I’m currently gathering a bunch of parts this winter and then I’m going to take my car in to have it all installed this spring.

New hood hinges (the rivets in the current ones are loose) and while the hood is off paint the underside the correct flat black color.

I’m getting together the 100 different pieces I need to reinstall the AC and extended oil dipstick.

Install the correct battery cables.

I’m having the correct original to the car carb rebuilt this winter (or hope it can be rebuilt due to the striped out fuel inlet). It came in a box when I got the car.

Rebuild the distributor (springs and weights are original)

Install the correct dual snorkel air intake (I have the skills to do this one); as the current one is a single snorkel you would find on a 2 barrel carb and someone drilled like 50 holes in it to let in more air (I guess flipping the cover to let more air in was a lot harder then drilling 50 holes)

Inside the car … pull the dash put in a new used dash insert to replace the current one that the radio hole is cut out.

Install a factor AM radio; and then install a dash dual speaker and a hidden amp so I can plug in my ipod (I had the same setup on my Beetle).

My parts search has been going very well as there is a good network of GTO owners out there. There is one website I go to, you can list the parts you need and folks will contact you with photos and prices on their used pieces (typically within a day). Imagine walking into the Jefferson swap meet and yelling out your needs and 5 minutes later 3 people walking up with your parts …

I had it converted to electronic under the cap when I first got it… does that mean they also swap the springs and weights or does that eliminate them? I just remember at one point during the 2 month process I was told to think about swapping them out (but I don’t recall if that was before or after he swapped in the petronics.