Cordes' Blue GLH

[cordes]

I picked this car up from Clark this last weekend. It is very rust free on the bottom side, and only surface rust from the lack of paint on the top for the most part. My plan is to eventually swap most everything from my GLHT over to this car.

When I picked it up there were several slight issues which needed resolved before I was to drive the car home 120mi. The caliper on the right front was sticking, and that wasn't too much trouble. We did hear a noise coming from the trans though. Clark jumped right under the car and started pulling stuff away from the bell housing to see if there was a bolt or some such stuck in there causing all the racket. None could be found, so I asked Clark if the fluid was perhaps low. Upon checking the Fluid, we found that it was indeed bone dry and decided that topping it off with used motor oil would do the trick. We started adding it through the funnel with a partially torn Mountain Dew can which we used to fill the radiator. We kept counting, and counting.

I can now say that a 525 trans will hold 13 partially torn Mountain Dew cans of old motor oil out of a kitty litter bucket containing various viscosities (some synthetic too!).

Upon driving the car home 120mi without a problem except for the lack of heat in February with temps in the 20s, I parked her in the drive.

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Although the car looked great in the drive, I thought it would be even better in the garage. I had never heard of anyone getting 3 cars in a 2.5 car garage before either so I stepped up to the plate I could get a 3rd Omni in there if I had to. I think I will pick up some wheel dollies before that though.

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[moparman76_69]

Good thing you picked it up when you did, if it was still around this coming weekend I was going to try and grab it.

[JohnnyIroc]

nice look car man :thumb:
i have never seen the rear wiper louvers on an omni before that's strange

[minigts]

Please let me help you with the wiring. For the LOVE OF PETE let me help you.... PLEASE..Again I ask..please.

[cordes]

Good thing you picked it up when you did, if it was still around this coming weekend I was going to try and grab it.

I picked it up as soon as I could since I knew there would be a good amount of interest in the car due to its lack of rust on the underside.


nice look car man :thumb:
i have never seen the rear wiper louvers on an omni before that's strange

Same here. I have heard that a unicorn owns a set with a DC whale tail spoiler to go with them, but have never seen pics.

Myself and Clark were talking about it, and he thinks they may have been modified to fit and were perhaps originally for a rabbit.


Please let me help you with the wiring. For the LOVE OF PETE let me help you.... PLEASE..Again I ask..please.

Deal. :amen:

[omni_840]

Nice GLH!

[blk86trbo]

Every time I see this car I wonder why I sold it but didn't keep the rear louvers!

120 miles home? Man...LOL, nobody can say you don't have a pair! Looking forward to more pics as progress is made :nod:

[Vigo]

Thats the stuff good stories are made of!!

I assume the current car is rusty and thats the reason for the swappage?

[CoolV300C]

http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/photopost/data/889/garage5.JPG


Shorts in the snow? What do you wear in the summer? :confused2:

Nevermind.........just don't work near any moving parts and I'm sure you'll be fine.

Cool car.......good luck with the swap.

[4 l-bodies]

I see we have another GLHT with N/A GLH stickers on it. Like Greg Thewes GLHT. Looks like original paint, or what's left of it.
Mistake or stealth?
Good luck on the project!
Todd

[cordes]

Every time I see this car I wonder why I sold it but didn't keep the rear louvers!

120 miles home? Man...LOL, nobody can say you don't have a pair! Looking forward to more pics as progress is made :nod:

According to the odo in the Neon, it was 128 miles and change. The last hour or so was very painful with no heat for sure.


Thats the stuff good stories are made of!!

I assume the current car is rusty and thats the reason for the swappage?

Yes, the floors in my current GLHT are in need of serious repair, as are the rear quarters and front frame rails.


Shorts in the snow? What do you wear in the summer? :confused2:

Nevermind.........just don't work near any moving parts and I'm sure you'll be fine.

Cool car.......good luck with the swap.

I'm a shorts year round type of guy. It is hard for me to find pants which fit well, and when I do they are expensive. I usually save them for nicer occasions.


