Brillant! What an exhaust note!❤. You gave us a glimpse of the pefect Alfisti garage. I remember seeing a similar looking silver Alfaholics fettled GTV at meny of the AROC events in the past. Looking forward to the next video.👍🏽

Folks bought me one for my 21st birthday, 31 years ago. Loved that car. Used to go to Goodwood and oft on track with Alex Jupe in his silver one

When I was a little boy, I had a neighbour: He was an airline pilot with the then great Swissair, drove a 911 and was the secret crush of every girl and mum in the village. One day, he came home in a GTV6 instead of his 911. I, the little lad, asked him in surprise why he was now driving an Alfa. He, quite nonchalantly: "I got bored of the 911, all my fellow pilots also drive 911s..." That left its mark on me: My first car was an 81 GTV6 and I will keep it forever. (And probably never get a 911)

What a treat for you to go on a ride in such a stunning coupe ❤

In 1985 I bought a new GTV 6 and a new Milano (75) in 1987. Great cars, but I sold both in 1994 due to teenage daughters learning to drive. The girls loved the Alfas. However, my next cars were a minivan and a generic Ford, which curbed their enthusiasm and reduced my anxiety. Great memories with the Alfas!! Our daughters grew up, and we've moved-on to other cars. I admire the passion and perseverance of car enthusiasts with their rebuild projects. I really enjoyed your video! It was informative, entertaining and down-to-earth.

Ive been following Davide Cironi for years myself and i love his content and works with Alfas! 😃

Another awesome video and legendary Alfa GTV. Thank you. The opening German voice over and subtitles commentary on athletically animated eyebrows had spit out my coffee.😆🤣

I ran a 85 GTV6 as my daily in the late 90s for a few years. Wonderful car. Such character. I'd love another.

Great to see you back with a new video 😊 Always thought these GTV6’s were damn cool 😎

Thanks again for this as always very good video. I remember searching for a video about the GT 937 and there i was watching all of your videos. Now i'm in the position of having secured a well looked after example with the holy grail 3.2 Busso. Only the alternator has decided to leave the building, so next saturday will be yet again a day in the workshop ripping half of one of my italian divas apart but i think that is what we have partially signt up for! Keep on going Chris. Grüße aus Deutschland once again!

You had me fooled then laughing with that trick beginning. Great video, as always. A well-sorted GTV6 has been at the top of my wish list for several years now. This account made the fire under my arse burn hotter. Thank you. 🔥

Great video, Chris! Loved it and looking very much forward to the SZ part.. can’t wait.

You bear the smile of the eternally long suffering, smitten with the Giugiaro creation that the Cybertruck really wants to look like. It's been since June of 1986 that I own one and it still stirs, inspires, and excites, much to the chagrin of several high performance leggy lovelies, which continue to depreciate.....

Beautiful looking car with a fantastic sounding engine. Nice one Chris,great video as usual mate.

I'm nearly finished my berlina2000 resto, has been alot of work..was my child hood dream as my friends dad had one and I always said I would get one..

Another fab video. Alex's GTV is simply divine. Loks fab, sounds fab. You must get another. I'm hoping to retire at some point, and this could be on my to buy list. Either this or a Guilia Quadrifoglio like yours

Thanks for this video at the right time, ah and I am still waiting for the 156 hacks video !!!

Another great video Chris. Lots of different bits. Could the vibration be due to loose nuts on the big useless knob behind the steering wheel ?

Well done Chris. Nice video one of my favourite Alfa Romeos👍all the best

Looking forward to the new content on this SZ project as ive alwaya been fascinated with it as we never got them here in australia from what i know of. 😊

you're living the alfa dream 😎😎

My friend Danny had one in college. I was under that car more than a few times helping him fix something and would just stare at that rear subframe trying to figure out how that worked. The exhaust sound was sublime. It should have come with jackstands as an accessory but when it worked properly it was a real treat to drive and listen to. That car inspired me to buy my Stelvio QV 35 yrs later.

