Every time I watch one of your videos I immediately go to auto trader or ebay thinking I'm going to buy an old Alfa and then I realise I have neither the workshop, nor the tools or the skills! So I go and watch another one of your videos. Fantastic work. Well done.
The best RUclips suggestion I've had for a while, it just made me regret selling my 155 v6 even more! I put an LPG conversion on it and did 100k miles mostly driving up and down from Cornwall to Telford.
Thank you for that amazing video! The washers for the oil cooler are called "dowty ring/washer" it is meant for straight pipe threads where you don't have a tapered pipe thread to seal. Typically used on BSP threads. Very similar to NPT, but straight. Thank you for doing this for our viewing pleasure!
I dunno, I've got low mileage 147 that was stood there years, it's needed all sorts including a crank sensor and welding floor/exhaust where as my high mileage 147 was solid underneath, used less and the previous owner had treated it like crap (sump plug held in with plumbers tape).
Bel lavoro, mi avete fatto compagnia in questa domenica piovosa. Saluti dall'Italia. Nice work, you kept me company on this rainy Sunday. Greetings from Italy. Ciao.
this is the prime example of when you have a Busso engine and you leave it without understanding anything about cars. congratulations for having recovered it.
Great job, i wish i had that kind of knowledge to tackle my own barnfind, 147 1.9 jtdmjet 16v mk ii. Few month ago spent 2 or 3 hours trying to remove a broken exhaust manifold stud and couldn't do it in fear or driling the head threads.
A job very well done Neal, its amazing that the GTV is still in such a good condition after standing in the bush for 11 years, with very little rust on the body etc. Just a pity that the underside suspension parts are rusted, but that seems to be a problem with all cars in the UK. Here in South Africa our Alfa's don't rust underneath on the chassis and suspension. Keep up the good work and keep the videos coming.
Great video. Proper craftsman in action. Have to keep muting it because of the music so missed some of the commentary. But overall fantastic stuff and a truly gorgeous car
My 147 was sat for 3 years before I bought it and it's had to have a lot of things fixed like crank sensor and holes in the floor so I hope you can get it done, I do believe leaving these cars stood is really bad for them.
5 dislikers drive boring cars. Congrats for doing this. Whish I coud do what you do! I don't have the space, all the knowledge and the tools, but I have the will :)))
the washers for the "intercooler" is in the other end of the hooses.. betweeen the oose and the cooler. goood job the rest of everything Super fantstic :D
What an amazing Job. Lots of work done. Please, Three things to improve: 1) Wear safety protections. glasses when you're welding, rubber goves all the time. 2) Consider pressure wash the car befor working on it. Around the wheels, the engin-bay and under the car... To have a cleaner environnment of work and for us a cleaner environnement to look at. 3) Dont install new things on old-looking and rusty things. Clean and prep against corrosion everyting you work on. It's satissfaying to watch and also improve the gneral health of the car. We know how these Alfa-Roméo did not have the best Rust protection from factory. Stay safe and best regards
This restoration is very funny to watch when you own an Alfa 156, which has holes in the floor, oil consumption is 10 liters per 1000 km and the rear handles are torn off, but at the same time this is your daily car and this is the maximum you can afford in college. Someone better get my car refurbished over this near-perfect GTV.
Good day thank for all your informative videos. I have the same one gtv6 3.0 24 the car runs but there is slight rumble on the engine any idea if it is a bad sign . Sorry for the silly question
Grace a vos vidéos je le suis lancée sur la distribution de mon gtv 916 3.0 v6. Cela c'est plutôt bien passé, j'ai du couper mes flexibles huiles et j'ai un mal fou a trouver les raccords. Une reference qqchose serait vraiment le bienvenu
Some notice about the badge. The red cross on white in the left is the standard of the free borough of Milan about 1100-1200 DC. The green beast in right on blue is not a drake, but a big snake with a crown on its head and it is eating a man. This was the standard of Visconti-Sforza family dukes of Milan 1300-1400 DC till the conquest of the king of France. It came from a legend about a big snake living in a dump around Milan and eating men. This is the famous V6 engine of ing. Busso originally with 2 valves for cylinder when Alfa Romeo was a company. Now is only a badge of Stellantis Group and only two cars are built on "George" chassis.
