We expect that the driving experience will be as full of brio now as it was more than a half-century ago.
We hope the transaction will not be bogged down by this Alfa's multinational status.īidding for the beautiful blue GTV 1750 closes on Thursday, February 17, and we envy the lucky winner who scoops it up. And there may be one other complication: though the car is located in Mallorca, it is registered in Sweden in the name of the seller's business.
Obviously, the winning bidder will also have to plan on higher-than-usual shipping costs, but BaT has an app for that. The seller says that the car has been driven about 7500 miles since it was reassembled.īring a Trailer recommends that shoppers conduct an in-person inspection of the vehicles that they're interested in before they start bidding, which will take some doing with this GTV it's located in Mallorca, Spain. A shot of the car's underside looks factory fresh.
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The brakes, rear axle, and five-speed manual gearbox were also overhauled. Its engine was given a full rebuild, so we'd expect it to deliver its all of its advertised 120 horses. This car also was treated to a complete mechanical restoration, according to the seller. It rolls on silver-painted 14-inch wheels topped with Alfa hubcaps and shod with narrow 165/HR-14 Pirelli Cinturato tires, which sport the tall sidewalls of high-performance radials that were available 53 years ago. The interior was reupholstered in black vinyl. This car's original color was Gialo Ocra, which is a shade darker than school-bus yellow, but it was refinished in an Alfa-correct dark blue named Blu Olandese. The BaT GTV underwent a full restoration, which was completed to seeming perfection in March 2020, and there are ample photos documenting the build.
It's one of those rare automobiles in which the ride, handling, engine, gearbox, and major controls are in perfect balance, imbuing it with a special sort of harmony that makes every drive memorable. The 1960 Triumph TR3 currently listed on Bring a Trailer is one of the updated TR3A cars. The diminutive Alfa sports coupe, better known as the GTV 1750, represents everything that was right about Italian cars of the late 1960s. And this one, luckily for you, is currently for sale on the auction site Bring a Trailer-which, like Car and Driver, is part of Hearst Autos. I say that as someone who once had the good fortune to put miles on a well-maintained GTV similar to the one pictured here. It would be a wonderful world indeed if every car enthusiast could rack up some miles behind the wheel of an Alfa Romeo GT Veloce 1750. The auction closes on Thursday, February 17. The current high bid is $60,000, but expect it to go higher still prices for the best examples have crested $100,000.The Alfa GTV 1750 weighs about 2300 pounds, has 120 horsepower, and is known for its rich character, playful handling, willing four-cylinder, and raspy exhaust note.This Alfa Romeo GT Veloce 1750, on sale now on Bring a Trailer, underwent a full restoration that was completed in March 2020.The Touring will be headed back to the East Coast where it had lived for the first 40 years. On Thursday morning, the wire transfer was received and an Intercity Lines truck showed up to collect the car. I am far from a vintage BMW expert and as expected there were many very knowledgeable commenters that weighed in during the course of the auction, investigating the exact build date and original colors, pointing out nuanced original details, and providing a number of other forensic observations about the car.Īfter a spirited bidding war on Tuesday afternoon, the buyer and I were in touch shortly after to exchange info and complete the transaction. “ When we decided to sell our 2000tii Touring Alpina, Bring a Trailer was the obvious choice as the most appropriate marketplace for this special car. The seller of the 19tii Touring sold via Bring a Trailer Auctions last week ( link) just reached out to us with this note detailing his auction experience, as well as the transaction.
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