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Josh's Ute

Started by _gen3torrie_ , Jun 29 2010 10:00 PM

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#401 A9X

A fortunate run

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Posted 01 October 2011 - 10:07 AM

If you would have doen all that work to the Torry it would be done now.

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#402 dattoman

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Posted 01 October 2011 - 01:32 PM

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#403 A9X

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Posted 01 October 2011 - 02:50 PM

YEP.

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#404 _nial8r_

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Posted 01 October 2011 - 06:29 PM

+1

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#405 _nicko61_

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Posted 02 October 2011 - 10:56 PM

thats very very nice mate,go the utes

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#406 _gen3torrie_

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Posted 02 October 2011 - 11:01 PM

well, i know the torana has been avoided and left for months now, but i promise big things are coming for the ute in the post over the next few months and i am promising painted photos over the next few months

anyway the ute was smashed out today
got all the rubbers fitted up and aligned all the body, most of it is good except the front hand drivers guard which sticks out a little bit

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im going to respray the light buckets silver with a black lip

new door seals, bailey channels and window clips

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have to slam the door now lol

got the door trims fitted up, i know there is a chev badge on there but hey they look good though

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hooked all the handles up and so on...
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and also fitted some more stuff to the dash...

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that VN commodore centre console is going to be modded fibreglassed and fitted later on, more on that alot later

and just coz these wheels are frOcking awesome

and i also dug out this for my uncles HZ ute.
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Edited by gen3torrie, 02 October 2011 - 11:02 PM.

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#407 _gen3torrie_

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Posted 02 October 2011 - 11:08 PM

also i got some new bolts

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#408 _nial8r_

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Posted 03 October 2011 - 07:58 AM

ya getting there Josh but can you get anymore adjustment out of the L/H door ?? its still abit out of wack :dontknow:

other than that it coming together nice

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#409 MRLXSS

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Posted 03 October 2011 - 08:06 AM

coming together good!

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#410 _wblje_

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Posted 03 October 2011 - 07:24 PM

that looks freakin horn. your right the wheels do look good.

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#411 _gen3torrie_

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Posted 03 October 2011 - 07:36 PM

thanks guys. nial8er i have a #@$^%& bearing or rubber in the door hinge so its making it drop i've ordered a new one so it will get replaced soon.

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#412 _gen3torrie_

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Posted 08 October 2011 - 09:44 PM

holy shite it got a bath after 14 months, still has overspray on the opposite side, so the whole car will cope a cut back and polish...

first time its seen sun in a while too...
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the bay looks good, just need to paint the covers and hide the wiring a little bit and she'll be nice

got a little bit of a surprise that'll sit on the manifold later on next year

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went to the trimmers too and he's progressed on the other seat
reason why the side's had collapsed just a bit of glue to fix it
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the tear in the side
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he's also fixing the stitching and he's going to recondition the leather as it's gone all hard from sun, sweat so-on car will be on the tilt tray next friday to the trimmers to have the carpet and seats put back in

then off to the exhaust shop for the paceys and twin 21/2 inch system

should sound beefy especially once the cam's in.

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#413 _355 EH_

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Posted 09 October 2011 - 12:57 AM

door seals are on the wrong way round mate. lip goes toward the door jam.

lookin sweeet

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#414 _gen3torrie_

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Posted 09 October 2011 - 01:06 AM

thanks paul

could explain why that door takes a good slam to shut it...

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#415 _TJ355_

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Posted 09 October 2011 - 01:58 AM

Looking sexy

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#416 _nial8r_

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Posted 09 October 2011 - 06:37 AM

the wheels sure to set it off, good colour & wheel choice Josh :buttrock:

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#417 _gen3torrie_

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Posted 09 October 2011 - 10:09 PM

thanks guys

will be off to the trimmers on friday or saturday hopefully if everything turns out good...

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#418 _gen3torrie_

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Posted 27 October 2011 - 07:34 PM

well the seats are finished, utes not at the trimmers yet as i had some other things that drained my money sources :( but its my fault they happened but anyway, its now back on track i got the new timing cover and that will be fitted tomorrow hopefully

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#419 _gen3torrie_

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Posted 28 October 2011 - 03:27 PM

so i applyed for some custom plates yesterday for it, i have a few choices,

my favourite is BURNT

and when people ask me about the plates i can say it caught fire during the build

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#420 _Ben_

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Posted 28 October 2011 - 03:50 PM

so i applyed for some custom plates yesterday for it, i have a few choices,

my favourite is BURNT

and when people ask me about the plates i can say it caught fire during the build

Or you could spend your time and money on something worthwhile

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#421 _gen3torrie_

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Posted 29 October 2011 - 05:48 PM

ute hasn't even exceeded much more than what i payed for it 98% of the work has been done by me... and when it comes to resale value what it owes i can easily sell it for plus make some profit... so yeah.

toranas getting love my threads currently under reno's coz of dickheads constantly commenting in it, and i didnt want it to be completely removed. as it has a lot of history from 07 when i bought it, anyway timing covers are Daisy Chains and removing harmonic balancers are just as bad, i remember why i stopped my apprenticeship now lol

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#422 _gen3torrie_

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Posted 30 October 2011 - 12:59 AM

mmm was just trawling through the thread makes me proud its come along way and i also noticed the shed got cleaner as it went along and the shed changed alot lol

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#423 _nial8r_

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Posted 30 October 2011 - 12:17 PM

just need to tidy up the donk now josh, think if you pissed the red rocker covers and fuel rail cover off and painted them the same colour green as the ute it will look great !!! keep cruising anlong your not to far away from the end now

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#424 _gen3torrie_

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Posted 30 October 2011 - 12:31 PM

nial8er spot on! im actually doing that now... the rocker covers and stuff are being painted green, and i have a new timing cover and water pump so the front of the motor will be nice and clean and the block was painted black shortly before it putting it back in

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#425 wot179

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Posted 30 October 2011 - 12:41 PM

A hot tip to clean up those shitty looking headlight surrounds,scotchbrite them in warm soapy water and paint them with VHT chromepaint out of a rattle can.

It looks nothing at all like chrome,but looks very close to silver anodising.

Try it on an old shitter first to determine if you like the finish.

I did it out of desperation on some parts of mine,and was so pleasantly surprised by the result that I will use the method again.