Still trying to get brakes on my Milano.. sorry 75. I drove it a couple days ago and the brakes completely gave out. It's only money. I miss my GtV6's too. I had a 83, 85 and 86.. loved all of them. Great video as always!

Great video. Great car of course. The 1974 Alfetta was the first transaxle road car by Alfa Romeo and the GTV was the related coupe and then the others came after.

Excellent content, Alfa certainly made some beautiful and interesting cars.

Hi Chris Really enjoyed this vid. Here in Oz I own an '84 GTV6 & a 2.0l Giulietta, and am very familiar with their pros & cons. I want to offer an opinion on your 75 vibration (3:27 min). Have your tail shafts (not torque tube 4:00 min) been removed at some stage? When removing the two t. shafts they should be marked in relation to each other. Otherwise when assembled there will be vibration. Damaged Guibos (rubber doughnuts) can also cause vibration. Good luck.

My father got one, when I was an early bird! I love this GTV! ❤️

The R.Z. is my fav Alfa ever. Good to see you back Chris

Had a 76 GT back in the day, beautiful looks and handling 👌

Great video! The 116 platform is super cool and quirky with lots of distinctive features. I have a 1977 model GTV that has been undergoing a mechanical restoration. The gearbox is currently being rebuilt and am refreshing all the bushes etc, extensively cleaning the undercarriage and repainting the De Dion. I must have a unicorn 116 as it has no rust and has never had rust repairs…go figure! A very special car to me and my favourite 4 cylinder! Next will be my favourite 6 cylinder which is definitely a Busso model….probably 147 GTA…but a 116 GTV6 is always at the back of my mind…hmmm

Great video. Pascal from the Netherlands!

What a lovely and beautiful example! The Ronals are spot on too. My favorites on a 116 GTV

In 1969, me dad bought me a banged up ‘62 Alfa Guiletta coupe for $200.00. I was 14 and that was my very first car. It was a racer that had gotten somewhat crunched. The frame was bent and it had damage to the front and rear. There was a roll bar behind the driver’s seat (LHD), and it had a heavy duty clutch. When you shut the driver’s door, the right headlight would pop out so I had it duct taped on to hold it in place. The mismatched seats weren’t connected to the floor and would slide around when you drove hard. With all its issues, it was still a great little car. I’d sneak it out and race along Mulholland Drive, illegally of course, since I didn’t have a license. Great times in that little car and have been an Alfa fan ever since.

An informative video featuring the brilliant Alfetta 116 V6. I find it interesting how the Alfa V6 is known as the Busso V6, given that the Alfa Nord twin cam 4-cyl engine was Busso's most significant and long lived design for the Alfa brand. Having owned an Alfetta GTV6 and now currently in the ownership of both an Alfa 75 3.0 Potenziata and Alfa 156V6 2.5, I consider the most 'sonorous' to be the Alfa 2.5 (12 Valve) engine. It's probably the closest in sound to the superlative Dino (Ferrari) 2.4 V6 - a simply sweet sounding melodious 'tune'. Notwithstanding the 2.5's glorious sound, both the 3.0 12-valve and 2.5-24-valve also offer a wonderful 'tune' - that few other V6s can match.

Great video. I believe that all versions of the Alfetta and especially the GT/V/6 are criminally underrated and undervalued. I think it’s mostly to do with “fear” of the unknown. So it’s great that you are highlighting this model and giving it some well deserved publicity. I own a 1977 GTV here in Sri Lanka (the only survivor) but dream of a GTV6 because the chassis deserves more power. These are such bargains still. Grab one before it’s too late.

