Well the plan is, my brother is going to run the car as is with the rust repaired (which he should be starting on this weekend). gaPhil's red GA is now in his possession, and the plan is to slowly build it into a competitive car. He will strip the GA and add things like a hydraulic handbrake and seem welding etc... This will take a fair bit of time so the GB will probably at least see 12 months of events as is. My brother like me seems to take on more then he can handle in a short period of time. Anyway, it's not a race to get the GA up and running, it was more about acquiring a good shell and panels while they were available rather then having to go looking for one later on when it was needed.
My brother plans to mostly drive the car in motorkana and tar track events (the original idea for the car was to run it in khanacross events at Awaba, but this idea has since changed).
The events he is planning on entering the car in are all low risk for actual car damage compared to khanacross events.
Because the events he will be running in will be in Sydney, I will probably not be able to enter as I have too much on my plate with overtime and projects here.
I think reality has set in for me and I think if I am going to go racing it will have to be here locally (not Sydney). This doesn't necessarily mean that I will even be racing a car. I have even thought about getting my RC car back out of mothballs and racing that? I've spent thousands on it, and it probably makes the most sense. But time will tell. I've been in discussions with a local member and if a rego'd GC/D Galant comes up for sale that's cheap enough, we may just have a go with that at Awaba? Why a GC/D? Because that's what I have parts for, sort of makes sense doesn't it?
Rally_2.6LC wrote:And Dave, your LC is too shinny to turn into a Khanacross car.
Agreed, and I don't think I could have ever done it to it anyway? I in time plan to respray it properly and then it's only 2 years till my daughter gets her license. So who knows, she could end up driving it?
Rally_2.6LC wrote:yes i want my awesome paint job but will be leaving it looking average until i can drive properly....
Why does it seem to me that everyone thought I was going to give it a show car standard paint job?
It was only ever going to be a quick spray job just to tidy it up. It doesn't take me bugger all to do a job like that. I sprayed my old Datsun 120Y in a day, and it was tidy as after. Which was all I wanted.
It would only take an extra 1/2 to an hour extra to do stripes and stuff.
All I originally asked for was pics or paint schemes from back in the day to possibly draw on some heritage.
Rally_2.6LC wrote:Im making mine go, stop and turn....
This GB already will.
It only needs a hydraulic handbrake.
Dave...