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My 1975 Lh Torana Build

Started by _TUFF75LH355_ , Oct 03 2010 01:39 PM

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#1 _TUFF75LH355_

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Posted 03 October 2010 - 01:39 PM

Well I have been a member on here for almost 12 months now , i have met a few of you at numerous events .
I currently own a 1975 LH Torana 4 door

Current specs are as follows

Paint- Formula Blue
Engine and driveline - Engine red 308ci stroked to 355ci Gearbox - Ford toploader with exedy race series clutch 3 inch tailshaft , 9" Diff running 3.55 diff gears, 120 Litre drop tank
Wheels - 15" Simmons b45s
Interior - currently empty

I have recently started to strip it down to start restoring it. I am only 22 and I am going to try and do the build my self and learn as much as i can. I am also lucky that i have some good mates in the paint and panel trades aswell as my old man being a mechanic.

Future plans are :

Paint - White , with silver bumpers, headlight surrounds etc
Engine and driveline - Enigne - Vs 304 block stroked to 355ci or 383ci Gearbox - Manualised TH350 , 9"running 3.55 Diff gears and fuel cell in boot, Twin 2 1/2" or 3" exhaust
Wheels - 15x 4 Weld prostars on the front and 15 x 8 weld prostars on the rear
Interior - Standard front seats retrimmer black with grey or silver piping, standard rear seat retrimmed black and custom autometer dash, black door trims and roof lining to suit seats.

Aim - is to have a tuff pro street looking lh torana.
Use - will be used on weekends, for car shows and events such as drags, powercruise, summernats etc

I have currently stripped out the interior and dash , all which is now bare metal, i have rust converted the slight surface rust here and there and about to etch prime the floor . I was pretty happy when i pulled the old carport out as there was hardly any rust in the pans.

I have also started pulling the front apart, bar, grill , lights etc

Pictures will be up of the progress so far , either this afternoon or later tonight cheers Ben

I will update thread as much as possible with pics , news etc, but my job as a Construction site manager sometimes holds up progress so bare with me cheers

Im open to suggestions and help as well as criticism and any advice you guys may imput.

Here are some pics of what it looked like-

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#2 Lima31

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Posted 03 October 2010 - 09:40 PM

Excellent starting point, what was the factory original drivetrain?

Gauges and dash look in great nick too

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#3 _TUFF75LH355_

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Posted 03 October 2010 - 11:01 PM

was originally a 6 cylinder auto mate as far as i know

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#4 _TUFF75LH355_

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 08:54 AM

the interior after it was stripped, dash has now been removed . Big thanks to the help i received off here on how to remove it.

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floor back to bare metal

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front end before i started stripping

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it was hard work for some of us lol

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started pulling front end apart

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First half of the inside etch primed

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will keep updates coming when they are available cheers ben

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#5 _dirtbag_

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 09:26 AM

Looks good Ben. Keep the top loader : )

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#6 _TUFF75LH355_

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 10:29 AM

would mate but over manual , i want a nice auto set-up. will eventually sell the top loader,mr gasket shifter, clutch 1000kms old, bellhousing and tailshaft to suit 9 inch as a package when its all out of the car... dunno what ill get for it but see what happens

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#7 _TUFF75LH355_

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Posted 04 October 2010 - 06:50 PM

update pics

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All looking pretty clean so far touch wood

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#8 _TUFF75LH355_

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Posted 05 October 2010 - 06:50 PM

pulled more of the front end apart , gaurds are off now too but forgot to get pic, little bit of rust down in the left hand corner , of the radiator support area

heres a pic of the rust, whats my best way around fixing this area..????

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this fell out of the front passenger gaurd when i was removing it anyone know what it is and where it goes ..???

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#9 _Torrie_Man_

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Posted 05 October 2010 - 07:29 PM

Thats a shim for the side guards to space them out

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#10 _TUFF75LH355_

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Posted 07 October 2010 - 08:07 PM

thanks for that torrie_man

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#11 _TUFF75LH355_

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Posted 29 October 2010 - 05:55 PM

have mad heaps of progress , car is pretty much stripped motor is next to come out which should be this sunday. Will have heaps of updated pics up by the end of the weekend cheers ben

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#12 _TUFF75LH355_

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Posted 19 April 2011 - 06:45 PM

Been a while since i updated thread, car is now pretty much in bare metal, going to do some more work over easter. made a list of things i want to get don
~fix dents in rear end
~ clean under body
~ fix rust repairs and welding required
~ Clean inner wheel arches
~ fix tunnel
~ hopefully get all gaurds, doors, boot and bonnet in primer