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Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register;

Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 5:32 pm
by 75wagon
This is an area for Owners of Galant Hardtops/ GTO's.
It's important to keep as many of these cars on the road as possible, so this is the place for owners to register, so other owners know how many there are out there and where they are.
QLD:
- Site name: boyracer
- Location: Morayfield Queensland
- Car 1 details:1/1976 Chrysler GC Hardtop, Body GU(Markham green Metallic), Trim C1(Satin Brown), Options E12=??? and D20=???, Build Number= 1180
- Car 2 details:4/1976 Chrysler GD Hardtop, Body Bx=???, Trim x2=????, no options Build Number= 0005

- Site name: woops
- Location: Northside Brisbane Queensland
- Car details: 10/1974 Chrysler Galant Hardtop GC, White, Black interior, 5sp manual, 4g52 gto twin carb engine, Build Number 0201, Options EJ31??, Filled with bog long term project

- Site name: VGJONO - JON
- Location: Greenbank, QLD
- Car details: 9/76 GD Hardtop, Build# 0171, Body X2 (silver), Trim X2

- Site name: raceGC
- Location: Gold Coast
- Car details: GC 12/74 Hardtop, Build #0506

NSW:
- Site name: GC75
- Location: Bomaderry/Nowra/Wollongong NSW
- Car details: 1975 Chrysler Galant Hardtop GC Deluxe, White (under removal), Body Wc=???, Trim C4, Twin webbers, 2.6 Astron wideblock with 5 speed. (under construction)

- Site name: kodos
- Location: Blue Mountains NSW
- Car details: x2 Mitsubishi colt Galant GTO's (A55C currently under restoration, A53C waiting patiently to be re-born)

- Site name: Decrepit (Randolph)
- Location: Thornton (near Newcastle NSW)
- Car details: 12/74 GC Hardtop. Blue with Black interior. Build No. 417. G32B with Jap 5 speed. Driven daily.

- Site name: dvsfin (Aaron)
- Location: Liverpool, Sydney
- Car details: 12/74 gc hardtop, yellow with black interior. dont know the build number seeing as the car is missing the id plate >_< which is causing me alot of trouble with the authorities...4g54 with weber, jap 5 speed, close to immaculate condition.

- Site name: Nath76LA
- Location: Hawkesbury, NSW
- Car details: RR (Red) Complied 2/76, Build #1203, Jap Chassis #112H2200901, Original matching number 4G32, No 4 Cam, Twin Mikunis ex 4G35, Jap 2litre 5 speed (KM132), Scorpion struts/brakes, 9" wagon rear brakes, KMac? front swaybar, Tokico HD gas struts, DeCarbon monotube rear shocks, 6.5x14 CSAs, very clean/straight daily driver. With original log book.

- Site name: Tj. (jointly owned by my girlfriend and I)
- Location: Blacktown, Western Sydney NSW
- Car details: June 1975 GC Hardtop
- Build No.01028
Originally Silver with auto trans. Now Metallic grey/ copper with black rally pack stripe
Currently on the business end of a 4G63 DOHC N/A transplant. (H)

- Site name: mic_77
- Location: NSW
- Car details: 2/75 build number 00861

Site name : 2Lgalant
Location : out in the sticks down south nsw
Car details : a55 gto under going huge restoration ( sad to see it how it is at the moment )

- Site name: BIG26L
- Location: Northern Sydney, NSW
- Car details: A53H Dodge 16L Hardtop, Go Mango, 4g32, 4sp, 4w disc brakes, saas seats. Needs a clean up and resto.
(I believe this is the car LEE used to own and was looking for a few years back)

- Site name: Spac2
- Location: Just outside of Canberra, NSW.
- Car details:
Car is 100% stock. Copped a reco motor sometime in the distant past, and a good respray in the original white also in the distant past. It is otherwise in excellent original condition, and will remain that way.
Er, I forgot to get all of the numbers and stuff...

VIC:
- Site name: 81GL
- Location: Mildura Victoria
- Car details: 1975 GC Convertible, hibernating for now...