In 1986 I bought a 1983 GTV6, red with beige interior. I fell in love with the moment I saw it, great sound, and that lines just awesome ❤. The trouble started with the gearbox and from then on it was downhill. The first year I made more miles in borrowed cars (Renault 5🙀) then in my beloved Alfa. When I thought it was technically tiptop (which wasn’t the case I found out later) I started working on the “small” rust problems🙀🙀. This became a project of 6 months in which I drove a Rover 2600 and a Ford Granada (yes to bad we didn’t have KZfaq back then). I got the GTV a complete respray in the original red but GTV Grandprix style, so bumpers etc. in bodycolor and all the plastic bits in black😍. My god it was a looker. But technically it kept haunting me, by breaking down or not starting. My boss and my girlfriend advised me a more reliable car and after another breakdown after 3 years I got rid of her😢. I later learned it was scrapped 😢😢😢. It sounds like horor story, but I still enjoy the memory of owning this lovely GTV, the V6 revving, the great handling, the trips I made in it and my friends who all wanted to own a GTV too. And you won’t believe it but just yesterday I was looking and drooling at 2 GTV’s (a 2.0 and a 2.5) at a local classic car dealer, I must say I was tempted. I still cherrish my memories and pictures of my Alfa- Romeo GTV6!

Yes. A black over red 2018 Giulia Sport AWD Ti. Unquestionably the best car I've ever driven. I had a red over black Commemorative Edition 1994 Spider (no 94 of 195 brought into the U.S. in their then last year in the states. I now also have a 1971 Lancia Fulvia 1.3S, a 1970 Fiat 500L and since new, a 1978 Fiat 124 Sport Spider. As I tell the missus, "If there's room in your heart, there's room in your garage." Cheers, Chris.❤

Feels like we are on similar paths! Broke my gearbox of my Blue Vela GTV v6 last year as well. Replaced it with a 156 v6 box with a Quaife. And that all while looking for a GTV6 as new project car! Have seen several, all rusted to pieces unfortunately. Unfortunately prices on mainland Europe are not the same as in the UK but I do feel it is still the right time. Looking forward to the GTV v6 gearbox change!

Very informative video about the GTV6, one of the most interesting Alfa Romeo. For some reason I have a special interest for the Alfetta sedan, because I remember that my father own an Alfetta when I was a small kid. What do you think of the Alfetta Chris?

Great video Chris. This takes me back. I'm 71 now, in 1979 I found myself able to buy my first brand new car. A friend had got me interested in Italian cars, and we both bought Alfasud 1.5Ti's. I had a rosso red one for 18 months, during which time it spent a lot of its' time back at the dealers being fixed. Although terribly built and unreliable, I enjoyed it immensely. We both lusted after the GTV and Sprint Veloce cars, but couldn't quite afford them. From memory, my Sud cost £3500, the Sprint was about £4500 and the GTV about £5300. The Sud had a great exhaust crackle and handled superbly. Unfortunately, by the time I sold mine the word had got round about how bad they rotted and I lost loads of money on it. Plus, it had done about 60K miles and was starting to burn oil. I would love a GTV before I depart, but I don't think that will happen honestly.

I drove my flatmate’s Sprint in the mid eighties. I still remember the impression it made on me - so delightfully light, like dancing.

3 years ago i finaly got my first Alfa. She is a 1969 1300 Gt Junior in Bluette. The dealer (who is not a Alfaguy), said it was a 1600 in it. I later found out it was a 1750 series 2, who was build by a expert on Nord-engines here in Norway. I think i got a better deal than i was expecting. Sometimes dealers don’t know what they selling. 😅 It have some issues with rust tho, but not very bad. Its going to be fixed. She is a keeper! 🍀 I would love to have a Gtv6 too, but i stay with my Julia.

Such a fab sound, thank you. Greetings from Melbourne, the other end of the world, we're restoring our family's 1968 1750 GTV, it's always been super reliable and rust free BUT that V6 busso sound.... Can I have it on vinyl, please? I'll play it on my old B&O system all day! I love the 70s GTV shape, almost more then the 60s version.

Bought a V6 75 on a 1987 reg' in 1995. It was an exceptional car, which I took to show a friend who currently owned a Sierra 2.8 XR4i on an '88 reg. After getting out of town and into some 'country twisties,' he was startled at its performance and exclaimed with a voice of astonishment and conviction, that it made his car appear agricultural! I merely grinned and continued to floor the accelerator to encourage the sonorous, howl associated with a V6 Busso.😆 Currently own a 1967, 1750cc Alfa Romeo Berlina, which if I don't reassert my efforts into its restoration (been through illness for 5 months) I'll be able to sweep it up.🤣

Gearbox "clunk" ( when engaging 2nd) is fairly normal when the box is cold. A change of oil -75w90 if I remember correctly can work wonders.

