I finally got a GTV !!!!!! - Page 6

67GTV · #76 (**permalink**) 09-09-2005, 01:28 AM

Dang Simon! I'd swear you were yanking our chain by posting a pic of someone else's engine bay. What a remarkable difference! What kind of magical lubricant did you use? Marvel Mystery Oil? I'll need to order a case of that stuff.

jpv · #77 (**permalink**) 09-09-2005, 05:28 AM

man! thats some major cleaning!! looks like new, just turn the key and drive it! WOW nice job!

GTD · #78 (**permalink**) 09-09-2005, 06:09 AM

Simon
Keep that picture handy.
When you get depressed about all the things you need to fix before it's PERFECT - click on that engine bay pic - and SMILE!
A completed restoration is a series of small miracles.

**sprintgtc** · #79 (**permalink**) 09-09-2005, 08:13 AM

That looks great Simon! And George is right, pictures like that help when enthusiasm wanes. What did you use on the engine? I need a case also.

Chatis · #80 (**permalink**) 09-09-2005, 08:51 AM

It wasn't oil! It was grease - elbow grease and lots of it. What a transformation. Well done!

rmatteo · #81 (**permalink**) 09-09-2005, 09:37 AM

Simon, That looks awesome. Congratulations on a job well done!

sono veL.O.ce · #82 (**permalink**) 09-09-2005, 09:45 AM

yowZA! what a beautiful bay, Simon you are obligated to tell us the gory details of the transformation, and somebody please pony-up a brake resivoir cap for our freind!

Alfapaulic · #83 (**permalink**) 09-09-2005, 12:05 PM

No I didn't notice that but how did that enigine get sooo clean?

PSk · #84 (**permalink**) 09-11-2005, 10:43 PM

FNCK!!!!

Pete

ps: I've checked carefully and it DOES look like the same engine, but I'm still doubtful ...

BTW: Can you come over and clean my car ... maybe all the rust will disapear too

**smestas** · #85 (**permalink**) 10-29-2005, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alfapaulic

No I didn't notice that but how did that engine get sooo clean?

**smestas** · #86 (**permalink**) 10-29-2005, 03:24 PM

Can I ditch these aluminum rings from the front spring pans when I re-assemble? They seem to just be spacers.

universible · #87 (**permalink**) 10-29-2005, 03:55 PM

Yup, just spacers....

Let me know if you need extra springs, I have the leftovers from my GTV.

Lookin good!

geh458 · #88 (**permalink**) 10-29-2005, 06:08 PM

Simon,

You've got the AlfaBB banner hanging over the wrong car in your garage.

67GTV · #89 (**permalink**) 10-29-2005, 10:33 PM

Yeah but Anthony's GT Jr. is looking towards the GTV. Besides, I'll bet the Porsche is feeling quite envious.

oz3litre · #90 (**permalink**) 10-30-2005, 01:59 AM

Simon's fun when starting his GTV for the first time reminds me of when my brother and I fired up his '67 Mustang just after he bought it about 10 years ago. It had a 302 Windsor in it. We knew it had a stuck valve before he bought it, so we took the tappet cover off and levered and hammered on the valve till it seemed to freeup and put the cover back on. The engine fired instantly and made the most God awful noise I have ever heard from an engine! We quickly shut it off and took the head off. We found a valve minus its head, the piston in three pieces, the con rod bent like a banana, the cylinder wall cracked and the head severely damaged. It turned out that the engine had been reconditioned and they had put valve springs in that were too light and it was valve bouncing at only about 4000 rpm. The owner in Seatle must have thrashed it in frustration one day and broken it. Anyway the importer who sold the car to my brother was very good and gave him a new head etc. and my brother completely rebuilt the motor, with bench flowed heads and it goes like the proverbial now ( it even had one of the hollow steel Boss 302 cranks in it!). He ended up having to rebuild the trans and the diff as well, but it had an excellent body and interior.
It is hard to stop yourself getting you new toy going ASAP.