For a stripped allen head, if it's not too bad put some valve lapping compound in the head, it will take up the space and give you a good grip. If that doesn't work, cut a piece of soda can and put over the head and drive your allen key in with a hammer.
Lovely char, what a shame that it spent half of it's life sitting in a field... best of luck, looking forward to seeing it restored to it's former glory
Could've done without the music, especially when talking. I like to hear the tools being used when sped up. But other than that enjoyed the video. Glad to see the GTV saved, ice always loved how it looks.
Just watched cam belt replacement. We didn't get a lot of 24v Busso v6s here in the states. Seems unnecessarily over complicated. Alfa must have had a sweet deal with nut and bolt suppliers. What would have been so wrong using an indexing flange on the end of the cam instead of a tapered shaft? Removal of all those covers, coils and caps just to verify cam timing. Couldn't 2 bolts really hold a coil instead of 4? I wouldn't want to do that job with the engine in the car. I would prefer to see a chain instead of a belt. Guess I was spoiled working on 750, 101 and 105. Even my Maserati 228 is not as labor intensive as this. Sold my 164 before I needed this.
Surprised you didn't. replace all of the cam/crank seals?? Also a trick I have seen for flogged hex key bolts is to get a torx bit of an interference fit tap it in and 9 out of 10 you get them cracked.
I like the long video very much. 1 question I know water pump has a metal gasket , but doesn't bit need bit silicon like the one you cleaned with razor blade? Thanks for video
Hello I live in Russia I want to buy alfa romeo 159 I have a question, which car to buy with which engines and transmissions I Think about 1.9 diesel and manual transmission We do not have many services for Italian cars, so the most reliable Alfa Romeo would like to Sorry for the auto translation from Google translate
This great MAN can fix everything on an Alfa Romeo. And he is doing all this alone! Respect!
For something that sat in a field for 11 years it looks surprisingly good.
That's true
Watched the whole thing, great to see a GTV back in action
Thanks for watching.
Every time I watch one of your videos I immediately go to auto trader or ebay thinking I'm going to buy an old Alfa and then I realise I have neither the workshop, nor the tools or the skills!
So I go and watch another one of your videos.
Fantastic work. Well done.
Me too! Big ideas, small skill set!🤣
As someone who only owns Italian cars your channel is brilliant . Thanks Neil .
The best RUclips suggestion I've had for a while, it just made me regret selling my 155 v6 even more! I put an LPG conversion on it and did 100k miles mostly driving up and down from Cornwall to Telford.
Really enjoyed that. Longest video I've watched on RUclips and watched every second. Great work 👍
Nice. Definitely my longest one.
For that length of time uncared for in a field that was not too deadly. Beautiful car and in one of my favourite colours as well....
Thank you for that amazing video! The washers for the oil cooler are called "dowty ring/washer" it is meant for straight pipe threads where you don't have a tapered pipe thread to seal. Typically used on BSP threads. Very similar to NPT, but straight. Thank you for doing this for our viewing pleasure!
thanks for that.
Thanks for not editing out the trial and error fitting of the accessory belt. It's nice to know I'm not the only one, lol.
I do that many different engines and the v6 is the one I always get mixed up on lol.
Really enjoy your videos as a former Alfa mechanic
Thanks for watching.
Thanks Neil - a really enjoyable video and a great outcome. I admire your patience in the face of so much rust !!!
