No, no, no. If they would try to revive this model name, it would be spoiled. Actually, the early model years of the 105 coupe were called the Giulia coupe (to go with the 4-door Giulias which came out earlier). So, in a way it has been revived in the new Giulia sports sedan, which is nothing in spirit like the Giulia of the 1960s or 70s.
Yeah, it's definitely one of the cars that would probably do well as a modern re-imagining a la Mini, 500, and Beetle. It would be easy to ruin but if done right...
Thank you for this video. I spent fifteen years with an Alfa Romeo dealership looking after those cars and got to know the 105 series well. The steering feel and fluidity, the quality of the gear change, the characterful engine, the delightful handling (especially when the roads were damp), just wonderful. We used to find that the 1750 was the sweetest.
The windshield washer bag is one invention it would be good to see a return of. Cheap, light, easy to mount, takes up less room (than a hard plastic tank), easy to clean/wash out, easy to break up any ice if it freezes.
Putting washer bottles inside the wheelarch is a really crap idea. In the winter the freeze up and even if you drive 100s of miles no heat gets to them to thaw them out. I might see if you can still get a bag one after market and mod my cars!
It does not have to a V8 or a v12 to put a smile on your face, I have a 1978 Triumph Dolomite Sprint and that makes we smile every time I take it out for a run, Cheers Paul
I am in Sydney. I purchased my first Alfa, a secondhand 1971 1750 Berlina which I adored but which was traded in on a secondhand 1750 Alfetta due to the dreaded rust and I was finally able to purchase a new 2L Giulietta in 1985. No more rust by then. I kept it for 24 years, until Ill health and the lack of any other manual drivers in the family forced its sale. That engine is such a work of art and each model showed how Alfa was always developing the marque despite their financial difficulties. Your video displays what I have always said: Early Alfas particularly become simply an extension of your fingers and toes. You are one with the road but they demand that you drive them to receive the full experience. I recall coming back from the snow and hitting a decreasing radius 80MPH gravel bend. As I backed off, wondering what was next the car tightened into the bend in gentle oversteer and to my delight I could steer it through the rest of the corner purely on the throttle. The car was way ahead of my driving skills. Your video brought tears to my eyes. Thank you 🙏
I had tears in my eyes watching this. I was fortunate to drive my Dad's 2000GTV when I was 21. It left a lasting memory which I only managed to replicate with my 2009 Mazda Miata. My dad's name was Ian! I'm 75 now so such memories are a treasure. Thanks Iain
Looks very familiar like my 1974 GT-Veloce that has 45DCOE and more performance upgrade. They are so joy to drive and one of the greatest Giorgetto’s design masterpiece!!!
For the eagle eyed,I loved watching the jubilee clip vibrate its way to the end of the hose whilst Ian was adjusting the carbs. Fortunately it didn't plop off into the intakes!
I too owned one of these and drove from Sydney to Canberra and back (400 km ? ) in Australia before I realised I had a fifth gear to go :) What a great little machine.
Giulia is my favorite car and I’ve been owning 1750GTV since 1986. Styling is great, it’s very fun-to-driving and good performance in the modern traffic here in Japan. There is no car comparable with this car.
I owned a 1974 GTV 2000 as my only car for almost 10-years, with Webers, the European manifold, electronic ignition and quite a bit of head work. The car was putting out about 148 horsepower with a less restrictive exhaust and I literally cannot imagine anything more fun to drive. Even though I drove it to work every day, I would always look for any excuse to drive it regardless of the length of the trip. Watching you tune that engine brought back so many wonderful memories of me and a dear friend trying to get the carbs set up correctly. Why I sold it I still don't know. Oh, I just remembered it was the rust, which I simply couldn't afford to fix at the time. Thank you!
Having owned two Spiders (a 1750 and a 2000) and a Berlina 2000 in period, from the taillights, I would judge this to be a Type 115 and not a Type 105.. If it has top-hung pedals than it is definitely a Type 115. The correct name for this car is "GT 2000 Veloce." Alfa Romeo itself did not use the designation "GTV" until the later Type 118 transaxle cars. In any case, it is a beautifully preserved example!
I went from an MGB GT to the Alfa and it was like chalk and cheese. I loved the MG but the Alfa was so much more nimble and peppy. After selling it, I bought an MGB GT V8 which I loved and kept for three years before graduating to Porsche 911 Carera 3.0. I was a professional car photographer back then . . . happy days!
A friend owned (and crashed) one in the sixties and it was a lovely car. What I loved was the automatic cigarette lighter, so you didn't need to look at speed.
Fabulous content as always, Ian. Far greater than any drivel on terrestrial TV, or many of the streaming platforms that are out there for that matter - talking of which... now there's an idea🤔!
What a joy! I could watch your un-dainty fingers fiddle around all day long. There can't be a video of yours I haven't seen two-three-four times! Thank you! Thank you! Please keep it up forever, amazing content!!!
Those Alfa engines are my forte, it may take me a while now, but I can see and hear in my head how to balance and fine tune those carbs, be they Weber, Dellorto or Solex. It has been a decade or two now since I worked on one, but the instinct comes back just watching this! Oh, I used the pipe in ear trick at first, but now I (would)use the short plug to earth or just eyes/ears method now... a bit of a sniff of exhaust gas is sometimes useful too, to check mixture.
When on an extended vacation in 1981 visiting my sister and brother-in-law in Valencia, much to my delight they allowed to me to drive their 1975 Alfa Romeo 2000 GT for my stay. What a nimble, fun car that was to drive. Was all over the Iberian peninsula driving that car like a madman for two weeks, absolutely stellar vehicle. It was very nice of them give me the Alfa to drive as their other car was a brand new SEAT Panda, wnich was, to be nice, a dreadful thing. Thanks for this, the memories I have of that time, what great fun.
