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[mrlctorana]

sorry jeremy, not much to report over the last month or two, Have been a bit slack and taking advantage of some nice weather for a change. Got a couple of pics from grandfinal day, drove it across the road to nan and pops place out of the way of all the drunks. The flares aren't lined up or anything yet, just hanging there for now, same as exhaust, but i'll get to it soon

[MRLXSS]

WOW! That looks amazing les

[mrlctorana]

thanks guys, she's getting there, nearly starting to look like a car again

[TempesT]

i love you car.... makes me want to put flairs on mine

[mrlctorana]

haha could be a possibility, will definately be doing a melbourne trip, but summernats would be even better.

[mrlctorana]

haha I like your way of thinkin

[mrlctorana]

Exhaust nearly finished, Not perfect but it's ten times better than the effort that came out of the exhaust shop, so will have to do for now. Sounds tough as nails with no tailpies bolted on.

[mrlctorana]

Couple of new bits finally turned up from rare spares, new tail light lenses and headlight surrounds, finished the grill, bolted the front bumper on and got the rear door windows in.

Need a few thoughts and opinions though

1 . The tail light base on the left is black although it would need painting properly as bit are flaked off, and the right hand side one is white which makes it look brighter than the left. Paint the bases black, or clean the other one back to white?

2. Tail pipes or no tailpipes, will most likely need them for rego, but I think it looks good without the pipes at the back.

3. And lastly, Use the Holden emblem in the grill or a purple Chev Bowtie, LX CHEV style?

[ls2lxhatch]

I would use the Holden badge or none at all.

The LS2 is not a Chev motor. It was designed and built by GM Powertrain, Chev are a customer of GM Powertrain just as Holden and all the other GM subsiduary companies are.

It is covered in this thread and many others.

GM Powertrain

GM Powertrain traces its history to the myriad of automotive companies that combined to form GM in 1908. These companies included: Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, Oldsmobile and Cadillac. For many decades, each division produced its own engines and transmissions. In time, it became evident that efficiency improvements could be made with increased administrative and manufacturing cooperation between all divisions. The consolidation began in 1983, with the assignment of the Toledo, Ohio Chevrolet and the Windsor, Ontario GM of Canada transmission plants to the Hydra-Matic division. The "marriage" of the Hydra-Matic and GM Engine divisions in 1990, resulted in GM Powertrain.

Edited by ls2lxhatch, 03 December 2011 - 11:37 AM.

[mrlctorana]

Thanks Andy, Didn't know that. Holden badge it is!

[TerrA LX]

It's not a chev motor lol, who sells them... Ford???

[MictheAussie]

Maybe you need to put this on the grill then:

[mrlctorana]

Thanks sledge, finally an answer thats not taking the piss lol

Nice work though jeff haha, thanks for going to all the effort, just searching ebay for one like that now lol. I honestly thought they were a chev engine and also really like the bowtie which is why i was considering it, but don't think i'll bother now haha.