GT Veloce 1600: Restoration/buying tips
Numerous attempts at restoring GT Veloces 1600 have occurred over the years and it's come to my attention that whilst as a private alfisti restoring my GT Veloce 1600 that there has been some confusion and miss information in the past of what is and whats not original factory specifications for the GT Veloces 1600. This thread's aim is to share the information I have found in an open forum so you can make your own mind up as to how you restore and present your GT Veloce 1600 be it for concorso or just to go for drives to the country side.
[Sharing information about 105's forms the core of my over 700 post's here in Alfabb, I mainly use primary sources like documents produced by the factory(Italian versions only) and FIA homologation documents and FCA Heritage build Certificates in Italian (Certificate of origin) of cars I have in my database. I always provide links or copies to all public documents I've used so when you are reviewing my reasoning points/conclusions that you can easily check all the documents.]
The production of the GT Veloce 1600 was completely different in many ways to it's predecessor the GT Sprint, as there are three different versions of the GT Veloce 1600 when the GT Sprint had only one version.
The three versions of the GT Veloce 1600 are
Version 1[65 to early 67]: Had deep rear arches and Dunlop brakes front and rear.
Version 2[Early 67 to mid-late 67] : (I refer Version 2 cars as meaning the Group 2 as listed in FIA 5126) Had deep rear arches and ATE adapters on the front Dunlop uprights to take ATE calipers. The rear axle had ATE calipers.
Version 3[late 67 onwards]: Had high arches and solid ATE uprights (with no adapters:to be confirmed). The rear axle had ATE calipers.Sources: FIA document 5126 and Alfa Romeo parts manual plus actual cars.
For each version of the GT Veloce 1600 could be ordered in the standard or the luxury Bertone De Luxe body option. The Bertone De Luxe included extras. One of the extra options was a leather interior. The only leather colours available for the GT Veloce 1600 were dark brown leather (pelle testa di moro) or red leather (pelle rossa). The seat panels had perforations in the leather. Source Alfa Romeo factory parts manuals and sighting actual cars and details presented here https://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/gt...t-1963-1977/gt-1963-1977/car...xe-option.html
The GT Veloce 1600 only came in two colours for vinyl seats, they were dark grey (Nero fumo) or a tan/beer colour.
The GT Veloce 1600 only came in two colours for combined cloth and vinyl seats, they were dark grey (Nero fumo) or a tan/beer colour.
The GT Veloce 1600 only came in two colours for the carpet, they were dark grey (Nero fumo) or red.
The GT Veloce 1600 never came in a black interior. So no black vinyl seats and no black vinyl door cards and no black leather seats and no black leather door cards and no black carpet and no black rear windscreen parcel shelve
I think you need to consult the Italian spare parts catalogue (page 425 and 426) to confirm colors of rear parcel shelf as I think there are errors in the English translated version on theses pages.
The GT Veloce 1600 came with AR 00536 engines and Weber 40 DCOE 27 carbies.
Numerous attempts at restoring GT Veloces 1600 have occurred over the years and it's come to my attention that whilst as a private alfisti restoring my GT Veloce 1600 that there has been some confusion and miss information in the past of what is and whats not original factory specifications for the GT Veloces 1600. This thread's aim is to share the information I have found in an open forum so you can make your own mind up as to how you restore and present your GT Veloce 1600 be it for concorso or just to go for drives to the country side.
[Sharing information about 105's forms the core of my over 700 post's here in Alfabb, I mainly use primary sources like documents produced by the factory(Italian versions only) and FIA homologation documents and FCA Heritage build Certificates in Italian (Certificate of origin) of cars I have in my database. I always provide links or copies to all public documents I've used so when you are reviewing my reasoning points/conclusions that you can easily check all the documents.]
The production of the GT Veloce 1600 was completely different in many ways to it's predecessor the GT Sprint, as there are three different versions of the GT Veloce 1600 when the GT Sprint had only one version.
The three versions of the GT Veloce 1600 are
Version 1[65 to early 67]: Had deep rear arches and Dunlop brakes front and rear.
Version 2[Early 67 to mid-late 67] : (I refer Version 2 cars as meaning the Group 2 as listed in FIA 5126) Had deep rear arches and ATE adapters on the front Dunlop uprights to take ATE calipers. The rear axle had ATE calipers.
Version 3[late 67 onwards]: Had high arches and solid ATE uprights (with no adapters:to be confirmed). The rear axle had ATE calipers.Sources: FIA document 5126 and Alfa Romeo parts manual plus actual cars.
For each version of the GT Veloce 1600 could be ordered in the standard or the luxury Bertone De Luxe body option. The Bertone De Luxe included extras. One of the extra options was a leather interior. The only leather colours available for the GT Veloce 1600 were dark brown leather (pelle testa di moro) or red leather (pelle rossa). The seat panels had perforations in the leather. Source Alfa Romeo factory parts manuals and sighting actual cars and details presented here https://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/gt...t-1963-1977/gt-1963-1977/car...xe-option.html
The GT Veloce 1600 only came in two colours for vinyl seats, they were dark grey (Nero fumo) or a tan/beer colour.
The GT Veloce 1600 only came in two colours for combined cloth and vinyl seats, they were dark grey (Nero fumo) or a tan/beer colour.
The GT Veloce 1600 only came in two colours for the carpet, they were dark grey (Nero fumo) or red.
The GT Veloce 1600 never came in a black interior. So no black vinyl seats and no black vinyl door cards and no black leather seats and no black leather door cards and no black carpet and no black rear windscreen parcel shelve
I think you need to consult the Italian spare parts catalogue (page 425 and 426) to confirm colors of rear parcel shelf as I think there are errors in the English translated version on theses pages.
The GT Veloce 1600 came with AR 00536 engines and Weber 40 DCOE 27 carbies.