I see we have another GLHT with N/A GLH stickers on it. Like Greg Thewes GLHT. Looks like original paint, or what's left of it.
Mistake or stealth?
Good luck on the project!
Todd

Sorry for the confusion. The Blue GLH is a NA car. The Black one is a factory GLHT. I will probably stick with the GLH graphics again to be somewhat correct to it's origins and also because there were several turbos to get GLH decals that I have read of.

[black86glhs]

According to the odo in the Neon, it was 128 miles and change. The last hour or so was very painful with no heat for sure.



Yes, the floors in my current GLHT are in need of serious repair, as are the rear quarters and front frame rails.



I'm a shorts year round type of guy. It is hard for me to find pants which fit well, and when I do they are expensive. I usually save them for nicer occasions.



Sorry for the confusion. The Blue GLH is a NA car. The Black one is a factory GLHT. I will probably stick with the GLH graphics again to be somewhat correct to it's origins and also because there were several turbos to get GLH decals that I have read of.
Hey Cordes, were the frank and beans so cold you had to stick your finger up your --- and yell snake to pee????:evil:

[JohnnyIroc]

so what are the plans for the GLH-T after you steal its motor?

[moparfwdsleeper]

Please let me help you with the wiring. For the LOVE OF PETE let me help you.... PLEASE..Again I ask..please.

do it my way :eyebrows:

[minigts]

do it my way :eyebrows:

He's running a LM so it may be more feasible to migrate things to the inside. If he were running a SMEC I would say negative. I know you did it but too much clutter in a small car like that.

[jamesmonty]

Nice! I really need to get working on mine.

[blk86trbo]

Hey Cordes, also I wanted to fill you in with some details of your hood.

Back in 98 I bought my very first turbo Mopar...an 85 Sante Fe blue GLHT out of South Holland, Illinois. Eventually that car was modded with a hood scoop, and I couldn't bear destroying the vented hood. My neighbor at the time owned your carbed GLH, so I removed and donated the turbo hood to him.

In fact, if you ever think about installing your black hood on the blue Omni (and selling the blue hood was an option), I'd be interested in buying it back...it would be a great reminder of the car that started the TM madness ;)

[rx2mazda]

I LOVE GLH'S! Good luck with the swap/build

[cordes]

Hey Cordes, were the frank and beans so cold you had to stick your finger up your --- and yell snake to pee????:evil:

Really it was just my toes which got that cold. I was worried about mild frost bite at one point.


so what are the plans for the GLH-T after you steal its motor?

I'm not too sure yet. I have a feeling that I may end up stripping every single part off the body and storing them for a rainy day. It will tear me up to do that since I have so much time and effort into the car, but with the rust it has, no one would realistically give me anything worth the spare parts which are drying up in the yards anyway.


Hey Cordes, also I wanted to fill you in with some details of your hood.

Back in 98 I bought my very first turbo Mopar...an 85 Sante Fe blue GLHT out of South Holland, Illinois. Eventually that car was modded with a hood scoop, and I couldn't bear destroying the vented hood. My neighbor at the time owned your carbed GLH, so I removed and donated the turbo hood to him.

In fact, if you ever think about installing your black hood on the blue Omni (and selling the blue hood was an option), I'd be interested in buying it back...it would be a great reminder of the car that started the TM madness ;)

Thanks for the info Paul. If I ever do decide to sell it, I will certainly let you know. I will probably end up keeping it for the long haul though, as I hacked up the hood a little on my car to install the hood pins etc. :(

[4 l-bodies]

So the Santa Fe Blue N/A GLH has a vented (turbo) hood on it? That isn't correct either but a good thing!
Todd



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Originally Posted by 4 l-bodies
I see we have another GLHT with N/A GLH stickers on it. Like Greg Thewes GLHT. Looks like original paint, or what's left of it.
Mistake or stealth?
Good luck on the project!
Todd

Sorry for the confusion. The Blue GLH is a NA car. The Black one is a factory GLHT. I will probably stick with the GLH graphics again to be somewhat correct to it's origins and also because there were several turbos to get GLH decals that I have read of.