All respect sir. I like to diy tinker but was glued to the vid. How do u get to know so much. Raw talent
Most of it is self taught. Thanks for watching
Neil that was superb thank you. You are to Alfas what M539 is to BMWs. Keep the videos coming, thanks again for saving such a beautiful car 👍
Cheers thanks for watching
Remarkable condition for 8 years sat.. I thought it would be much more crispy, especially underneath. Great looking car.. tempted to get one myself
surprised me to
I really need to travel to UK for a perfect check of my Alfa Romeo. Here in Spain there aren't car lovers like you.
I've seen that alternator guy post a couple of RUclips videos. Really knows his craft and very knowledgeable. Great video!
I liked your methodical and careful job. Also it's so good to see this awesome genuine Alfa Romeo (and not Fiat) back on the road! Thank you.
It is Fiat... Fiat bought alfa romeo in early 90's. Last true alfa was 75.
gorgeous car... happy that u save it... well done
Thanks 👍
It would have looked a lot worse if it'd been on the road for all that time. Great video 👍🏻
I dunno, I've got low mileage 147 that was stood there years, it's needed all sorts including a crank sensor and welding floor/exhaust where as my high mileage 147 was solid underneath, used less and the previous owner had treated it like crap (sump plug held in with plumbers tape).
Still such good looking cars. Makes me miss my 156 so much.
thanks for watching
I was expecting a full on rust fest under it, but it looks great! Definetly worth a new life
Bel lavoro, mi avete fatto compagnia in questa domenica piovosa. Saluti dall'Italia. Nice work, you kept me company on this rainy Sunday. Greetings from Italy. Ciao.
Good to see another one rescued
Thsnks for watching
It looks well considering. This guy certainly knows his Alphas. I could watch him all day, although ive never owned an Alpha.
thanks for watching. maybe your next car will be an Alfa!
@@ItaliaAutos lol maybe. The GTV V6 does look a mean car. Whats the bad points in owning Alpha?
Modern cars are just the same as every other car on the road. Older cars need lots of love and they don't like being garage queens.
Great Neil and Great Job! Alfa is Passion. Many Thanks to restored this Alfa 😍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Definitely looks like this was NOT your first rodeo. Fun video, thanks. God Bless from Alberta Canada.
Nope just a few others. Thanos for watching
Amazing Transformation Alfa Romeo For Life.
this is the prime example of when you have a Busso engine and you leave it without understanding anything about cars. congratulations for having recovered it.
Thanks for watching
Beautiful work
Thanks
Nice,some real world spannering going on there👍 . Killed 2 hours of lockdown👍
More field find than barn find but hopefully a saver. Who doesn’t like a bit of Busso powered kit?
It was in a barn for 4 of those years
Great job, i wish i had that kind of knowledge to tackle my own barnfind, 147 1.9 jtdmjet 16v mk ii. Few month ago spent 2 or 3 hours trying to remove a broken exhaust manifold stud and couldn't do it in fear or driling the head threads.
You are the best. I salute you from italy
thankyou.
How can anyone dislike this work???
Good job man!! 👍❤️🇬🇷
Thanks for watching
Great find and you are the perfect man for the job.
Wow, thank you
Brilliant, really enjoyed that compilation Neil, you’ve brought the GTV back to life!
Thanks for watching it.
A job very well done Neal, its amazing that the GTV is still in such a good condition after standing in the bush for 11 years, with very little rust on the body etc. Just a pity that the underside suspension parts are rusted, but that seems to be a problem with all cars in the UK. Here in South Africa our Alfa's don't rust underneath on the chassis and suspension. Keep up the good work and keep the videos coming.
They don't rust if you don't leave them in a field for 11 years mate.lol
Great video. Proper craftsman in action. Have to keep muting it because of the music so missed some of the commentary. But overall fantastic stuff and a truly gorgeous car
My 147 was sat for 3 years before I bought it and it's had to have a lot of things fixed like crank sensor and holes in the floor so I hope you can get it done, I do believe leaving these cars stood is really bad for them.
