road tripp'n

Joey · November 27, 2009, 11:50:44 PM

Quote from: alfagtv152 on November 27, 2009, 10:50:59 PM
Hi Joey,
I use a product called ,T cut Original colour restorer, to cut away dead paint by hand and then use a red coloured wax polish to bring back the shine.I said red polish because I think you said it is red?.
Cheers
Andrew

Cheers mate, I can't wait to get it looking as good as it can!

MD · November 28, 2009, 10:09:25 AM

joey

regarding a respray..

IF you have a future resale in mind, some buyers may have a suspicion that the vehicle has been involved in major repairs or is a rust bucket and is has been tarted up. This usually means a lot less return on the car than what you might be expecting.

To counter the problem of trust, you need to develop evidence that all the work has been done honestly and with a simple purpose of restoration. To do this you will need lots of photos of before and after stuff including detail photos of any repairs done during the process and naturally documentation etc.

Finally nothing cheapens a car more than a colour change where it was originally one colour and now it has two. The orignal under the bonnet and the new one on the outside. The usual answer is to paint it black under the bonnet in these cases which drops the price even further..

Just a few things to keep in mind to get the best bang for your buck down the track...

Congrats on the car and as you know nothing puts a horn on a jelly fish faster than a transaxle GTV.

Joey · November 28, 2009, 12:48:02 PM

Quote from: MD on November 28, 2009, 10:09:25 AM
joey

regarding a respray..

IF you have a future resale in mind, some buyers may have a suspicion that the vehicle has been involved in major repairs or is a rust bucket and is has been tarted up. This usually means a lot less return on the car than what you might be expecting.

To counter the problem of trust, you need to develop evidence that all the work has been done honestly and with a simple purpose of restoration. To do this you will need lots of photos of before and after stuff including detail photos of any repairs done during the process and naturally documentation etc.

Finally nothing cheapens a car more than a colour change where it was originally one colour and now it has two. The orignal under the bonnet and the new one on the outside. The usual answer is to paint it black under the bonnet in these cases which drops the price even further..

Just a few things to keep in mind to get the best bang for your buck down the track...

Congrats on the car and as you know nothing puts a horn on a jelly fish faster than a transaxle GTV.

It was always going to be my intention if I were going to respray it back to its original colour, not just for the resale value but the cost of the respray being dramatically cheaper. I am hoping to avoid this because it is such a original car, with paint that isn't very bad at all for a car that's nearly 30 years old! For my long term outlook as well stock as a rock original GTV's are starting to become rare so hopefully that will help me in the future.
Cheers, Joey.

MD · November 29, 2009, 09:09:54 AM

Hey Andrew,

I don't think much of that TCut stuff restorer. When I bought some, the guy told me it was a great multipurpose product so I tried it as a hair restorer on my helipad upstairs 2 years ago. I am still waiting for the results. Either my expectations are too great or the progress is very slow. I am hoping it's the later...

alfagtv152 · November 29, 2009, 07:18:53 PM

Hey Mikey,
What can I say,must be the operator!.With sufficient elbow grease you can rub right through the paint,I have used it for years and I have lots of trophies for show&shine.Are you sure you were not trying to rub back the clear coat to get to the hair?.
Cheers
Andrew

Joey · December 01, 2009, 03:35:24 PM

Still on my GTV, my next question is exhaust, it has a standard exhaust besides the centre muffler having been removed. The hole system has a bit too much of a rattle for me. What would be my best option to go with to get it sounding as good as it can? By good I mean a good note and not stupidly loud

MD · December 01, 2009, 08:02:55 PM

Joey,

I meant to ask the question earlier..is this an ex Jim Edwards car?

alfagtv152 · December 01, 2009, 08:09:26 PM

Hi Joey,
I would go 2inch from the collector(2into1)with an offset entry-centre exit straight through muffler in the middle,over the axle and a Hot dog at the rear.I prefer the Tip to be like the original and point down,I actually use an original tip fitted to the hot dog which is stainless on my GT.

Joey · December 01, 2009, 08:20:41 PM

Your getup sounds quite good Alfagtv152, so that's set-up with stock headers? How loud is this arrangement?

MD nope, the car isn't as far as I know!

alfagtv152 · December 01, 2009, 10:38:19 PM

Hi Joey,
Not loud but has a nice sound with a little cracle on decell.
Cheers
Andrew

pep105 · December 01, 2009, 11:58:16 PM

Hi Joey,
After mucking around with a few set ups on the old 2.0 gtv, I had a 2 inch system with 2 straight through mufflers (offset centre and rear), the headers were custom made and replaced the front resonator. Sounded nice not to loud and was nicely tucked up so it wouldnt scrape as the car was lowered. I like Andrews idea of the original style tip as it suits the car nicely.

Also like the original exhaust, and at the time was looking to buy an Ansa sports exhaust but they were out of production.

That's a beautiful looking GT Andrew

Cheers
Pep

Joey · December 05, 2009, 07:51:43 PM

After firing up my Alfetta today and having a sticky beak, the exhaust in that one seems to make a much better note than the one in my coupe. I was wondering is that of any use to me? Its welded so it would have to be cut to get out and re welded to put into the coupe.