SR ROLLA's 1974 Mitsi Colt GTO

[rich1179]

On 02/09/2018 at 09:06, JBlades said:

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

Depends how lucky you feel?  

try 1K if its realy rusty?

or let me know as I may need parts off it

[Nightsta]

Hi SR Rolla 

Im currently restoring a 74 GTO as well and wondered if you have any carb parts as the base of one of mine where a vacuum hose connects to the nipple has broken off? If not do you know of any replacement carb options? Cheers 

[SR ROLLA]

I don't have any spare carb parts, sorry Nightsta

Have you got a build thread going on here? I know there would be a few guys keen to see it.

[66gt]

Don’t put that scody sunroof back in. Wait a bit longer save some pingers and get the hole filled in properly. The guy doing my GT Cortina just did one on a Mk 2 Escort Sport come up mint

[SR ROLLA]

Any idea what it cost to get it filled in?

[dwlee]

Keep up the good work. The new carbs will sound fantastic.

[dwlee]

The paint job looks great. I bet you can't wait to get it back on the road.

[SR ROLLA]

Definitely @dwlee still a lot to do in terms of buffing and reassembly but it's so close now.

[dwlee]

Good luck with the wof. It's certainly looking great! I bet you can't wait to go for a drive on a hot day with all the windows down listening to the music from the carbs.

[bryck]

BMX is sweet!

[dwlee]

Looking good with the stripe. What do you want to do with the suspension? Just lower it a bit, replace bushings and shocks or are you wanting to go it further?

[Abarth]

Hey man, nice Colt. 
 

Check the progression holes on your Weber’s as mine has that similar stutter when starting off. Apparently it’s caused by a lack of fuel as the throttle butterfly hasn’t moved past the progression hole. 
 

 

[SR ROLLA]

On 25/12/2020 at 08:37, dwlee said:

Looking good with the stripe. What do you want to do with the suspension? Just lower it a bit, replace bushings and shocks or are you wanting to go it further?

Yeah, a bit more than that I reckon @dwlee – the ideal plan is: reset the leaves, then fine tune height in the rear with blocks (looks like you can't actually take much out of the leaves as they are a pretty shallow curve as it is). Then get coilover struts made up for the front. And yeah, replace all the bushes and so on at the same time too.

[DriveBy]

I replaced front springs and shortened my shocks then reset rear leaves, no blocks from memory. Can take some photos of stance and see if it is to your liking then provide details?

[SR ROLLA]

Yeah, that would be awesome @DriveBy Cheers.

[dwlee]

The standard leaf springs as pretty soft and if you have them reset you may need to add another leaf. I had to do this with the 76 and I'm likely to do it again with the 75. I'm using early land cruiser (Fj40) shocks in the rear. 

[dabuzz]

Gotta say the car looks amazing man - love the hub caps/walls OG look 

[dabuzz]

a spare set of widened steelies on the back could also be a sweet option to change it up!?

[SR ROLLA]

Definitely @dabuzz, I'd like to get a set of factory steelies widened out as much as poss, keeping the centre caps and trim rings for a kind of factory+ look.

[cletus]

Might be an easy option for your tyre issue

 

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