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SLR 5000 LH Orchid Metallic Resto.

Started by _darrenmark1_ , Dec 09 2008 09:36 PM

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#1 _darrenmark1_

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Posted 09 December 2008 - 09:36 PM

The start of this year i thought to myself i would buy a car to do up with my son(14) so i looked at Torana's and was horrified at the prices. So i bit the bullet and found a car in Sydney flew up and had a look and bought it. Looked like it was worth $100.00 Bucks. anyway i know a guy who has a workshop in Sydney and he bought it back to Melbourne for me. Then i had a close look, 4 differnet colours, been resprayed 500 times, What had i done. Anyway no rust. so we started strippng it by hand. This is what we got. sorry the pics are small but we only had a mobile.

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I don't want to even look at it now. :cry:

Good lookin car eh :spoton:

Anyway we pulled it to bits.

It had a 308 with a Turbo 400 so i had to put it right, so out it came, back to M21, so while it was out we did the engine.

Cost a Packet :cry:

The block was standard bore,

So we got it Tanked and machined, managed to only have it bored 20 thou. so still got heaps left.

Got a set of heads from Tm64 of ebay, Awsome, Ported and polished, the guy at the engine shop (speedworks) said he would charge $2000 to do that job, i don't know what they flow, anyway so we proceeded to get new everything.

ACL Race Pistons ( Will Have no Blower, NOS etc, no need for forged)
L34 X Rods
Standard Crank
Stainless Valves
Triple Springs on heads
Chrome Moly pushrods
Anti Pump up lifters
Crow Cam 5761 i think without looking.
Double Row timing Chain
New Balancer
New Fuel Pump
Single Plane redline Torker Manifold
Holley 600 (want a 650 Mech secondarys)
ACL Race series gasket kit & Bearings.
Hyper something coated Headers
L34 Original Fly wheel (TM64) Awsome!!!!!!!!!!

Flywheel & Gearbox
New Heavy duty clutch
M21 (BRAND NEW INTERNALS)
Brand new Tailshaft. (New Yoke, tube, Rear Yoke)

Diff
Haven't touched it yet!! :gun:

will wait until it explodes. (Done that before) :spoton:

Body
Bare metal respray

Front end
totally dismantled

New everything.
Springs, Bushes, Steering Rack, Rotors, Bearings, Calipers, Shockers Brake lines, everything!!

will put up some pics tomorrow

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#2 _darrenmark1_

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Posted 09 December 2008 - 09:42 PM

Pics of the engine

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What do you think???

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#3 GML-31

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Posted 09 December 2008 - 09:57 PM

very pretty

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#4 _202LX_

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Posted 09 December 2008 - 09:59 PM

Looks good man, gonna be very tidy engine bay!

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#5 _Herne_

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Posted 09 December 2008 - 10:07 PM

Thats a reasonably new colour to me but I like it very much Orchid Met.
Looks like thats going to be a nice build keep it up

Herne

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#6 _studricho_

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Posted 09 December 2008 - 10:07 PM

Is your son allowed to drive a V8 in VIC?

Looks like your not leaving nothing to chance. Great build so far.

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#7 _TJ253_

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Posted 09 December 2008 - 10:15 PM

Great Project and that motor looks nice! Make sure you take plenty of pics

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#8 _darrenmark1_

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Posted 09 December 2008 - 10:15 PM

Is your son allowed to drive a V8 in VIC?

Looks like your not leaving nothing to chance. Great build so far.

Er he won't be driving this one. i bought a LH SLR 3300 Manderin Red for him. Found it in a Barn in Bairnsdale. Factory Original. Even had a computer tape under the seat, with all the build specs on it.

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$380.00 Not bad eh... :tease:

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#9 _darrenmark1_

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Posted 09 December 2008 - 10:17 PM

Great Project and that motor looks nice! Make sure you take plenty of pics

Mate i'm upto carpet. almost there. :spoton:

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#10 _TJ253_

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Posted 09 December 2008 - 10:17 PM

Buy of the year at $380 Looks good in the pic whats it like?

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#11 _darrenmark1_

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Posted 09 December 2008 - 10:18 PM

Thats a reasonably new colour to me but I like it very much Orchid Met.
Looks like thats going to be a nice build keep it up

Herne

Thanks Herne. coming from you, with a car like that it is a huge compliment. :spoton:

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#12 _darrenmark1_

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Posted 09 December 2008 - 10:26 PM

Buy of the year at $380 Looks good in the pic whats it like?

Bit of rust to fix, hadn't been driven in 15 years, the guys brother bought it for him direct from Holden. One Owner. Still had the rego sticker in it curled up on the windscreen. Needed a Radiator and a Battery and a splash of oil and it started straight up and drove. 4 speed Manual aswell. Brakes a bit dodgey. But what do you expect. I'm just glad it had no snakes in it. He said he checked when we picked it up but, Didn't look underneath.

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#13 _darrenmark1_

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Posted 10 December 2008 - 07:07 AM

Here is a few more pics

We stripped the old paint ourselves and painted it ourselves, ( couldn't afford a panel beater/Spraypainter ) got quotes from $10000 to $25000 bare metal it fix it and spray it. It might not be perfect but it will do till the ecomony gets a bit better, not been such a good year for builders. anyway after what seems like thousands of hours stripping and fixing it up this is what we ended up with.

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#14 _darrenmark1_

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Posted 10 December 2008 - 07:12 AM

Thats all done all we have to do now is put it back together!

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#15 _chrome yella_

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Posted 10 December 2008 - 07:52 AM

looking great Darren, its a credit to you.

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#16 GML-31

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Posted 10 December 2008 - 07:57 AM

paint looks ok, keep at it

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#17 _Herne_

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Posted 10 December 2008 - 08:17 AM

Looking sweet as mate, you have done damn well

Thanks for the kind words above mate. I get a lot of help with my Dream.

Cheers
Herne

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Posted 10 December 2008 - 09:25 AM

Carefull with triple springs, will knock a lobe off a cam in seconds. you only need those springs if you have massive lift (roller cam).

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#19 _darrenmark1_

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Posted 10 December 2008 - 10:23 AM

Carefull with triple springs, will knock a lobe off a cam in seconds. you only need those springs if you have massive lift (roller cam).

Sorry mate it was late they are double. All Put together and tested by Speedworks.

Thanks For the advice tho!
Darren

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#20 Heath

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Posted 10 December 2008 - 02:23 PM

Mmmm Orchid Met. is one hell of a colour, even better when it's fresh!

Looks awesome, and the 6cyl SLR is an unbelievable buy. What is it like for rust? I woulda killed for that as a project

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Posted 10 December 2008 - 02:30 PM

GREAT STUFF!!!

Doing it yourself will always give you that little bit of extra satisfaction!

Looks like you have done a really really good job on it mate!

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Posted 10 December 2008 - 02:35 PM

Sorry mate it was late they are double. All Put together and tested by Speedworks.

Thanks For the advice tho!
Darren

Speedworks! One of my best mates works there! Justin. They build some rip-snorting engines! So no doubt yours will not disappoint mate! My engine will be getting done down there as well!

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#23 _darrenmark1_

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Posted 10 December 2008 - 03:07 PM

Speedworks! One of my best mates works there! Justin. They build some rip-snorting engines! So no doubt yours will not disappoint mate! My engine will be getting done down there as well!

Not Cheap but then again you only get what you pay for!