NFG4X4
1st December 2010, 08:54 PM
Gday patrols boys and girls, im known as Gardy, i have always been an old hemi valiant man but last year and a bit a one eyed diesel drinkin GQ Boy!!! If ome of you read some post back from the Long weekend JBS posted about a gq shell over, well that was my truck! Bought what was supposed to be worlds cleanest GQ- 4.2 turbs diesel, running 15pound with 4" sus lift and 35"mudzillaz.
After i paid a fortune i drove it home in the rain to realise my feet getting soaked, cut a long story short was given fake ph numbers etc the shell was completely ructed out but hidden, the plenum chamber-lower w/screen was literally gone, a whole each side about the size of a sherrin footy! Floor had six tennis ball size holes and pillars all rusty but covered in bog.
So very Stressed and shattered i tracked down a ripping young bloke needeing cash for a boozy weekend, i bought a white(same as mine BONUS) shell that included everything including full ST interior front and rear perfect disc diffs barn doors bonnet GU tailshafts everythin minus motor gearbox and dors/guards. Got it all for $450!!!!!
So i then thought well it'd be easier puttin my TD42/gearbox and panels in this than swap the shell over, sort of a bad idea, tried pullin box and engine out together -had to cut half the front off the old shell, then swapping loom and dash-pretty big job-anyone got questions il have the answer lol but yeah as was petrol gas had to do whole loom but in 3 days had a complete running rust free gq that had gone from a DX to ST, now after a full respray it would be one of the cleanest kicking around, chucked a heapa mods on her now but im boring you, so gday im gardy, dont be scared to say gday some time.
After i paid a fortune i drove it home in the rain to realise my feet getting soaked, cut a long story short was given fake ph numbers etc the shell was completely ructed out but hidden, the plenum chamber-lower w/screen was literally gone, a whole each side about the size of a sherrin footy! Floor had six tennis ball size holes and pillars all rusty but covered in bog.
So very Stressed and shattered i tracked down a ripping young bloke needeing cash for a boozy weekend, i bought a white(same as mine BONUS) shell that included everything including full ST interior front and rear perfect disc diffs barn doors bonnet GU tailshafts everythin minus motor gearbox and dors/guards. Got it all for $450!!!!!
So i then thought well it'd be easier puttin my TD42/gearbox and panels in this than swap the shell over, sort of a bad idea, tried pullin box and engine out together -had to cut half the front off the old shell, then swapping loom and dash-pretty big job-anyone got questions il have the answer lol but yeah as was petrol gas had to do whole loom but in 3 days had a complete running rust free gq that had gone from a DX to ST, now after a full respray it would be one of the cleanest kicking around, chucked a heapa mods on her now but im boring you, so gday im gardy, dont be scared to say gday some time.