1974 GSR Lancer

[lancerdarryl]

Was gonna ask what the steps are for?

They are for if you get bogged the navigator has somewhere to stand and bounce the rear of the car to help with traction. There are handles on the rear mudguards to hang on to also.

[Lancer1993]

Cool!

[JustinR]

Any updates Darryl?

[lancerdarryl]

Any updates Darryl?

Not really Justin, hopefully about two or three weeks the rear will be finished. That will give me the main body while a couple of jobs get finished on the doors.

[lancerdarryl]

Well,progress has been a bit slow still waiting for the bodyshell to be finished. Repaired some bolt on panels over Christmas

[aspir3]

I love this thread. Thanks Darryl for the update

[lancerdarryl]

Fibreglass bonnet repaired and primed It will be painted semigloss black.

[aspir3]

Why does it have a fibre glass bonnet ? Is it for weight losd

[lancerdarryl]

Yes weight reduction. The previous car had fibreglass bonnet,boot,front guards,bootlid and door skins and lexan windows. It saved about 50 kg all up. Can’t really use them now, they are not considered “safe”. We also used alloy roll cages but they were made illegal so now we use 200kg steel cages.

[lancerdarryl]

A bit of an update .....all the rear panels ready to weld back on.

[lancerdarryl]

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Finally have the car back from the panelbeater (3 years it was there) test fit on the tailights and bumper,the doors and mudguards have to be test fitted then on with the body prep for paint

[Quismiff]

Looking good, nothing like a good restoration. Saw an advert from the 70s and 80s on a facebook page I follow for the lancer, and had the same car as your avatar next to it, obviously appealing to the inner rally drivers of the time

[lancerdarryl]

This weekends effort.....buffed to bodyshell back to shiny steel and put a couple of coats of etch-prime. Next step is some filler work over the repairs.

[merlin]

What engine, gearbox and diff is this sweetie going to get?

[lancerdarryl]

Same specs as the works cars were.....1600cc Saturn with the C2 kit,close ratio 4 speed and 4.2:1 or 4.6:1 LSD.
There's been a long time spent collecting the right bits Dave.The hardest thing to find has been decent photos of the sump guards...they were a work of art, 3 sheets of 2mm aluminium folded to shape and riveted together.I have a fairly good idea what they looked like so we will get one pretty close.