1976 Galant GTO 4G54 turbo (Update Pg16!)

Hold on to your hat as it's going to stay that menacing



I very much doubt this car will ever be sold, and if it was, it'd be to fund a New Zealand import with which I would do the same 'improvements' to Thank you for the comment though, that is much appreciated... errr... appreciation



Thanks Chris! I'm back in to thoroughly enjoying learning the ropes again. If I can run the fuel swirl pot over the next couple of weeks (Rich and co are down in a weekends time to help body prep) then I can really tackle the wiring. End of June, mid July I really want to have it running. Will be interesting to see if that's realistic.

This is really taking shape now, keep it up

Gutted , its raining down here, hope this means we don't get more pics of progress from you today!

I absolutely love this car... Well done and keep up the good work...

Thank you! Much appreciated. I absolutely adore the car too, you just cannot begin to believe how much of a smile the lines and stance put on my face... even now in it's half primered state.

I simply cannot wait to a) get some consistent colour paint on it and b) hear that engine ticking over!

Unfortunately the weather is not helping at all today. It's 15mins of glorious sunshine followed by 2mins of hard rain. Scuppering any work at the moment.

The clear time we did have this morning was spent turning my dads Spitfire 4 Mk2 project round in the garage so he can weld up the other side. It did give me chance to get some pics tho. Check the sky though. I was very thankful of the hot sun to really make sure the body was dry between showers so I could just throw the covers back on.

Anyway, lets see if the pics put a smile on anyone elses face?! Week off next week, so please keep the rain away! Haha. Tempted to just pick up a gazeebo as it isn't cold or windy.

















....and then it rained... gah! Lol

Fingers crossed for tomorrow. I'm not coaching until later in the evening.

Chris

WELL!!! WHAT a weekend!

A number of friends have been itching to help out on the Galant and now the weather is a little more under control I bought plenty of food from my local farm shop (including some black pudding sausages, apple and cider burgers and some curious 'mystery' chicken) and invited them for a BBQ weekend.

Guy came up early on Thursday and we spent the day running the fuel line under the car and trying to source a banjo for the hydraulic clutch hose... turned out to be a nightmare!

Cheered ourselves up by stonechipping the inside of the wings, front valance and slam panel.




Plan was to stonechip the lower few inches of the wings and all across the front valance and then basecoat over the top, just to provide a little more stonechipping resistance

After mentioning that a new intercooler would be sourced and I was planning on having it annodised black before I fitted it, Guy quietly grabbed some cans and within a few minutes we had an idea of how that would look!


I'd started to rub down the front wings. These were going to need a lot of prep so I was keen to get a headstart on them before the weekend started.


Removing the POR15 I put on last autumn to protect over the winter. Almost wished I hadn't... it was a pain in the proverbial to remove haha!


Both wings on the go!


Takes a lot... there was also a layer of almost emulsion-esque white paint that the last owner had started to gloop on. Had to get some 40grit paper out, as it was clogging up every other grade we had!


Little filler to smooth out some mysterious ripples.


...and also on the extensive repair on the lower wing. Just smoothing out the contours a little on that, as the repair patch had made it a little angular.


Front valance is getting a complete coat of stonechip but still ran some filler over the small stone chips that were there.


Some panel wipe and we could see where the work had got us...








Very big tingle over my body spraying these up. Was a very nice satisfying feeling seeing the colour (all be it primer) going on so well.

We left these out in the sun to cure a little and headed out for an indian buffet to cool down. Such a glorious day we were both feeling the sun a little.

Couple of other friends came that evening, and one familiar face to most of you I'm sure... Butterz made a very welcome appearance and helped prep the rear panel. Also in the pics are Rich (RichHughes) and H.



H was busy working tirelessly on the front wings! Absolutely refusing to give in to any imperfections... it was like being in the infamous Aston Martin paint shop!




The wing, heavy with repair work was getting a good going over by everyone on the day!








I had to take a quick break from the bonnet, the POR15 causing a right headache trying to remove it all ready for some primer. We called BBQ time at 6ish and headed round the back (also I think some of the guys had just realised England were playing haha!)

This is where the car sat at the end of Saturday...






Really wish I had taken more photos but it was such a busy day, with high energy from all we literally just lost track of time getting things done!

Further update to come.... ....

A few extra's from the day before from my friends Facebook... he was able to snap a few in the midst of the bustle!

We got the hardline running the length of the car after a lot of tapping and bending and unbolting clips and re-adjusting...


Here's the connection to the hose leading to and from the fuel swirl pot setup.


..and enjoying the sun



Spent most of the morning after an early McDonalds run, masking up all the windows, chrome, wheels etc.

Very little words needed from now on but WOW was it good fun! And a HUGE HUGE smile on my face and goosebumps followed!







Good job I'm 6'5" for the roof...




And here we go!!!












YUM!




;D ;D ;D

A BIG thank you to everyone who was involved this weekend! Next installment....?

[glow=red,2,300]THE LOOOOOOOM![/glow]

Haha! Scary job coming up! I'll see how I get on tracing and tidying everything up this week.

Chris

This is such a cool project. Great skills and a lot of mojo make this one of my favorite threads.

Haha, thanks Ross I'm loving the journey still. Loom this week. Trying to allocate every cable and then wire up the battery. I think I have a fuse box/junction box for battery cables somewhere from my FTO. I'll use that when I relacate the battery in the boot and wire all that up.



Thanks, it's a lot of learning as I go to be honest, glad to be up high on ur list of favourites