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Random # 384: GD "Happy Place" Galant Sedan

I found myself in Moonah, to Hobart's north, earlier today for a visit to my regular panel beater and spray-painter.  It's not that I'm a terrible driver.  Unless you count minor scrapes in reverse, which I don't.  Reversing is manoeuvring!


Anyway, there I was, heading out to Talon Bodyworks to have the consequences of some sub-optimal manoeuvring - an ugly scratch on the near-side rear guard of my otherwise immaculate GC Galant hardtop - repaired, when I happened across this great looking GD sedan.  I have seen it before but never had the opportunity to photograph it.


It certainly is in good nick, with apparently original paint, straight, rust-free panels and nice chrome.  The Bathurst Globes suited it perfectly and the fat-ish exhaust hints at a 4G52 or a 4G54 Astron being under the bonnet.  I once heard the car as it drove past; it didn't sound like a Saturn to me.

As much as I love the car, it was the sticker on the rear window that really put a smile on my dial!  I've long thought of my own Galant as my personal happy place, its cabin a bubble of bliss and contentment, a haven from everyday worries and annoyances.  The world definitely looks better through the window of a Galant, exhaust note ringing in your ears!

Happy New Year to all and, more importantly, happy Galanting!  Enjoy your happy places!




U M P H

(uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogspot.com.au.)

iPhone images 

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