A complete smasher. When I was younger, I had the chance of a cloverleaf Alfasud and a few years later a Mk2 Spyder, and I turned them both down, which I think I regret having seen this. Pocket rockets for sure!
I fully understand the smiling. My brother has 1972 Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV (red of course), and it is impossible to drive it and not to smile. Or even look at it and not to smile, it is absolutely gorgeous :) Great channel. You're like a professor of classic cars, and I mean that as a very sincere compliment.
I saw Horst Kwech Trans Am racing this car at Watkins Glen. (same red, of course) I have loved it ever since. Seems he balled it up pretty good at that event 😄. Very exciting race. Against BMW 2002's and Bob Sharp's Datsun 510.
I’ve had/driven both this coupe model and the spider and if I won the stupid lottery this is what I’d get! Forget the over priced bling mobiles, these things are the best cars for having fun ever!
Good morning Iain and team What an interesting video about the GTV 2000 the bit of the video that got me thinking the most was the about the bore stroke in the engine another very interesting bit was when Iain was tuning up the carburettor and i was trying to listen when it was sounding correct and could definitely hear when the carburettor screw was all the way in. The road test from the camera angles it was brilliant and enjoyable thanks you for sharing the story of a magnificent little car. Tristan
Iain, surely you know that 105 is centocinque. What you said was 500, which is more associated with Fiat. Was concerned about that loose jubilee clip dancing on the engine breather hose there, although the actual chance of it being sucked into the engine were probably miniscule. Love the design of this Alfa, but regretfully there is no way I would fit. Seems like it was cramped for you too, at least with respect to headroom. Keep up the good work!
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I owned a used Alpha GTV in Europe in 1982. It was total, unadultered krapmobile. It ran on only 2 clinders out of four... and the rust-bucket body had holes in it that a soccer ball would fit though. Since that time, I never as much as looked at anouther Italian car. Good for me, eh?
Great photography (as always). Lovely video about a gorgeous machine. Have to add, though: that truck moment definitely would fall into the "a bit hairy" category for me.
It rains a lot more in Milan and Turin than in London 613mm v 943mm and 840mm a year, it's salting the roads that kills cars without bodies made of double galvanized metal.
I had the 1750 and the 2000 GTV and I must say the 1750 was much nicer to drive and the instrumentation was gorgeous bigger rpm and speedo clocks it also had gages in the cetre console which finished it off better??
Are you familiar with the “Home Built by Jeff” RU-vid channel, where he is currently building an Alfa 105 with a Ferrari V8?! All “home built” fabrication. He calls it his “Alfarrari”.
I once owned a 1750 GTV plus several other 1750 Berlinas' 50's era Spyders etc. Great review altho no need to apologize for the car - the scooter reference was a bit off putting co's these cars carry themselves very well at shows among their larger exotic italian brethren. These are great cars and maybe a GTA will come your way and you can describe why it was okay for the inside front wheel to lift in corners which actually made that fiercely successful car a race winner. Okay time to hit the road on the Ducati.
Hello Iain, I am always fascinated how you finetune the carborettas! It would be quite interesting to hear what you here through this hose. Is there a chance of a special video of what this is all about? Thanks and best wishes from Germany 👊
He has a few videos uploads where he explains more of what he is listening and in what order he is adjusting. Just go rummage his video archive. Cheers.
I have a ‘73 GTV and want to fit a radio but do not want to cut a hole in the front or rear wing for an aerial. I noticed that the GTV in IaIn’s video has a radio but no aerial. What’s the solution Iain?
Was anyone else watching that hose clamp slide down... When will it fall, I thought, and then sadly, a cut and it was gone. Such an unsatisfying and ambiguous denouement.
I loved my Alfa, and the half dozen others I've driven ranging from the mid 70's up to their modern stuff. Granted, it was the only car as unreliable as my current BMW and a fraction as fast but what it lacked in power it made up for in enthusiasm. Every Alfa I've driven has felt like IT believed it was a thoroughbred racing car, the buzzy little engines always act like they can race anything even if they could barely top 150hp
My eyes lit up when I saw you had a GTV in. My late Dad owned pretty much nothing but 105's from 1971 on (Giulia Berlinas and GTJ/V's) and the gear change was something I noticed even when I was 11 years old, that he could change with his finger tips when he wanted. It's something that needs no improving even on the likes of Alfaholics cars.
if only they could be runners as well. old italian cars, you really have to be passionate and handy. that or have a very friendly relationship with a trusted mechanic.
@@romulus_ Well, the old Alfas were reliable but had to be well maintained following the manufacturer's directives (please, take note they carried racing mechanics on normal road cars!)
Not a line, crease or curve wrong on this car. Giugiaro’s masterpiece. Someone once called it «the fastest car in the world at 50 mph» and one has to agree. My dream car, in Giallo Ochra, with some light Alfaholics mods and reproduction Campagnolos. One of these days..
I have one of those wonderful toys. I totally agree with you that you don't need anything more than an Alfa GTV to drive smiling. Thanks for the delicious video😀
Hi, just watched your piece with the 2000 GTV. Really enjoyed it I have had most of 105 coupe’s over the years starting in 1970 when the were a good price. My favourite was and still is the 1750 version, plenty of performance and a much nicer interior Why don’t I still have them all now !
I have the same car. I Iove it like nothing other and never going to leave it!. There was a time in South Africa where there were so many for sale you could barely give them away. Those days are sadly gone. Another excellent video!
You're so right Ian, I've had mine for 20 years and it never fails to put a smile on my face! Good to see you enjoying what looks like a very nice Bertie!
