With the oldest GTV6 nearing 40 years in service, a forum to document projects and restoration seems sensible.
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by bteoh » Mon Oct 21, 2019 1:30 am
Wow Kevin, that underside is so super clean

Wish mine was like that.
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by gtv-racer » Tue Oct 22, 2019 12:11 pm
Cheers! The car look superb! What a master pice. Wants to make me own one.
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by KevinR » Wed Oct 23, 2019 12:12 pm
Thanks guys. Really doubt it's gonna stay clean with the current weather rolling in. At least I know it's good for another twenty years.
I had a small issue with the new reverse light switch staying on and after removing it and comparing it to the original switch you need to add 1mm washer extra. Believe it or not if you add another washer it won't work at all so these new switches work on a " fine " margin.
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by 75evo » Fri Nov 01, 2019 6:36 pm
You have 3 cars there now?
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by Alfaaa1 » Sat Nov 02, 2019 2:14 pm
Hi Kev your GTV looks great.
I have given mine a coat of paint 130 Alfa red same as my 916 spider, Still not 100% , but no rust and starting to look great.

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by KevinR » Sat Nov 02, 2019 4:40 pm
Paintwork looks awesome . 130 is my favourite red hence my track car and Junior is that colour.



Everyone has their opinions but it's just darker red than the original we got on our GTV6 in SA . The code for the GTV6 is 530 but that even comes in three shades. Just can't go wrong with 130
Looks like you're on the home run now ! Are you fitting full trim ? Or going bumper less ?
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by Alfaaa1 » Sat Nov 02, 2019 6:22 pm
Hi Kev, Going to fit colour coded bumpers and the inserts will be black.
I should have the GTV finished in February next year.
I would like to thank you guys for the great advice ( JK , Rowan Jackson and yourself).
This website is amazing and we got to keep it going.

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by KevinR » Sun Nov 03, 2019 2:10 pm
There is so much info on this forum but you just have to take time and look for it. A lot of people are used to instant answers and don’t have patience to search for it . It used to be a lot busier with a lot of new builds but sites like this needs builds like yours as it always fascinating whatever the modification or non modification is . It’s like buying classic car magazines you know what you gonna see as you have seen it so many times before but there always seems to be a new take, idea or parts supplier to keep these “older “ cars way ahead of their time .
FB has its place for instant gratification and good to use it to link to the GTV6 website where everything is structured.. well supposedly:)
Moving along ..
I know I will be asking JimK soon on advice on turbo 75 my mate and are going to build . First we want to test this 75 and it’s suspension spot for next few months .
This is my track car in 130 which I opted to colour code bumpers and loose the trim below . The heat shield stuck to side is still remnant for the side exit racing days.
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by Alfaaa1 » Mon Nov 04, 2019 1:59 am
How true.
Your race car looks amazing with the 130 red.
My bumpers will be the same colour coordination.
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by John in Albq » Wed Nov 13, 2019 6:14 pm
I'd appreciate it if you could post the wiring diagram for the window-motor mods with the relays. Seeing your restoration makes me feel guilty that I've not done as much to my vehicle. Fabulous result!
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by KevinR » Sun Nov 17, 2019 5:02 pm
Hi John
Firstly I am not an auto electrician but just looking around on the net and forums you can find most things. This was one of the videos but the switch in this video is earth based or activated while the GTV switch sends positive activation. So I will show in a diagram my wiring below.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EYuhk7urqFE
I used two five pin type B relays for each window. The five relay has and extra pin 87a . This is like a gate pin and when it's not activated it rests in negative position. So this pin 87a on each relay is wired to each pole of the electric window. As the window reverses polarity when switched the one relay ( non activated one) will be the earth while the other relay will be switched from 87a to 87 creating a positive circuit.
So my wiring is as follows
Relay 1 ( Upwards)
86 window switch solid
85 earth
30 window motor solid
87a earth and loop to 85
87 positive 12v supply fused
Relay 2 ( downwards)
86 window switch stripe
85 earth
30 window motor stripe
87a earth and loop to 85 and loop to 85 of relay 1
87 positive 12v supply looped to 87 on relay 1
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