Some cars look pretty for all the right reasons – wide, low slung with perfectly placed curves.
If you were to describe the Alfa 105 Series GT and GTV to the uninitiated, you may have your work cut out. It’s a classic small coupé with a long bonnet and short back end, but to underestimate its beauty would be a disservice of war-crime proportions. Styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro for Bertone, it’s one of the definitive shapes of the ’60s.
The rear-wheel-drive Alfa’s a lot of fun, too, with a balanced feel, all-round disc brakes, your choice of fizzy four-cylinder engines and a slick five-speed ’box.
And it’s relatively rare in the UK. Back in ’64, the Giulia Sprint GT would set you back more than a Jaguar E-type and a heady £555 more than a MGB GT – not helped by import duties. But things change and now – despite a gradual increase in prices – a perfectly serviceable example could be yours for a tempting sum.
Something like this (pictured). Yes it’s in Belgium, but it scores points over its bargain-bucket cousin being both complete and (almost) completely original. It’s also in need of some love. Provide that TLC and you could be owner of a lust-worthy classic with a fantastically restrained deep-blue finish and tan-leather interior and all for a measly €12,000.
