Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Well, today is an exciting day for me. I have been after this car for the better part of two years. After tracking down the lady who’d been driving it, i found out it belonged to her uncle who owned it since new and he’d lent it to her ten years ago! He wasn’t really interested in selling it but after calling up to check every couple of months he finally relented. I had wanted this one to be my tenth R31, but i bought the silo 5 days before as a fixer upper. The simmons will be going on the gts until i can source another pair It is quite rough on the outside as you can see and the interior needs some work but thats exactly why i’d wanted it. It seems to have all the original bits except for two of the rims – developed the cracks – but im sure any GTS aficionados will help pointing out whats needed Standard tape deck!!! Standard speakers? 1 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/419936-james-svd-gts2-072-long-term-resto-project/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Excellent project mate; I assume you are not planning to molest it? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/419936-james-svd-gts2-072-long-term-resto-project/#findComment-6751586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham Posted February 14, 2013 Author Share Posted February 14, 2013 Thanks matie. yep back to as original as possible, as there will be some parts impossible to buy now.. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/419936-james-svd-gts2-072-long-term-resto-project/#findComment-6752102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 well the real miracle about finding one of these is that pete has personally killed more nissan actually made. On the bright side he would have left lots of bits at wreckers Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/419936-james-svd-gts2-072-long-term-resto-project/#findComment-6753180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweety bird Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 i will be following this. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/419936-james-svd-gts2-072-long-term-resto-project/#findComment-6753635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spranga Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Saved! Rare Aussie Nissan history. Nicer than most VLs. Good luck with it. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/419936-james-svd-gts2-072-long-term-resto-project/#findComment-6754497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham Posted February 17, 2013 Author Share Posted February 17, 2013 Thanks guys. Im really suprised at how well it drives, handles better than any of my other street 31's Did a bit of a clean, needs a lot more work but it feels nicer now. The polish worked, it'll need a cut though but im not sure how much paint is left. There’s bare metal on the bonnetI don’t know if i mentioned it before but the car got broken into a couple of weeks before i bought it. so i had to replace the loom behind the ignition, now i can start it without having to jump the starter haha. I’ve also ordered a new ignition barrel with extra door lock barrels Did an engine oil flush as it was blaaaacck and new tank of premium with injector cleaner in it. Must have been some sh1t in it, stalled on me about 20min later and had to floor it to start again with a big puff of smoke. Running much better/smoother now. Also, I tried to adjust the front bar gap. I think the reo is bent so for the interim i pushed the right side up and pulled the left down so theres about a 10mm evenish gap now. No pic atm Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/419936-james-svd-gts2-072-long-term-resto-project/#findComment-6755521 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRATED Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 ...awsome sauce. Job 1. get rid of the horrid wheels pleeeease. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/419936-james-svd-gts2-072-long-term-resto-project/#findComment-6757816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 Haha, yep. Got a set of Simmons V4's to go on, just need to get a lip straightened on one. The ones you see on the silo in the first picture. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/419936-james-svd-gts2-072-long-term-resto-project/#findComment-6758039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 New number plates finally got here and i put the fog lights back in at the same time.Also, shiny new O2 sensor. The old one had a rattle..Cold idle is new and improved. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/419936-james-svd-gts2-072-long-term-resto-project/#findComment-6809994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Looks like you got to it just in time. Would be a very cool daily Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/419936-james-svd-gts2-072-long-term-resto-project/#findComment-6810329 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 cheers roy. yeah, still needs a fair amount of work but it'll get there. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/419936-james-svd-gts2-072-long-term-resto-project/#findComment-6811203 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontyellpl0x Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 No more work done on this James? Looks like a reasonably tidy car Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/419936-james-svd-gts2-072-long-term-resto-project/#findComment-7156418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 Funny you posted now I only just put rego onit and drove it for the first time since june. But other that that, I haven't really done much to it. Been on the back burner while I've been playing with grumbles Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/419936-james-svd-gts2-072-long-term-resto-project/#findComment-7158138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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