Wow, What the heck! You're literally around the corner from me! I recognised the area cause of the train tracks and surrounding area. Ive just brought an ALFA 159 too
Thanks for all of the positive comments. Shocks and springs next on the list, and there are a few more manageable jobs to tackle, but the scary stuff is all sorted now. Big thanks to Neil and my current employers for making it possible to enjoy it once again.
Beautiful car and well done on saving it. In period a work colleague had an identical brand new Nuvola blue GTV V6 as his company car, I was very jealous!
Nice to see you again. Your love and care for these cars is highly contagious. Pure joy to witness how these beautiful cars come to "life" again. The whole idea of "appreciating the value and the beauty of what we have instead of the senseless purchase of the newest commodity" is both wise, environmental-friendly and sustainable.
Excellent work Neil as usual another saved. Can’t believe it’s been over a month oh the joys of getting old . Shame I’m not near you as I’d be getting you to do the rear arches inner and outer on my gtv . Love your work
Great to see a new video Neil and to have the channel back, just wanted to say thanks for sorting out my Spider on Thursday - couldn’t recommend your work enough, and we did get to the wedding incident-free!
Great to see you taking it out for a drive after all your hard work on it. It really makes a difference to see one of the beauties back on the road and in fine fettle!
Great road test video more of these please Neil! For anyone needing work doing, I’ve started taking my GTV twinspark to Neil this summer for service and am very happy with all his work and advice. The workshop is Alfa paradise!
It's great your back, Niel! Not having to hassle with camera's seems to have enabled you to get some mighty fine work done. Like I said before: I wish you also did Citroën Xm's and lived near. I kind of get on by myself but last ime I brought my car to my "officialy designated mechanic" I got it back with superficially covered paint and bumper damage. Going back the guy was of course not aware of anything ever having happened! Such "proffesionals" can be found on every street corner. Niels are alas rarer!
Glad you are back! Keep doing what are you doing, because it is high quality work and serial.. Greetings from Croatia from an "alfista", (and fiatista, because i have Fiat coupe and some more..)
Welcome back Neil & I hope you had a good break from YT. I see you've been busy in the workshop these past few weeks & the GTV is looking stunning in it's restored bodywork and blue paintwork I like the new style of the video, especially the test drive, which seemed to indicate new rear springs & shocks are needed, to stop the tyres rubbing in the wheel arch. I hope the owner can arrange to have these items replaced in the near future. Please keep up the good work. 👍
Fantastic restoration well done indeed love the colour I had a Bravo 155 hgt in a similar colour Sassi grey metallic i think it was changes colour in the different light , I'm sure the customer is going to be over the moon :)
Lovely colour. Is it that Portofino blue the Fiat 20v came in? Suits the GTV really well. You've turned it into a really fabulous looking car, Neil. Bravo!
When ever you get the chance could you do a video on how to remove the console around the Hazzard lights switch and the a/c controls.. cheer's.. Good to see you back !
love this channel this cat has kicked my ass im a stone cold ford man how ever ive missed the boat on the cars i swoon for and it seems if you fancy some italian fun itsstil in the reach of a ordinardy person. excuse my exspeling proper dislesckick
Hi M8 I've a recommendation for you. Vactan is the only rust converter I've found to work it acts as a primer and doesn't have to be washed off with water! Great restoration BTW 👍
What a job and a beautiful car! You can have the aerial from my GTV, head unit too if you like. Why would you ever need other sound than from the Busso?
