My '79 GE Scorpion
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 9:54 pm
Hey Guys,
Ive been a member on here for a little while and have posted a couple of threads before but never a build thread of the old girl.
A little back ground on her, my grandfather bought her when she was a couple of years old and thought she was the best thing since sliced bread. Now he passed before I was born and my grandmother kept the car for when we came to visit (I live in Perth and she was in Victoria). Time passed and my grandmother passed away and dad wanted the car so he inherited it and shipped it over to Perth. She served as our spare car with dad and I talking about popping a turbo motor into her a few times but nothing ever serious, until one day, when I was looking through gumtree and stumbled across an imported sigma turbo import. Anyway one thing lead to another and I bought home the turbo as a donor for the scorpion and that's pretty much how it all started. Im not a mechanic, just a car enthusiast and this sort of thing comes natural to me but I am in no way a professional. Having owned a turbo charged car of some shape my entire driving life I had a fair idea of what was involved in the swap.
Anyways enough dribble this is what you all want to see, pictures!
Ive been a member on here for a little while and have posted a couple of threads before but never a build thread of the old girl.
A little back ground on her, my grandfather bought her when she was a couple of years old and thought she was the best thing since sliced bread. Now he passed before I was born and my grandmother kept the car for when we came to visit (I live in Perth and she was in Victoria). Time passed and my grandmother passed away and dad wanted the car so he inherited it and shipped it over to Perth. She served as our spare car with dad and I talking about popping a turbo motor into her a few times but nothing ever serious, until one day, when I was looking through gumtree and stumbled across an imported sigma turbo import. Anyway one thing lead to another and I bought home the turbo as a donor for the scorpion and that's pretty much how it all started. Im not a mechanic, just a car enthusiast and this sort of thing comes natural to me but I am in no way a professional. Having owned a turbo charged car of some shape my entire driving life I had a fair idea of what was involved in the swap.
Anyways enough dribble this is what you all want to see, pictures!