My 1989 Beretta GTU
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 5:45 pm
Hello Everyone,
This is my newly-aquired GTU. It was a one owner, with the original GT sticker and a GTU option price slip. The lady went to the dealership to by a camaro, and they were loading this off the truck as she arrived. She immediately wanted it instead. IIRC it was 15k base GT and 17k w/the GTU package
It has 70k+ original miles, and stored winters. Brought out Easter, put back Oct 10th for 23 years. It's been to florida twice. Absolutely no rust, not even surface rust, anywhere underneath it, except for the exhaust. I was blown away, this is Ohio, where cars come to die. She treated it pretty special, as will I.
I took these with my phone, one of these days I'll do some nice sexy pics like most of you guys.
A pic when I went to go look at her, here she is waiting for me.
First week home, I took off the louvers. I honestly think they may look "awesomer" on the car. Louvers are my generation's park bench I guess. Theyre probably gonna go back on eventually.
Flipped the front tires and gave her a bath, she shines up real nice.
Still amazed by the mileage.
She's not perfect. The dash is warped by the vent. There are some chips and light scratches in the paint, and the roof was faded pretty bad, and someone rattle canned over it. The panels are pretty good but they were broken down by the map pocket, and I have no idea why they broke there, they've been glued back. I need a new belt tensioner, working A/C, and better radio, probably a cat.
The fuel gauge is wonky, I'm gonna pull the float and clean the contacts and test the ohms to see why thats happening, and for the love of f**k I have no idea why something pops on low speed turns, left or right. It sounds like trailing arms. I put new pads/calipers/rotors on over the weekend, and when I jacked up the froont end, the rear popped a lil. Its not ball joints up front, anyways, thats a different thread.
If anyone wants pics of anything else, left me know.
BTW, does any have accurate production numbers from C&C for 89, broken down by color?
This is my newly-aquired GTU. It was a one owner, with the original GT sticker and a GTU option price slip. The lady went to the dealership to by a camaro, and they were loading this off the truck as she arrived. She immediately wanted it instead. IIRC it was 15k base GT and 17k w/the GTU package
It has 70k+ original miles, and stored winters. Brought out Easter, put back Oct 10th for 23 years. It's been to florida twice. Absolutely no rust, not even surface rust, anywhere underneath it, except for the exhaust. I was blown away, this is Ohio, where cars come to die. She treated it pretty special, as will I.
I took these with my phone, one of these days I'll do some nice sexy pics like most of you guys.
A pic when I went to go look at her, here she is waiting for me.
First week home, I took off the louvers. I honestly think they may look "awesomer" on the car. Louvers are my generation's park bench I guess. Theyre probably gonna go back on eventually.
Flipped the front tires and gave her a bath, she shines up real nice.
Still amazed by the mileage.
She's not perfect. The dash is warped by the vent. There are some chips and light scratches in the paint, and the roof was faded pretty bad, and someone rattle canned over it. The panels are pretty good but they were broken down by the map pocket, and I have no idea why they broke there, they've been glued back. I need a new belt tensioner, working A/C, and better radio, probably a cat.
The fuel gauge is wonky, I'm gonna pull the float and clean the contacts and test the ohms to see why thats happening, and for the love of f**k I have no idea why something pops on low speed turns, left or right. It sounds like trailing arms. I put new pads/calipers/rotors on over the weekend, and when I jacked up the froont end, the rear popped a lil. Its not ball joints up front, anyways, thats a different thread.
If anyone wants pics of anything else, left me know.
BTW, does any have accurate production numbers from C&C for 89, broken down by color?
im ordering mine in 3 weeks.