No Leaks comment after road test. @ 12:05 there was fluid/water around Fluid Reservoir ? also heard' ting, twings, while braking. (bedding in ?) An under Car view since resto would be nice. (or did i miss that already) in prior vids ??. Anyway Nice to see you back. See you in the next one. Car looks FAB and well done to your hard work..👍👍👍
This is the color of my car Alfa romeo 156, 2500 V6, Italy name ( azzurro nuvola) this color change tonality of the light, it as been ideacted of by Walter De Silva the Italy designer of the designer of the model 156.this color Mach delicate, and elegance united at new tendence of the sport. The alfa it is the number one in the elegance, performance in the cars world. My best whishis
Thanks for the great series. I'm a Yank interested in importing GTVs and I expected some issues body wise-but when I see this-it gives me pause. Body work is a quick way to be upside down in a car trade. What do you feel the underlying cause of all the rust was? Was it-salty roads, was it-leaky water shields -window glass wipers letting water accumulate . It just looks crunchy-and Id expected this generation to be much improved
I know you have said on various videos but what area are you based as I’m looking to purchase another gtv6 next year as I’m really regretting selling my one! Anyway I was wondering if you would be interested in restoring the one I bye? I obviously have two choices as getting the best I can find and take a chance or bye 1 that needs a lot of work and not be disappointed with what I bye! I just trust your opinion as you seem to love these cars 😃 great work by the way 👏
if fiats are anything to go by they just seems to eat shocks and other suspension and steering components LOL she sounds very nice......smooth and linear. body and paints come up nice too.
Good luck with finding an oe aerial bought mine a few years ago for £150 but looked on partsworld website they want over £400 !!!! What’s going on with prices ?☹️
Rust... here in Oz we don't have rust issues like the UK. Is it mostly caused by the salt used on roads? Wondering if it would it bring the country to it's knees if salt use was banned on roads?
We sadly still use salt here, and rather than repair the cavernous potholes that fill with the salty solution, instead they (ironically) build speed humps . Suspension AND bodywork wrecked for the price of one!
@@stewarthaddon3219 Ironically a speed hump is actually an upside down pothole. Maybe start a campaign to stop salt use on environmental grounds damaging the ecology with salinity?
100,000 miles approx, needs 3rd gear synchro and sills have been welded in past ? With Velour interior ??? Original pepperpots. If it’s the one I think it is.
Wow, What the heck! You're literally around the corner from me! I recognised the area cause of the train tracks and surrounding area. Ive just brought an ALFA 159 too
Thanks for all of the positive comments. Shocks and springs next on the list, and there are a few more manageable jobs to tackle, but the scary stuff is all sorted now. Big thanks to Neil and my current employers for making it possible to enjoy it once again.
Damn that's a nice gtv.. absolutely love the color. Beautiful car
Beautiful car and well done on saving it. In period a work colleague had an identical brand new Nuvola blue GTV V6 as his company car, I was very jealous!
Glad your back Nelly..loved the test drive segment..cheers.
Lovely Jubbly Neil, tidy looking car now, I hope the owner keeps it looking that good.
Same Color of my Lady Alfa 156 😍
Nice to see you again. Your love and care for these cars is highly contagious. Pure joy to witness how these beautiful cars come to "life" again.
The whole idea of "appreciating the value and the beauty of what we have instead of the senseless purchase of the newest commodity" is both wise, environmental-friendly and sustainable.
An Italian cars channel!??? Noice!
Greetings from Italy ✋ forza Alfa Romeo.
Fantastic work Neil. That Nuvola Blue is stunning!
I love Nuvola Blue on a GTV . Great to see you back Neil
Glad you both saved this GTV 👍, stunning colour 👍, and such a wonderful shape.
Good to see you back. Thanks for sticking with the You tube thing 👍👍👍
Well done many hours of hard graft have paid off,
Beautiful Italian classic.👍😎
Excellent work Neil as usual another saved. Can’t believe it’s been over a month oh the joys of getting old . Shame I’m not near you as I’d be getting you to do the rear arches inner and outer on my gtv . Love your work
alfa gtv is the number one sound and the reaction to the gas at all ........... how kicked :))) I call her a little beast
Great to see a new video Neil and to have the channel back, just wanted to say thanks for sorting out my Spider on Thursday - couldn’t recommend your work enough, and we did get to the wedding incident-free!
Good stuff. Always a pleasure 😊
Good to see you back Neil. Hope you enjoyed your break.
Welcome back! Great video, and thanks for saving that GTV!
This is another car I want and love that colour its amazing
Great to see you taking it out for a drive after all your hard work on it. It really makes a difference to see one of the beauties back on the road and in fine fettle!
Great road test video more of these please Neil! For anyone needing work doing, I’ve started taking my GTV twinspark to Neil this summer for service and am very happy with all his work and advice. The workshop is Alfa paradise!
Good to have you back!
