Highlights
- Original rare UK RHD
- Stylish Pino Verde paint with tan fluted cloth interior
- Only three registered keepers
- Showing under 74,000 which is believed correct
- Recommissioned in 2018 following storage with sparing use since
- Paint rectification, suspension powder coated, new fuel tank and brake work
The Appeal
The early ‘step front’ 105 coupe is one of Giugiaro’s most celebrated designs, but seeing this elegantly presented ‘74 GT Veloce we’d wager that the revisions he made to create this later car arguably make it look even better.
The Pino Verde paintwork, a tasteful alternative to more common Alfa Red, looks magnificent. It presents at a high level, helped by paint rectification work that was part of a recent recommissioning following dry storage. The tan fluted cloth interior is evocative of the period transporting us back to the golden age for GT motoring. The Personal wood-rimmed wheel and period Sharp radio are original to the car. Eagle-eyed 105 aficionados will find the key check areas present well, such as panel fit, sight lines and arches.
This car is a genuine RHD UK market car, one of only a few hundred 2000 GTVs so registered. It has had just three keepers. The first keeper was London-based from 1974 to 1980, before a London doctor took custody for 38 years. The GTV was in dry storage for approximately nine years until the current vendor acquired the car in 2018 and promptly entrusted it to a specialist for a thorough recommission. This work encompassed refreshing the paintwork, adding the Minilite alloys, powder-coating the suspension components, fitting new rubbers, a new fuel tank, and new brakes. The odometer reads 73,940 miles, which the seller believes is accurate, but this is not verified.
Specialist part suppliers are now plentiful, as are performance agents at making these Alfa’s really sing. Good examples, with their peppy Nord twin cams, make excellent touring and show cars. This example ticks a lot of boxes.
History and Paperwork
- UK market right-hand drive car
- First registered 27th February 1974
- Three registered keepers in total
- Current keeper since October 2018
- First registered keeper based in London, 1974–1980
- Second registered keeper kept the car for 38 years
- Dry stored 2009 - 2018
- Odometer reads 73,940 miles. Unwarranted but believed to be accurate
- Specialist recommission undertaken in 2018
- A good quantity of old receipts 1990-2024
- Bills in the file for over £5,000 of upkeep between 1991-2009 (mainly from Alfa specialists 'Gatwick Alfa')
- Several old (and new) MOT certificates going back to 1990's
- x2 sets of keys
The Condition
- Correct Pino Verde paintwork which we are told is original specification to this car
- Paintwork was refreshed during the 2018 recommission
- Paint presents very well in photos with a few minor marks
- Bodywork looks straight, good shut lines with tidy arches and sills. A few micro blistering beneath the paint were noticed on the roof
- Some photos in the gallery of the underside at the time of refurbishment in 2019
- Sits on refurbished grey anodised Minilite alloys in very good condition with period correct Alfa Romeo centre caps
- Wheels refurbished by specialist ‘Lepsons’
- Original steel wheels are included with car
- Steel spare wheel included as shown
- Matching Longstone Pirelli Cinturato tyres give the profile of the car an-age perfect look
- Tan fluted cloth upholstery with leatherette side panels in good condition with some marks on fabric surfaces
- New door and boot rubbers fitted during recommission
- ‘Personal’ wood-rimmed deep dish steering wheel and period Sharp radio cassette (disconnected)
- Headlining and carpets appear clean and well presented
- HEXAGON of Highgate original dealer window sticker in rear window
- Period ‘Lancia Performance’ number plates front and back
The Mechanics
- 130bhp 1,962cc 4cyl ‘Nord’ Alfa Romeo twin cam engine
- 5-speed manual transmission
- New fuel tank fitted during recommission
- New brakes fitted during recommission
- Suspension components powder-coated during recommission
- Clutch assembly replaced in 2020
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