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Highlights
- Supremely original throughout
- Advisory-free MOT valid until 20th June 2025
- Accompanied by a substantial and carefully curated history file
- Factory standard and unmodified car
- £7,000 recommissioning in 2023 by Alex Jupe Motorsport
The Appeal
Jeremy Clarkson is without a doubt the most successful motoring journalist and presenter of all time. He’s driven just about everything and, frankly, he could drive any car that takes his fancy…
He drives a 1983 Alfa Romeo GTV6.
So what makes these cars so special? Well, a GTV6 is to Alfa Romeo the four-wheeled equivalent of a ‘Greatest Hits’ album. Its Giugiaro-penned styling borrowed from the achingly pretty Montreal, the transaxle layout offered unparalleled balance in the bends, and under the bonnet lies one of the most glorious internal combustion engines of all time - the Busso V6.
Now’s your chance to buy one just like Mr Clarkson’s.
This 1983 GTV6 2.5 has to be among the most original of the right-hand drive UK market survivors. It’s bristling with delightful period details and sports a rich age-commensurate patina throughout. It’s received an immense amount of work during recent years, with several significant invoices attesting to major mechanical servicing and of course, (this being an ‘80s Alfa), the odd professional welding repair.
In 2023 it benefitted from £7,000 of mechanical and engine work by transaxle specialist Alex Jupe Motorsport, which has known the car for many years.
The current MOT runs until June 2025 and is advisory-free, so this GTV6 can be enjoyed straight away. We think it would be an excellent candidate for further improvement or perhaps rolling restoration. Whatever the future holds for this car, we’re sure it will continue to put a smile on the faces of all who get behind the wheel.
In 2023 it benefitted from £7,000 of mechanical and engine work by transaxle specialist Alex Jupe Motorsport, which has known the car for many years.
The current MOT runs until June 2025 and is advisory-free, so this GTV6 can be enjoyed straight away. We think it would be an excellent candidate for further improvement or perhaps rolling restoration. Whatever the future holds for this car, we’re sure it will continue to put a smile on the faces of all who get behind the wheel.
The History and Paperwork
- UK-supplied in right-hand drive
- Six former registered keepers
- Same keeper 1994 to 2013
- Recommissioned by Alex Jupe Motorsport, the transaxle specialist, in 2013
- The five-figure odometer currently displays 65,114 miles
- MOT until 20th June 2025
- Numerous invoices from marque specialists
- Following a failed MOT test in April 2023, almost £7,000 was spent on improvements summarised below
- V5C present
- Period ‘Alfacover’ documentation and Alfarama dealer stickers/number plates
- Service book missing but thick history file contained in ordered A4 ring binder
- Service and maintenance history in ringbinder dating back to 1986
- Evidence of older engine and gearbox rebuild and partial respray
- MOTs dating back to 1991
Recent £7,000 recommissioning by Alex Jupe Motorsport in 2023:
- Drain of cooling system
- New water pump, bypass hoses & fresh coolant
- Conversion to mechanical cam belt tensioner
- New cam belt and auxiliary belts
- New silicone breather hose kit
- Replacement cam cover gaskets and plug well seals
- New rear prop shaft donut
- Six new spark plugs
- New Bosch fuel filter and all fuel hoses
- New rear anti-roll bar drop link bushes
- All new radiator hoses
- New lower ball joint
- New Bosch battery
- Welding repairs to both front inner sill and floor areas
The Condition
- Exceedingly original inside and out with older partial respray
- Recent structural work detailed above
- Period Alfa Romeo/Campagnolo alloy wheels in very good order
- Equipped with Toyo tyres which appear to show ample tread
- Some age-commensurate fading to the plastic bumpers
- The paint has micro-blistered in places
- There is some localised corrosion - most notably to the nearside rear wheel arch
- Fitted with GRP front wings
- Some further paint bubbling to the scuttle panel and rear light panel
- The advisory-free current MOT suggests there are no structural areas of concern
- The cabin is commendably well-preserved
- The original cloth upholstery exhibits little in the way of wear
- The seats and door panels are especially smart for their age
- The original carpeting presents nicely
- The original controls, switchgear and instruments all present very well
- Modern DIN stereo fitted
The Mechanics
- 2.5-litre ‘Busso’ V6
- Records of older engine and gearbox rebuild in history file
- Extensive mechanical recommissioning detailed above by transaxle specialist
- Previously recommissioning work by Alex Jupe Motorsport
- Five-speed manual gearbox with transaxle
- Gearbox reported to shift and change well with no synchromesh issues
- Original-looking engine compartment
- As significant invoices from recent years attest to, this car has received a great deal of mechanical attention
- We understand it to be in good driving order
- Vendor is experienced in these cars and reports that the car drives very well
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