GTM Coupe Restoration
Welcome to my blog and the mutterings of a mad spanner monkey. I hope you enjoy the rebirth of one of my all time favourite kit cars.
Tuesday, 10 August 2021
Bonnet Area Organisation
Monday, 2 August 2021
Front End Brake Plumbing and Fuel Tank Resto
So the original fuel tank was in pretty good shape and so I set about stripping it for a respray.
Sunday, 25 July 2021
Monday, 19 July 2021
The Front Rebuild Begins
Wednesday, 14 July 2021
Front Running Gear
The 2 x subframes are due back from the powdercoaters today, I had decided to focus on the front first. A - Its lighter and B - That will make 'wheel barrowing' the chassis around when needs be will be much easier.
Lower front arms were cleaned soaked in metal prep and then rinsed and painted with POR15
Monday, 12 July 2021
Chassis Tub Resto Completed
Well it felt like a mammoth task but Im very pleased to say the chassis is now done. In hours I reckon it was 3 full days. The chassis was £300, £60 van hire and £250 in materials, so compared to buying a new one for £1900 and then £450 in powder coat or £200 in paint its a bargain. Its a thankless, dirty task and hard graft but Im very proud of it. I feel like a know more about it doing it this way too.
Thursday, 8 July 2021
The Dirty Work Continues
So as to keep them momentum and to get me to the clean part of the build, I have cracked on fully stripping the subframes so that I can get them off for blasting and powdercoating.
Bonnet Area Organisation
Prior to running any electrical loom I am placing the parts loosely so I can have a nice tidy loom run once I am happy with the positioning ...

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Well after a long time searching I finally found a complete and registered Coupe! I had been looking for a while and had been putting regul...
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So as to keep them momentum and to get me to the clean part of the build, I have cracked on fully stripping the subframes so that I can get...
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I gave the car a once over and decided that in order to do a 'proper job' of this resto the rear body clam would need to be replaced...