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Old 21-07-2011, 09:55 PM   #6
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Default Re: Gt D Block Wanted $7000 Reward!!

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Originally Posted by XB GS 351 Coupe
2011G6E, you obviously have never spoken to any serious GT enthusiast/ restorer, this is what they do, correct dated horns, window glass, carby, manifold and engine block casting, gearbox casting, diff housing, corret style of fasteners, such as bolts and screws in the correct place coated in the correct material etc etc etc, you can get your glass etched here as well with correct date codes.

I am guessing this guy is doing a big $$$ resto on a valuable car and he wants the original motor back, a lot of these engines were simply swapped for a rebuild exchange from Betta Build or Higginbottom for another rebuild engine, they used to offer a one day drive in drive out engine rebuild for about $1000-1500 depending on options back in the late 80's early 90's, thats where a lot of GT's and GS's were robbed of their genuine engine, no one cared, they were just another car, they were threated the same way people treat their FPV GT's today, as just another car.

He should just do what a lot of old GT owners do/have done, import a correct casting block from the US and re stamp it As there seem to be a LOT of people who just happen to find their orignal block from some where

Some people did think they were special and looked after their GT, they are the big $$$ ones now, just like some people are looking after their BF GT.

I remember phase 3 GT HO's in the trading post back in the 80's and no one cared.
I didn't know they quite went to that extent here...wow. Well, more power to them if they have the money to do it. My grooms car at my wedding back in 1983 (yes I know, you get less time for murder...) was a mates gold with black stripes XY-GT. He bought a set of replacement hubcaps, the little ones for the original five slotters, which were repro items. Perfect, beautifully made, and no one ever called him on them. When he mentioned it to one really over the top GT enthusiast who had a HO, he said he would rather try and get the originals cleaned up and remade or track down original Ford ones. "Why? No one knows the difference", and the predictable answer was "I don't care if it's absolutely identical, say a badge that you can only see the Ford name moulded on the back...I'd know it wasn't original..."
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