Metamorphosis complete: Welcome home!

[Macroni]

It has been over 1 year since my 73T left the garage for sorting. It is finally home. While not perfect with minor bits that still need completing; the car is a pure muscle hot rod! The 3.2 in the light weight body is slammin. Now all I need is some seat time.

Upon arrival last Spring:



Arriving home today:

[Macroni]

From:







To:

[Oh Haha]

WOW!!

The transformation was incredible.

What color blue, Gulf?

[poorsha]

Beauuutiful

[Macroni]

Mechanically, the car is now excellent. The motor was dropped; disassembled, resealed and reassembled, plugs, wires and distributor replaced. It is now dry not a drip! It only needs fine tuning. It still has an uneven idle.

The complete fuel system, wiring harness have all been updated to 3.2 vintage and compatibility. The car now services as if it were a 3.2 carrera.

Suspension and brakes are first rate with new rotors up front and new shocks in the rear. The car was delivered from the PO with adjustable spring plates, 22-28mm t-bars, turbo tie rods, bump steer, new rubber bushings everywhere. Car was aligned, corner balance, fenders rolled and is riding on 7/9X16s. RSR finish by Al Reed. The 9s in the rear are monsters.

The car is ready to go….quickly. I can’t wait to push it hard around some corners.

[village idiot]

That looks beautiful! Get out and drive that thing before gas prices force you to sell a kidney to fill the tank.





btw, you wanna sell your old door panels??

[Macroni]

The car has a sleeper look to it!


The color is gulf blue; code POR328

[richemj]

Congratulations! It turned out VERY nice. Keep the pictures coming!

[slow&rusty]

Pure pure sex! I love it!!!!

Yasin

[poorsha]

"The car has a sleeper look to it!"
Yeah, right!

[jonbot]

That thing looks awesome, i love it, have fun with her

[Rich Lambert]

Sweet!

[ZAMIRZ]

Great looking car. Are those oil lines running down the driver's side of the car? Tell us more about the mechanicals.

[flatsixnut]

Beautiful!

[kilodawg]

Excellent choices!

[SCWDP911]

reminds of the Sheryl Crow song...

" I think a change... will do you good" Sure did your car good. Nice!

[Macroni]

Originally Posted by ZAMIRZ

Great looking car. Are those oil lines running down the driver's side of the car? Tell us more about the mechanicals.

Oil cooler w/ aeroquip lines, 3.2 with autothority chip, MAF and SSIs. 7:31 geared.



The engine bay still needs a bit of straightening.

Thanks for the positive feedback!

[red67]

awesome!!!!!
can i ask you about the hounds-tooth seats? they are utterly fabulous!
whats the story behind their existence in the car? (where did they come from)

[dzls rok]

looks awesome! love the yellow lenses!

[Macroni]

Originally Posted by red67

awesome!!!!!
can i ask you about the hounds-tooth seats? they are utterly fabulous!
whats the story behind their existence in the car? (where did they come from)

I purchased the seats from a fellow pelican in Canada. They were not cheap but very complete and in need of upholstering. They were sent directly to Tony Garcia @ autobahn interiors in San Diego. I contacted another pelican brother for the German hounds tooth material. Tony then completed the balance of the seats in leather. The framing was powder coated during the re-upholstering process. I am still learning all the seat's features.

The interior was stripped of everything except the headliner and the lower dash. It is now model after an 73 RS lightweight interior. The 400mm steering wheel [double wrapped leather], dash, door panels and perlon carpet kits were sourced from Autobahn Interiors. The speaker cover came from Stoddard. The interior still needs to be completed but all the majors are installed. Quite a few of the electrical accessories have to be reconnected. I am going to put together a punchlist this weekend.