Used Car of the Day: 1974 Alfa Romeo GTV

by Tim Healey

Published: March 18th, 2025

Today we go back to the '70s with this 1974 Alfa Romeo GTV.

The engine and transmission have been rebuilt and so has the A/C, which now apparently works well. The interior has been reupholstered and this car rides on Kumho rubber.

There's also a carbon-fiber driveshaft.

You can find this one in San Francisco for $58,000. Click here for more.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Wolfwagen on Mar 19, 2025

The only good thing about California these days is that it is a mecca for older vehicles. On a trip out there 5-6 years ago I saw a bunch of 80's and 90's vehicles mostly in pretty good shape. I wonder how many older vehicles were lost in the wildfires? HEY TIM That would be a great article.

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- 28-Cars-Later on Mar 19, 2025
  
  I agree but that would be difficult to research sans going on the ground and interviewing a lot of randos.
  
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Tronan on Mar 19, 2025

I really like these but 1) you'll never not have something - often major - to fix and 2) like any car of that era, rust is a major concern. This example looks pretty good on the surface but to be worth its asking price, what you can't see is much more important.

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