06-05-2006, 09:32 AM
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Thanks a lot to all of you guys for the kind comments.
Tomorrow will be my birthday and you’re already making this special day even brighter.
In order to answer the question regarding the gas struts, I have effectively doubled it
(using two original ones) as you can see on the attached picture.
This way, the opening speed of the rear hatch doesn't suffer the speakers extra weight.
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06-05-2006, 11:48 AM
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are you going to put the alfa script thats missing on the rear?... a very elegant solution with the speakers by the way, and happy birthday.
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ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD
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06-05-2006, 05:46 PM
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happy birthday! Awesome looking car....makes some of us feel we did a sloppy restoration  .Congrats, now enjoy her!!!!
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'69 Euro 1750 GTV
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'76 Alfasud Ti/'75 GT Junior/'87 Alfa 33
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06-05-2006, 06:37 PM
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happy birthday GTVswiss
Now I must go and wash the undercarrage of my car
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06-06-2006, 01:01 AM
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Originally Posted by GTVswiss
In order to answer the question regarding the gas struts, I have effectively doubled it (using two original ones) as you can see on the attached picture. This way, the opening speed of the rear hatch doesn't suffer the speakers extra weight.
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BTW:
Happy birthday!
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[font=verdana][size=1]1978 Alfa Romeo Sport Alfetta GTV 2000 (Rally racer)
1984 Alfa Romeo GTV6 2.5
1984 Alfa Romeo GTV 2.0 (1986 Yves Loubet GTV6 Group A Racer Replica project)
1991 Peugeot 205 Rally 1.3 (Il Muletto, everyday car but a bit Street Racer)[/size][/font]
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06-06-2006, 01:27 AM
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Attention to detail everywhere, perfection!
I hope more people follow your lead and restore the GTV6, one of the best and most underated cars of the 80's.
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06-06-2006, 02:36 AM
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true
i agree
1985 gtv6(red)
1987 75 2.5(red)
1976 gtv 2000(red)
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06-06-2006, 04:04 AM
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Originally Posted by GoldCloverLeaf
Attention to detail everywhere, perfection!
I hope more people follow your lead and restore the GTV6, one of the best and most underated cars of the 80's.
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Hear Hear on both counts.
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[COLOR=Green]Sale, Victoria
Oztraya[/COLOR]
[SIZE="2"] [B]'92 164 auto[/B] - White[/SIZE]
'97 FZJ80 Landcruiser GXL - White (LPG auto)
[I][SIZE="1"]Past:
'79 116GTV
'76 116GT
'92 75TS
'76 116 Sedan
'67 Duetto
'83 GTV6
'66 Siuper[/SIZE][/SIZE][/I]
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06-06-2006, 02:03 PM
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Once again, thank you for all the nice comments.
For sure, it is the first time i receive so many kind messages for my birthday.
(WOW, that's great feeling !)
In order to answer the question concerning the Alfa script that is missing on
the rear of the car, you have to know that I've moved it from the rear hatch
to the doors area.
Now the GTV6 script appears to the eyes of anyone opening the (driver or
passenger) door as you can see on the attached picture.
it's nice, isn't it ?
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06-06-2006, 07:24 PM
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Odd I'll say. Kind of weird too  |
06-08-2006, 07:53 AM
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Absolutely incredible work of art! It looks many times better than when it left the factory!!! You have intense attention to detail.
Two questions:
1. Headlight washers: Are these standard or did you put them on?
2. Why are there two mirror adjustment 'joysticks' on the center console?
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[SIZE="1"]Past Cars in order of appearance:
1965 Sunbeam Alpine IV
1983 Spider Veloce
1985 GTV-6
1987 Spider Quadrifoglio Verde
1986 Spider Veloce
1990 VW Corrado G60
1994 164 Quadrifoglio Verde
2000 BMW 323i
1994 164 Quadrifoglio Verde
1995 164 Quadrifoglio Verde[/SIZE]
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06-09-2006, 02:05 PM
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Dear quadrifoglio,
Here is what I can tell you in order to answer your questions :
The headlight washers are absolute original and work fine. That comment
may sound strange, but this accessory is out of order on most GTV6 I know.
The two switches are there to drive the external powered mirrors.
In 1984, the Swiss GTV6 were delivered (as standard) with left hand side
powered mirror and "single" switch only. I gess the right hand side one
was proposed as an option and that makes the "double" switch hard to find
(at least in Switzerland).
Because I have installed the missing mirror on my car, I simply add an
other "single" switch to drive it.
It is a pleasure to answer your questions as it makes me think that some
members of this forum are looking at the pictures I sent very accurately.
Best regards.
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