misterfixit
Well-known member
Hi All,
It's been too long, and It's been a bloody emotional Christmas and new year. But some good news finally, and I can write about it.
1st there was some family sh*t, all that went off and well let's just say I feel properly narked and was without the car I'd put years into, and massive amounts of effort and soul.
So ffw'd a little and this gem in the rough is mine for the taking.
(Gem in the rough = basket case about to be broken up)
So it's a 1991 Galant GTI with most of the interior and other bits in the trunk and back seat. It had sat for a LOOOOONG time after being worked on at a body shop. And needless to say it was ropey in MANY areas.
It has the little known option of the flintstones floor on the driver side and some funky retrofitted steering rack where they have gas axed the front cross member. But here's the thing.
Here's the real thing. It's MINE. I have clear title, all papers and open deed of sale, I'll not be making the same mistake again.
Now it looks like a heap /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/uhh.gif. and there's no getting away from it. as it stands it is, but the purchase included (on this car) all the parts to resock what I'd used after repairing my green car in the UK and a wiper type rear screen and a funky Evo 0 hood /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/idea.gif. After the last mission to build a car my wife and I had a think and we decided to get this shed towed up to Baguio to wrench on:
Now it's here it's all torn down and I've been through 80% of the parts ready to put back, papers were complete this weekend so now I'm a very happy bunny and I can show my project.
After a bit o polishing 2 years of dirt from standing out side here is the result:
Now the sharp ones will have spotted the locks and chrome trim and front door handle are painted, well the rear is too, it just has been painted black over the top. (Another thing to fix once the thing runs /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif).
Here's the firewall from the inside:
The engine bay has been given the once over, but the person who used to fill the brake fluid had the shakes real bad. the red is lead oxide primer, but it's now cleaned up and painted white.
So I have to say 'maraming salamat mga peeps!' who helped me thus far, now I can start to build it back up. If this week is a little less crazy than the last I'll be able to get a few nice daylight shots of it clean and shiny inside before I start putting bits back!
Cheers!
Rich
It's been too long, and It's been a bloody emotional Christmas and new year. But some good news finally, and I can write about it.
1st there was some family sh*t, all that went off and well let's just say I feel properly narked and was without the car I'd put years into, and massive amounts of effort and soul.
So ffw'd a little and this gem in the rough is mine for the taking.
(Gem in the rough = basket case about to be broken up)
So it's a 1991 Galant GTI with most of the interior and other bits in the trunk and back seat. It had sat for a LOOOOONG time after being worked on at a body shop. And needless to say it was ropey in MANY areas.
It has the little known option of the flintstones floor on the driver side and some funky retrofitted steering rack where they have gas axed the front cross member. But here's the thing.
Here's the real thing. It's MINE. I have clear title, all papers and open deed of sale, I'll not be making the same mistake again.
Now it looks like a heap /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/uhh.gif. and there's no getting away from it. as it stands it is, but the purchase included (on this car) all the parts to resock what I'd used after repairing my green car in the UK and a wiper type rear screen and a funky Evo 0 hood /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/idea.gif. After the last mission to build a car my wife and I had a think and we decided to get this shed towed up to Baguio to wrench on:
Now it's here it's all torn down and I've been through 80% of the parts ready to put back, papers were complete this weekend so now I'm a very happy bunny and I can show my project.
After a bit o polishing 2 years of dirt from standing out side here is the result:
Now the sharp ones will have spotted the locks and chrome trim and front door handle are painted, well the rear is too, it just has been painted black over the top. (Another thing to fix once the thing runs /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif).
Here's the firewall from the inside:
The engine bay has been given the once over, but the person who used to fill the brake fluid had the shakes real bad. the red is lead oxide primer, but it's now cleaned up and painted white.
So I have to say 'maraming salamat mga peeps!' who helped me thus far, now I can start to build it back up. If this week is a little less crazy than the last I'll be able to get a few nice daylight shots of it clean and shiny inside before I start putting bits back!
Cheers!
Rich