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My 1965 Alfa Sprint GT S/N 611615 is for sale.

I am reluctantly selling the car as I feel I have pretty much done what I set out to do and that was to race on every significant track in the US and Canada. It’s been a great ride and I met a lot of wonderful people, but at 71, I think it may be time to slow down a bit.

I have had a great run with this car and it’s in great shape with a fresh rebuilt engine and new clutch, pressure place and TO Bearing.

The engine is a fresh rebuild with only dyno time only on it. It is a proper 1600 with a 536 block producing about 150HP, built by Terry Tinney Engineering a renowned engine builder here on the West Coast. Dyno Sheets available.

The engine has a 2 liter clutch setup with an aluminum flywheel as that is the one weak spot with 1600 motors. It has GTA style headers with a flowmaster muffler which produces about 95 db. I also have a quieter header back system for those tracks that require it. The engine has a modern mini alternator which takes little power and keeps everything working fine. The engine also has a gear reduction starter from Beck Engineering which guarantees you can start a hot race engine. The airbox is a GTA look alike unit.

The suspension has heavy springs, koni shocks and delren bushings. The transmission is a close ratio 5 speed. It has a Fuel Safe 8 gallon fuels cell, FIA and SCCA approved. The roll bar is a bolt in unit. It has received an SCCA inspection sticker. The radiator is custom made multirow unit with the original Alfa top and bottom tanks. This radiator combined with a small fiber engine driven fan have produced a system that has never gotten hot even on 100 plus days with 98% Humidity. I once raced the car in Las Vegas at 114 degrees and it ran perfectly cool.

The differential is a 4:56 unit from a 2 liter car. The positraction has been modified to increase the lockup. This unit is bulletproof on a 1600 car. The brakes are standard 1600 discs with Hawk blue pads. These have proven to work just fine and have never faded. I have installed a dual master cylinder from a 1969 GTV along with a dual fluid reservoir. The car has a Holly electric fuel pump, filter and regulator. It also has an onboard Halon fire system with outlets in the engine, driver and fuel cell area.

The gages are all stock Alfa with the addition of an aftermarket voltmeter, oil temp and oil pressure gage. The car also has an AMB wired in transponder.

The wheels are Panasport 15X6 wheels that are about two years old and are period correct. The tires are Hooiser Speedster 185-65-R15’s that are accepted everywhere for this car. The windshield, vent windows and rear glass are glass. The rear quarter windows are plastic.

The interior has a very comfortable drivers Corbeau racing seat equipped with a 5 point seat belt system and a 1967 Alfa passenger seat equipped with a lap belt system. There is a complete dash with padded top, there are upholstered door panels and rear seat area side panels. There is no roof headliner.

The car was disassembled in 2005 and painted. The paint is in excellent shape, but does have some chips in the headlight and lower front valence area.

Spares available are a complete Marrilliplex ignition system including distributor, rotor, cap, wires, coil and sender. A five speed Alfa gearbox and complete 2 liter rearend. These two items were taken from a running car, but have not been rebuilt. They are stored in the trailer in case something happened on a long trip. Nothing ever did and I have never used them. I also have some spare brake pads, wheel bearings, wheel seals, belts, fan, hoses, brake light sender, and other small parts. I really haven’t needed these items, but I carried them in the trailer just in case. I have been a hero to many other drivers by having these parts available.

Overall, this is a quick, reliable, period correct car. It is not a 100 point concours car, but is a car that I am proud to own. It gets complements everywhere it goes and the tech inspectors always complement the preparation. It handles very well and is a joy to drive.

The car is as seen in the pictures in the attached link.

I have run the car at the following tracks over the last 12 years and it has always been a reliable enjoyable car.

1 Blackhawk Farms
2 Buchanan Field
3 Buttonwillow
4 California Speedway
6 Gratten
7 Laguna Seca
9 Las Vegas
10 Mid Ohio
11 Mosport
12 Mt Tremblanc
13 PVGP
14 Portland
15 Road Atlanta
16 Savannah Hutchinson Island
17 Sears
18 Seattle International
19 Summit Point
20 Thunderhill
21 Vir
22 Willow Springs

I’m asking $32,500

See here for detail pictures: http://www.65alfa.garykuntz.com/


Gary Kuntz
Danville, Ca.
Email: glkuntz@aol.com
www.video.garykuntz.com
 

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#3 ·
Full credit to you Gary for a beautifully presented motor car.
 
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#9 ·
That is one very sexy car. Seattle (actually called Pacific Raceways now)? That must have been a brutal ride. I'm local to that track and OMG it is in horrid condition (but it is fun).
 
