Stav's LC 'GTR' Project
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Posted 29 December 2007 - 02:32 PM
A good sand blast and new sills bobs ur uncle
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Posted 20 October 2008 - 07:28 AM
Its been forever since i have done anything with this, its been sitting on my mates farm for the last 10 months with no progress.
Since the White SL has just been sold the racing idea has been scrapped. Car will be rebuilt with a 186 and m20 and used as a weekender. First priority will be to get the thing bead/sand/soda blasted and etch primed and buy a weilder and start cutting the rust out. Plans are for a LC GTR mockup in Lina Mint. I hope to have it going sometime this side of 2010.
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Since the White SL has just been sold the racing idea has been scrapped. Car will be rebuilt with a 186 and m20 and used as a weekender. First priority will be to get the thing bead/sand/soda blasted and etch primed and buy a weilder and start cutting the rust out. Plans are for a LC GTR mockup in Lina Mint. I hope to have it going sometime this side of 2010.
Steve
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Posted 14 May 2009 - 11:14 PM
Well there not much of an update to tell. The Torana has been stored in an X milking shed on my mates farm since the start of 2008. As of last weekend the single car garage on the farm has been finished and the car is now properly out of sight and under lock and key.
I'm just going to concentrate on saving money up so i can hopefully do the work over summer.
Since I last updated I have brought a banjo axle for it (spare) and a set of rego plates.
Steve
I'm just going to concentrate on saving money up so i can hopefully do the work over summer.
Since I last updated I have brought a banjo axle for it (spare) and a set of rego plates.
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Posted 15 May 2009 - 10:08 PM
come on steve get ya ass moving haha i wanna see this on the road before mr 5000
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Posted 19 May 2009 - 09:51 PM
doubt that will happen.......... lol !
jesus steve $500 or so clams you blew on plates could have been used on getting some useful stuff for the coupe build!
jesus steve $500 or so clams you blew on plates could have been used on getting some useful stuff for the coupe build!
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Posted 19 May 2009 - 10:14 PM
Yes it might not happen for a very long time... I am considering buying a unit...
BTW they are just standard issue rego plates, not custom plates.
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BTW they are just standard issue rego plates, not custom plates.
Steve
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Posted 20 May 2009 - 08:28 AM
My plates are standard issue and I still had to fork out $300 for them!
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Posted 20 May 2009 - 08:36 AM
My plates are standard issue and I still had to fork out $300 for them!
HAHA! Mine are full custom! And i only paid $395! WOOHOO!!
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Posted 20 May 2009 - 11:24 AM
haha 200 for mine
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Posted 25 October 2009 - 02:00 PM
Theres still not much to see, but i am currently awaiting authorisation from Vicroads Licencing and Registration department, so i can get a High Risk inspection done of the car, so i will be able to register it once i have done the work on it.
I have managed, earlier this year, to put up a shed on a mates farm so now it sits under a car cover and locked up out of the weather awaiting me to start work on it. I am planning to try and get some of the rust repair done over christmas. I really need a set of 13 x 5 Torana stockies with tyres, the Volvo rims on it hit the guards and make it awkward to move the car.
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I have managed, earlier this year, to put up a shed on a mates farm so now it sits under a car cover and locked up out of the weather awaiting me to start work on it. I am planning to try and get some of the rust repair done over christmas. I really need a set of 13 x 5 Torana stockies with tyres, the Volvo rims on it hit the guards and make it awkward to move the car.
Steve
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Posted 28 October 2009 - 09:54 PM
At least it is stored safely and out of the weather.
Be good when you can get stuck into it.
Be good when you can get stuck into it.
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Posted 30 October 2009 - 08:17 AM
Whats a "High Risk Inspection"? Is that where they come to you?
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Posted 31 October 2009 - 08:20 AM
Matt, it needs a high risk inspection because it has no VIN and Vicroads were unable to identify it from the body number. I think the inspection still happens at Vicroads, so i will still have to trailer it. I won't be doing any work on the body untill i know it is ok and can be registered. I assume they will just stamp it with a police number if it passes ok.
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Posted 31 October 2009 - 09:27 AM
Ahhh fair enough! yeah, good idea not to do anything until its been checked out!
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Posted 30 December 2009 - 12:49 PM
Game over.
Vicroads will not allow me to register the vechicle unless Holden reissue the compliance for the Torana. In short I have 1050kg paperweight for what i want. Looks like i will just have to try and buy a Torana.
People have suggested to me to build it as a race car and yes i could do that, but with my limited free time and lack of cash its gonan sit around probably 51 weeks of the year.
I'm not about to do the dodgy and try and get tags for it that are not its own.
I may just offer this for sale, I'm not sure yet. I'm ment to be saving for a house deposit but i want a Torana.
Steve
Vicroads will not allow me to register the vechicle unless Holden reissue the compliance for the Torana. In short I have 1050kg paperweight for what i want. Looks like i will just have to try and buy a Torana.
People have suggested to me to build it as a race car and yes i could do that, but with my limited free time and lack of cash its gonan sit around probably 51 weeks of the year.
I'm not about to do the dodgy and try and get tags for it that are not its own.
I may just offer this for sale, I'm not sure yet. I'm ment to be saving for a house deposit but i want a Torana.
