SR ROLLA's 1974 Mitsi Colt GTO

[dwlee 22]

When I put semi-sealed units in mine the locator tabs matched one of the cups and not the other cup. The units I used had thin metal tabs in a sort of a loop and I was able to manipulate the tab so that they fitted into the cup correctly. The difference in the cups is to stop people putting the wrong headlight in the wrong location so the high/low has different taps to single high. I put in two sets of high/low semi-sealed units and just running one set as high.

 

Shame about the rust/bog/dent.

[MitchP 9]

Question with your seals...

Did you by the door seals off rare spares only?

Or did you also get the weatherstrip for the top of the door (called door belt as well I believe)

Trying to find that part for my 16L, including the rear seat side window belt seals

[SR ROLLA 420]

Hi, sorry for the slow reply, only seen these questions just now.

 

The only thing I've had from Rare Spares so far is the door rubbers. I replaced the brush seals (which run along the top edges of the doors and under the rear windows, I think that's what you're after?)direct from Mitsubishi NZ. Not sure if they will still have them, they only had a few left when I got those, which was a couple years ago now.

[rich1179 241]

hey,

saw your post about breaks, i am currently in the process of getting my Celeste certed but i've turned down my hubs and used re drilled rx7 roters and Subaru calipers with a custom rear plate as you can still get the pads and roters for those.

can discuss further if interested.

[Seedy Al 18,019]

Ah, Yes, The perfect wheel combo in my opioion

Gun metal, chrome lips and wheel nuts with white walls

 

Same as I rock on my C20 Van

 

Top work. this looks rad as hell

[SR ROLLA 420]

Thanks man, I'm pretty stoked on how they came out.

[Mr Vapour 1,357]

What you have is a brochure for the English market. They probably had different colours.in the Aussie/kiwi market. 

[sheepers 16,587]

take your fuel flap into auto industrial and they will match some paint and put it in a rattle can for you. its not cheep but ill be the right colour. 

 

http://2cu.co.nz/auckland/listings/62464-auto-industrial-supplies-ltd

 

pay to give them a ring and talk about what you're after. they are usually pretty busy so see when they can do it. 

Edited January 15, 2017 by sheepers

[CUL8R 707]

Take your fuel flap off - or some other small removable panel - or the whole car in

Id image theres a few paint suppliers up there can do it. But they can do a spektro (?) match, we have a couple places down here that can do it.

Spray store, RJ Patersons down here do it

[dwlee 22]

Best bet as others have said is get it colour match. My 75 has Himalayan Blue, but my 76 originally had Tahitian Blue. I suspect your car was/is Himalayan Blue AC10178. NZ cars came with the standard JDM colours plus a few extras like gold and yellow. A good guide to the colour options strips can be found at http://www.galantgto.net/option-stripe.html

By the way the wheels and whitewalls look great.

 

[SR ROLLA 420]

Thanks, that's a handy reference.

Looks like I need to research more carefully and spend the money to do jobs properly/go to the right people. Shocking.

[GTO74 0]

Nice work here Sir! In case you are after a set of roof line and door seals .. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1300495145  . I have these available if you don't want to use TM. Thanks and well done again !

 

[kicker 17,652]

I'm pining those sweet Marchal lamps, did you get them via Japan?

[SR ROLLA 420]

Yup, imported from Japan. 

[Swannie 104]

My uncle brough a GTO new.  One of the first in New Zealand and the first in Wellington.

He confirmed to me that the claimed top speed of 111mph was infact correct, as they achieved this on the western side of Lake Taupo late on night. 

 

[SR ROLLA 420]

Ha ha, nice Swannie.

Hey Fourtydogg, finding parts can be a bit of a mission, to be honest. Things pop up on TradeMe occasionally, always worth keeping an eye out. Most of my bits come from Yahoo Japan. You can use services like Buyee (http://buyee.jp/) to buy stuff which would normally only ship locally in Japan – it goes to their warehouse and then they forward on to NZ.

There are a couple of facebook groups too where parts come up from time to time. This one from Thailand: https://www.facebook.com/groups/107027213189/
This one too: https://www.facebook.com/groups/107027213189/

There's a few retro parts pages on Instagram too.

Basically just lots of scouring the internet all the time. Mitsubishi NZ has a few bits and pieces but have been fairly picked clean by now.

Good Luck!

[Fourtydogg 1]

awesome thanks for your help. Those headlights you got look sick. I'm just hunting for bits I'm missing at the moment. No one's got a spare set of the chrome strip that goes below the doors by any chance?

If I go into Mitsubishi can they see what parts are available under my rego number?

My mates just started working there but he doesn't know how to look stuff up very well yet(still learning)

[SR ROLLA 420]

I'm not sure if you'll be able to look up parts by the rego. I think you will probably need a part number but if you know someone who works there that's willing to put in some time searching that will no doubt help.

[Fourtydogg 1]

What type of silver paint do/can you use to touch up the front grill? Mine currently looks very cheap Matt finish. Also needs some plastic welding attention.

[JBlades 90]

There's 1 of these pretty rusty round the corner from me, all there though, what's a good offer to try grab it