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[Free Range]

'79 GF Hardtop coupe

Before:

Seized 1600, 2wd 5spd, 155/60/13, lots of mold, hornet nests and rotten seats:


After:

Drivetrain from '81 brat
EA81+weber, emmissions deleted
Equal length header, out the drivers side
4spd D/R
4" blocks in front
3" lift on gen 2 rear torsion tube
custom mustach mount
rear discs
15" steelies
195/60 M+S (they will get bigger)
bumpers and skid...





Needs:

Rear trunk, the top half is mostly gone from rust, you got one I can cut up to weld in? either a coupe or a sedan.

Weatherstripping between the front and rear windows on both sides, I have the chrome (attaches to back window), but the rubber is gone, must be roll down rear windows...

A rear seat

lowbar rollbar from gen 1 brat, doesn't need the arms, just the hoop

[Phizinza]

Woha, awesome.. That's something a little different.

[crazy D]

where you the dude who did the gen 1 brat and the green gen 1 wagon too?....anyways nice ride, i think its awesome that people out there s:banana: till have the old gens

[Turbone]

And I thought a early 80's coupe would look awesome lifted:headbang:
Great job:eek:

[moosens]

Where's that 5speed now???

[VaporTrail]

cool. that needs a proper set of decals... http://www.ultimates...ead.php?t=71219

[Caboobaroo]

Is that the one Mudrat had? Looks like his place in the backround. Good job, looks awesome!

[[HTi]Dain]

I like the Mustache bar... check out HTi's (i hope its ok to show off )




What do ya think?

[Free Range]

car badly needs radius rod bushings, likes to drive wherever the power pulls it... now for some decent seats.

5spd 2wd is still around

I did the red/orange/rusty brat, not the green wagon

Dain, the mustach bar looks plenty strong, what angle did it leave the rear diff? you want it to be dead flat or leaning forward a little to keep oil in the front bearing. Get the disc brakes if you plan on boonine crashing or getting bigger rubber or both... Nice progress... is this the rams head brat?

[[HTi]Savage]

car badly needs radius rod bushings, likes to drive wherever the power pulls it... now for some decent seats.

5spd 2wd is still around

I did the red/orange/rusty brat, not the green wagon

Dain, the mustach bar looks plenty strong, what angle did it leave the rear diff? you want it to be dead flat or leaning forward a little to keep oil in the front bearing. Get the disc brakes if you plan on boonine crashing or getting bigger rubber or both... Nice progress... is this the rams head brat?

NO, its not the Ram's Head brat. It's Savage's, I believe we got the angle fairly level, maybe a slight angle. Johnson did the fabrication. How neccesary are the disk brakes?

[Free Range]

disk brakes are by no means required, just nice, there is no auto adjustment on the drums, and they tend to not stop very well, but you can always swap later on.

[[HTi]Dain]

*edit* it was me that posted under [HTi]Savage profile(I was on his computer, kind of spaced it).

[thatswhatshesaid]

That coupe is AWESOME!

What size tires are you planning on running?
Those ones on there now are kinda puny...

[Free Range]

Tire size really depends on what motor I end up running, if I keep the 1800 with the weber then they wont get over 26.5" it just makes the ride gutless. Plus I hate to cut the fenders on this ride, they are almost perfect. But if I go to forced induction or more dispalcement then who knows.

[Scott in Bellingham]

what angle did it leave the rear diff? you want it to be dead flat or leaning forward a little to keep oil in the front bearing.?

I run my diff at 1" slope front to back over stock had no issues in over a year

[Free Range]

sweet on the diff angle scott, I've always heard to keep them flat cuz of bearing up front, but the driveline angle benefit is way cool. keep us posted

[heep70]

Thats cool.

Is that a wasp nest on the dash.

[kiwi subbie]

sooo cool

[michael appel]

sweet coupe soon my 79 brat will have 6 inches on it

[Subafreak]

Awsome coupe, brilliant vision! Reminds me of the old rally car pics.


Nice SVX in the background too.