a couple of these that come up every rare once in a while.
Didn't they come from factory with those silly yellow lights on the inside or was that just for France?

Most of these have succumbed to tin worm. They came with built in rust. They used recycled steel from Czechoslovakian to build the bodies!

But great dynamics and handling. The GTV6 was once voted the best handling car ever and it remained that way long after they stopped building them. Just imagine what could have been if they built them to a higher standard.

I owned one like this when I was a student but mine was rusty and ugly but it never broke down and it was one of the first cars I DIYed.

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Very nice

I admire your commitment and bravery to daily drive it

Just this piece of junk...

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One more of this pile.

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Nice car, and ya reversing McGyver'ing by the PO to save $.50 and 10 extra minutes they would've spent doing it the right way gets old.

I avoid most DIY'd cars for that reason.

Just that one, figured 2 less cylinders to go wrong ;-)

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I had an 82 GTV-6 Balocco edition I sold last year. Fun car to drive and the Busso engine sounds great.

had a 76. it would rust just to look at it. loved the look, loved the interior, but it was slow.

I foolishly bought a GTV/6 brand new back in 1983. It was easily the worst automotive purchase I made before or since, and that includes several British cars. Yes it was a great drive when it worked which was maybe 50% of the time. It was plagued with electrical gremlins, leaking head gaskets, and the infamous weak second gear synchro all during the first year of ownership. Two Alfa dealers couldn't fix the issues, and Alfa corporate basically told me it was my problem and not to bother them. Needless to say I unloaded that POS before my second year of suffering was complete. I've occasionally wondered what became of it and the poor souls that were later stuck with it. Anyway I didn't mean to be a downer, and I hope your experience is as good as mine was bad.


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There is an outrageously nice '74 GTV on BAT right now. Final gavel-drop price guesses, anyone? :)

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1974-alfa-romeo-gtv-32/

I would buy that car and drive it every day. That's my problem: I just can't be happy driving an appliance, so the "fun" car always ends up being the one I use. It is a fatal flaw.

Dunno but that’s a lovely car in white, and crazy clean.

Mostly, we have these piles of garbage:

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This reminds me of the recent sentiment shared in another thread about 1980s/90s Range Rovers!!! LOL! Something about them being made by "misanthropes and drunkards!"!! It still makes me laugh!

A buddy of mine is stockpiling the Calloway versions. He's up to 4 or 5 now along with the some body panel molds. They are beautiful cars from the outside. Interiors are painfully 80s.

NICE. I love those cars. Doesn't have the wonderful sound of the Busso V6, but the steering and gearchanges are sublime.

I found frapping WIRE NUTS under the dash. Sheesh.

I think I'm in love.

I also have to admit that the dash did not wear well - it is severely cracked. I have a fix, but it'll have to wait until I source a replacement dash, so I can work on it out of the car. the ergonomics are hilariously Italian - from the driver's normal position, it is impossible to see any of the speedometer that matters on American roads.

I was about to remark that this was the twin to my Dad's 76 (I believe it was called a GTV that year in Canada), and then I noticed the hood bulge and read your signature. The lack of a body kit and the small bumpers -- belissimo! Did you do it, or was it an import from Europe?

My Dad's was such a great car, except for the rust, and reliability. But it earned me I Instant street cried in our predominately Italian neighbourhood in Toronto. Street cred I sorely needed having moved from a small Ontario town, in 1982, and was rooting for West Germany in the World Cup against, you guessed it, Italy.

Don't kid yourself, I've corrected some ridiculous stuff by "professional" mechanics too.

I think we have a winner
 

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Amen. They are worse because, A) they are on the clock and/or have a scumbag boss yelling at them to get it done and B) the ego of the professional auto mechanic, even if they have the skill of a trained monkey, makes rock stars look like humble people open to constructive criticism. When you get a bad one, it's like having Donald Trump working on your car. :)