Well, time to find things to sell.

"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish) 04/09/2016 at 11:06 • Filed to: None

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I know someone with two Alfa Romeo GTV6s. They’re both red over tan, one is modified, one is stock other than hotter cams. And super slashed seats due to an insurance scam attemp a couple owners ago. He’s thinking he’s gonna sell the stock one soon. The impression I’m under, is that I could probably get it for $2000 or so......

So yeah. Time to try and sell things, or just stop eating as much and try and save as quickly as I can, because oh man do I want this car.

Yea parts would be hard to find in western Canada, and I'd need to learn how to work on it, and it would probably break a lot, but I don't care, I need it.

Tohru > gmctavish needs more space 04/09/2016 at 11:16

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It would be a fantastic way to burn your garage down.

gmctavish needs more space > Tohru 04/09/2016 at 11:22

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Jokes on fire, I don't have a garage

duurtlang > gmctavish needs more space 04/09/2016 at 11:25

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Canada, no garage, 1980s or earlier Alfa Romeo. I doubt that’s the best of combinations. Do you like iron oxide?

gmctavish needs more space > duurtlang 04/09/2016 at 11:27

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Western Canada, which in my case means Vancouver. Things last much much longer outside here than in most of Canada. We don't really get snow, so no salted roads. I'd also look into keeping it in my friends carport to keep it out of the rain in the winter

AuthiCooper1300 > gmctavish needs more space 04/09/2016 at 11:39

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Unless you plan to drive it daily (and probably even so) it is going to rust very quickly indeed, and you’ll get lots of niggly electrical faults caused by corroded grounds (those problems are basically built-in). Panels are almost impossible to find (unless secondhand). Therefore you do need a proper garage.

On the other hand I think you won’t regret buying it if it is in moderately fine-to-good condition. In Europe at least Alfa 75s (Milano for you) are probably the better car, but GTV6s have their own hardcore appeal.

Anecdotal evidence says the very last ones are better built and rust slightly more slowly (apart from objectively having a nicer gearchange and better seats). But corrode it will, even after you stop driving it and keep it in a bone-dry basement.

It would be heart-breaking to fall in love with your car (you will: it’s an Alfa) and then having to scrap it because of terminal rust.

gmctavish needs more space > AuthiCooper1300 04/09/2016 at 11:43

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Well if this does start turning into a reality, I'll be looking into a proper garage. I don't think I'm brave enough to daily it, especially since I have an excellent daily. It's lasted this long, mostly being kept in a hangar and then in a parking garage when not being driven, so I don't see why it would chose to do all its rusting under my ownership

Echo51 > duurtlang 04/09/2016 at 12:04

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Mix aluminium powder in the paint and just light it on fire after a while :D

AuthiCooper1300 > gmctavish needs more space 04/09/2016 at 12:10

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Sorry, I did not express myself correctly.

If the car stays outside for a year or so, and later you find a suitable dry, enclosed environment to keep it, it will keep rusting for years afterward.

I have an Alfetta GTV2000; my partner has a GTV6 from the same year (1981). The GTV6 has always been garaged while in our ownership (both bought around ten years ago); my Alfetta wasn’t for a year or so.

Both had very little rust. Now the GTV6 is getting rust here and there, but in the GTV2000 corrosion is in full bloom and in the most unexpected places.

Last time the GTV2000 saw the light of day was around 2009.

gmctavish needs more space > AuthiCooper1300 04/09/2016 at 12:35

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Ohh okay I understand, thank you for the clarification. Well that’s very good to know, I’ll add enclosed parking right away to the list of requirements for this situation. I'm sorry to hear about your Alfettas rust :/

AuthiCooper1300 > gmctavish needs more space 04/09/2016 at 12:54

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Well, some day I’ll have to do something about that, but I have too much automotive junk to deal with first.

Four-cylinder DeDion Alfas are a lovely drive. More agile and better balanced than the GTV6, but obviously without its punch or amazing “Busso” sound.

Mine has a factory steel sunroof, a/c and leather. It is a rather special car. Also there are a many, many more GTV6s than GTV2000 of that era, so worth keeping.

I’d love to have an early steel-bumper one though.

gmctavish needs more space > AuthiCooper1300 04/09/2016 at 13:12

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That’s definitely something I’ll have to try at some point, maybe if I visit my friends in Italy sometime soon....yeah I have to say I’m a sucker for the sound of the V6, but yours definitely sounds like a special car, and Alfa 4-cylinders are great sounding as well

Tohru > AuthiCooper1300 04/09/2016 at 16:51

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To be fair, the time they sat on the dealership lot for sale (and behind the dealership for warranty repair) was enough time to make them rust for decades afterwards.