Ron's Chevette

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This is the wagon once I got her cleaned up and transported 100klms to my house!
I got a brief history of the car from the guy I brought it off:

Was owned by an old guy who imported it over from New Zealand and drove it for some years, eventually he handed it down to his son who had grand plans for the car but didnt ever get it off the ground (He did however strip the hell out of it!!!) It was then left at a perfomance shop down the coast for a couple of years wasting away in amongst car parts and weeds!........ Until I rescued her!!


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Now at it's new home I am in the process of putting together the interior back together and removing the 1256 that once powered the Chevette.
I have decided to go with a G200Z and a 5 speed.

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All going well but a bit slow though... I got a big valve head that has had a full reco and has NIL corrosion in the galeries or anywhere on the head so im pumped about that (Will post pics soon) ... It came with Double valve springs to!

Ordered new valves and a Gilmer Drive set too :D Also got a NOS Rollmaster double row timing chain set on the shelf so I grabbed it as well...

Next on the List is 17's and a Holley Blue fuel pump... Is it me or is there a never ending list of sh*t to buy for these cars.. haha!!

In the next couple of weekends I want to pull the motor and box out and get the engine on its stand... trouble is I dunno what size bolts to use???
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Awesome score, theres a guy on the gm-t forum doing this convo (plus turbo I think...) on his vette wag.

Can't wait to have mine all done! Also not sure if this has been mentioned but a gem wag diff will bolt virtually straight in there meaning you won't need to get prop shaft modded.
Crazytims Chevini (Chevette Hatch with TX Gemini front panels) currently in the build... watch this space!!
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Thats great, I have looked at the diffs and am tossing up wether to do the swap (Worth it??)..
Also mate how did you go about mounting your radiator.. what have you upgraded it to, I saw that it isnt the chevette one :D
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Ha! Just typed a reply then thought you were probably aiming that Q @ cul8r... (whole front of my car is Gemini)
Crazytims Chevini (Chevette Hatch with TX Gemini front panels) currently in the build... watch this space!!
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Crazytim wrote:Ha! Just typed a reply then thought you were probably aiming that Q @ cul8r... (whole front of my car is Gemini)
...or maybe not... ask cul8r, my radiator mounts to origianls gem mounts which were part of the panel welded onto my chevette. Chris (aka cul8r has put a G200W into a Chevette sedan, think he chopped his radiator panel right back to fit radiator and is running bonnet pins.
Crazytims Chevini (Chevette Hatch with TX Gemini front panels) currently in the build... watch this space!!
http://www.ozgemini.com/forums/non-tech ... 9&start=30
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Thanks Tim, He is taking photos this weekend so I can see what he did.... legend!

Think I'l have my work cut out for me... Still a labour of love though I guess, I just love that no one over here has them. Since talking to guys on the forum there is 3 total that we know of in Australia so far including mine. (Tell me if theres more guys, Id love to know!!) Hope I never have a front ender :lol:
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Here's a bit of an update... so Ive pulled the G200 down and have found that it had a blown headgasket.. no biggie as I was planning to rebuild anyway. I went and got a PERMASEAL gasket set, welsh plugs and new chain guides and tensioner. I plan on replacing those kinds of things to ensure a quality build and reliability down the track. Also got a new set of wheels 8)

Next on the list is a mint timing chain cover, King bearings and carb kit. Am running a 32/36 weber. Got a holley regulator and fuel pump so hoping it all works well.

I got rid of the old rear armrest cards and made panels up myself with 6x9's in them, should go great!

Am now in the process of building the big valve head with new valves, HD springs and my new 35/75 cam (Thanks Loki).

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Here is an update guys... been a bit slack of late :oops:

So have brought a few goodies and have begun to put the interior back in, I am really happy with the condition of the interior as it's near mint! I pulled the G200 down more and found some well worn (and even broken) rings... so thats the next job, get new bearings and some moly rings and put it back together :D

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O many goodies so jealous of your gilmer
MY BUILD viewtopic.php?t=36388 OF THIS s@*tter BELOW
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So the motor is pulled down!! Taking it to Hagen's for a hone and then ordering some moly rings.. ring on one piston was shattered! Taking the bottom end apart I found ACL rings... must had a rebuild before :lol:

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I ordered my Moly rings and Full set of King bearings today finally!! They arrive next monday. Got new bushes for the front end (Swaybar) and am looking to refit on the weekend (Expensive bits of rubber!!) I also reconditioned a centre console and fitted a kick ass speaker behind the dash panel... Then to finish my work this week I put in some down lights into the tailgate card for Drive in's and camping ect...

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Chevette wrote:So the motor is pulled down!! Taking it to Hagen's for a hone and then ordering some moly rings.. ring on one piston was shattered! Taking the bottom end apart I found ACL rings... must had a rebuild before :lol:

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"Hagen" a first or last name if so this will be the first person ive seen with the same 1st name in that spelling aye
Yes, i do still own my coupe, Yes it is still registered and running and ATM driven daily.


oh and NO its not painted yet
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