Hi there folks.
I’ve owned my GTO for 11 years. Maybe a little longer.
6 months after getting it and after nothing but problems after buying it due to failed ignition coils, bad speedo sender unit, water meth pump failing along with quite a few other things.
The last straw was when I went to change the plugs and found the intake plenum stuck down, I gave it a bat and it came off and shot the bolts and washers into the air and down into the intake area. I hunted around and found all the bolts and washers to match and thought I’d been lucky, finished changing the plugs and started it up to hear the dredded ticking sound of something being in the combustion chamber that had no need to be there.
Stripped it down, removed the washer via a cobbled together vacume unit, checked it was all clear with an endoscope and fired it up. It ran but badly. Checked compression and found I had lost a lot on no6 piston.
I decided to shelve it until I got time to go through it all properly.
That time I decided was when I had no other cars to do.
Well that time is now.
I’ve remodeled 2 4x4 into zombie related vehicles 
Full restore on a friend’s classic mini.
Bodykit and respray on a friend’s rx7. Similar to another friend’s merc rag top.
I’ve finished the better half’s Celica rag top. The daughter and I did her a classic panda which she won’t be driving due to no safety features. She has driven it, just not solo.
Then I’ve done up a little 1.4 mini one for her.
Now it’s time for mine 
So far I’ve pulled the engine and box out.
The box needed a new 1st / 2nd selector fork and is still being worked on at a local gearbox place.
I was lucky with the engine. Some pitting on the head and wiped out a piston. No valve damage!!
A local firm polish the bores, fitted my new pistons and rings and skimmed the head then pressure and vacume tested them.
Now I’m in the process of rebuilding.
Small. Into over hahaha