- Site name: Sideways
- Location: Melbourne, Vic
- Car 1 details: A53C GTO Rally Car, 2.2 non-balanceshaft Astron, close ratio box, 4.4 diff, too many mods to list. Will be undergoing full rotisserie rebuild back to road car.
- Car 2 details: 1975 GC 2 door Hardtop Rally Car, currently being rebuilt, having new cage and seam-welding of shell completed. Awaiting paint and re-assembly. Engines 'various' :D

- Site name: Rallyant
- Location: Reg in Melbourne, But Live in both VIC and NSW
- Car 1 details: GC, White, 2.6 Turbo, Pajero Diff with 3.545 ratio from late model starion, Coilovers, etc, daily car as of next week, but its intent is to be the Track car. (building 2.6 NA for the track)
- Car 2 details: GC, Brown, stock apart from Lowered & Sigma Turbo wheels, Original Reg(black plates) Sitting and waiting (& rusting) for restore and the 2.6 Turbo thats currently in the White coupe to go into it,
- Car 3 details: GB 2Door (aka 16L), Red,all stock, Still sitting in NZ at the previous owners house, I bought in a couple of years ago and am yet to finish importing it.

Tasmania:
- Site name: astronturbo77(formely 4g32turbo)
- Location: Hobart Tasmania
- Car details:3/1977 Chrysler Galant Hardtop GD, yellow, brown cloth interior, 4sp manual, no options codes except for d22(4sp)

- Site name: Mrgrims
- Location: North East Tasmania
- Car details: Oct 1975 GC Hardtop, build No.01116, Dark Metallic Green, 2.6L 5speed, Race Interior, Most people know this vehicle already =D ex show car

SA:
- Site name: A112H - Jason
- Location: Paralowie, South Australia
- Car details: GC Galant Hardtop, 6/1975, Paint Code WC, Trim Code X2, Build Number 00982, Spec'd up to GSII with 4G63

- Site name: A112H - Jason
- Location: Adelaide, SA
- Car details: 71 A53H Hardtop - currently waiting for complete retoration. Plans are to return it to 100% factory stock GS specs

- Site name: A112H - Jason
- Location:South Australia
- Car details:1972 A55C GTO X-II optioned car.

- Site name: Not known
- Location: Bendigo area, Vic
- Car details: GC Galant Hardtop, 12/1974, Paint Code WC, Build Number 00727, It was made into a convertible in the late 80's and is registered as a Chrysler Convertible.
SOLD TO VICTORIA - NO FURTHER INFORMATION

- Site name: Tils
- Location: Adelaide SA
- Car details: 76 GD Galant Hardtop, Green/brown, build No.0113, 4G54 EFI turbo, Jap 5 speed, Sigma Turbo rims, Sports seats, After market springs and sway bars. Scorp disc brake diff.

Site name: galant556
Location: S.A.
Car details: 75 GC white, black interior, build #950 bought from Sam at Strathalbyn, 2l Astron, converted to 5 speed, currently giving some T.L.C. going to use as club/ hill climb car.

- Site name: L200W3RK5
- Location: Adelaide SA
- Car details: 76 GD Galant Hardtop, Was Green/brown, Now White/Black
build No.0xxx,
Pretty much bare shell at present.

- Site name: GB_BB4C
- Location: South Australia
- Car 1 details: A53 16L Dodge Colt (GB 2Door), Greyish Silver (origional 'Go Mango' Orange), 2.6lt Twin Webbers, Extractors, Sigma Front Brakes, Turbo rims.
- Car 2 details: A53 16L Dodge Colt (GB 2Door), White (origional Cream), 1600, manual, dual downdraught, Needs alot of TLC.



WA:
- Site name: 'tango76hardtop'
- Location: Perth,W.A
- Car details: 1976 GC Hardtop, 2.6 astron 2, 5sp jap box, silver with black interior, currently unrego'd

- Site name: 'shuggy' - Andrew
- Location: Perth, W.A
- Car Details: 1975 ?? GC yellow/rustbrown Hardtop, mint interior trim, 100% stock atm, no Complience plates, very rusty - unreg'd, RIP

- Site name: Mitsiman
- Location: Perth, WA
- Car details: 1976 GC Galant Hardtop. Red Colour. Too many Mods to list - but current use is a Super Sedan Class Drag Car. Unregistered for obvious reasons

NT:

ACT:

USA:
- Site name: burabuda
- Location: socal, usa
- Car details: a57c gto gs-r (genuine "r" spec)

- Site name: jabo
- Location: Central Oregon, USA
- Car details: 1971 Colt hardtop - build 193

UK:
- Site name: partyboyjay
- Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Car details: 1976 Colt Galant GTO GSR 2000 currently under restoration

Anywhere else?