Steve
Edited by 73LJWhiteSL, 30 December 2009 - 12:49 PM.
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Posted 30 December 2009 - 01:11 PM
RTA's suck.....
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Posted 30 December 2009 - 01:56 PM
thats shit news steve hopefully u can get another torry soon
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Posted 30 December 2009 - 05:46 PM
I wouldn't have posted that online.
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Posted 16 January 2010 - 08:29 AM
Hey Steve,
you might flip out when you see this....found it in a old street machine mag i recently bought for a dollar.
Save it and zoom in to read.
Its a sign..... Dont sell it and make it into a race car!
you might flip out when you see this....found it in a old street machine mag i recently bought for a dollar.
Save it and zoom in to read.
Its a sign..... Dont sell it and make it into a race car!
Edited by LC-069, 16 January 2010 - 08:30 AM.
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Posted 16 January 2010 - 10:36 AM
hehehe nice find
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Posted 16 January 2010 - 12:31 PM
Thanks for the link Mark.
As of yet I have not decided what to do, but the Coupe won't be going unless i have a suitable replacement, so it will sit for a while yet. I may just continue with the race car project, but i really need my own place first.
So the project isn't dead yet, just shelved.
Steve
As of yet I have not decided what to do, but the Coupe won't be going unless i have a suitable replacement, so it will sit for a while yet. I may just continue with the race car project, but i really need my own place first.
So the project isn't dead yet, just shelved.
Steve
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Posted 26 January 2010 - 11:35 PM
Game over.
Vicroads will not allow me to register the vechicle unless Holden reissue the compliance for the Torana. In short I have 1050kg paperweight for what i want. Looks like i will just have to try and buy a Torana.
People have suggested to me to build it as a race car and yes i could do that, but with my limited free time and lack of cash its gonan sit around probably 51 weeks of the year.
I'm not about to do the dodgy and try and get tags for it that are not its own.
I may just offer this for sale, I'm not sure yet. I'm ment to be saving for a house deposit but i want a Torana.
Steve
Try this:
Ring the RTA, tell them that you have a car that you can prove the ownership of (assuming you have a reciept?) and ask them if they would register it after you have a VP (Victoria Police) number stamped.
This is how it used to be done.
Edited by rodomo, 26 January 2010 - 11:37 PM.
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Posted 16 April 2011 - 06:17 PM
Well just like this thread the Torana has sat in hibernation, under a car cover in a shed on my mates car with essentially no updates or work performed since end of 2007. I have still been collecting bits, I still haven't managed to proceed with Vicroads, but as of yesterday it is now in the shed here at home as my housemate has allowed me to use his shed to start work on this. I'm on holidays so I have another week to try and get something achieved.
The plan is still to get this registered and do it up like a LC GTR.
I'm hoping to get some rust repair done on the car, and maybe some etch priming before the weather starts getting cold.
Heres a few happy snaps of loading the car to bring it home.
Thanks
Steve
The plan is still to get this registered and do it up like a LC GTR.
I'm hoping to get some rust repair done on the car, and maybe some etch priming before the weather starts getting cold.
Heres a few happy snaps of loading the car to bring it home.
Thanks
Steve
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Posted 16 April 2011 - 06:41 PM
That bottom pic looks like something out of Mad Max,Webers hanging out of the bonnet.Never seen a forward facing manifold like the that before.Hey Steve,
you might flip out when you see this....found it in a old street machine mag i recently bought for a dollar.
Save it and zoom in to read.
Its a sign..... Dont sell it and make it into a race car!
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Posted 19 April 2011 - 11:19 PM
Well after moving the car home on Friday, I have been working on it the last few days. I've also been trying to exterminate a family of four rats, who had made my Torana their home, along with shredding my seats and generally making a mess. They hitchiked their way to my place in the base of one of the Torana seats and have now moved into my housemates shed :( Well the two that we didn't kill anyways.
Monday and Tuesday this week have been spent rust treating. Plenty of time on the floor and in the boot with the wirewheel. I have discovered the drivers floorpan has already been replaced, and there is already three other patches in the floor. Well theres gonna be more since the passenger side is looking a little bit sick and the rear floor pan will definately need to be patched. Looks like I'm gonna learn how to fabricate panels. Anyways here some pics.
A couple of tools to help me along, Grinder, Drill, Wirewheels and Orbital Sander.
Before Wirewheel
After Wirewheel
There was also this mysterious blue colour when I removed the radiator support panel in the middle of the nose. Any ideas? Maybe its the orignal colour.
Steve
Monday and Tuesday this week have been spent rust treating. Plenty of time on the floor and in the boot with the wirewheel. I have discovered the drivers floorpan has already been replaced, and there is already three other patches in the floor. Well theres gonna be more since the passenger side is looking a little bit sick and the rear floor pan will definately need to be patched. Looks like I'm gonna learn how to fabricate panels. Anyways here some pics.
A couple of tools to help me along, Grinder, Drill, Wirewheels and Orbital Sander.
Before Wirewheel
After Wirewheel
There was also this mysterious blue colour when I removed the radiator support panel in the middle of the nose. Any ideas? Maybe its the orignal colour.
Steve
Edited by 73LJWhiteSL, 19 April 2011 - 11:21 PM.
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