Hi there Terence J.R here, the proud owner of a 1974 Vauxhall Magnum Coupe with an interesting history.
The car has been off the road in the garage since 1996 and now I am going to pick up where my father left off and start restoring it to hopefully be the best example out there of a restored Magnum.
The engine is out and the car is mostly stripped, with no hardly any wiring and there is virtually nothing at all in the engine bay. The interior has also been dismantled partially, the rear end of the car is mostly done (to the best of my knowledge). The car was originally gold but was resprayed in the 1990s when it was instantly put into restoration.
I am a student so have the whole of the summer to do this and hopefully, a lot more. And if i can find the parts, (of which all the gm labels have degraded off) I will start to put the mechanics back in.
The Engine was has been rebuilt ect by Paul Felton and to finish it (I think) needs just a few more parts such as the starter ect which will go on when it goes in, I think we have most if not all the parts new.
Things to do (to start with):
Put car up on stands and general cleanup
Exhaust Out
Strip all bad areas of underseal (This will take long!)
Strip engine bay, wheel arches - Already started
Fix small amount of rust in footwells and near wiring loom
repaint and re-underseal underbody
prime and paint engine bay
Rebuild and re-paint front end
Then we go from there.
Pictures of car in various stages:
Old pics of respray and when new
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Top quality battery tray, no rust at all and original
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