[Turbodave]

Brian, glad to see the car get a good home.

As far as parking 3 cars in the 2.5 car garage I would put the K-Car sideways along the back wall and then park the Omni's side by side, should leave you with better access that way. The first year I had my place two GLH's, my Ram pickup and the lawn tractor with a snow blower on it all fit inside my 2.5 car garage

[cordes]

So the Santa Fe Blue N/A GLH has a vented (turbo) hood on it? That isn't correct either but a good thing!
Todd

That is correct. I think Paul posted in this thread that he gave the hood to his neighbor since he did not want to use it for the hood with a scoop he was doing for his omni back when.


Brian, glad to see the car get a good home.

As far as parking 3 cars in the 2.5 car garage I would put the K-Car sideways along the back wall and then park the Omni's side by side, should leave you with better access that way. The first year I had my place two GLH's, my Ram pickup and the lawn tractor with a snow blower on it all fit inside my 2.5 car garage

That is a very good idea. I am going to get a couple of wheel dollies and I will be all set I think.

[86seeS]

my 85 glht had glh decals sold the car last year

[strang3majik]

haha...yay...another n/a glh :p Both to get different versions of their unnaturally aspirated treatment.

The lady I got mine from's husband had an N/A GLH that he ordered new that had all the turbo stuff on it (stickers and hood) but was still carbed. Car has like 10k miles sitting on blocks under a cover in his garage :p

[blk86trbo]

That is correct. I think Paul posted in this thread that he gave the hood to his neighbor since he did not want to use it for the hood with a scoop he was doing for his omni back when.

Hey Brian, not sure if you care to see or know, but here's final pics of the car that your hood was originally installed on.

http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/showpost.php?p=606217&postcount=274

[cordes]

Hey Brian, not sure if you care to see or know, but here's final pics of the car that your hood was originally installed on.

http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/showpost.php?p=606217&postcount=274

Very cool Paul. I didn't put two and two together to realize that the hood came from your old white car. (no pun intended.) I can't wait to get a little warmer weather so I can start getting everything ready.

I will probably keep the NA car as is for this year other than general maintenance type stuff so that I can finally run a decent time in my black car once I fix the boost.

The first thing I need to do to this car is put Charger seat tracks in it though. I can barely get in and out of the car with the stock wheel in there. I had to remove the armrest in this car also so that I could shift. I would like to use Charger tracks and another small wheel to allow me the room to use an armrest though.

[cordes]

Finally some work done on the car. I put some Charger seat tracks in the car to drop the seat down some. It is still rough getting in and out of the car with the stock wheel in there, but it is much more manageable now.

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[BoostedDrummer]

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Is it just me or does the Black GLH look...bigger?

[cordes]

Is it just me or does the Black GLH look...bigger?

It does because of the way it sits. It has the KYB GR2 struts in the rear with the spring perch installed upside down. That causes the rear to ride a lot higher than it should. I got the car this way and I've never changed it.

[BLUEBALL]

120 mile drive after throwin used oil in a dry trans and brake issues! Your def a trooper. What a shame the other one has cancer

[cordes]

120 mile drive after throwin used oil in a dry trans and brake issues! Your def a trooper. What a shame the other one has cancer

Thanks.

I looked under the black car again the other day when I put it up on dollies to move it around the garage. After looking at the bottom of the blue car it is apparent that the black car is beyond saving IMO. Maybe if it was an actual S car, but...

[omni_840]

Thanks.

I looked under the black car again the other day when I put it up on dollies to move it around the garage. After looking at the bottom of the blue car it is apparent that the black car is beyond saving IMO. Maybe if it was an actual S car, but...

I know the feeling.....:o

I have one in my garage that is about to get crushed (after I strip all the GLH stuff off, of course)