He is so amazing and gifted
Thanks
5 dislikers drive boring cars. Congrats for doing this. Whish I coud do what you do! I don't have the space, all the knowledge and the tools, but I have the will :)))
But at least your watching.
the washers for the "intercooler" is in the other end of the hooses.. betweeen the oose and the cooler. goood job the rest of everything Super fantstic :D
What an amazing Job. Lots of work done. Please, Three things to improve:
1) Wear safety protections. glasses when you're welding, rubber goves all the time.
2) Consider pressure wash the car befor working on it. Around the wheels, the engin-bay and under the car... To have a cleaner environnment of work and for us a cleaner environnement to look at.
3) Dont install new things on old-looking and rusty things. Clean and prep against corrosion everyting you work on. It's satissfaying to watch and also improve the gneral health of the car. We know how these Alfa-Roméo did not have the best Rust protection from factory.
Stay safe and best regards
thanks for watching.
Congratulations man. Well done and God bless!
Some nice Saturday evening entertainment
Great Job!!!!!
Thanks
There is nothing better than Busso powered Alfa
🐍🇮🇹🐍🇮🇹🐍🇮🇹
Great job and a beautiful car! New lease of life ❤️
This restoration is very funny to watch when you own an Alfa 156, which has holes in the floor, oil consumption is 10 liters per 1000 km and the rear handles are torn off, but at the same time this is your daily car and this is the maximum you can afford in college. Someone better get my car refurbished over this near-perfect GTV.
Since you said the original engine was rebuildable, I would have much preferred for the original engine to go back in. The rest of the vid was great.
nice vid neil but remember you are only given one set of eyes look after them
I know. I was naughty. Always wear ppe now.
Nice job. Impressed.
I'm surprised there are no hose clips on the oil cooler pipes.
Lovely cars.
Very clever video. Putting all related together. Love.it.
11 years that has held out like a gem. get another coupe !! more fiat coupe content !! still loads to do on mine !!
Currently filming an episode on the coupe but its slow going waiting for parts.
@@ItaliaAutos Hello. I have a question. why did you choose the italian cars. I am asking out of curiosity because I love them myself.
@@ItaliaAutos nice cant wait !!
Great cars. I'd be checking the spring pans. Whole back end of the car hits the road if they fail.
Good day thank for all your informative videos. I have the same one gtv6 3.0 24 the car runs but there is slight rumble on the engine any idea if it is a bad sign . Sorry for the silly question
Could be many things
Fantastic job
Love your passion for the italian cars...i m italian
Grace a vos vidéos je le suis lancée sur la distribution de mon gtv 916 3.0 v6.
Cela c'est plutôt bien passé, j'ai du couper mes flexibles huiles et j'ai un mal fou a trouver les raccords.
Une reference qqchose serait vraiment le bienvenu
You know you can my man! I love your vids! Still waiting on more Punto stuff...
It was obviously someone’s pride and joy at some point with plenty money spent on it . Strange how it was just abandoned like that
@@DarkHumorWritesItself that’s a possibility I never thought of
Some notice about the badge. The red cross on white in the left is the standard of the free borough of Milan about 1100-1200 DC. The green beast in right on blue is not a drake, but a big snake with a crown on its head and it is eating a man. This was the standard of Visconti-Sforza family dukes of Milan 1300-1400 DC till the conquest of the king of France. It came from a legend about a big snake living in a dump around Milan and eating men. This is the famous V6 engine of ing. Busso originally with 2 valves for cylinder when Alfa Romeo was a company. Now is only a badge of Stellantis Group and only two cars are built on "George" chassis.
BLOODY GOOD CONSIDERING 8 YEARS IN A FIELD
Yeah, most of that time in a dry barn is more probable!
For a stripped allen head, if it's not too bad put some valve lapping compound in the head, it will take up the space and give you a good grip. If that doesn't work, cut a piece of soda can and put over the head and drive your allen key in with a hammer.
