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Dave's Goliath is back on the road!!
After over a years hiatus, Dave's car is running again, thanks to a donation of a Goliath engine
from friend Shaun Browns '58 wagon.
One weekend in late July '09, Dave, Shaun, and Keith decided to do the engine
swap, moving the strong engine from Shauns '58 to Dave's car. The first weekend the guys moved engine in place and got it
all bolted up; and the next weekend Webmaster Dave Gladkosky came up from WV to VT to help finish putting it all
together.
Here is Dave Mullett and Shaun Brown tightening this and that at the VT Goliath Garage...hey,
is that a 14mm. or a 17?
Another shot of the amazing engine swap at the VT Goliath Garage...now where did I put those radiator
bolts?
| Dave Mullett, Shaun Brown, |
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| and Keith Brown |
| THE WHOLE GOLIATH GANG! |
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| Webmaster Dave Gladkosky & Shaun Brown |
| ...Dave & Shaun go rallying down the hill... |
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| The TEST DRIVE...Go GOLIATH!!! |
The car ran well that day, except for a strange tapping noise as it idled, maybe a valve adjustment!!
...and here she is, home again!!
Here's the car with a fresh new paint job, very similiar to the many shades of pastel greens that could
be ordered from Goliath Werk.
Keith Brown of Montpelier VT shot the paint, and his son Shawn Brown and Dave's son John Mullett sprayed the wheels
an original looking cream, which matches the newly painted cream dashboard you'll see later.
Dave found the car when it was offered for auction on eBay in early fall 2001. It was a barn fresh car with a very
bent hood. It was found outside of Albany NY. It had some surface rust, but is a very solid rust free car.
The seller offered it to Dave after the auction was over and didn't meet the reserve.
Beautiful front end view shows a good straight hood from a donor car in New Mexico, a NOS mesh grill originally from
Mexico via Dyck Livant of the BOC and David Gladkosky. All the other parts you see in this pic are original to the car.
Dave has the right side headlight ring, but needs to find a better bezel that doesn't have a missing mounting screw hole.
The car has a completely new exhaust system, installed by Keith Brown. Dave went through and completely rebuilt
the brakes, using a new master cylinder from a VW microbus. Dave also had the gas tank redone, and has installed a
new fuel pump, left front cv joint and axle, and replaced one of the tail light lenses.
Restoration of interior has been started, with a respray of the dash in a cream color (original color was grey).
The upholstery is an all original green and grey leather-vinyl, and is in excellent shape! She's a great driver, and Dave
really enjoys getting out and driving through the rolling hills of Vermont.
All Goliath 1100s have a 4 speed shifter that comes out of the dash. Note the shift pattern on the left.
Odometer shows 25, 725 (as of Summer '05; she's racked up a few more by now!), and is believed to be the original mileage.
Here is the original 1094cc (66 cu.in.) horizontally opposed 4 cylinder engine. It had never been
rebuilt, but the engine began developing some compression problems, so a rebuild has now been started by Shaun
and Keith Brown, hopefully for use in Shauns '58 Goliath (see the Shaun Brown Page). Shaun is thinking about converting
it to a dual carb setup, which was an option on all Goliath 1100 models.
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