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My 1989 Chevrolet Beretta GTU

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 8:37 pm
by indygurl
On October 25th 2015 I picked up a 1989 gtu manual 5 speed. many of you know my 1990 indy. I bought this gtu for cheap the kid replaced the clutch and the car would no longer shift in or out of gear. got the transmission torn out and taken apart and may have found the problem. this car will be getting a 34/3500 swap this winter. cant wait.

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Transmission out
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this was stopping it from shifting
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needed the snap ring and everything put back on.
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Re: My 1989 Chevrolet Beretta GTU

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 8:43 pm
by Asylum
Poor car! Didn't get the wheels?

Make it right!

Nice find!

Re: My 1989 Chevrolet Beretta GTU

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 9:04 pm
by indygurl
sadly it did not come with the indy/gtu rims. but I want to find some. main goal is getting it driving. it also needs a differential bearing and race because they have a lot of wear.

Re: My 1989 Chevrolet Beretta GTU

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 11:13 pm
by Cliff8928
The differential in the 87-89 transmissions is supposedly a weak point. The pinion shaft is definitely smaller than the newer ones.

Re: My 1989 Chevrolet Beretta GTU

Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 6:32 am
by 1988GTU
Sweet find!

From the 100' glance, it appears to be fairly clean as far as body rust goes. Especially by the fuel door arch and near the rocker cladding. How's the underbody?

Re: My 1989 Chevrolet Beretta GTU

Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 7:18 am
by Money pit Beretta
Not bad over all. Did you get a good price?

Re: My 1989 Chevrolet Beretta GTU

Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 7:38 am
by indygurl
It's got some rust on the underbody.. I can try to get some pics of under the car. The worse spot ive seen is the trunk lid. $450 is what I paid.

Re: My 1989 Chevrolet Beretta GTU

Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 2:43 pm
by themixer
seems like a great parts car! good luck with the swap !

Re: My 1989 Chevrolet Beretta GTU

Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 4:22 pm
by Money pit Beretta
That is a good price for a nice fixer upper.

Re: My 1989 Chevrolet Beretta GTU

Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 8:38 pm
by indygurl
Still not as cheap as my Indy. :) but love my berettas.

Re: My 1989 Chevrolet Beretta GTU

Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 6:38 pm
by Money pit Beretta
Oh yeah, well not too much more. Best to get them cheap, unlike I did. Lets just say 2k+ and about the same in repairs/parts.

Re: My 1989 Chevrolet Beretta GTU

Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 10:25 am
by indygurl
here are the underbody photos

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Re: My 1989 Chevrolet Beretta GTU

Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 7:30 pm
by Money pit Beretta
Lots of work there, but nothing that bad. Thinking that you must have done a good job of looking it all over.

Re: My 1989 Chevrolet Beretta GTU

Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2015 7:35 pm
by indygurl
Yes. Getting the engine pulled out. Weekends are the only days I can work on it hopefully will have it out tomorrow.

Re: My 1989 Chevrolet Beretta GTU

Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2015 7:37 pm
by indygurl
Will see more on how it looks I plan on redoing brakes and lines and need to get a new ebrake cable. I also wanna do the rear disc brakes to better handle the power of the 34/3500.