G1C's MK1

[G1C]

I started of by buying a white B reg gte at a fair price due to it been a bit rotten, Once the car was stripped back to a bare shell I came to the decision it was to rotten to be worth repairing so took all the useable bits from the shell and scrapped the rest and got on the hunt for a new shell.


Not long after a 2 owner 1.3s was available 15 mins down the road, The last owner having it 23 years so as expected turned out to be spot on which I got for £300 and got ready to get stuck in and pull it to pieces.


So I started to get it turned into a gte, After about 20 tubes of 1 part seam sealer and countless hidden self tappers the bodykit was fitted.
Once the bodykit was fitted I got the car ready for spraying, I sprayed inside the doors, boot and under the bonnet and then took it down to the paint shop to get the outside done as it's to dusty in our shed .




Once the car was back from the paint shop I got a week of work to get stuck in and get most of the work done, I started with all brake pipes, fuel lines the running gear then engine and then got the exterior trim, windows etc.. and then the interior and finally getting finished after 1 year and 3 months of every sunday, break time and day off i can remember.
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The engine has had a couple of different carbs on now the first been twin weber 45's but after them a set of yzf r1 carbs due the the fuel cost and shite driveabilityin low revs.
But am now building a turbo engine for it due the that never ending search for more power.