67 gtx restoration

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Aug 05, 11 5:41 pm

67 gtx restoration

after 2 years of building and restoring she is about done now apart from some bits of trim !!

was my mates car but he passed away so finished it from start to finish in honour of him....... paddy o,rielly !

has had new full rear lower arches although this car was well solid coming from san fransico in 2006, had all new interior headling carpet, seals, engine bay is very sutterly strengthened and stich welded, new b & m pro bandit shifter, , correct gtx 150 mph clocks, painted in black underneath, engine bay and inside boot painted to match car, new adjustable front suspension and new shocks all round, this resto has seen some serious money put in her but is well worth it .......

Dave81 · Post by **Dave81** » Fri Aug 05, 11 8:34 pm

Fantsatic lookin car.

A testament to all your hard work.

Also love the colour, really suits it...........which blue is it??

Jules · Post by **Jules** » Fri Aug 05, 11 11:12 pm

Metallic blue

I'll get me coat......

Post by **TyreFryer** » Fri Aug 05, 11 11:30 pm

Well done David, sorry to hear about your mate Paddy. You look quite young, was he the same age as you?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Aug 06, 11 5:03 pm

HI
thanks for best wishes, paddy was 62 he was like a second dad and best mate very lucky to know him ! he was such a character espasially when in beer tent at nats in previous years ha ha, yeah the colour is lm5u its a 2010 vw blue matallic i researched the original that the gtx was done in 67 and this code getting popping up from the states and same from people in states painting their gtx,s ! yep im young single dad of 31 !

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sat Aug 06, 11 6:58 pm

I saw your car at the Nats and it looked pretty good to me. I take my hat off to ya.

Now buy a bloody workshop manual.

Mick70RR · Post by **Mick70RR** » Sat Aug 06, 11 8:04 pm

Or download the workshop manual.

http://www.mymopar.com/index.php?pid=109

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Aug 07, 11 8:41 am

cheers got the link ! if the car didint turn out decent he would of came back and kicked my ass !! so a proper job was in order from the start !

shifter · Post by **shifter** » Sun Aug 07, 11 10:29 pm

Great looking car. Well done

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Mon Aug 08, 11 9:55 am

Nice one matey

didn't link the car to the name

otherwise would have come up and talked at you.....

Dave

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Aug 08, 11 7:46 pm

no worries always another show !

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Aug 10, 11 5:05 pm

Absolute testament to you and a he'll of a way to honour someone so close to you

db · Post by db » Wed Aug 10, 11 8:58 pm

Stunning car, all credit to you (i'm a bit biased o'course- mine's a '66 Belve

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Looks really well in that blue!
Got me thinking about a 'glass hood for mine now....

sinny · Post by **sinny** » Fri Aug 12, 11 10:52 am

Nice work, I'm sure your mate would be proud, he obviously had great taste getting a GTX!