My '68 GTR Pictures and Video

[JATO]

Here is my jewel in all of it's glory.  It was given to me by my grandfather who got it brand-new in '68 as a gift.  It is still in "barn find" condition from sitting 30 years in various storage sheds and garages.  Overall, it's is in good condition and is an easy 99% complete.  All it took was a new oil pump, oil lines, fuel lines, petcock, and a set of carburetors just to make tuning easier, and a key switch that I adapted from a Kawasaki.  My ultimate goal is to do a full restoration but for now I'm going to make sure everything is working and running good so I can enjoy it.

[rocketman]

If I'm reading it right, it looks as though you have it running now? Check your pers. mail. Thanks, Mark.

[JATO]

It definitely is running, the youtube link is for a short clip of it doing a one kick cold start in my garage.

[rocketman]

Thus "video" in the title! Blew right by the link. Looks like a nice project. Mark.

[Bikenstein]

Good job gettin it runnin so well. Thanks for the video.

[Toystoretom]

That's sweet!

Is the burro for sale?

[old smokey]

Nice to see the GTR came back to life relatively easily.
If mine were parked next to yours before my accident they would have looked like blue was a factory made color.

[JATO]

Good job gettin it runnin so well. Thanks for the video.

Thanks.  I did was change the trans oil, replace the petcock bleed the oil system, throw on a new set of carbs and adjust them, and threw in a new battery and she started right up.  I haven't even gone through any of the electrical or ignition yet but it all works.  I guess my grandfather's wood shed with all of his chainsaws was the ideal location for long term storage.  Who knew.

[Bikenstein]

Sounds like it could use a tune-up, maybe a new set of points and plugs. Kawasaki A1, A7, and KZ1000 points interchange.

[JATO]

I will definitely do that, thanks for the cross reference for the points.  Once I get done with the next two weeks at my job I'm going to dive in and clean more up than just the fuel and oil systems.