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I have been bringing my GTV6 back to its (near) original glory over the past 2 years. It has finally passed smog/licensed and on the road legally, so I can finally say that the major parts of the rehab project are done. This car lived most of its life with 2 long-term owners, so I had a good candidate to start with, especially mechanically.
This is particularly gratifying because my very first car, also back in 1985, was a beater 79 Alfetta GT...because what I really wanted was a GTV6. Better 30 years later than never. ;-)
Below are some before and after pictures throughout the project, achieved with much advice and spare parts from this board (thanks everyone!). Some of the major items:
+New paint (and needed body work) - first new paint in the life of this car
+All trim plastic repaired and painted
+Lots of little exterior things – new badges, including GTV6|2.5, re-chrome grill piece, rear license plate filler, etc.
+New front seat covers – all leather now
+Tightened all sags in door cards
+Interior dye/paint to get everything matching (e.g. faded vinyl parts matching leather, especially)
+Various misc interior parts, too many to list
+New gearbox synchros
+Full Gordon L-Jet tune-up routine…nice way to learn a bit about L-Jet after only working with Spica.
Some before pics of paint and "2-tone" (and ripped) interior. Paint doesn't look too bad here, and it wasn't terrible, but it had worn so thin that primer was showing through on many of the body creases and couldn't buff without getting down to primer. And a touch of rust in the usual place (but that was all…not bad!).
This is particularly gratifying because my very first car, also back in 1985, was a beater 79 Alfetta GT...because what I really wanted was a GTV6. Better 30 years later than never. ;-)
Below are some before and after pictures throughout the project, achieved with much advice and spare parts from this board (thanks everyone!). Some of the major items:
+New paint (and needed body work) - first new paint in the life of this car
+All trim plastic repaired and painted
+Lots of little exterior things – new badges, including GTV6|2.5, re-chrome grill piece, rear license plate filler, etc.
+New front seat covers – all leather now
+Tightened all sags in door cards
+Interior dye/paint to get everything matching (e.g. faded vinyl parts matching leather, especially)
+Various misc interior parts, too many to list
+New gearbox synchros
+Full Gordon L-Jet tune-up routine…nice way to learn a bit about L-Jet after only working with Spica.
Some before pics of paint and "2-tone" (and ripped) interior. Paint doesn't look too bad here, and it wasn't terrible, but it had worn so thin that primer was showing through on many of the body creases and couldn't buff without getting down to primer. And a touch of rust in the usual place (but that was all…not bad!).
