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Started by _chevy_253_torana_ , Nov 04 2006 08:26 PM

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#1 _chevy_253_torana_

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Posted 04 November 2006 - 08:26 PM

just wondering if this is a forum members car

hjave heard its a 400 chev with a minispool

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#2 _MRNOS_

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Posted 04 November 2006 - 08:27 PM

Used to be red has been in Street Machine a few years back

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#3 RIM-010

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Posted 04 November 2006 - 08:33 PM

Wow, that looks sweet!

The Stato front really works...

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#4 _devilsadvocate_

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Posted 04 November 2006 - 08:41 PM

Well, was waiting for the computer to resize the pic to the right proportions and it never happened! Looks like someones washed the premier or statesman and it shrunk(not sure what it looks like now, perhaps a chevelle or even cortina).......and those bonnet ducts........look like Ford.
Doesnt look too bad from the rear, just a question to get every one going: is a huge drop tank necessary to get from A to B in a torry, is it a Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement?

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#5 _JBird_

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Posted 04 November 2006 - 08:49 PM

Tough one DA.

I'm leaning towards necessary though. Factory fitted so can't be classified as RICE. Though for the sake of this thread let's not go there.

I like it. 400 chev + mini spool = I hope he has billet axles!

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#6 RIM-010

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Posted 04 November 2006 - 08:54 PM

The Bonnet is a Ford...

The drop tank probably IS necessary with a 400ci Chev... With A and B being about 200k's away, hahaha.

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#7 Heath

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Posted 04 November 2006 - 09:01 PM

Badge IS Caprice (I think) lol

Yep nostrills are XB GT/XC GS

Love the ducktail, side skirts ain't doin it for me though. Doesn't look exceptionally strait either (not that it'd be an easy job!)

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Posted 04 November 2006 - 09:09 PM

Caprice badge, yes.

Sideskirts look shockin, and waddya mean it's not Straight?

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#9 _devilsadvocate_

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Posted 04 November 2006 - 09:33 PM

Caprice badge, yes.

Sideskirts look shockin, and waddya mean it's not Straight?

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Heath was referring to strait, something else entirely.

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#10 _chevy_253_torana_

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Posted 04 November 2006 - 09:34 PM

looks more of a corty to me than a chevelle

i personally like it i reckon it lokos good (except those bloody bonnet scoops)

would u please be able to scan up that street machine article when it was red mate ????

also note the custom dash and the grafted body kit really neat look

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#11 _hrt1and2_

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Posted 04 November 2006 - 09:41 PM

now why didn't they make that the UC torana lol.

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#12 RIM-010

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Posted 04 November 2006 - 09:42 PM

How the hell can you tell it has a custom Dash?

Apart from the side skirts, I reckon it looks sweet!

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#13 MRLXSS

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Posted 04 November 2006 - 09:45 PM

^^^^ HAHAHA ^^^ *hrt1and2*

im not sure i like it all that much, maybe if they did it to a UC front end the lines may have matched up a bit better....

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#14 Heath

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Posted 04 November 2006 - 09:49 PM

He took the photos today!

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Posted 04 November 2006 - 10:00 PM

i reckon its a great looking car, something different, and it looks good.
very very boxy tho. drop tank is a neccessity, extra flavour, wanna get to A n B fast then you can cos you'll plenty o juice to squeeze.

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#16 _LX8VD69_

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Posted 04 November 2006 - 10:52 PM

personally i think drop tanks are sometimes neccessary especially when youve got a worked V8 that you are not running on pump fuel, enough said but i know driving around with a boot load of jerry cans is servelly over rated

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Posted 04 November 2006 - 10:57 PM

I like the side skirts.
I wonder if there custom made or off another car?

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Posted 05 November 2006 - 10:14 AM

gee the more you look at it the more you see little custom touches. Like the flares are moulded to the body, and i didnt even notice the sideskirts the first look. They dont look ever the top because they dont appear all that much lower than the original sills.

i would love to see this car at a car show now.

p.s i would have lost the taillight chrome surrounds tho. the car has had so much dont to it to make it visually appealling and personally those chrome surrounds are the ugliest things that can go around the taillights!

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#19 DanWA

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Posted 05 November 2006 - 10:54 AM

Thats is very nice indeed... lots of hours would of gone into that conversion... i might consider it on my skid car hahaha got enough time anyway

So is this a forum members car or what?

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Posted 05 November 2006 - 12:11 PM

It's not my cup of tea!
Someone has spent a heap of time and $!
It looks better in purple than it ever did in red.
Bloody GS bonnets, what's next? 12 slotters? LOL

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Posted 05 November 2006 - 02:15 PM

I appreciate the work and effort someone put into this car but it would look better in its original form. Never liked a ford bonnet on a holden but that's just my opinion.

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#22 _torana_

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Posted 05 November 2006 - 02:21 PM

allot of hard work, but doesnt do it for me. The front on it looks to squished and out of proportion.

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#23 _Leakey_

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Posted 05 November 2006 - 02:30 PM

I put it in the same basket as that yellow LJ with the flares etc.

Fantastic work, but not my cuppatea.

They can both work on my car anytime!!
(as long as they dont change anything when I'm not looking...)

I've seen those side skirts on Hyundai Excels.

Just on side skirts, I had VL Calais skirts on my first hatch many moons ago.
Went straight on and IMHO looked great - over than now...