{"id":9586,"date":"2011-12-06T21:00:53","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T04:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/giuliettas.com\/?p=9586"},"modified":"2011-12-06T21:00:53","modified_gmt":"2011-12-07T04:00:53","slug":"nature-abhors-a-vacuum-they-say-i-bought-a-glas-1700-gt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/2011\/12\/06\/nature-abhors-a-vacuum-they-say-i-bought-a-glas-1700-gt\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature abhors a vacuum they say… I bought a Glas 1700 GT!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Preamble:\u00a0 I, Matt, in order to keep hands from idle pursuits, to keep wallet light, to keep the wife up on her eye rolling exercises and to stay basically entertained, bought one cheap and rough looking (and truly rough in fact) Glas 1700GT.\u00a0 All you really need take away is:\u00a0 cheap, rough, crazy<\/a>.
\nOkay, so I spent my day in Sacramento buying, paying for, inventorying and pulling the brake parts off of a 1966? Glas GT.\u00a0 Norm bought it sight unseen off Craigslist a few years ago and it’s languished in the corner of his garage out of sight -mainly due to being more unsightly than he expected.\"\"<\/a>
\nProof that Alfa’s aren’t the only cars to literally suffer from the good intentions of their owners.\u00a0 Yellowy-green is a primer of sorts circa 1990, brownish rough looking stuff is iron oxide, red is paint applied prior to 1979 and the stray glimmer of white on the nose is the original color.\u00a0 All-in-all, sad looking but solid and straight.<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>I know -you want a history lesson.\u00a0 The engine is a Glas designed 1700cc, overhead cam driven via a timing belt -a historic first of type for you trivia buffs, a 4 speed manual gearbox, Ate disk brakes up front, drums out back dot dot dot.\u00a0 Body is by Frua, an Italian coach builder famous for a lot of somewhat interesting cars like the Maserati A6G etc.\u00a0 Styling is reminiscent of the ASA 1000GT and Fiat Ghia 1500, so much so, that I expect they were all the product of the same designers hand.
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\nFrom the back we see some damage on the passenger side -repaired with fiber glass and not very well.\u00a0 Black plate is useable as there is a pile of old registration cards.\u00a0 Fuel tank doesn’t smell too bad, I might just run with it as-is.<\/strong>
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\nDrivers door was kicked by a mule.\u00a0 The rims are 5×112, 6J14’s.\u00a0 Common to not much and I need some as I only get 2 original rims with it.\u00a0 If you saw it in person you’d say it looked a bit like a squared-off Porsche 911.<\/strong>
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\nJudging by the interior, this was a pretty good car before good intentions intervened.\u00a0 Glas GT has a great looking gauge layout.<\/strong>
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\nSee?<\/strong>
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\nVery clean under the dash.\u00a0 No wires out of place -err, except that one.\u00a0 Heater box looks new.<\/strong>
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\nFuel is delivered by a pair of single throttle-body Solex carbs with a remote float bowl and dual fuel pump set-up.\u00a0 This is a 1300 I have the option of using.\u00a0 Norms GT is in the background.<\/strong>
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\nOverhead cam, finned alloy sump, and a timing belt.\u00a0 <\/strong>
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\nCool cast header.<\/strong>
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\nThe sad 1700.\u00a0 Head is loose.\u00a0 Bolted in place, but needing to come out.<\/strong>
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\nNot horrible, not great.\u00a0 I’ll be buying rings at least.<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>So what am I going to do?\u00a0 Rebuild the brakes and clutch, either put the 1300 in or reassemble the 1700 and then get it on the road.\u00a0 Bodywork and paint is not a big deal to ignore and you can’t see it while driving.\u00a0 What do I need?\u00a0 A set of steel wheels and a bunch of rebuild parts.\u00a0 What could possibly go wrong??
\nAnyone have any parts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Preamble:\u00a0 I, Matt, in order to keep hands from idle pursuits, to keep wallet light, to keep the wife up on her eye rolling exercises and to stay basically entertained, bought one cheap and rough looking (and truly rough in fact) Glas 1700GT.\u00a0 All you really need take away is:\u00a0 cheap, rough, crazy. Okay, so … <\/p>\n

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