Nice to see you back Boss looking rested thanks for keeping me sane while isolating.
Great video, and great to see you back. Also fabulous to see that beauty saved 😀
It's great your back, Niel! Not having to hassle with camera's seems to have enabled you to get some mighty fine work done. Like I said before: I wish you also did Citroën Xm's and lived near. I kind of get on by myself but last ime I brought my car to my "officialy designated mechanic" I got it back with superficially covered paint and bumper damage. Going back the guy was of course not aware of anything ever having happened! Such "proffesionals" can be found on every street corner. Niels are alas rarer!
Good to have you back. Great job on the GTV looks fantastic
Looks great 👍🏼
Welcome back.Perfect work as usual.Greets from Bulgaria.
Good to see my favourite alfa vids coming back on line. Well done.
Hope your break away did you good. Happy to see you back. That GTV has come out great. Love the video and work done here
Nice to see you back fantastic work on the GTV another one saved
Welcome back!!! Lovely GTV! 😍
good to see you back nelly!
amazed you managed to save that GTV - gawd bless you guv'nor!!
Great to see you back. What a gorgeous GTV, absolutely well worth saving.
Great to see you back with great content!
Welcome back Neil! Great job on this GTV 👍
What a sweet little coupe!
Good job on restoring it.
Great to see you back, more please when you have the time
So good to see you back! Sunday morning car p@rn. What a lovely car.
Good to see you back! That’s a lovely GTV - you must be very pleased with the way it turned out.
Welcome back my friend glad you back from Macedonia with love 🇲🇰❤
Hell of a job you've done there Neil. What a beauty.
Nice your back Neill. What a beautifull car
Great restoration job Neil,such a lovely colour😎
Good to see u back.... Cracking job on the car.... Credit to you.. keep them coming 👍👍
Happy to see you back!
Glad you are back!
Keep doing what are you doing, because it is high quality work and serial..
Greetings from Croatia from an "alfista", (and fiatista, because i have Fiat coupe and some more..)
Welcome back. Enjoyed the drive around. Car sounds pretty good.
Great to see you back!
Welcome back Neil, super job as always
Welcome back Neil & I hope you had a good break from YT. I see you've been busy in the workshop these past few weeks & the GTV is looking stunning in it's restored bodywork and blue paintwork I like the new style of the video, especially the test drive, which seemed to indicate new rear springs & shocks are needed, to stop the tyres rubbing in the wheel arch. I hope the owner can arrange to have these items replaced in the near future.
Please keep up the good work. 👍
Good to see you back. Good video
Job well done it looks fantastic now and I completely agree that it was worth saving !
Beautiful, just beautiful
Amazing job! 👌
Fantastic restoration well done indeed love the colour I had a Bravo 155 hgt in a similar colour Sassi grey metallic i think it was changes colour in the different light , I'm sure the customer is going to be over the moon :)
Welcome back. Yeah, like the test drive section.
Good to see you back 👍😎
Good to see you back on YT Neil 👍
Great to see you back Neil. Test drives a great idea. 3.2 Alfa V6's now are nearly unobtainable on price.
Good job. Looks great.
Glad your back. Missed by any car lover
Welcome back we need you🙂
Drove a 2L one of these a fair few times. Loved it. Loved the handling. Just unfortunately at the time the boot space, etc, wasn't viable for me.
Ciao niel!!ben tornato! Another gem saved from scrap .excellent work👌hope you understand Italian 😉
Best car ever 😍🤤
1:04 Amazing result... Great work. Thanks for the videos, you must be really busy doing all the work plus filming, by yourself.
Lovely colour. Is it that Portofino blue the Fiat 20v came in? Suits the GTV really well. You've turned it into a really fabulous looking car, Neil. Bravo!
I didn't realize you're back. So happy about it. Have to check that youtube bell
Only missed about 6 videos then lol.
@@ItaliaAutos Well, time to binge then :)
That car is a treasure. Well saved 😀
Nice to see you’re back. Have you got a video of the welding stuff that needed doing Neil?
