My freshly restored GT Junior 1970

My freshly restored GT Junior 1970

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Jonny TVR

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4,533 posts

280 months

Friday 24th March 2017
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what do you think? very excited to see the first pics

http://fotoalbum.stelvio.dk/#!album-63

Krikkit

26,500 posts

180 months

Friday 24th March 2017
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Gorgeous. When are you picking it up?

Jonny TVR

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4,533 posts

280 months

Friday 24th March 2017
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I don't know yet .. there are some minor points that need doing oh and the fact that its in Denmark and I'm in the UK

sunbeam alpine

6,936 posts

187 months

Friday 24th March 2017
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Beautiful. Congratulations!

smile

Denorth

559 posts

170 months

Friday 24th March 2017
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Absolutely beautiful!

Jonny TVR

Original Poster:

4,533 posts

280 months

Friday 24th March 2017
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Thanks

Its an original UK RHD car. It was driven to Denmark in the eighties by an English guy who ended up staying there. He couldn’t register it in Denmark due to the 180% import tax so it was stored for decades. It has just had a full restoration completed today in Denmark by Stelvio

Elderly

3,486 posts

237 months

Friday 24th March 2017
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Very nice to see a Step Front GT Junior that hasn't been converted into a GTA look-alike thumbup.
That looks like a very thorough restoration.

I think I would have kept it on steel wheels, and are those seats the original style?


Jonny TVR

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280 months

Friday 24th March 2017
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Elderly said:
Very nice to see a Step Front GT Junior that hasn't been converted into a GTA look-alike thumbup.
That looks like a very thorough restoration.

I think I would have kept it on steel wheels, and are those seats the original style?

The wheels aren't original and neither are the front seats. Also Eibach lowered suspension with yellow KONI's but everything else original spec.

velocemitch

3,795 posts

219 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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Front seats are from a 1750 GTV mk1. Quite rare too.
Nice car that.

Scalino

121 posts

88 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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Great example, enjoy it!

generationx

6,645 posts

104 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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That is glorious! Enjoy it.

flight147z

960 posts

128 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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Love these. Sadly the longer I have to wait until I am in a position to run a classic as a second car, the more expensive these are likely to become!

Nice car OP

Jonny TVR

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4,533 posts

280 months

Sunday 26th March 2017
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Thanks Mitch

Some more pics of the restoration









P5BNij

15,770 posts

105 months

Sunday 26th March 2017
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Gorgeous car.... the first two photos of the stripped bodyshell really do show off Bertone's beautiful eye for design and styling. Wonderful!

Jonny TVR

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280 months

Monday 27th March 2017
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These are the pics when found




JTSmith

104 posts

90 months

Thursday 30th March 2017
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Wow, thats beautiful! Looking forward to more pics!

Jonny TVR

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Thursday 30th March 2017
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It will be shipped in a week or so time and then I have to pick it up from the docks at Southampton. Get it MOT'd on the way home and taxed. Probably just after Easter or before would be good. Its still UK registered so should just be a simple case of a change of keeper. It was last taxed in 1983!

Jonny TVR

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Friday 31st March 2017
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Found an interesting website called howmanyleft and it tells me that there are only 37 GT 1300's still registered in the UK. I wonder how many of these are imported or original to the UK

Blackpuddin

16,410 posts

204 months

Friday 31st March 2017
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Beautiful cars, and your one looks fab.

Scalino

121 posts

88 months

Friday 31st March 2017
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Jonny TVR said:
Found an interesting website called howmanyleft and it tells me that there are only 37 GT 1300's still registered in the UK. I wonder how many of these are imported or original to the UK
I don't know how it is in the UK, but in Holland the registration agency isn't always the best at getting the models right. In Holland they probably have 10 ways GT 1300 Juniors are registered. So maybe the amount in total is higher?
They thought my 1600 TI was a Ti Super... I told them I could only wish for that to be the case wink