� David then extended the rear wheel arches back an inch to eliminate scrubbing tyre syndrome.
� She was on the rotisserie for nearly 5 years while David tinkered with perfecting little things that bothered him from the first rebuild.
� She's the same colour (custom) - expertly eye matched by a guy down south, as the paint supply shop here in Mackay that had "Missy's" colour code, went out of business and all files were thrown!
� To cut a long story short... we have made a point of simply improving on modifications and detail while basically leaving the car as she was.
� We have owned Pink Miss for the past 21 years and don't ever intend parting with her - she holds a lot of sentimental value to us both.
� Custom mods include:
� LJ front
� Custom made sheet metal side skirts and molded mud spats (rears)
� XB GT bonnet (yes... the real deal, kindly donated to us by a friend - who now regrets the donation...)
� Road bike aluminium flip fuel cap
� Recessed rear number plate panel
� 3rd brake light
� Smoothed engine bay, floor pan and chassis
� Custom integrated air conditioning
� Modified dash
� Front guards smoothed out to meet windscreen panel
� Custom boot fit-out including battery re-location
� Re-trimmed interior except for original door trims, colour coded to the car
� Hidden engine bay wiring
� She wears 17 x 7 front Junkyard Dogs (Boyd Coddington) with Fulda 205's and 17 x 8 JD's on the rear with Fulda 235's
� Stainless 2inch split exhaust system running out to two, 2 1/2 inch tips
� 202 block bored 30thou with ACL race series pistons, bearings, rings etc... lightened fly wheel, blue motor conrods
� Yella Terra stage 2 head converted to unleaded, ported and polished
� Genie performance extractors
� Triple SU's
� Electronic ignition
I could go on and write a small essay, but I won't. I have posted numerous pics which tell a thousand words. The car is almost finished and will be back on the road before Christmas.
She is an original GTR with all matching tags. She was purchased from a friend back in 1987 for $1,600. She was painted (roughly) black, looking rather sorry, sitting under a mango tree in the back yard. She was my first car at 18 - and has been in the family ever since.
Sometimes I think yes, we will have the people who would gasp in horror at the mods we have done over the years - but my husband is not into standard - anything! As he reminds me, we have done her up to suit ourselves - no-one else and plus we are not about to sell her - don't worry what other people think!!
We will be doing a few localised shows next year and hope to arouse some interest - particularly in those who would remember her from 20 odd years ago!
I will stop yabbering now and simply post as many pics as possible - please enjoy our project!
Thanks for having a look and I will certainly keep updating as we go. Hopefully the next posting will be us driving off into the sunset!!