Cracking car pal
When ever you get the chance could you do a video on how to remove the console around the Hazzard lights switch and the a/c controls.. cheer's.. Good to see you back !
love this channel this cat has kicked my ass im a stone cold ford man how ever ive missed the boat on the cars i swoon for and it seems if you fancy some italian fun itsstil in the reach of a ordinardy person. excuse my exspeling proper dislesckick
Aannnnnddd he's back!
well done!!
Thank you, nice video!
Video of the body work repairs would be great viewing
Hi M8 I've a recommendation for you. Vactan is the only rust converter I've found to work it acts as a primer and doesn't have to be washed off with water! Great restoration BTW 👍
ive just ordered some to try. thanks
What a job and a beautiful car! You can have the aerial from my GTV, head unit too if you like. Why would you ever need other sound than from the Busso?
No Leaks comment after road test. @ 12:05 there was fluid/water around Fluid Reservoir ? also heard' ting, twings, while
braking. (bedding in ?) An under Car view since resto would be nice. (or did i miss that already) in prior vids ??. Anyway
Nice to see you back. See you in the next one. Car looks FAB and well done to your hard work..👍👍👍
It was water and a bit of grime from where I cleaned engine earlier
Welcome back..all best from Makedonija
Fair play that man 👍
Great to see you back, refreshed and rearing to go.
This is the color of my car Alfa romeo 156, 2500 V6, Italy name ( azzurro nuvola) this color change tonality of the light, it as been ideacted of by Walter De Silva the Italy designer of the designer of the model 156.this color Mach delicate, and elegance united at new tendence of the sport. The alfa it is the number one in the elegance, performance in the cars world. My best whishis
Nice. Thanks for commenting.
Cool 👍
Those brembo always squeak without a genuine pad! Same on the Coupes!
Thanks for the great series. I'm a Yank interested in importing GTVs and I expected some issues body wise-but when I see this-it gives me pause. Body work is a quick way to be upside down in a car trade. What do you feel the underlying cause of all the rust was? Was it-salty roads, was it-leaky water shields -window glass wipers letting water accumulate . It just looks crunchy-and Id expected this generation to be much improved
bad choice of location to live id say was the main cause.
Another Alfa saved and looks gtreat.
Azzurro Nuvola Pearl 🤩 Not Blue Vela like you said…
Sorry yeah I must of had my gtv on my mind lol
5:40 nah mate, sounds fantastic ;)
I know you have said on various videos but what area are you based as I’m looking to purchase another gtv6 next year as I’m really regretting selling my one!
Anyway I was wondering if you would be interested in restoring the one I bye? I obviously have two choices as getting the best I can find and take a chance or bye 1 that needs a lot of work and not be disappointed with what I bye!
I just trust your opinion as you seem to love these cars 😃 great work by the way 👏
I'm in Walsall West midlands
if fiats are anything to go by they just seems to eat shocks and other suspension and steering components LOL she sounds very nice......smooth and linear. body and paints come up nice too.
Welcome back. Nice GTV! Test drive segment was for me a bit long
Good luck with finding an oe aerial bought mine a few years ago for £150 but looked on partsworld website they want over £400 !!!! What’s going on with prices ?☹️
Ouch.
Rust... here in Oz we don't have rust issues like the UK. Is it mostly caused by the salt used on roads?
Wondering if it would it bring the country to it's knees if salt use was banned on roads?
@scott Chester Is it the salt use that turns many UK cars into rotboxes?
We sadly still use salt here, and rather than repair the cavernous potholes that fill with the salty solution, instead they (ironically) build speed humps . Suspension AND bodywork wrecked for the price of one!
@@stewarthaddon3219 Ironically a speed hump is actually an upside down pothole.
Maybe start a campaign to stop salt use on environmental grounds damaging the ecology with salinity?
@@CathodeRayNipplez 😂
In your opinion, which 24V Busso equiped Alfa has the best handling?
Gtv and 156 gta.
love these cars but a bag of trouble
As far as classics go there pretty good. But just don’t get a bad one.
Do I spot a 156 with big wing in the background ?
Is it a 98’ 2.5 V6 24V with Pearlescent paint ?
Yep it's in for a steering rackand other stuff.
100,000 miles approx, needs 3rd gear synchro and sills have been welded in past ? With Velour interior ??? Original pepperpots.
If it’s the one I think it is.