Feel free to post any information that is Hardtop/ GTO only.
All members will be added to this post at the top so it's a quick to find list....
Copy and paste this and add your info, if you want to be added

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Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:45 pm
by A112H
Cheers for that. I guess from the top GC there were atleast 1180 made, lol

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:25 pm
by 75wagon
Galant_GT0 wrote:Cheers for that. I guess from the top GC there were atleast 1180 made, lol
I thought someone said recently that there were only 1000 made.
If that's true, then they mustn't have started at 1.

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:41 pm
by GC75
i thought there were only 1000 made?

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Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:01 pm
by A112H
I thought there were only 1000 imported, but I have also heard 1500 and 2000.
Any one close to the National Library??? Check this out

http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1843696

This is pretty crap pricing
http://www.carbuddy.com.au/car/values/v ... C%7e02%7e4

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:56 am
by GC75
Galant_GT0 wrote:I thought there were only 1000 imported, but I have also heard 1500 and 2000.
Any one close to the National Library??? Check this out

http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1843696

This is pretty crap pricing
http://www.carbuddy.com.au/car/values/v ... C%7e02%7e4
http://www.carbuddy.com.au/company/contactus.aspx

email them :thumpsup:

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:11 pm
by tango76hardtop
do they have build numbers stamped on them if so where?

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:40 pm
by A112H
On the ID plate on the firewall, under "SEATING CAP; 5" there should be a five digit number stamped "0----".
I am pretty sure thats it, everyone agree??????
I don't think it is the chassis number "A112------"?????

Cheers
Jason

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:46 pm
by woops
if that the case then mine should be changed to 00206. I had a look at the workshop manual and posted up a translation of the chassis number giving the particular details.

EDIT by Shuggy: http://www.sigma-galant.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=3015 end EDIT

Looking at that carbuddy website they say they were only released on Nov 74 which would mean that i have one of the very first cars to be released in Australia with it being complianced in October 74. This would make more sense then redbook which claims that there were none until 75.

I was talking to a guy who own a couple at a car show recently and he was also saying that there were only 1000 brought over here by mitsubishi. He had a jap import and he had thought that there were no 74 models in Australia except for the privately imported ones like his although mine proves that wrong. It would be good to get some confirmation on how many actually came over here originally.

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:20 pm
by A112H
I am pretty sure that is correct. If it was taken from the firewall stamp A112H number, mine would be 282 from 6/75. Seems more likely that it is 982 by the middle of 1975.
I agree we need some sort of info from MMAL of Chrysler Australia to confirm how many were actually imported.

Just reading the chassis info page I really think the build number is on the ID plate. As the chassis number was stamped in Japan it would flow numerically from there not Australia

Cheers
Jason

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:54 am
by Sideways
- Site name: Sideways
- Location: Melbourne, Vic
- Car details:Car 1. A53C GTO Rally Car, 2.2 non-balanceshaft Astron, close ratio box, 4.4 diff, too many mods to list. Will be undergoing full rotisserie rebuild back to road car.
Car 2. 1975 GC Coupe Rally Car, currently being rebuilt, having new cage and seam-welding of shell completed. Awaiting paint and re-assembly. Engines 'various' :D
Car 3. GC sedan, mint body. 'Training car' for the kids.

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:37 am
by 75wagon
Sideways wrote:Car 3. GC sedan, mint body. 'Training car' for the kids.
Sorry Sideways, GTO's and 2 door Hardtops only here....

Would love to see photo's of them all though.....
Thanks for putting up your info...

Dave

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:33 pm
by Sideways
Here you go, apologies to those who've seen them before.
As she was.
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As she is now.
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The GC before strip down.
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Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:42 pm
by 75wagon
Nice

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:16 pm
by dvsfin
- Site name: dvsfin (Aaron)
- Location: Liverpool, Sydney
- Car details: 12/74 gc hardtop, yellow with black interior. dont know the build number seeing as the car is missing the id plate >_< which is causing me alot of trouble with the authorities...4g54 with weber, jap 5 speed, close to immaculate condition.

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:09 pm
by A112H
Nearly missed this one, lol

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 9:59 pm
by dirtjockey
I've got a 2 door GA Galant - Australian delivered - iocation : Brisbane - not registered and highly unlikely it ever will be again! - I've had this car for 20 years

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 7:49 am
by woops
Why whats wrong with the GA that it would never be registered again? The earlier 2 door galants are pretty desirable. Even if there was a fair bit of rust in it i would still think it'd be salvageable considering it's rarity.

