Our Alfa Romeo GTV6 3.0 - The Restoration

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Published 2020-03-13
Our freshly restored Alfa Romeo GTV6 3.0 was revealed to the world at the Cars.co.za Consumer Awards - Powered by WesBank, earlier this year. Attendees were treated to a video that went behind the scenes of year-long restoration, and now it's your turn to have a look!

The locally-developed GTV6 3.0 is undoubtedly the most revered Alfa Romeo model ever sold in South Africa. Bred for the track, the 3.0-litre “Alfetta” GTV was, in its heyday, the most powerful Alfa road car ever produced here.

You see, Alfa Romeo needed a foil for the rampant BMW 535i in Group 1 racing and its solution was this: the GTV6 3.0. To homologate a racing car for Group One, a manufacturer had to produce at least 200 road-legal examples (fit for public consumption) and it is believed Alfa Romeo built approximately 220 units of the 3.0 - the most-often quoted number is actually 212.

This particular GTV6 3.0 belonged to well-known Alfa Romeo expert and restorer, Basie Theron. Theron had spent the best part of a decade travelling the world and collecting the best parts for the car's eventual restoration. He believes that it would not be possible to build another one like this...

Theron agreed to sell this GTV6 3.0 to us on the conditions that it remained in South Africa, and that he could finish the restoration to his desired standard. Happily we agreed, and the result is a car that stuns audiences with its attention to detail. Have a look!

0:00 Intro
0:13 The Origin of the Car
0:51 The Restoration
3:48 Outro
All Comments (21)
  • @rodsantos9325
    Truly a car full of soul. Only Alfa Romeo owners could truly understand this. Not perfect, but beautiful in it's imperfections.
  • @danielbuckingham5625
    That’s an absolute beauty of a GTV6! A total credit to the restoration team!!!
  • @johnmanciameli9752
    Wow! Awesome work guys. Beautiful work. Alfisti salute from Sydney, Oz.
  • @robvanza
    Awesome!! Nothing like a GTV6 coming screaming past you on the road!! Just love them!!
  • @tabishahmedparkar9734
    Alfa Romeo's 3 liter V6 is definitely one of the best sounding engines in the world , eargasms all day
  • @jpthiran
    Excellent job. Congratulations.
  • @berrywhite1075
    Great job! She is Wonderful! Bellissima Alfa. Many compliments. 👏👏👏
  • @losch78
    Beautiful video about a beautiful car
  • @giovannispanu7197
    Complimenti un vero restauro da professionisti..alfa romeo meraviglioso marchio..
  • @kevgermany
    Remember these coming out. And Eon de Vos giving motivational talk at work. He drove in in one of these. Was chatting in the bat afterwards.... He said it was an animal. Good work!
  • @ghaliedcassiem3808
    Excellent camera work man love to see every mechanical details. Drove one way back in the eighties
  • @giuliopetrosino5543
    Complimenti per la passione che avete avuto nel restaurare un marchio leggendario come ľ Alfa Romeo.