Lovely char, what a shame that it spent half of it's life sitting in a field... best of luck, looking forward to seeing it restored to it's former glory
Great as usual Neil except for the Pinky and Perky singers lol!
1 hour into my Sunday bingewatch....paused for Aldi shopping. 😐
Could've done without the music, especially when talking. I like to hear the tools being used when sped up.
But other than that enjoyed the video. Glad to see the GTV saved, ice always loved how it looks.
Always do low music and some working audio now. This video was filmed in early in my RUclips days
I used to have a 16 julieta spider 1962 gave 150 quid for it in 1972 it only needed a front new wishbone. Gee I miss it.
Nice
NICE FIND ,* NICE FIND.
Loving the channel great content 👍👍
super job greatings from Wageningen Holland
Thanks for watching.
It was an ALFA Romeo spider!:-)
bellissimo restauro...ho sempre amato la V6
Where should the temperature be? They look beautiful from front, best side, I'm new to Alfa, 3months, I absolutely love it already
thanks for watching
Very good Job congratulations !!!😷☘️☘️☘️😂
thanks
Yep lovely car and considering it’s being stuck in a field it’s lasted well. Excellent content certainly worth keeping lovely.😎
Just watched cam belt replacement. We didn't get a lot of 24v Busso v6s here in the states. Seems unnecessarily over complicated. Alfa must have had a sweet deal with nut and bolt suppliers. What would have been so wrong using an indexing flange on the end of the cam instead of a tapered shaft? Removal of all those covers, coils and caps just to verify cam timing. Couldn't 2 bolts really hold a coil instead of 4? I wouldn't want to do that job with the engine in the car. I would prefer to see a chain instead of a belt. Guess I was spoiled working on 750, 101 and 105. Even my Maserati 228 is not as labor intensive as this. Sold my 164 before I needed this.
I think the car is in decent shape. After spending years in a field with all the weather elements attacking it, the car is ok.
Very good your job.👍👍👍
Thank you! Cheers!
1:42:42 look at the right side wire on the head - it sparks with a little lighting
Sorry couldn’t see it,
Just fascinating.
The only thing I didn’t see was a gasket or sealant when you installed the water pump. Did I miss it?
There’s a gasket of the back of the pump.
Have i not seen that farm on youtube before ? with old cars
Fantastic!! Well done!
nice car!
It sure is!
greetings from italy
Surprised you didn't. replace all of the cam/crank seals?? Also a trick I have seen for flogged hex key bolts is to get a torx bit of an interference fit tap it in and 9 out of 10 you get them cracked.
Because it was a decent low mileage engine. No point spending money where it doesn’t need it.
Love the tone on tone color scheme. I would buy that except the steering wheel is on the wrong side
I like how you fit everything into one video good content keep up the good work🥰👍
🔥🔥🔥Love It🔥🔥🔥
SOUNDS LIKE HEAVEN 🔉
I like the long video very much.
1 question I know water pump has a metal gasket , but doesn't bit need bit silicon like the one you cleaned with razor blade?
Thanks for video
thanks for this video and I like its..
Hello
I live in Russia
I want to buy alfa romeo 159
I have a question, which car to buy with which engines and transmissions
I Think about 1.9 diesel and manual transmission
We do not have many services for Italian cars, so the most reliable Alfa Romeo would like to
Sorry for the auto translation from Google translate
Omg! Who left such a beautifull machine in that condition???? My spider sleeps in a closed garage and covered!!!
it will be perfect one day
In the states field mice would have eaten the wiring and made nests in the headliner and seats.
Great feature length watch Neill. Top work and commentary as always. How come the 166 was being scrapped by the way?
Thanks it was rather bent and a facelift so hard to find parts for.
There's a small GTV among all those spiders.
Just a few
great job, man
Thank you! Cheers!
Private plate too must be worth something
Realy sorry, new subscriber here !!!!!!!!!!!! but by any chance are you from the midlands? All the best Steve
Er, yes, he's definitely from the Midlands.😂