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Thank you to everyone for your kind comments on my car.

To answer a couple of questions:

To my knowledge the front fenders are original. It is hard to tell for sure because in an earlier effort to strengthen and stiffen the front of the car a prior owner has welded all the seams.

The rear fenders originally had some sort of flares and the prior owner removed them. To be truthful I really never examined exactly how he did it. Unfortunately even after repeated requests and offers to pay for them I have not been able to obtain pictures of the car as the prior owner received it to work on.

The car would not make a good candidate for a streetable car as the engine is really a race engine with 12-1 compression requiring race gas. Additionally, while the suspension is not highly modified, the stiff springs and shocks, which work so well on the track, would produce a brutal ride on the street. Also, exhaust mods would be required, and while the headlights and tail lights work, there are no turn signals or high beams.

Below is a collage of pictures of the car at some of the East Coast tracks I have visited. I have traveled to most of these tracks on a shoestring using my Buick Roadmaster as a tow car and an open trailer.

I wrap the car for the major cross country trip and then unwrap it for the Eastern events and then wrap it back up again for the trip home. You can see the car on the trailer in the bottom section of the picture.

I have also provided a picture of the car wrapped up. I know it looks major funky, but doing it this way has allowed me to realize my dream of driving on all of the great tracks in this country and Canada.

Bottom line is it's a real thrill to race on all of these tracks and create your own memories with your own car. I have met a lot of great people along the way and have a million stories to tell. I have kept videos of all my races and I love to pick one from time to time and relive the experience.

You just have to have the passion and get out there and do it.

Gary Kuntz
 

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#18 · (Edited)
For Sale 1965 GTV Vintage Race Car



Doug

The wrapping material is used to wrap pallets of smaller items together to keep them on the pallets. It comes in a number of different sizes, but I use the 20" by 1000 ft roll that can be applied easily by hand. It's shown here: 20" x 1,000' 90 gauge Econo-Wrapper S-2445 - Uline

One trick is to start from the back of the car and overlap to the front so there are no seams exposed to the wind coming over the front of the car. I use a soft cover on the car and then wrap the whole thing.

I also use a heavy duty clear tape to hold some of the high stress areas in place such as over the windshield were the wind wants to lift the wrapping. The tape I use is waterproof and sticks in both hot and cold. Amazon.com: Scotch Heavy Duty Shipping Packaging Tape, 1.88 Inches x 54.6 Yards, 6-Rolls (3850-6): Office Products

I know this whole operation sounds ridiculous, but it has worked very well and has allowed me to travel and race at places I could not have afforded any other way. The real money went into the Alfa to make it strong and reliable and to comply with the rules of all race organizations.

By the way, one of the pictures below is from Virginia Intl Raceway in Virginia. It shows our pit setup with Canopy, Indoor/outdoor carpet, Concrete blocks, table and chairs, pit bike, work bench and tools. All of this along with three boxes of spares and supplies came from our open trailer and the trunk of the Buick. Who needs a pickup and enclosed trailer?

Gary
 

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#14 ·
The story is as good as the car. Gives all of us 50+'ers some hope.....
 
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#15 ·
Beautiful Alfa, but a Roadmaster tow vehicle? I love it! IT has the corvette engine correct?
Best,
 
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#16 · (Edited)
Yeah, the Roadmaster gets a lot of giggles, but it turns out to be a great tow car. It came equipped from the factory with a 5000 Lb tow package which includes rear axle levelers, lots of different fluid coolers a higher numeric rear axle and as you mentioned the LT1 engine slightly detuned for more torque. I have 195,000 miles on it, mostly towing around this country and Canada and it's still running strong.

When towing the Alfa it's really comfortable, you hardly know the car and trailer are there and you can put 6 people inside in comfort. It has a monstrous trunk that I carry all the tools and equipment I need to support the race car along with our luggage.

By the way in a drag with an Impala SS of the same period it will usually win as it has the better axle ratio. Really surprised a couple of Impala SS owners in my early days of ownership. What a hoot.

Gary
 
#21 ·
The GTV is long sold.
It's not a Daytona, it's a 365 GTC4 or whatever they call them; the "four seat" Daytona. It's behind the gold XK-E in this picture on a Berlina tour.
Andrew
 

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#22 ·
Gary, Is the car still available? I do not have a race license but wonder how difficult it would be to get and approx. how long would it take to get. Would only want to do vintage racing.
Mark
 
#24 ·
The car went to a good home. Its currently being raced here in the Bay Area.

Will
 
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