Around 10 months ago i bought a little delight from bell qld.The plan for this little car was to repair the rusted door sills and rusty rear quarter panels and keep it alive until i got back to it,with isabellas car and another one waiting this one was called patches as it was going to have a few grey spots.As the grey spots were supposed to appear in small areas this didnt happen with outer sills needed we folded up a couple of sets and quickly found out the inners were gone then the rear sub frame was not in a condition that they would still be there in 5/10 years time so it was all reconstructed from sheetmetal the tops of the door pillars were gone it become obvios it was time for a full resto the car was completly stripped out and sanded back to bare metal,90%of the suspension was powder coated except the few bits that i did not want to disturb the bushes,chrome has been sent to be redone and it went from a patch job to a full resto.
here are some picks.

Yesterday we painted the engine bay and today it was blacked out and the under side was completed in a gloss black over body deadner it had all been strpped to bare metal.

Nice work.

Cheers
Rob

You have done alot but you still have a lot to do! Keep it up - you will get alot of satisfaction from the project once it is finished.
KB

Dear me, that's some serious cutting! And I thought my rusty spares car was too far gone! But if you were prepared to do that much cutting, then it might be possible to save it!
Good work on being so thorough, there must be some serious man-hours in there. It's beaut to see one more saved & returned to it's former glory. Might we see it at Coonabarrabran?
Awesome.
Thanks for posting, Matt.

The plan is to have it at coonabarrabran as well as the north qld car.I have held back on this post there were times we thought patches was not going to pull through but its alive and well.
It has been repaired properly all sections replaced with new steel bog only been used to hide welds small dents ect as any car has.
The car has been preserved its still a bellett gt but back to original ? I.E the radiator support has been modified to take a larger radiator it was decided to leave it this way,paint not origanal toyota camry blue,seats are trimmed velour,front seat not bellett,new door cards made but not covered yet patern not decided,podercoated suspension,most bolts replaced with stainless,a fair bit of chrome under the bonnet.So it wont be original but now it will live a lot longer than if it was not done properly.
As for Matts rusty parts car if you can why not where are you going to find another? but in saying that we have a parts car also its been a family member fo 25 years and i often think if it was too far gone when we bought it? Hind sight

hi greg just gone home from some gigs in melb and read all about patches , its a credit to you and i feel guys on the forum should be saying geez look at that rust bucket greg bought and now look where its going .i am happy that you got it .if anyone needs any help i know that greg is the bloke to advise you hes ...been there and still has some gts to do up yet Cant wait to see it finished and remember you drove it long before i intended to sell ...keep up the good work will get my little car up to you one day if i dont get the 30.000 miles sedan 66 which ive driven ...not for sale ...yet.... or if lotto comes home im going to port macquarie with not $500 but a real offer to the gt yet to go on ebay regards dave

That is some serious work there! It was cool you held back on the post then just slammed us with a beginning, middle and (almost) end all at once!

Cool!

Dave

Wow! That is a serious amount of cutting/welding!

Good on you for going the extra mile and doing it properly, not just bogging it up and laying paint over the top.

Hope to see you at the Nationals with that little beastie.

Cheers,
Ross.

I am working on the nats engine is back in front end is back in new brake lines recoed calipers new pads nolethene rack bushes all boots replaced.Over easter i hope to refit the rear end rear wheel berings should arrive tomorrow.Chrome work is under the bed.[thats another story].I have a spare rocker cover,oil filter cover,fuel pump,fuel filter assy,and carbies being chromed i should get it back thursday.
I got a email from the qld courier mail today to do a article called me and my wheels on the maroon gt they are doing a photo shoot in the next couple of weeks so i might put some of the chrome bits on it i.e carbies ect and see if i can get a fast chrome job on the twin cam rocker cover[why pollish when you can chamios]

wow, thats great looking now!

Hi
Really nice detailed work on the suspension,looks great!
Mark

nice car or will b when finnished nice front end if they are new front shocks , where did you get them , has the front been lowered ? cheers rod

HI ROD
As for the shockies they are new i started a parts thread called parts and contractred services this will help you feel free to add to it or if i have gone the hard way about sourcing a part correct it this info should help anyone doing a resto or a repair.
As for lowering the front a set of rear sedan springs were used.

Very nice work on the rust repairs.
Very impressed with the finished product.

Cheers
Rob

Loving the thread, but geez it's hard to read! Does your keyboard have a full stop or a comma key???

hey guys this guys a wealth of imfo ...(3 FULL STOPS) its great he has the time to put in his imput , who gives a sh.. (2 full stops ) about the typing read between the lines and absorb what the guy is doing . He hardly has time to post these novels he has 3 gt's on the restore enjoy it and enjoy this forum davoinqldkeepupthepostsgreg

unfortunatly i cant be a computer nerd as others,as for my grammer i only just completed year ten at school i was a trouble maker it was advised to me and my parents that i should leave.I was also advised on many occasions that i had no future.In my 25 year working life i have a number of businesses and employ 14 people and own assets valued in the millions.My admin staff are not available for the forum.I am sorry my teachers failed me.I CANT be good at every thing unlike some people. If you prefer i will only read this forum as the majority do. I try to help other owners with my experiences, ie my parts list I just started. If someone wants to edit my posts i am not going to be offended.

as i gather front shocks part no 15-0176 monroe , are off mitsubishi triton , will now more when take shocks out and try out will keep posted cheers rod

That part no is for early holden but i had a l200 mitsubishi that i took to cape york 20 years ago and i kept snapping the bottom rod.This is what i used it is possible that something else might fit better?I used a burl in a die grinder to elongate the lower holes and a bench grinder to round the ends to fit the recess.