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Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | Bought this little gem from the salvage auctions yesterday.
Undercarriage damage, dunno what they hit but it punctured both head lights...just missing the chassis rails...luckily!
Both front wheels got pushed back bending the lower wishbone suspension arms....an easy replacement repair.
But...beautiful white/cream leather, sunroof...low mileage engine, full electric seats, bluetooth and 5 stacker CD player.
Embarassingly cheap.
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380GTL wreck4 front.JPG (149KB - 603 downloads)
380GTL wreck4 interior view.JPG (44KB - 590 downloads)
380GTL wreck4 smaller.JPG (83KB - 604 downloads)
380gtl both headlights smashed.JPG (162KB - 562 downloads)
380gtl wishbone bent.JPG (102KB - 626 downloads)
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Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | Compliance plate is dec 2007....VIN 31xxx made in the last few batches I would say.
she doesn't start...no 12v to fuel pump, just gotta figure where the fuel pump wiring goes to and from where... |
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Location: South Australia | Hasn't the fuel pump got a cut off switch that is activated when the air bags are deployed. This is to stop fuel being pumped out after an accident.
There should be a reset switch for it. |
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Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | Air bags weren't deployed in this one so I looked further by removing both guards.
Half an hour later with the soldering iron and heatshrink tube she started and runs smooth as silk.
The wiper washer area tends to foul the loom almost evry time on these, the loom goes from the drivers side dashboard fuse box-out the drivers side guard-round the front of the car to the ECU's and back in side the other guard to the passenger side dashboard.
A loop around the front it seems, probably so airbags work if loom gets cut?
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Wiring loom cut around washer bottle-fuel pump no go.JPG (161KB - 595 downloads)
wiring loom repaired-car started.JPG (94KB - 621 downloads)
passenger side guard removed.JPG (112KB - 577 downloads)
380 gtl bent steering rod.JPG (107KB - 618 downloads)
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Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | Luckily both chassis rails were missed in the collision...much easier to repair than mere wishbone arms.
rang around all the wreckers to get arms and Eddy's in Adelaide said just get new ones...about 90 bucks each...sounds good to me... |
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Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | Repaired wiring loom.
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loom repaired.JPG (157KB - 598 downloads)
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Location: Brisbane,qld | what are your plans for this baby |
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Frequent flyer Gold
Posts: 1093
Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | wsbtt - 2/1/2013 00:24
what are your plans for this baby
will probably just give it away like the last one....as sillly as it sounds... |
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Location: Brisbane,qld | Thats nice of you |
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Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | a bunch of parts that i got today to be painted...
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all the new bits.JPG (223KB - 595 downloads)
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Location: Perth, WA | Wow, looking forward to watching this rebirth.
Looks like the damage is pretty isolated, that's a good thing. |
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Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | Got all the mechanicals sorted out today.
Fitted the K-frame back with new wishbone arms, cleaned it and sprayed it along with the rollover support bar.
Panel beaters picking it up in the morning.
So far...$4075 spent, with the spaypainting to go.
Panel beating will be bonnet, slight sill on drivers side, two guards and front bar.
hoping to get this on the road with 12 mths rego for under $6k...I know its a lot but it's a GTL and they are rare.
I got to use my new transmission hoist that kids got me for Xmas...so did it all single handedly.
Some people may be surprised to know I do complete engine and transmission swap outs single handedly.
Helps having all the best tools....
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new bits to be sprayed and fitted.JPG (156KB - 557 downloads)
wishbones new.JPG (171KB - 600 downloads)
fitting K frame with new trans hoist.JPG (129KB - 589 downloads)
k frame all screwed in.JPG (161KB - 562 downloads)
side view before panel beating.JPG (193KB - 615 downloads)
side view before panel beating 2.JPG (182KB - 596 downloads)
side view before panel beating 3.JPG (160KB - 571 downloads)
side view before panel beating 4.JPG (185KB - 592 downloads)
rear view1.JPG (164KB - 591 downloads)
rear view 2.JPG (177KB - 580 downloads)
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Location: Perth, WA | $6000, that's a real bargain. |
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Location: Perth | its looking good now |
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Posts: 1093
Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | Looks like my brother is getting this one, he lives on the sunshine coast.
first...gotta put gas and a spoiler on for him.
He loves it just from the photos.... |
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Posts: 1093
Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | She needs two new front wheel bearings now. |
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Frequent flyer Bronze
Posts: 34
Location: South Australia | Didn't you replace the front wheel bearings when the front end was done? |
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Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | RM380 - 7/5/2013 19:21
Didn't you replace the front wheel bearings when the front end was done? .
Nope....it passed the VIV and the roadworthy certificate...its only after driving it 200k's to get the LPG fitted i heard the tell tell droning of the front end.
Oh well another $240 to make it like sound like new....LOL |
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Frequent flyer Gold
Posts: 1093
Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | The final pics....
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DSC00150.JPG (240KB - 558 downloads)
DSC00151.JPG (275KB - 537 downloads)
DSC00153.JPG (188KB - 570 downloads)
DSC00154.JPG (148KB - 604 downloads)
DSC00155.JPG (123KB - 566 downloads)
DSC00156.JPG (166KB - 584 downloads)
DSC00157.JPG (191KB - 573 downloads)
DSC00158.JPG (221KB - 614 downloads)
DSC00159.JPG (251KB - 539 downloads)
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Frequent flyer Bronze
Posts: 34
Location: South Australia | Looks excellent, why no rear spoiler? |
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Frequent flyer Gold
Posts: 1093
Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | Rear spoiler getting painted in platinum...I only have red ones left... |
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| Looking forward to my 380 GTL brother has made for me.
Looks great will be picking it up soon and driving back to the Sunshine Coast in early June.
Looks great bro can't wait. |
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Frequent flyer Gold
Posts: 1093
Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | Fully sick for doing driftin' burnouts bro... |
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