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[N/A-PWR]

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The featured picture may be distorted with certain devices, and is intended to work with a desktop Computer.

 

Hello and Welcome to the Wild World of Concept Building.

 

Here we are going to go on a journey, of transforming a LC 4 door to a 2 Door Super Rat Torana look-a-like.

 

Now, above is a Concept picture, representing an image to be transformed into, and from a humble 1969 LC 4 Door:-

 

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This 4 Door Torana will be having a few unusual things done to it like:-

 

- all the Rust panels repaired

 

- the rear doors welded in

 

- rear 2 door side windows extended

 

- a widened grille

 

- sunken headlights

 

- an A9X bonnet scoop

 

- an Extreme Engine

 

- side pipes

 

- all round tough suspension

 

- RAT finishes 

 

- GTR-XU1 features

 

- Custom Plates

 

- Dark Tinted windows

 

- Spoilers 

 

- Upmarket Rims

 

- Chrome, Lightning strikes, Bullet holes and fake rust

 

- to be road registered as a two seater

 

Just to name a few, and by clicking on parts of the image above, you will be taken to those related threads.

 

Join me in the following pages to come, where we build the 69 LC RAT.

[Covert]

Looking forward to seeing your project progress dave

[Potta]

Bout time Dave.

 

Now get the welder and angle grinder out and get into it!

[Shiney005]

Time for some late nights and bloody knuckles Dave.

[N/A-PWR]

Great Motivation You Guy's,

 

I see the Split images this morning on my Mobile are just scrambled,

 

because the picture pieces are to big for the screen to be in order, for looking like a Car,

 

 and I had to change the Mobile format to Classic Site, to get the URL redirection from each picture piece.

 

Any how, the picture comes together properly on the Main Computer Big Screen.

 

This weekend, for a starter, is getting the bonnet into 426 Protec etch primer, with action pictures to follow.

Preparation for the A9X Bonnet scoop.

[N/A-PWR]

I guess you can do anything with a Modification certificate TBM,

 

will need something like that for the sunken headlights and deep grille insert.

 

Can you get it registered with the back doors welded shut ?

[Potta]

I guess you can do anything with a Modification certificate TBM,

 

will need something like that for the sunken headlights and deep grille insert.

 

and sidepipes and roll cage

[N/A-PWR]

Anything is possible with a plan, and I plan to play hard, to achieve the goodies, even down to the Vin

[madtoranajzedded]

a nice introduction dave,she's going to be one wicked beast

[rodomo]

BUMP
http://www.gmh-toran...nversion/page-7

[N/A-PWR]

One up for 4 Doors Maz and Rob

[madtoranajzedded]

well that was interesting rob,hope all is okay with vintage,was you just going to weld the dr up dave,

 

ive been thinking what to do about the dr rubber that seals along the b pillar,

 

 you leaving the rubber there or ......?

Edited by madtoranajzedded, 17 July 2014 - 01:47 AM.

[N/A-PWR]

 you leaving the rubber there or ......?

 

when the door is welded, we don't need a seal, and Vintage lives near Genes place

[madtoranajzedded]

when the door is welded, we don't need a seal, and Vintage lives near Genes place

im thinking about the gap or even water getting between it then lays under the scuff panel etc

 

cause the dr is only welded from outside but nothing to fill where rubber is ,you know what i mean

Edited by madtoranajzedded, 17 July 2014 - 02:05 AM.

[N/A-PWR]

No gaps Maz Mate,

will be like a 2 door how the rear side window fits in,

 

forget there was a set of rear doors there, no lock's, winder, hinges etc,

 

just the seal where the rear side windows sit in.

 

im thinking about the gap

[madtoranajzedded]

 

No gaps Maz Mate,

will be like a 2 door how the rear side window fits in,

 

forget there was a set of rear doors there, no lock's, winder, hinges etc,

 

just the seal where the rear side windows sit in.

[N/A-PWR]

ha ha, sorry Maz,
 
should be easy to do, and the side windows will be fixed.
 

 

after doing the Bonnet, scoop, and boot/ bobtail,

I will start on the rear door disappearing act,

you made it happen first on the RAT Thread Maz.

 

 

 

 

it is just that the front doors will still be 4 door doors.

Edited by GASPOWER, 17 July 2014 - 02:33 AM.

[madtoranajzedded]

arrh posted twice hehe.so similar what vintage has done

[N/A-PWR]

Great work Maz,

 

I seen Vintage converting a 4 Door to a 2 Door without first getting an Engineers Advice,

and others were asking him to do so, but he continued on, so we never seen the outcome.

As far as I know, he had only converted one side.

 

I should of got into more detail of how each job was getting done, as I see now, thank's to you.

 

This is not a normal Torana Restoration hey,

 

so I think the only other major change is the sunken headlight supports, which should be covered in the Widened LJ Grille Thread.

 

and the concaved sills, which will be covered in the Sill Mufflers Thread

p.s. someone could correct me if I am wrong, thank's in advance.

 

p.p.s. photo's of the bonnet, scoop, boot, bobtail this weekend

 

 

 

This way, I can sit in the Rust bucket and see something cosmetic done for progress.   

Edited by GASPOWER, 17 July 2014 - 03:38 AM.

[N/A-PWR]

OK, got the Bobtail fastening points done:-

 

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 Boot Lid 10.jpg   30.36K   19 downloads Underneath paint job is good enough for the RAT, and will need a new rubber seal.

 

Bobtail comes off, and the top of the boot lid will get rubbed back, and get a coat of 426 Protec etch primer.

 

 

Bonnet and Boot preps today, more pictures later.