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i just purchased the recently advertised GD A57 in the for sale section, and im going to do a nice long take-my-time build.
here is a pic or two..
There is a ding in the wheel arch and one in the rear quarter but easy fix.
and has the mud guards and sports rims
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Quite tidy bay, need opinions on engine though..
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and a few dings in the bar but i have a 100% straight one on my GC so that will be going on
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mmm sexiest crash pad i have ever seen
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just like Brett's: still has plastic on the seats from factory!
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Im not getting the car untill i can fully pay it off, im paying a third tomorrow and then have the rest plus truck to get it here.. which means i have plenty of time to gather information, plan and prep for the arrival of her
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which brings me to this point - opinions/ideologies on everything. i have mine and i will share them and i want harsh criticism to set my mind straight if its bad
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INTERIOR:
-Keep all seats
-Remove dash and detail, replace globes with LED's (or just brighter globes), and chop it up on photoshop and see what it looks like with a white dial and black numbers
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-New carpet, probably super plush pile brown or cream..
-I have a GTO steering wheel to go on with leather grip and a flat leather horn button - get a new centre piece for it engraved
-keep the AM radio
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-rebuild the heater box, and either find somewhere to stick air conditioning unit or replace the heater box with air con.
-going to stick an original clock into the center console, and detail it
-parcel shelf is going to be thick, to the glass level so i can recess 6 inch 3 way speakers into them and then hide them under thin cloth.
-not sure what to do with air conditioning piping, as in cold air pipes, whether to run them to the back seat or not and how??
yes its going to be full on, a full build to make it my car how i want it. yes i know it will be worth jack all, but im not planning on selling it so no worries there
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EXTERIOR:
-thinking of keeping original paint colour, maybe a respray depending on what the paint is like..
-keep the original black line and black window sections, add a bit of black tint, not too dark..
-add bump strips maybe to give the full on old school look?
-grandpa hat will be staying no matter what!
-give the wheels a restoration, some black, some silver some white - may need to get the rears widened depending what engine option i go..
-going to try and see if can fit chrome wheel arches but not too fussed..
-and of course all rust, if any, will be replaced properly.
DRIVETRAIN: HELP
ok now we reach the difficult part, what diff, what box, what engine, supercharged or not.. etc etc..
of course i will be having electric fan, extractors, full exhaust, air-conditioning, oil cooler, chassis mounted oil filter, etc etc
but the engine itself..well
my current thought pattern is one of 4 things.. option one..
-4G32 1.6 Chain type, fully rebuilt with forged etc etc
-twin stock solex down drafts, rebuilt
-hard to fit aircon though.. and lacks in the power & carrying loads long distances capacity
two..
-4G52 2.0 fully rebuilt with forged etc
-single side draft 45 webber with trumpets,
-easy to mount aircon..
three..
-narrow 4g54 2.6 full rebuilt
-twin side draft 45's with trumpets - or i wanted to find a set of motorbike carbs to custom fit, but really unsure on this..
-possible thought of supercharger - but forget registering it, this wont happen its a dream and i know nothing on chargers of any sort
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-easy to mount aircon
-have to get engineers report
four..
-wide 4G64 bottom end from starion or other early vehicle
-twin cam head from later model galant..
-and im gonna stop there, its never gonna happen
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-Now diffs can wait til i get to engine capacity.. no worries till then..
-will be getting wagon drums on the rear i think (9 inch), and GH front struts with slotted discs
-5 speed jap for sure, maybe get it rebuilt but probably wont bother
Opinions, comments, ideas, thoughts, criticisms, anything would be appreciated.
cheers
PS no criticisms on the super long novel
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