Classic Alfa Romeo GTV Review - Get One While You Still Can! 

Slight correction: I have actually driven a few Alfa’s that I’d completely forgotten about, but only new ones. So this is the first ‘proper’ Alfa I’ve driven! Enjoy!

This is a refreshing alternative to your usual postings. I enjoy the addition of a classic comparison. Good choice.

Best review you have done Joel from a total alfisti 124 years of racing history from a marque who produces beautiful cars.

There's nothing more classy than a wooden steering wheel. Nothing.

Great content Joel probably one of your best videos. Back in the late 70’s a friend of mine had a 2.0 litre version which was an awesome car.

A beautiful car and a welcome change of direction on the channel.

Cool car Joel! I’ve seen a few of these & they look fun! Cheers Kirk

Think you need to learn how to double declutch! Completely unnecessary in a modern BMW but essential in an old Alfa!

Great video Joel

Excellent video Jo, your big smile Said everything

The dashboard appears to have been undersealed! The interiors were very well put together so that one needs fettling. But a 1750 GTV should go very well.....if it is correctly set up and has all of the 120 bhp. Next, try a GTV6 (the proper one, not the 90's thing) and then an Alfasud Ti.

well done vid mate, older i get the more i become a die hard Alfa fan lol

I somehow missed this video!! Love seeing older cars, you don't get that on RU-vid all the time! I'm also mindblown that you've somehow found an E-Type to review, will definitely be keeping an eye out for that!

Fantastic! Just love that second gear!

Ah yes, classic motoring, not for me, too tedious, however that Alfa Romeo is damn pretty ! Thanks for the test review, nice video.

Great video. Please have more 1970-80s Alfa Romeo and BMWs on your channel.

Just like the 1750 GTV I owned back in the 80s - same year, G reg. I loved it, and would happily have the Mk1 again. A special experience owning and driving that Alfa.

Had a 1974 gtv 2000 years ago, rust killed it and at that stage didn’t have the money to keep / restore it. Sold it and have always regretted it! Broke me when I had it but when it ran on song it made me smile so much. Absolutely correct on the coolness factor Joel! Hard to find now!

well done back to the petrolhead roots. warm applause !

The gearbox is toast! Should be opened and reconditioned.

I proposed in one of these! The marriage didn't last long but I'll never forget that car. When I told my dad it turned out he'd owned one and there was a photo of me stood next to it. So yeah, I love GTV's :D

Oh it's absolutely gorgeous! You're a lucky lad to have been able to drive one. Wondering if you've driving a stock 240Z from around 1970 too? A very similar experience, if an extremely different car. Cheers!

Great to see you enjoying that GTV, with such a big smile, it says it all. I had a 1600 GT Junior until a few years back, what a nice car it was, when Clarkson said that thing about petrolheads and Alfa, he definitely didn’t mean any Alfa from the later period, he was talking pre 90’s, or at least pre 00’s. I had (and still have) a BMW 2002 and a 240Z, alongside a mini 1275GT, also great cars from that late 60’s to mid-70’s era. That period and up to the mid 80’s has so much great machinery. Let me know if you want a go.

Thank you for this. I used to have a GTC - the convertible version of this.

Great job man! For your next driving videos, is it possible to fix a camera on the pedalbox to film your footwork please? It would be so great to watch your skills, and for this car it will be very interesting!

The second gear synchros will wear if the driver keeps his hand on the shift lever while driving. My GTV never had the issue in 30 years of ownership. My 75/Milano wasn’t as good but that was due to the long shift linkage wearing over time. On two lane roads a well maintained 1750 will cruise at 90 mph all day long. The ATE dual booster brakes were as good or better than anything on the road in period. I felt the controls were light and pleasant. Loved driving the thing. Mine was a US Spica car in ochre.

Clearly no Sync on 2nd! it's gorgeous

More of this! How it feels like to drive those old cars, maybe the options, how they were advertized back in the day..

The gearbox sounds wrong I have had one for 25 years and gearbox is very fast and smooth.

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Nice car and a decent review. My gearbox was shot too, so shifting esp. when cold was horrendous. All sorted now but I will still ddclutch out of habit... The E Type was bonkers cheap when launched- about half the Aston/ Ferrari market that it was gunning for. So any comparison to it's price inevitably takes the focus away from the car in question and onto Jaguar's pricing policy. The 105 was clearly an expensive option and the Lotus Cortina great value. p.s. 50mph max?! They love to rev. and we've seen well over 90 on the speedo. Sure it's noisy and you need to focus but they are meant to be driven.

Syncromesh on 2nd gear sounds shot and I think you need to learn how to double de clutch...otherwise a good road test report

You need to de clutch into neutral and then blip the revs and then de clutch into the lower gear.

Funny, I have been looking at this car for a long time. Except I'm looking for the 1971 variant.

2002 was £3,000 in 1974 we bought one.

Ahm, given that any model 105 Gt, Gt Junior or GTV will set you back as a minimum $50k and up to at least $130K Aud these days, I would have to contend that the opportunity for most is well and truely past. Back when I bought my ‘69 S1 1750 in 1997, I paid $7.5K and sold it some 12 years later for $6.5K. These days even a basket case car will cost you at least twice to three times that. The same is true for the Giulia sedan, and even top condition Berlinas. Don’t even think about spiders, especially a boat tail or early Kamn tail spider. The 105 Alfa of any variant is a lovely car to drive but inexpensive to purchase they are not.

Please please please learn how to double-clutch. I am traumatized by your shifts into second gear. These are actually comfortable to drive, and once acclimated, easy to drive at the limit over long distances, such as the length Germany, from the border of Austria to the ferry in Puttgarten, to catch the boat to Denmark.

Hi Joel, until someone teaches you how to double clutch a classic car please stop damaging such wonderful machines. You might not even know what double clutching down is...find out and SOON!

The gearbox on this car is very bad. Spoils the driving experience. They are not supposed to be like that at all.

Great car but you need to learn how to use an old gearbox properly.

Yeah they're good, but not at the 40 to 50k GBP now being asked for a proper one that isn't a rusting wreck. That example looks pretty tatty, even if it isn't rusty.

Sorry to be mocking. Adjust for inflation? It actually equates to way over £100000 in today’s money. In 67 £2200 would be a very decent house. Sorry to be picky

Learn how to double de clutch!

Grinding teeth like a dentist, lovely car though.

Please please learn to bouble de clutch or you will wreck the gear box