ALFA 105 recent jump in interest and values.

A lot of them are rust buckets now so good ones are getting rarer and rarer

I was in Italy last week talking about Fiat 500's. You still see them on the streets.

Prices though are all over the place. Some are trashed and not worth restoring and others that have been perfectly kept up are expensive. There's not much in between.

Italian cars of the 70's are notorious for falling apart. Finding a good one will cost you more than finding your average one.

 

They made around 40,000 2000 GTV's and 38,000 1750 GTV's, so they are not rare. Good ones are rare but there are plenty of restorable cars still around, just like there are plenty of air cooled Porsches...The market is based on restoration costs being rather high no matter what the car is. I have a 1969 1750 GTV and think it is a great car but my Alfetta GTV6 is a lot more fun to drive partly do to the V6.

 

Tipo 105.44 RHD / 105.45 / 105.51
1967 - 1973: 1750 GTV - 44 269

Tipo 105.21 RHD / 105.22 / 115.01
1971 - 1977: 2000 GTV - 37459

 

I was a little off by a few thousand, but you get my point. They are not that rare. But neither are a lot of the muscle cars and air cooled Porsches people kept pushing prices up on.

 

Following the masses will get you burned sooner or later. Buy low sell high. The market is high for "classic cars" right now.

And all my cars are perfect, but I am not selling them. I see restorable cars come up on the private market, but they will require full restorations wich will cost as much as the restored cars cost unless you use a cheap restoration company. That fact is helping push the cheaper classics up in value more than rarity,

 

Ditto. In fact, I planned on buying a 105 this spring. When I started searching, I saw that it could be a dumb move. Mind you, I still might buy one. Sometimes you just need to do dumb things to have fun. But I don't think 105s are the buy there were a couple of years ago.

 

Genuine bargains are still out there. The person who immerses themself in the market and has patience will be rewarded.

 

I believe this to be true. However, the market for these cars has always seemed a bit too rich for me. For perspective, I purchased my 308 QV about 3 years ago, under $30K.

Most of the solid Alfas I saw around that time approached the same number, and I know which car I'd pick (the 308).

Of late, I find myself more interested in the Giulia sedans, but they are also getting up there.

Forget a Fiat Dino - man, not that long ago they were attainable...not cheap, but not stratospheric!

 

I like the way ForzaV12 puts it: "I like to tell fellow enthusiasts that my GTV provides 80% of the driving experience of my 330 GTC at a hundredth of the cost".

 

My buddy Dan's for pretty short $$, it's a good looking car, and yes, I love the 330GTc resemblance!

1973 Alfa Romeo GTV | Daniel J Rapley

 

i have a 69 spica gtv too... unique and rare i'd say. bespoke injection pump, airbox, bumpers turn, grill signals, brakes, seats etc only for that one year. some say only 600 ever imported. 2.7 RS, 930 pretty common by comparisons