That was an excellent example of the GTV6, but a rare 3.0 V6 engine with a throaty exhaust note. Fantastic watch. 👍

Superb. A true Alfa with lots of character. I just can't see how electric Alfas will have the same appeal. Progress for you......

Best sounding, most "cultured" 6 cylinder Engine I have ever heard. First time 42 years ago at an alfa dealer. Still don't have one! Just finished a '68, 280SL Pagoda Restoration and am skint 😪

If I won that Alfa Nut mug, that’s all I would ever drink from.

I have a small collection. No Alfa's sadly at the moment. I traded my 71 1750 Spider for an E-type I still have. A couple of mk1 Mini's and a TR6. I do still keep the Italian end up though with an early F355, which I've had 15 years now. For Alfa's, I had the Spider, 75 TS, GTV6, 156. Loved them all. Best sounding engines ever for me are the GTV6, F355 and my tuned TR6. Love the channel

Hi Chris , love the GTV6 , the Busso and all, but don’t know if it’s as 50/50 as the previous Bialbero , as the Alfa Twin Cam , also designed by Busso as well as Orazio Satta btw, was a lighter engine being all alloy construction. Alfas V6 marvellous as it is, is also a lot heavier due to the cast iron crankcase. The 1980s cars are still, to my mind , one of the most beautiful coupes ever, but the earlier Alfetta GTV from the 1970s better still, with chrome bumpers, and chrome whiskers either side of the Alfa crest in the grille. Best picture of an Alfetta GTV is from Motorsport magazine’s road test by C.R. When he’s at Mallory Park race circuit. Glorious exhaust note from the car you featured. ❤

I’m currently restoring mine. I consider the Alfetta GTV6 is mechanically on the pinnacle of design in its day. Anyone I have driven in it who has no idea of its design and history have been very impressed by its performance. CSR (Chris Snowden Racing who partner with EB Spares) brakes have transformed the car.

We need more of the tales attached to fully restored Alfas. There must be a few now. Love the content.

What a beautiful beast, not you Chris, the GTV6! More Alfa stuff please. 🎉

After buying my first VW GTI (1985, MK2), I ran into an old friend that had an Alfa GTV6. He playfully (at least I don’t honk he was serious) asked if I wanted to trade. I did a quick analysis of the reliability compared to my GTI and said know. Now I wonder what it would been like to drive one. I always loved that design. Such a beautiful car.

Check your center bearing for the vibe. Easy fix. Also put the front tyres on the rear to rule out a flat spot causing it. I had that on my GTV6. Rear brakes are pretty easy once you know how. All in all i found it a joy to work on unlike the BMW's we have had.

Well worth getting the propshaft balanced. The difference is phenomenal.

Very nice Chris!!! I always dreamed of a 116 GTV6 in my garage. I believe that after the 916 V6 and the Giulia QV, the GTV6 is the next on my ALFA garage list... Not a project. I am done with projects. I want to drive on that engine note right away

Make sure you feature my all-time favourite Alfa, the 164 3.0 V6, with that glorious Busso engine sound.

I bought a GTV 6 back, me 20 years old in exact these colours grey and beige. But it burnt out just some months later 😞 I swore, never to buy an Alfa again - until 4 weeks ago, as I've got my new Giulia. And now I am back smiling while drive in an Alfa.

¡Tengo uno de 1983! Gracias por el video.