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:14 pm
by dirtjockey
Well to the puritan it will probably bring a tear to your eye... Originally when I got the car it was a very grunty rally car - factory LSD - 4g32 - twin Webbers, no 5 cam etc - a very nice car that was (very fast) and surprisingly straight. I raced the car in a few rallies - but that did not really interest me as I had been into off-road racing (i.e. buggies) - so I decided to run the car in a short course stadium race - it went amazingly well until it got T-boned by another car (idiot thought he was in a smash up derby) - so I stripped the running gear out of the car and put it into a LA lancer body - which I then started to rally (which I still have and we have just finished a ground up bear metal rebuild on).

The Galant sat around for 12 months until we had this good idea (I didn't know how rare the car was) - so we gutted it, put a tunnel in it - pounded it out straight and mid mounted a 13b Rotary in it and then started to race it as a class 5 (modified sedan) - it went well but it's weak link was the front suspension - so we ran the car for a few years and then broke the front end once 2 often and put it in the corner - that was about 18 years ago.

So at Christmas my brother and I were talking and he reckoned that he could bring the body up a treat (he's a panel beater) - so I decided that I would spend a few dollars and give the car a major suspension upgrade - at this stage I'm thinking a A arm front end with fox shocks - I think we can get around 12" of travel - the motor is going to be a commodore VS motor (cheap and plenty of grunt) - so if all goes to plan it will resurface in the next 2 - 3 months as a significantly stronger - faster car and probably unlike any 2 door around - and of course it could never be registered and would be run as a performance 2WD off road race car.

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:46 am
by A112H
:z

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:31 am
by kodos
:hit:

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:17 am
by dirtjockey
as a continuation:
I would consider putting the car back together for the road - but when we gutted it I stripped out all the windows & chrome trim & dash etc so unless anyone had a good idea where I could get those sort of parts it's not going to see the light of day as a street car again.

I guess the expression is "young n dumb" I was only 18 or 19!

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:08 am
by oldcolt75
young and dumb in deed .. im still there .. look at the truck (ute) in my sig .. its missing a roof

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:21 pm
by toruhiwi
Hi,
My GC Hardtop was originally sold in Grafton NSW. I purchased it about 5 years ago from the second owner (also in Grafton) who replaced the corroded original head with a square port version. He then realised the exhaust manifold didn't fit and could only find extractors which are still fitted. Otherwise it was completely bog standard original when I purchased it, even with factory hubcaps. My minor modification have been kept to what was available during the 70s/80s era.
- Site name: Toruhiwi (Roger)
- Location: Hawkesbury, NSW
- Car details: GC Hardtop, RR (Red) Complied 2/76, Build #1203, Jap Chassis #112H2200901, Original matching number 4G32, No 4 Cam, Twin Mikunis ex 4G35, Jap 2litre 5 speed (KM132), Scorpion struts/brakes, 9" wagon rear brakes, KMac? front swaybar, Tokico HD gas struts, DeCarbon monotube rear shocks, 6.5x14 CSAs, very clean/straight daily driver. With original log book.

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:23 pm
by 75wagon
Is that Hawkesbury NSW?

I've added you to NSW. I hope I'm right?

You sooo have to come on the next cruise. I want to see this.

Dave...

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:25 pm
by A112H
Welcome Roger,
The car sounds nice mate. Make sure you chuck some pics up in the members rides section

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:50 pm
by toruhiwi
I have made the relevant changes.

I also had a white '74 GC Hardtop which previously belonged to my son. It was somewhat rusty so I wrecked it about 4 years ago.

I have owned 5 Galants since 1972 and my present GC Hardtop is the most recent model.

Roger

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 8:11 pm
by 75wagon
toruhiwi wrote:I have made the relevant changes.
Thanks Roger, changes made to your info on list :thumpsup:

You don't have any pics by any chance? Sounds like a car I'd like to have a good look at. I've always got time to look at a tidy Galant (of any shape)

Dave...

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 9:02 pm
by toruhiwi
Thanks for the interest.......I shall get some pics up shortly

Re: Galant Hardtop and GTO Owners Register.......

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 4:30 pm
by 75wagon
Interesting read...
I didn't know what GTO stood for... I do now
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics ... Galant_GTO

Dave...