Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV Series 1

Well, the New Year is here and I’m hoping that everyone has had a good start as I certainly did. It’s been quite a busy one hence I could not update the blog or have any new write-ups. And so, to get the ball rolling for the year 2015 and away for the usual British and German automobiles, I’ll be doing a write-up on a 1969 Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV Series 1. 

This particular model will look similar to one that I have written on before, the Alfa Romeo GT 1600 Junior as they are both derived from the same 105/115 chassis. Most of the models looked quite similar except for a few minor cosmetic changes inside and out as well as mechanically with different models having different engines. The 1750 GTV we’re discussing here of which the GTV stands for Gran Turismo Veloce (Veloce means ‘fast’ in Italian) is an immaculate condition one that I managed to catch at an autoshow here somewhere last year.

These models of the 1750 come with a 1.8 litre 4 cylinder twin cam engine of which Weber carburettors were commonly used to power them except for the US market where they were fuel-injected. There were a lot of changes and modifications made to this car that set it apart for the previous models which included the chassis design, rim size, suspension and brakes. The interior as well received an uplift which included a new dashboard design among others.

So to cut the story short, here are a few shots of the car. Unfortunately I didn’t take many shots of it but hope it would suffice for those Italian car fans out there and as always I've included a short video on it. Since we’ve got the ball rolling for the year, do look out for more write-ups on rare and classic automobiles in the months to come and also the updating of our pages.