Great German Alfa Nut dubbing at the start there! 🇩🇪🇮🇹🇬🇧

If you can get that vibration looked at on your Alfa 75 ASAP with a specialist, then please do. If the issue is to do with the propshaft then it's not unknown for them to join you in the cabin after they've flailed their way through the floor. If the car has had a clutch recently, this might be the issue (only genuine AR ones are properly balanced). Remember seeing an ES30 at a Castle Combe trackday. The bloke had bought it that very day - but Il Mostro bit him. He lost control, smashed the front end on it and I have no idea what happened to the car. RHD headlights are impossible to find for them. Bests, Simon

I have had several transaxles alfas, tinkering with them is great

Fantastic. Make sure you notify me when featuring, please. 🙏

I still dream of my old 1981 GTV/6 that I owned around 1989-1991. Split dash, manual windows, wind up headrests and teddy bear material seats👌I absolutely Loved that Alfa, it did not make a noise, it created music, pure, orchestral music. Driving down Altrincham high street at low rpm and low speed the music from the standard exhaust turned heads, not because it was loud, but because of the sheer quality of the sound. I think most did an involuntary double take, because they expected to see a Ferrari or Lamborghini with 12 cylinders. The sound repeatedly turned heads, a girl even smiled at me !! Me, with ginger hair!!!🤯🤯🤯 An epic Alfa Romeo, sadly out of my price range for a good one now, I would love another now that I have a garage. They will never make cars like that again, sadly even hot Alfas these days produce the same flatulent toneless Turbocharged sound and bombastic ‘pops’n’bangs’ have replaced the pure music available in naturally aspirated cars of my youth.

I used to go banger racing with my next door neighbour Triumph 2000 and 2.5s sacrilege but with the exhaust cut off after the first box they sounded gorgeous My neighbour had a 2 litre GTV T reg gorgeous car until….the rubber on the inlet manifold perished and it burnt its pistons out 😢 He rebuilt the engine with the help of one of his friends After that he had a164 156 and a 156 GTA I loved that car just drive around in the low gears just to hear the noise of that fabulous V6 The point of all this is the sound of a six cylinder engine is one of the nicest things known to man

My brother scrimped and saved and bought a GTV6 new in 1986, as much as he loved the car it was constantly needing servicing he parted with it after 4yrs of ownership. He still misses the car to this day.

I need one , since my teenage years I want to do a maserati v8 swap, autodelta wide arches....a special red paint job, a renewed interior with nice stitching....a kind of restomod but not to destroy it's beauty!!!

A had a GTV serie 3 with a 75 2.0 TS engine, it drowe great because it was not nose heavy and nerly the same power, My dad have been a Alfa dealer he drove a 33 1.7 QV, Alfetta 2.0 and a 75 1.8 Turbo, Alfa those days where great cars. Great vic

Best 116GTV is our 3.0GTV that we had in South-Africa. Sadly only a few made but a special car. Busso V6 with awesome race history. Magic.

Hmmm. What can he have done to the wheeler dealers GTV? Maybe trusted the warranty Mike offered? “Yeah course it’s sorted, I will guarantee that car until you get around the corner and out of sight, or tomorrow morning, whatever’s the earliest” 😂 Really growing to like the 116 series. I’ve been a 916 man since I first saw one in the late 90’s and bought a V6 spider 12 months later. But the 116 is definitely a looker. Great video as always Mr Nut!

Should be able to sort out instantly if a wheel or prop shaft is out of balance. If you're sitting still, slowly rev your engine up and down through the rev range. If you feel a vibration, it's your propshaft. If you hear grumbling, vibration or no that's your center support bearing. (Check that you don't have a guibo missing a chunk and that your.alignment bushed centering the propshaft to itself in the middle, the engine at the front and the gearbox at the rear are in good order.) If not, check your tires (sorry, tyres) for wear, if they look good get your wheels balanced and make sure all your hardware is tight on the half shafts. Hopefully you have a mid '85 or later GTV6 with the removable crossmember. Makes pulling the prop shaft a breeze!

Please get some more Alex Jupe vids- nice work coming out of their shop

I too had the misfortune of replacing the rear pads on my friend's first car, an Alfetta 1.6 which was very rare, even in the eighties. Like most of those cars, it rusted while you watched, to the point where there were mushrooms growing next to the back seat. But what a fabulous engine compared to the more mundane Fords and Vauxhalls of the time. And perfect handling. The gearchange however was like stirring a bowl of spaghetti.

