---
title: "This Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Is a Blast From the 1970s"
description: "Harry's Garage takes us for a back road blast in this low mileage example."
date: "2018-02-21"
modified: "2018-02-21"
authors:
  - name: "Justin Hughes"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/justin-hughes"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/18683/this-alfa-romeo-2000-gtv-is-a-blast-from-the-1970s"
categories:
  - "Alfa Romeo News"
  - "Culture"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Alfa Romeo"
  - "classic cars"
  - "GTV"
---

# This Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Is a Blast From the 1970s

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My best friend in high school was obsessed with his grandfather's quirky Italian car: A 1974 Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV. It was nearly identical to the car featured in the latest video from *Harry's Garage*, except it was blue, and left-hand drive. Eventually, his grandfather gave him this car, which became his pride and joy (unlike the one in [that *Hoonigan* video](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/18440/watch-the-alfa-romeo-that-was-dropped-off-a-flatbed-shatter-its-oil-pan-at-hoonigan>)). He even picked up an Alfa 164L daily driver to keep the miles off the GTV.

https://youtube.com/embed/Gh8oj-w4vyU

This video brings back a lot of memories for me. I remember that huge wooden steering wheel and the gearshift lever that almost pivoted on the firewall rather than the floor. When Harry pops the hood everything on that twin-cam engine looks familiar, particularly the "Alfa Romeo" script on the valve cover. But it's the growl of that engine that I remember most fondly of all.

An E21 BMW 320i is the closest I've ever come to owning a vintage car like this. I enjoyed my BMW, but it doesn't hold a candle to the class and style of the Alfa GTV.

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