new addition to the back yard - GE

[shuggy]

Gday guys, im pickin this up tomoro minus engine and box, looks the goods! wouldnt mind making it into a dirt car, what do you all think?

[A112H]

Congrates man. Haven't we seen this car before???

[shuggy]

yeah but i lost contact with the guy, picking it up tomoro night

and then a GC from the same guy in 2 weeks when i have time

[tango76hardtop]

he's finally letting you come get it. the sigma has a fairly good interior, what are you going to do with it and the galant

[shuggy]

the galant has mint rear bumper, and semi good tail lights - thats all i want it for but i said i would take it away for him, but i have to remove the banjo housing for him - feel like doing aanother one hahah.

the sigma - well... im unsure, i dont want to spend money on it because i need to spend it on the sports pak, so i will either sell parts off it or i will keep it and convert it to rally in a year or so.

ive always wanted a rally car - like a full on one, i wish i could have bought that rally GE for sale at the moment but i have no cash

[shuggy]

ok got the car today, also picked up the GC in the background

the GE in mint, so mint, i dont know if i have the guts to strip it out for a rally car, its beautiful.

the front spoiler is awesome with its decals, i actually love the car its 120% rust free!

the GC on the other hand has mint tail lights, mint interior light (yay) and a perfectly straight rear bumper - the front aint bad either

i will check out the rest of the cars tomoro and see if there is anything else on the GC worth slavaging before i chuk it..

Pics soon

[ddt]

nice GE shuggy.
you should try and keep it intact- not many good GEs around anymore.
If you do part it out then I would LOVE that front grill and bumper though!

[shuggy]

yeh i stripped the GC today, thats all over, will be gone in a few days, then i will inspect the GE and put a cover on it, i wont be touching it for a while because i have to build this GD sports pak first!

[shuggy]

so i stripped all i wanted off the GC today, will get diff tomoro.. but i found something interesting.

for one it had a belt drive 4g32 and its a '75 so that didnt make sense, but then this is the carby it had on it..



says 'nikki' on the enormous fuel bowl..

whats it from?? it has standard galant 4g32 maniflod bolt pattern as far as i can see..

[colta51]

gemini/jackaroo most likely! nuthing too great!

[shuggy]

thoughts????

[tango76hardtop]

not too shabby, will tidy up real well. you should put a 2.6 and 5 speed in it, polish it, repair the minor rust on the door and get a straight bumper thats all i can see wrong with it. Dont wreck it whatever you do

[shuggy]

i really want to build a rally car, and this is perfect candidate...but is it too good to rally?? that is the question..

if i rally it it will be out with the interior, in with roll bar, narrow 2.6 twin sidedraught carbs and 4 or 5 speed with 3.889/4.11 diff

if i keep it under cover and let it vinatge like wine in a cellar and when i get money, AFTER the A57, rebuild it with g54 or g64 with holley and supercharger..

or turbo if engineer says no..

thing is im a do it now person so if i let it sit there then im going to just want to do something cheap.. i need inspiration.. PLEASE

[ddt]

just drop a 2.6 and gearbox in and see what the paint looks like after a buff. That should do until your other project is complete.
Afterwards you can decide if you still feel like doing the rally thing or not.
I like the 2-tone blue-silver look with those decals -would look great with some Simmons.

[shuggy]

i saws ome paint had flakes off the back of the car, and it looks like its only one layer of paint, no primer

wierd, but its not rusted? unless its that silly etch stuff i guess?

yeh well i am NOT going to spend money on this

need to SAVE for the A57 GD!

[shuggy]

hey i just had a look through my gregorys.. is there such thing as a 2.6 GE from factory?

on the cover it says
1600
1850
2000
2600

but inside it only lists up to 2000cc..

so???

[tango76hardtop]

my gregorys manual has a suppement section at the back which has the 2.6 specs listed

[shuggy]

didnt go to the back haah cheers

[ddt]

Shuggy, I've got the proper GE service manuals if you ever need to borrow em or look something up (there are 4 volumes). much more detail than Gregory's.

[shuggy]

cheers mate

have to come have a look at your beast soon

[shuggy]

GE now FOR SALE, posting a FS thread now

[stealth]

did the gc have a brake booster shuggy ?
cheers stealth

[shuggy]

ahhhhh

unsure.. but i have a spare i thinik