Drive shaft not pop shafts go to the wheels. bearing issue I think they have rubber mounts could be the issue gilletta has the same running gear as well. You still buy the sales aftermarket

Lovely video as ever Chris. Gotta say that the gtv6 just porn on wheels in my eyes. Can't wait for the next video. Btw we might be comming to your neck of the woods this summer with our AR club.We are talking about attending the AROC 60th anniversary.

Geez, that Alfa sound! 👍

Bought mine back in ‘89 so definitely biased. But I still maintain that GTV6 has best exhaust note. Period. Do you think it might be time to I get my ‘84 GTV6 out of my parents’ (nice dry Aust ) garage where it has sat for 10+ years?😎

Unfortunately I wrote my 1978 2.0 GTV off by putting it into a bread van outside Streatham Vale Cemetary in 1981 ( I think my ancestors were watching over me ), I’ve never seen front wings and A pillars crumple so quickly or badly . Always threatened to replace it and the v6 #Busso sound is indeed legendary . Do they still suffer from the 2/3 Gear Change issue and Prop shaft Doughnuts I think I’ve got maybe 5 years driving left in me and ending driving with one of these would really be something epic . ❤

got mine. Have had two. Dismantle car for rear brakes? Not in the least

Great video Chris. I have a GTV Turbo. Do you share my thoughts of the perfect wolf in sheep clothes fast road classic? It has the sweet and light 1.8 Turbo engine. 75/Milano LSD Diff and 2.0 petrol tank with a small race catch tank. Standard ECU and upgraded chip with claimed 200BHP. I am inspired by #Alfaholics, @RSRNurburg, David Cironi and Jim Kartalamakis. How would you and others develop it?

We bought one new in the mid 80's. Drop dead gorgeous, but the engine block was cracked and we gave it back to the dealer and bought a used 928 instead.

My first car was alfeta saloon 79'. Best time of my life and a big mony pit.

I can't quite see the styling of a Montreal to be the precurser to the Alfetta coupe. I consider the styling cues of the 105 series Junior Zagato to be more aligned with the design of the Alfetta.

I can enjoy that noise all day long!😍😍😍

alfas have souls ❤❤

Fantastic car, with looks to die for. How I'd love to have driven one. 😢 Whoever was actually driving that one in Octopussy really knew his stuff!

No doubt someone else has noted it already, but the classic "Bialbero" or "Nord" Alfa DOHC (fitted to the 105 series and 4 cylinder 116-series cars) was also a Busso design.

I fell in love with the GTV6 after I ve seen the James Bond movie. I ve bought one in January 1996 and I own it already today. After the time I learned to accept the ....ehm....pecularity of the car and that he is sometimes annoying. After now nearly four decades, I will not miss this car. Greetings from Norway.

One of my favorite Alfas. But if I could only name one, it would probably be the one.

In The first G.T.A ( GRAND THEFT AUTO ) pc version the ALFA ROMEO GTV was on the game cover art..artistically badass

As I get more and more experienced in this field, I must admit I am starting to realize how accurately you can determine someone's eye for Alfas by the weight of rust they have handled in their life.

Can the 3.2 GTA Busso be installed in one of these? Asking for friend 😅

Classic Alfa has recently started supplying parts for 116 series GTVs too.

Can I recommend Home Built by Jeff and his amazing Alfa Ferrari build, you won't be disappointed

Think about reviewing a South African 3.0 V6 or even a modified 3.7l Dawie de Villiers one in future!

I had one v6 nice sound.

Chris, who got the much coveted Alfa Nut mug?

Stylistically, the only obvious similarity between the GTV and the Montreal is the front nose clip. Take the headlight slats off the Montreal, and what's left looks strongly reminiscent of the headlight area on the GTV. Otherwise, not much in it, really. 👍 PS: As much as I love the Busso - I have to wonder what it would sound and go like with the Montreal's engine shoehorned into that engine bay. Or maybe even (dare I say it?) the flat-plane 2.0 V8 from the 33 Stradale - but that's really a bit much to ask, even for pie-in-the-sky dreaming.