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[Potta]

Hi Guys,

Thought I'd share some pics of my new wheels.

Its nothing special, but its great to get back into a car like this. I wanted a ute so the Commodore had to go.

Its basically a Torrie with a slightly different body

Its stock as a rock, 202 with Stromberg and 3 on the tree and a big wide bench seat.

Goes mint but doesn't stop overly well or straight cause it also has 4 wheel drums, which are ok, just taking some time to get used to them.

I'm loving driving it, and the sound of a carbied motor is SO much better than EFI.

Anyway, here's some pics, notice the custom rust in the normal places....









Oops....thats something else I'm working on...

[76lxhatch]

notice the custom rust in the normal places....

Custom? I thought they came from the factory like that...

A man cannot live or work without a ute and I know what you mean about getting back into a real car, can't beat it

[mr5000]

if ya gonna take an sorta load any where id piss the drum front off and gofor some discs not a good feeling towing with a load on the back and pedal slowly reaching the floor
actually very suprised a 1 tonner came with drum front seems very odd

Edited by mr5000, 24 December 2009 - 09:27 AM.

[Potta]

Yeah, Disc front end is certainly on my to do list. The drums seem to work pretty good but I haven't had to use them in anger yet.

It seems like it was a real bottom of the scale model, with only the bare essentials. It has the old sweeping style speedo, and the only other gauge is the petrol gauge.

I drove it to work today and it went pretty good...

[yel327]

Bog standard HJ 1-tonner. 4 wheel drums were standard on 6cyl. Only V8 and Kingswood got discs standard. Only thing optional on it by the looks and what you describe is the 202.
Almost all HJ tonners looked like that. You could get an appearance package for them that gave you a chrome grille, chrome bar and H-O-L-D-E-N badges (and possibly different hubcaps), and there was also an Ambulance package that got you a HJ Premier front and armrests. But 95% or more looked just like yours.

Edited by yel327, 24 December 2009 - 12:24 PM.

[wot179]

There can not many left that are this standard and basic.

Needs a concourse resto I reckon.....

[Potta]

Yeah maybe after I finish the torrie and don't need to cart stuff around anymore.

[Heath]

Looks like a fairly good body minus the rust problems, what was the previous owner like?

Gonna do any work on it? or just enjoy it how it is?

[Potta]

I bought it from a dealer. Saw it in the yard and couldn't stop umming and arring about it and eventually bought it.

It has a sticker on it that suggests it was used for carting concrete, but as far as I can tell its been looked after really well.

I sort of plan to slowly fix it up, but its going so well at the moment I don't wanna muck around with it too much, plus I don't wanna spend anything on it that I could spend on the torry.

I'm tempted to whack the Holley on it from my LC, its sitting there doing nothing, but its going alright, so not sure.

I've taken the sides off the tray so that I can see out the back a bit better, plus less weight means more fast . I'll just put the sides back on when I need them.

[Heath]

Would you put Kingswood bumper, grill, mirrors etc on it? Or keep the commercial stuff?

[Potta]

At this stage no plans to change anything but if I came across some kingswood bits I might change them.

No cash or time to do anything at the moment.....

[Potta]

I've made my first change to the ute.

I've added a temperature sensor. Its working but not really in properly yet. Will add some pics once its mounted.

Also got some plans for the old girl.

Getting rid of the massive mirrors....after about 60 all you can hear is a whooshing sound, and I'm pretty sure its not the engine.

I've already taken the sides of the tray off and they only go on when needed. Terrible visibility with them on....awesome without them....

Still after some disk brakes. Got my eyes on a Statesman that's for sale, hopefully has rear disks too, could be interesting. The Drums have to go. They're great but then they're horrible and then they're great again. I never know which way it's gonna turn when I brake. Not looking forward to winter.

I'd love to put a GTS nose cone on it too...

And power steering and Air Con but we'll see how we go.

It could use a higher ratio diff too. It goes quick off the line but it doesn't like anything over 80. It will happilly do it but after about 80 I can't hear the whooshing of the mirrors over the roar of the engine....

Eventually I'd like to remove the tractor appearance too.

Oh and I wanna put a nice front bumper on there.

The black one is nice and solid and good for bumping into stuff but it doesn't look too nice.