More GTO look, EFI, AMG supercharger, Supertrapps and Magnaflows by bert308

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Thanks for remembering guys! By coincidence yesterday I was standing by the car and thinking how to proceed...
The fiber body parts I ordered 2 years ago (see post 297) never arrived. The seller has some history, I know of a guy in Portugal that got parts from him but after a long time. Then I got into contact with a guy in Sweden who never got his parts. I need to sent a final message ordering him to sent me the parts now, or given me my money back, might a well do that this evening. Though I consider the money lost and may start a thread in Silver subscribed asking for advice if there is anything that can be done.
My options are, the guy in Portugal has or is making moulds for all the parts and I could buy from him, or the guy in Sweden might also be a source. Probably more expensive though than the $2800 the guy in CA was asking (I know, to good to be true). There is enough budget by now to do things properly and I will redo some things like proper suspension arms and shocks and a new interior. The problem is time, despite the "crisis" it seems I only work more in stead of less and I only have car time in the weekends but then there is always something else. Past 2 years I also bought a 1975 4 door Alfasud L and a 1976 TI. Also the Lancia is still not finished.
Schedule is: some work on my driver '82 Alfasud, finish the Montecarlo, then the '76 TI, there is NO welding to do on this one, unbelievable, only fresh up of the mechanics and a small amount of paint. I did have build a fast road 1600 boxer with a lot of nice goodies and special Intrax suspension for the TI though.
It will take another year before I can return to the 308. In the meanwhile I bought hard anodized alu cam wheels to replace the slightly damaged plastic ones. The engine is in the car as the safest way to store it. It was not a good idea to put on the cambelts back then, they will be replaced again when I do the camwheels.
Also trough some deal I acquired a few sets of proper and correct Carello GTO lights, I need to resell a set of 2 inner and 2 outer lights (they are a bit different, there is an extra 5w bulb in one pair).
Status so far, the rear was stripped back to bare frame then rebuild with new trunk wall and trunk, front will get the same treatment. I also got the front width wrong and need one more 3 inch outer ring for the Compomotive wheels, I have automated ebay search running for compomotive as I need also 1 extra 17inch TS center to have 2 complete sets of wheels.
When there is an update, it will appear here or I will start a fresh thread.
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