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[rodomo]

Thanks for that.
I have "repaired" a few locks, though only damaged ones and all I did was threw out the offending bent/worn plate/s.
Kids cars.

[turbo76lx]

Got keen/ bored today so pulled out the motor, if anyone is interested the measusrment from the fire wall above the "lip" to the back of the motor is 78mm with the modified mounts.

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Also put the car up on the rotator, the best thing i ever made.

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I know it's over kill with 75mm bearings and a 100/1 gearbox but it makes life easier.

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Edited by turbo76lx, 22 October 2017 - 10:56 AM.

[turbo76lx]

Found something i didn't want the other day when i took the sump off, rust over the crank, rods and in 2 cylinders. I knew when i

brought this motor for $700 it was to good to be true. So pulled the heads off and cam out, thankfully ok and draged out a old 308

that only needed rings and bearings, after a quick (cheap) rebuild now have a motor ready to go.

Today relocated the shock mounts on the diff using the brackets of a VN diff, now i will use HQ rear shockers and will give enough

room for a VN rear brake conversion.

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Edited by turbo76lx, 22 October 2017 - 10:57 AM.

[turbo76lx]

Started on the rust behind the bonnet hinges, the only way to fix it is cut it all out.

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Had to cut more than i thought. Before i cut it all out i scribed a line through the centre of the hinge holes and took some measurements.

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Clamped some sheet behind the hole and made a scribe mark then cut it out. You can see the scribe line between the 2 black arrows for the bonnet hinge holes.

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Tacked in the new piece and marked the hinge holes and a quick hammer. This is as far as i get because i ran out of gas for the tig.

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Edited by turbo76lx, 22 October 2017 - 11:02 AM.

[turbo76lx]

Yes the rust was nasty but the rest of the car is rust free.

Decided to give the back tyres a bit more room, cut out a small section at the rear of the tub and moved it into the rail.

I did have to stop myself from cutting the entire wheel tub out and starting from scratch, but it's only going to be a daily driver.

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Now can just fit a 265 tyre but still needs some more work.

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Edited by turbo76lx, 22 October 2017 - 11:04 AM.

[Heath]

Nicely done

[turbo76lx]

The black bonnet will probably end up on my other V8 hatch when i get around to building it when this one is done.

[turbo76lx]

Got lazy so had all the suspension blasted also had some of my next projects suspension done aswell.

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Finished welding the pieces behind the bonnet hinges, filled some holes and hammered out where the brake lines go through the guards.

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Edited by turbo76lx, 22 October 2017 - 11:05 AM.

[turbo76lx]

All the suspension parts are now painted, no room to store then in the shed so put them in the spare room.

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Also painted under the car with KBS chassis paint, used gloss black but might put some satin black over it, just a bit to shiny.

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Edited by turbo76lx, 22 October 2017 - 11:06 AM.

[turbo76lx]

When i hammered/smashed out the inner they go through a stage of "how the hell am i going to fix this" but just kept hammering.

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Edited by turbo76lx, 22 October 2017 - 11:07 AM.

[turbo76lx]

leej08 i'm not selling any spare parts until all 3 of my torana's are 100% finished, sorry.

[turbo76lx]

Haven't been to motivated but have rebuilt the front end, all new bushes and ball joints. The front brakes are HQ discs and a mix of HX PBR and LX PBR calipers also rebuilt.

Had to lip the upper control arm to clear the caliper same as what i done to my hatch front end.

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Motor and gearbox also ready to go. Now need to find some more motivation to start the body work.

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Edited by turbo76lx, 22 October 2017 - 11:09 AM.

[turbo76lx]

Painted the floor inside the car today and tryed to pick out the best doors. Yes i have been accumulating a few spares. Body work starts tomorrow.

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Edited by turbo76lx, 22 October 2017 - 11:10 AM.

[turbo76lx]

Been busy over the weekend taken most of the shell back to bare metal, what a fun job that is.

At least i didn't find to many surprises just a few small rust spots around the front windscreen and

above the LH rear wheel arch.

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Edited by turbo76lx, 22 October 2017 - 11:11 AM.

[TerrA LX]

sh*t that sure is some nasty rust were the bonnet hinges go

Pretty standard rust for this model.

Loving the work in this thread.