1969 Alfa Romeo GTV

This is a restoration I’ve been working on with my father since 2008. We found the car in a U-store it and basically have redone every part on the whole car. Most of the components have been upgraded or completely rebuilt. The engine was completely rebuilt from the ground up as well as the transmission. When we first found the car it was a mess! It had been sitting in a storage locker for a long time when we rescued it. It’s come a long way from what it first was.

HERE IS A SNEAK PREVIEW OF HOW IT TURNED OUT!

Below are intial pics of the car. It was missing its engine and most of it was in boxes!

It had been in a front end collision

Where is the engine?

After that day, I worked hard to strip everything off of the whole car and get it down to its shell so it could be painted.

Then the body work began….

And after a long time, it was red again!

fresh paint!

putting the new suspension in as well

And then the engine work began… We acid dipped the whole block and started over from scratch. The end product not only sounded great, but also looked stunning!

THE COMPLETED ENGINE READY TO GO BACK IN THE ALFA

started out with an acid dipping

I polished the carbs

Newly powder coated cam cover

engine and transmission mated together

The finished product!

We also rebuilt the transmission which was a large task

The finished product

taking the shift linkage out

The drive gears

Another big step was suspension and brakes. The underside of this car is just as clean as the outside and inside!

CLEAN NEW SUSPENSION

New brake boosters and lines everywhere

New disks and calipers

Rebuilt rear end

We also redid the whole interior. The headliner was a huge pain but it ended up turning out well! Here is a sneak peak of the finished interior

I began by insulating the whole car with heat and sound insulation.

and then for the headliner

We began by stretching the headliner

next was a lot of gluing

and more stretching

Time for the interior, custom aluminum plates, and seat belts to go in!

Rear seats and custom aluminum planel

custom aluminum door panels

refinished dash

recovered rear shelf

most of the seats in

Newly wired steering wheel

Most of the interior including new mats

Door assembled

New trunk Mat

After this was a good amount of wiring and eventually there was light!

Then we worked on some nice finishing touches like trim, fit, and finish