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SS Hatchback - The Story So Far

Started by _SS Hatchback_ , Jul 23 2010 09:59 PM

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Posted 18 February 2012 - 09:03 PM

Awessome

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Posted 18 February 2012 - 09:39 PM

Awssome is better

#178 _SS Hatchback_

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Posted 18 February 2012 - 09:48 PM

haha E , thanks bubbles

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Posted 19 February 2012 - 07:19 AM

Gauges came up awesome mate, nice work!

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Posted 23 February 2012 - 09:26 PM

Got a phone call Sunday Morning from HRV74 to check out the latest Gasoline Magazine , a photoshoot from last year was on it , i only have this pic from the website , pretty happy with the shots of the car :spoton:

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Posted 24 February 2012 - 12:26 AM

Every time i look at your car rob it just looks better all the time.
cheers Gene.

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Posted 02 March 2012 - 04:17 PM

cheers Gene. Thanks to Wayne 2ELCS for letting me know different photo shoot taken a year before has come out in the same month on the news stands ;)

Here is a pic of the covers of the mags out at the moment

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Posted 17 March 2012 - 08:24 AM

In the process of collecting all the bits and pieces to rebuild my front end , have another set of arms and will be replacing bushes from nolathane to rubber cause ive heard of all the horror stories. So whats peoples thoughts ? Pivot points as per upper and lower control arms use rubber , and keep my nolathane for the solid mounts ?

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Posted 17 March 2012 - 08:55 AM

I would avoid nolathane where ever you can rob done my front end in it i wish i hadn't its way to hard of a ride for me anyway
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Posted 17 March 2012 - 02:02 PM

Yeah Gene i have had nolathane in my front end for over 10 years but i have seen pics of what can happen to the bushes so thats why they are coming out plus like you mentioned im thinking its too hard for our roads.

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Posted 27 March 2012 - 10:32 AM

just terrific mate. enjoyed the history on a gun car!!

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Posted 27 March 2012 - 03:58 PM

Not trying to steel your thunder Rob but my car is also featured in the Gasoline mag! It's the postage stamp size photo the GCMC club article. Where both famous! ha ha!

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Posted 06 April 2012 - 10:13 AM

Cheers Ladz and Ando i did see the white hatch and wondered if it belonged to a forum member :spoton:

I picked up the photoshoot pics of gasoline mag the other day on cd so ill post a few up when i get them onto the pc

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Posted 06 April 2012 - 11:43 AM

Yeah Gene i have had nolathane in my front end for over 10 years but i have seen pics of what can happen to the bushes so thats why they are coming out plus like you mentioned im thinking its too hard for our roads.


Hey Rob, have you had a close look at the actual bolts condition and checked for fatigue around the bush mounts?
Sometimes over long periods if the nylon bush does not fail the actual bolt starts to wear of the mounting hole starts to crack.

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Posted 08 April 2012 - 08:02 AM

Car looks tops as usual rob. Yeah im finding the noathelene a bit harsh at the moment. perfect on nice roads though. Always a pay off i suppose!

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Posted 11 July 2012 - 09:47 PM

Thought it was time to pretty her up , most of the interior out aswell , time for some body repairs

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Posted 11 July 2012 - 09:51 PM

2 holes needed filling in the bumper

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Posted 11 July 2012 - 10:13 PM

That lighting sure changes the colour! Good on you for keeping it up to scratch

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Posted 11 July 2012 - 10:19 PM

it does but the first pic is with a phone and the other had some spotlights on it , but certainly does change alot between the sun and shaded areas

Rear hatch seal channel getting repaired and pillar had a few spots on it

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Posted 11 July 2012 - 11:36 PM

Hi SS hatch back.

I love this car. Just read the tread.
I have a lot of the magazines it has featured in over the years and it has been a big factor in my own build options.
The colours and simmons are a mad combo.

The best part is the history of this car.

What can i say dude.

Cool man..............Cool.........................!

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Posted 12 July 2012 - 04:52 PM

Brilliant story Rob, hatches are the tuffest looking car car ever to come out of this wide brown land. Top job.

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Posted 13 July 2012 - 10:32 PM

Cheers Berro and Barry

Heres another pic taken of the door repairs that have started , funny how there didnt seem to be much at all but one thing leads to another and before you know it a few little things end up being a few more bigger things :)
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I should have it back soon so i can get it back together ready for the forums drag day

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Posted 14 July 2012 - 11:05 PM

Got bored waiting for my car so started on my dash again, finally got around to wrapping the lower half of my dash

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and put these on so i can start getting it ready for drag day in 3 weeks

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Posted 14 July 2012 - 11:38 PM

Love the dash is a carbon fibre wrap/laminate product?

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Posted 14 July 2012 - 11:41 PM

Yeah it is Berro, i thought i would try it out and it actually looks ok, the material looks quite real and even has a textured surface, the photo makes it a little lighter in colour than it actually is , its more flat black so doesnt really stand out that much
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