Old School FTO in OZ

[ftotogo73]

Hi All
Yes there is one in Perth. It is a 1973 Galant FTO Coupe GS-R MR and i'ved owned it for about 7 years.
Of which 5 where restoring it.AS they say good things take time
She's fun to drive and draws WTF looks where ever we go.
I love my J-Tin and also have a 1972 Crown coupe with lexus V8,pristine Datsun 180b(dont laugh)and a Ke55 Corolla PRC rally car
As you can see I'm not brand specific on what i like just as long as it's nostalgic
I've had interest from fellow sigma-galanters to post so here she is
regards Darren

[75wagon]

That looks fantastic..
Thanks for putting pics up.
Did it come with that motor in it, or did you put it in?

Dave...

[ftotogo73]

Thanks Dave.
When it was imported into Perth in the mid nineties it had the 4g32 dohc fitted.
I'm the cars 4th owner in OZ and the other guys had no idea how rare it was.
It does have a stroker crank out of a nimbus fitted.
Darren

[tango76hardtop]

very nice man good to see you put pics up. First time ive seen an early fto very rare car and motor, love it

[ddt]

Wow, nice!
I may have seen your crown coupe around a few times though not recently- is it silver?
I really dig 70s J-tin too. I think a '73-75 Corona Mk II coupe (one of my faves from that era) would look ace in your collection.
ahem.. but anyway- back to the mitsu'!

[ted]

I F&%KIN LOVE THIS CAR!!!

[Nath76LA]

So that is the one with the twin cam motor. That is a fantastic piece of machinery.
I saw one for sale on a Japanese car yards website last year. It was going fairly cheap compared with all the other cars they had for sale. I think it worked out to be around $7000. wish I could find the site again. They only sold nostalgic cars,including a few 1970's Datsun Skyline GTR's, and had a really good collection of other stuff as well.

[A112H]

That is a great looking rare car with an even rarer engine. Well done on the build mate, it looks fantastic

[SharmCos]

Very nice!
Haven't seen one in front of my eyes.
Looks to be much smaller than a GTO.

[tandanus]

Very nice indeed
T.

[Cottees]

Looks to be much smaller than a GTO.

It looks like a stubby GTO.

[ftotogo73]

Thanks guys
Yes it is very short In wheel base and you can see the rear spring hanger in first photo right at rear of car.
It is so short that in motorkhana rules i would have to compete against minis, not corollas and escorts.
This FTO on YAHOO japan might be the one for sale

http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... gle.com.au

And yes my Crown is silver and have only owned it fo about 9 months

All my J-TIN

[Nath76LA]

I don't think it is actually. If I remember correctly the one I saw had a factory front spoiler with Watanabes.

[Cottees]

Am I reading that right? Is that FTO on Yahoo! Auctions 88.0 million yen? That is around AU$1.131 million!

[Smithy]

Love everything but the wheels-you need some deep dish rims on that baby. Awesome car-I want it.

[ddt]

It's not million; if you hover your mouse over the 88 million it gives the original japanese text ; there are two characters the last one means yen the first one mean 0000. so 880000 yen or abt 11k. -Much better than a million bucks!

[ddt]

Love everything but the wheels-you need some deep dish rims on that baby. Awesome car-I want it.

You don't mean deep dish like this do you...?

[Smithy]

Much better

[GC75]

Looks awesome

[shuggy]

if we get a cruise happenin where people actually turn up we will have to see you there

looks awesome!

[MrBishi]

WOW. Never knew there was an FTO in Aus. This may be the only one?

You don't want to sell it do you?

[A57C]

MR badges would be a nice touch

[gaPhil]

Awesome car!

Do you still have the DOHC 4g32?

[Sideways]

Hey Darren,

saw your pics a while back on Classic Colt - very nice FTO Surely there can't be many of these here??
Were the flares on it when you bought it or did you source them yourself? If so, and you don't mind me asking, where from as I'd be keen for a couple of sets.
They look slightly wider than the fibreglass GTO ones from NZ.
Cheers, S

[ISKA8]

tuff lookin ride buds..

[Smithy]

New flares are available here-about $300 delivered http://www.sportsclassic.com.au/misc_parts.htm

[ftotogo73]

Love everything but the wheels-you need some deep dish rims on that baby. Awesome car-I want it.

I actually like the wheels on it but one day i might try some dished rims just to see.

MR badges would be a nice touch

Definately on the cards for the future .Any one got some 4sale

if we get a cruise happenin where people actually turn up we will have to see you there
looks awesome!

Sure thing .But maybe when it warms up a bit

Awesome car!
Do you still have the DOHC 4g32?

Yes ,Its in a little green car with black flares !!

saw your pics a while back on Classic Colt - very nice FTO Surely there can't be many of these here??
Were the flares on it when you bought it or did you source them yourself? If so, and you don't mind me asking, where from as I'd be keen for a couple of sets.
They look slightly wider than the fibreglass GTO ones from NZ.

Yes it came with these flares fitted but also 2 original flares as well.During the build up we tried the original ones on but it didnt look as tough.
I think the flares might be the same as these
http://pegasusmanufacturing.com.au/inde ... Path=15_22

tuff lookin ride buds..

Thanks all for your comments.sorry havent been promt with to answer Qs.Been busy
Daz

[Sideways]

Thanks for the reply Darren,

I've ordered a set of those ones myself (should have them this coming week) and also a set from NZ, so will be interesting to see how different they are.
I love watching this Youtube vid of the FTO in that bitumen motorkhana - the guy's only an average steerer but it sounds awesome!!!!http://youtu.be/DNbOz6wydWc
Cheers, S

[colta51]

just wondering wat model carbys are thay? solex.....?

[ftotogo73]

Yes I've seen that video before Sideways
Aren't you being a bit harsh about his driving
he's no Ken Block or Loeb but at least he's got good taste in Cars
Let me Know how the Pegasus flares look as I wouldnt mind picking up a set for spares

by colta51

just wondering wat model carbys are thay? solex.....?

There 40mm Mikuni Solex sidedrafts running a Pipercross filter
May swap my 45mm Webers on one day Just cos there easier to jet