GTV6 Grand Prix build dates

[alanm]

Hello all

While at Spettacolo I took the opportunity to get the build dates of the 4 GTV6 GP's there.
There is not much info about in regards to the GP and yes, I am a bit of a geek when it comes to such things. Okay a super geek.

Anyway the build dates were as follows:
Car 1 June 1986 (my car)
Car 2 July 1986
Car 3 July 1986
Car 4 September 1986 (owner states this car was first registered in Victoria 1990)

All 4 cars red of course with tan interiors

Any other owners our there?

Alan

[gpgtv]

Hi Alan,
Unfortunately I couldn't make it last Sunday, I have a Grand Prix GTV6 also with Black Interior.
I will Check the build date in the next couple of days.
Regards,
Phil

[lombardi]

My GTV6 GP built sep 86,first reg in australia 87,red exterior with tan cloth interior with sunroof,guess this was standard,my car was first owned in melb,previous owner to me brought it up to syd,bought it about 8 months ago,he had spent quite a bit of money on respray and engine rebuild plus has koni yellows fitted,drives beautifully,best alfa i have owned by a mile and definitely best looking,its a surprise how much interest it gets out on the street,have wanted to post photos on this forum but having trouble reducing size of photos that would fit this site,anyhow nice to hear from other owners of this classic car. ciao

[alanm]

A couple of shots of my car.
Alan

[grpa9x]

hi all,
alan good to see you have started this thread, my car is a june build, with black trim.My car was purchased new from five dock, it was first registered  on the 01/06/87,from what i can gather it has had a few owners, in 1991 i have the dealer paperwork which reads the car was for sale with 49,131klms for $29990 at brian foley alfa. I was told when i purchased the car 2 years ago that the black trimmed gp's were rarer than the tan trimmed cars, it will be interesting to see if this is just a rumour based on the details we can get from this thread. My car used to have the number plates gtv6gp for most of its life, the guy i bought it from kept the plates, it now has gtv5ix. Also if we can get some photos of the cars alongside the details that would be great. Like lombardi i havent worked out how to reduce the pics small enough to upload them.
cheers michael

[alanm]

Quadrifoglio story from December 1986.
I cant get these images exactly the right size!
Alan

[alanm]

Sorry, this one has the Quadrifoglio story.
If you exceed the 256kb limit the system deletes the first image uploaded
Alan

[grpa9x]

thanks alan , its always good to see articles on these cars , i have nothing in terms of publications on the gp's.
cheers michael

[Rok_Dr]

Thanks for the story as well Alan. Its difficult to get information on this particular model and I would be interested to know just how many were sold in Australia.

For the record my GTV GP is an April 86 build and was sold in Nov 86 by Alec Mildren in North Sydney. I bought it in 1994 from Brian Foley and am the 3rd owner.

Colour is red with black interior. I suspect you may be right Michael re the black interiors, over the years I seem to only have seen tan interior cars.

Cheers

Steve

[grpa9x]

rok_dr,
hi, your car looks very nice in the avatar, are you able to post pics.
thanks michael

[Rok_Dr]

Here you go Michael. One from the Northam Flying 50 and another from the Italian car day, both this year.

Cheers Steve

[alanm]

I am loving these photos of GP's!
A picture of the Swiss and Belgian markets Grand Prix.
Car is identical to the Australian model except that it has a silver/grey decal down the side with the words 'GRAND PRIX'.
I'm glad they came here without the decal!

German GP's are quite different in appearance, they look more like a GTV6 with a Zender body kit.

Alan

[alanm]

Doh, forgot the picture again!
Cheers
Alan

[alanm]

German GP images from sales catalogue.
Its going to be hard to see in the image but the centre console is completely different from standard GTV6.
Al

[grpa9x]

steve,
thanks for the pics, your car looks sensational.   ( does it still have the rear spoiler )
alan, i agree with you about that decal along the side, i think the aussie version looks the best, leather trim would be nice though.
cheers michael