I put a post on one of those FB forums in December, somethng like, "All I want for Christmas (for my GOAT) is a roof spoiler...
I had been in contact with Repliglass (in Australia) and figured out what it would take to import a copy of the HSV roof spoiler to the U.S. Turns out, shipping is more than 2X the cost of the part - and the part is SMALL. Still, I am going for a certain look on the car and started the process to import one here. To buy one was $270 (essentially $180 US), but it would be a grand total of $560 (U.S.) to bring it here to the U.S. I thought that was a LOT of $$$, but I figured, it was worth it.
Then I got a message from a friend....
☝...oh
! I need to reinstall that C-Pillar trim!
I should probably take a pic of the bottom, showing the HSV embossed logo. I didn't. I was too excited to get the part and I wanted to see it on the car. The ONLY problem with this piece is it was sitting on a shelf and started to flatten out. Right now, it doesn't sit properly on the window. I'm going to have to put some small weights ont he ends and see if I can get it to go back to "normal".
I also had to remove the Harrop cover. Like an idiot, I didn't hang the carrrier bracket when I installed the diff. in the car. I could remove the diff, or I could drop the cover. The later was MUCH easier to do. . ..and since it was off, I decided to paint it to make it easier to clean in the future. ...also since I'm 'me', why not just just up the ante on the difficulty a bit and add some detailing to the cover...???
After shooting it with aluminum engine enamel, I used some VHT burnt orange engine enamel to accent the fins. I did try out black and red first. It just didn't look right ad I then went with the Burnt Orange. This looked 100X better. Plus, the burnt orange is REALLY close to the body color. For about 15 seconds I was almost kinda kicking myself I didn't paint the engine this color. Then I realized, the engine painted orange would have made the ar look like a...well, that would have been a LOT of 🍊🍊🍊. Sometimes the contrasting colors are better.
What is that saying? "Once you go orange, you never go . .. blor. ..flor...."
...???...
🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
Anyway, it would have been a LOT of orange!
I still want to do something with the Harrop logo...so stay tuned.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm going to start a new thread for the memorbilia, oddball parts, dealership and promotional items for the '04 to '06 GTO. Before I even had this car, I got myself a copy of the 2004 'aluminum' brochure (never opened) as well as the press release kit, with the GTO poster, DVD and whatever else was in the little black box (also never opened). Since I got the car, I've managed to locate all kinds of weird stuff. This is one of my recent finds.....
I'm sure many of you know about the movie "the LAST RIDE" with Dennis Hopper. Though I've never seen the movie, I looked up the premise and saw the trailer for it. I'm VERY vaguely familiar with the concept of it basically being a 90 minute long advertisement for the 2004 GTO.
I managed to find an unopened DVD, a brand new ball cap, but I was looking for a brand new T-Shirt and movie poster to go along with the other stuff. My idea is to eventiually start making shadow boxes and put ALL of "the LAST RIDE" stuff in one.
Everytthing was fine and dandy, but then I discovered this. 👇 👇 👇 Apparently, there were 2 versions of the T-Shirt (? who knew ?) !!! I thought I'd share this ith everyone, being I think this is kind of cool. Here are the 2 shirts I have. The one on the bottom is a size large and the on top is an extra large. The XL has the exact same size 'movie poster' picture thing; which is silk screened on the back side of the shirt.....
....BUT...on the front of the shirt, it's a completely different story. The wording on the extra large T-Shirt is significantly larger, AND is on an 45 degree angle. I'm not sure how many of these shirts were made, whether or not one is more rare than the other, BUT I feel these two need to be displayed together, to show the contrast / difference in the shirts.
I suspect, being the XL is so much lrger than the other, the smaller wording in the center looked wrong...?!?...maybe possibly...?!? Perhaps the remedy was to make the red letters larger...I don't know. All I know is there are 2 different versions. For those of you who didn't know this and are like, "<hmph> that's cool", you're welcome. For anyone like me who are borderline obsessive / compulsive with knowing or having ALL the little nuances and variations...I'm SO SORRY! Go grab your security blanket and repeat after me....
It will be O.K.!
It will be O.K.!
It will be O.K.!
Who are we kidding...you need to call your therapist...NOW!