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Original 1275GT Rebuild
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#51
12-21-2015, 09:24 AM
(12-20-2015, 07:40 PM)Miniac Wrote: I need a set of those mats in my life

Will let you know if I find more.
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#52
12-21-2015, 02:50 PM
Hey.... I thought I got first dibs on any sets that you found...
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#53
12-21-2015, 06:11 PM
(12-21-2015, 02:50 PM)Vinay-RS Wrote: Hey.... I thought I got first dibs on any sets that you found...

Haven't forgotten Wink
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#54
01-12-2016, 05:03 PM
(12-21-2015, 06:11 PM)Jared Mk3 Wrote:
(12-21-2015, 02:50 PM)Vinay-RS Wrote: Hey.... I thought I got first dibs on any sets that you found...

Haven't forgotten Wink

Include me for 4 mats lol. Big Grin
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#55
01-12-2016, 09:48 PM
Looks like you've got your hunting work cutout for you jay Tongue
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#56
01-13-2016, 10:24 AM
Wish me luck Wink
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#57
03-12-2016, 08:50 PM
Well, it's been a little while since any work has been done. I only realised today that I hadn't tried the boot badge on :

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Also, the car now looks like this :

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03-13-2016, 10:56 AM
Guessing those badges are super rare over here since the GTs are super rare?
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03-13-2016, 01:15 PM (This post was last modified: 03-13-2016, 01:32 PM by Jared Mk3.)
(03-13-2016, 10:56 AM)Vinay-RS Wrote: Guessing those badges are super rare over here since the GTs are super rare?

Well, it's only the second one I've seen, so I'm assuming it is. I could be wrong. Mind you, less than 1000 GT's made locally.
Well, I dragged the subframes out this morning and had a look around. I found some interesting things after a clean here and there.

GT painted on and the yellow inspection stars on the rear frame :

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Still has traces of the green, red and yellow paint to show if parts were tampered with before a service (I'm assuming this is what the paint was for back then) :

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Rear frame is decent overall :

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Front frame still has its MOWOG paint on :

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Just for interest sake, the steering rack still has its Leyland sticker on, showing it was an imported part and not a local item :

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Roof lining and undercarriage hard line still left on the car for now :

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#60
03-13-2016, 08:16 PM
Jay on that front subframe i see there are bolts that go up through the bulkhead. This is different to what I've seen on mine (bolt goes down through the bulkhead into the subframe). Was this a diffrence between early model cars or clubbys?

Then I see your driveshafts are diffrent to the normal type, more specifically the inner cvs, why is this?
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