1972 Fairmont XY GT Restoration.

Japanese Muscle · Post by **Japanese Muscle** » Wed 01 Jul 2015, 01:17

Beautiful

Great work!

j1autotech · Post by **j1autotech** » Sun 26 Jul 2015, 06:04

Maverick, it's been a long time since I've been on this forum and what a great thread to find. Your attention to detail is fantastic and the many pics of the resto along the way makes this thread really stand out. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words so this thread would be a very large book if the pictures were converted to words.

My GT will be back on the road one day when I have the time to restore it. I just love that I had the chance to use it for a few years as an everyday driver while I lived in S.A.

Keep up the good work.

J1

Maverick · Post by **Maverick** » Wed 29 Jul 2015, 08:17

j1autotech wrote:Maverick, it's been a long time since I've been on this forum and what a great thread to find. Your attention to detail is fantastic and the many pics of the resto along the way makes this thread really stand out. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words so this thread would be a very large book if the pictures were converted to words.

My GT will be back on the road one day when I have the time to restore it. I just love that I had the chance to use it for a few years as an everyday driver while I lived in S.A.

Keep up the good work.

J1

Thanks a lot for the kind words, been quiet the last couple of weeks as I await for more parts ex australia.

Maverick · Post by **Maverick** » Tue 04 Aug 2015, 13:23

Hit a bit of a speed bump on this.

Steering wheel sent for refurb 2 months ago, still not back.
I cannot take it to TNT for the exhaust if I cannot turn it.

Water temp sender unit not working - waiting for a replacement from Aussie.

The package of stuff ordered from Aussie landed yesterday, including radio and other bits and bobs.

The wait to finish this is killing me.

Tris · Post by **Tris** » Tue 04 Aug 2015, 15:21

This build is the ONLY reason I log onto the VW forum. Bro you have no idea of how I wait for updates on this build

Words cannot explain how you have inspired me

Maverick · Post by **Maverick** » Tue 04 Aug 2015, 20:11

Tris wrote:This build is the ONLY reason I log onto the VW forum. Bro you have no idea of how I wait for updates on this build

Words cannot explain how you have inspired me

Thanks for the kind words Tris!

Post by **FairmontGT** » Wed 05 Aug 2015, 11:42

Gerardo did you send your steering wheel to AUS for refurbishing?

Maverick · Post by **Maverick** » Wed 05 Aug 2015, 12:45

FairmontGT wrote:Gerardo did you send your steering wheel to AUS for refurbishing?

Nope, local.

Maverick · Post by **Maverick** » Sun 09 Aug 2015, 13:01

Got a bit of work done yesterday after a long break.

Fitted the wiper motor, washer jets and plumbing and finally the brand new wipers

Fitted the rear window trim:

Maverick · Post by **Maverick** » Sun 09 Aug 2015, 13:12

Fitted the correct clips for the grille, someone fitted screws before...

Fitted the shifter boot/surround trim finally

All thats left now is steering wheel, fit radio (pic below), have exhaust made up and then start. And it's done.

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