Alfa Romeo Giulia GTC

[henk4]

Alfa Romeo Giulia GTC.

One of the rarest versions of the Giulia GT is the cabriolet, which was produced for only one year during 1966 and 1967. It came with the 1600 engine, delivering 106 bhp, and Bertone thought that offering a full 4-seater cabriolet he could take away some clients from Pininfarina’s Duetto Spider, which was not unanimously liked. With the roof up it look a bit clumsy compared to the GT, but with the cover down, it really is a beautiful car. Only 1000 were made.

Here is one at the Concours d’Elegance at Schwetzingen in 2003.

[Roy Visser]

I still think the GT is better looking after seeing top down pictures

[rzhivaan]

hi guys, i am an owner of 1.6 gt veloce,had it already for 9 years,restored it but still missing some part.

[forza_autodelta]

may we have some pics please , I'm fan of these cars , I'll certainly create a thread for the classic section about sprints Henk

[90ft]

I thought the 1966 Giulia was called the GTV (Veloce).

[henk4]

I thought the 1966 Giulia was called the GTV (Veloce).

GTC was used for the cabriolets only

[MrKipling]

Check this one out!

[henk4]

Check this one out!

ditto

[1965-GTC]

Pisa, January 30 2008

Dear Friends,

With this my first message in Ultimatecarpage, I would like to propose to your attention one of the most beautiful Alfa Romeo produced in the 60s: the Giulia GTC. This car represented the convertible version of the Giulia Sprint 1600 GT, the inimitable Alfa Romeo coupé designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro for Bertone. The preparation of the Giulia GT Cabriolet was committed to the Carrozzeria Touring in Milan which ended its activity right with this car, built in about 1000 exemplares including 99 RHD versions. Today, this car is quite rare even due to the fact that the Alfa Romeo of the 60s were not treated with untirust painting and most of the Giulia GTC survived are rotten or disastrously restored. Anyway, in the last two-three years, the prices for this type of car have substantially gronwn up also for exemplares in very bad conditions. Fortunately, last year I succeeded in buying a 1965 RHD Giulia GTC in London, moving then it back home to Italy after 43 year spent abroad. It is currently under a comprehensive philological restoration. I hope to show you more pictures of this red cabriolet very soon.

Bye, bye to the next time on this forum!

Giovanni

[Cyco]

Giovanni,

Wonderful purchase!

Can't wait to see as many pics and stories as you can post. All of the mid restoration ones would be great too.

[1965-GTC]

Giovanni,

Wonderful purchase!

Can't wait to see as many pics and stories as you can post. All of the mid restoration ones would be great too.

Pisa, 26 September 2009

Finally, after two years of meticulous - and, actually, very expensive too - restoration, last week my Giulia GTC 105.29 (RHD) AR*760005 started running on the road again. ... It was really exciting!

These are the first pictures of the car I took outside!

Sincerely

Giovanni

[henk4]

Fantastic. that's a real cabrio. Congratulations. Did you restore to full standard specs, or did you added something?

[1965-GTC]

Fantastic. that's a real cabrio. Congratulations. Did you restore to full standard specs, or did you added something?

Pisa, 27 September 2009

The car has been restored by taking into account all the constructor specifications. Only true NOS Alfa Romeo parts have been used. As far as the body is concerned, repairs have been done by saving till the smallest portions of the original sheets. The sole detail that seems not to fit with the pristine Alfa Romeo characteristics deals with the upholstery, which was probably re-made in true black leather (instead of dark grey elastic vinyl fabric) by one of the former three owners. But, as it is difficult to know by the technical literature how really were the optional preparations offered to the buyers by the constructor, maybe Alfa Romeo - in those far middle '60s - could propose even leather for the GTC interiors with an adequate price increase. Nevertheless, I preferred to leave the upholstery as found in my car since it looks very "British" as a RHD Giulia GTC for the UK market, although Italian in origin, should look like.

Kind regards

Giovanni

[putje]

Seen this one in the wild (Knokke ,Belgium) @ the start of the national classic tour 2006 (it was not a competitor)

[Ferrer]

Great choice indeed.

One of the most elegant and underrated convertibles ever.