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Dirtbags dream car rebuild! HK monaro!

Started by _dirtbag_ , Dec 24 2010 04:04 AM

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#176 _DomDom_

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Posted 11 May 2011 - 07:24 PM

Whatcha doin with the rear "perfectly straight" part of the guard? will you replace the part above the wheel arch only?

Dom

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#177 _shadowmaster_

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Posted 11 May 2011 - 07:26 PM

Well done Tim... Did you make the half lower quarter as well as the top piece or just the top ? if you made the bottom as well then thats a hell of an accomplishment.

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#178 _DomDom_

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Posted 11 May 2011 - 07:26 PM

OOOPS. Forgot to say how awesome the job is. Just goes to show that we expect that you know how good you are by now.

Dom

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#179 GML-31

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Posted 11 May 2011 - 07:49 PM

all bought replacement panels outside, tim fabricated the inner wheel arch

Edited by GML-31, 11 May 2011 - 07:51 PM.

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#180 _dirtbag_

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Posted 11 May 2011 - 08:10 PM

Well done Tim... Did you make the half lower quarter as well as the top piece or just the top ? if you made the bottom as well then thats a hell of an accomplishment.

I was planning on doing that, but was put onto rare spares who supplied all the new outer rust repairs I needed. Yay rare spares : )

Having said that, the lower piece wouldn't have been too hard to make, but replacement panels are cheaper and easier hehehe.

Edited by dirtbag, 11 May 2011 - 08:12 PM.

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#181 rodomo

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Posted 11 May 2011 - 08:48 PM

Yay rare spares : )

Good on you! It's easier to "tweek" a Rare's bit than to try and fab one.............even though you've got the gear. :spoton:

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#182 _dirtbag_

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Posted 11 May 2011 - 09:26 PM

Yeah, if it were my car (I wish!!!!) I'd have made it myself, as I'm not paying for my time, but in this case it would have been cheaper to go with the rare spares pieces, so we did : )

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#183 _mick74lh_

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Posted 12 May 2011 - 11:56 AM

Wow thats like watching a magician

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#184 _dirtbag_

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Posted 12 May 2011 - 06:14 PM

A retarded magician : )

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#185 _red roar_

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Posted 12 May 2011 - 08:05 PM

A retarded magician : )

I wish i was just as retarded......

Hey D/Bag, have you got any more pics of the green hatch, from one of your other threads, i looked but couldnt find it. From memory you said it was your mate's car? ( i need to drool some more)

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#186 _dirtbag_

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Posted 12 May 2011 - 08:32 PM

Hi Trevor. I found one pic. I'd have to go through my cd's to find others.

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Here's some of the pics from my brothers hatch build thread.

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Enjoy : )

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#187 its Paul

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Posted 12 May 2011 - 08:42 PM

How good do those bumpers look, hay Tim.

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#188 _red roar_

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Posted 12 May 2011 - 09:34 PM

Cheers Tim, thats the one...

i knew it was in that thread "somewhere", i just havnt got the three days it takes to get through it. lol

That's got a chev ?

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#189 _dirtbag_

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Posted 13 May 2011 - 12:13 AM

Yeah, it's a 383 with well over 450hp at the wheels. 4 speed muncie and spooled 9 inch. 15x10 front and 15x12 rear welds. Cool car.

Just needs chrome bumpers and door handles : )

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#190 _SnotGobbler_

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Posted 15 May 2011 - 10:33 AM

nice rebuild, just gorked through most of it
i have a ques... you cover the bare metal with rust convertor. what do you do after that to remove the rust convertor?
at a guess you sand it off back to bare metal, then if surface rust still present, repeat process with rust convertor until all gone?
sanding with a block by hand or the grinder and with what grit approx? then cover with primer?

thanks heaps.. need to know for and idea of what to do when i get around to my torana doors

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#191 _dirtbag_

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Posted 15 May 2011 - 02:38 PM

Hey snot : ) The rust converter I use doesn't have to be totally removed. Once I'm happy with the colour the metal has turned after rust converting and the converter is dry I just dry sand it with 120 grit paper to get the loose bits off and to key the surface for the 2 pac epoxy etch primer.
I hope that helps.

Oh, in regards to there still being rust on the metal like this car had, I sand the bad bits with 36 grit discs on a grinder and reapply the rust converter.

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#192 _dirtbag_

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Posted 15 May 2011 - 02:41 PM

Sorry Dom I didn't answer your question. I'll probably end up fabricating a piece to replace the really pitted part over the wheel arch. I"ll have a bash at it first, but it looks like it might be easier to replace it.

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#193 _DomDom_

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Posted 15 May 2011 - 07:39 PM

Sorry Dom I didn't answer your question. I'll probably end up fabricating a piece to replace the really pitted part over the wheel arch. I"ll have a bash at it first, but it looks like it might be easier to replace it.

Thanks Tim.

It looks very compounded, curves and flats, how does one make a panel like that. Better give us lots of pictures. ;-)

Dom

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#194 _dirtbag_

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Posted 17 May 2011 - 07:17 PM

Hey Dom. Well I had a bit of a look at the rear guard today. It's pretty ordinary so I thought I'd have a go at making a new piece.

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I stuck some wax paper over the panel so I could draw on the outline to get a rough template for tracing onto steel.

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I don't have the skills of Tom Peach to make an entire quarter from scratch, so will be leaving the bits that are still in good nick in place, such as the tail light surround.

With the paper cut to shape I taped it onto some 1.2mm zinc and traced it out.

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This next shot shows some thick black texta lines through the middle of the panel. One is for where the crease is that runs down the side of the guard, the other is for the lower crease/step.

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The reason for the texta lines is I used a pounce wheel to perforate the paper, so when I coloured over it the texta goes through the holes and marks the steel.

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Once I cut the piece out, I stuck the template on the other side of the panel so I could mark the slight swage line that I need to fold. I have to fold it from the back side, that's why I'm having to do this.

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Then I put the fold in. Now it looks like this. Note I haven't trimmed the bottom of the new piece yet. I'll do that when I'm happy with how the rest of it fits.

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I then started running it through the english wheel. I started with a fairly flat bottom wheel as I don't want to put too much crown into the panel.

I also started hammering out the flare. It needs to come out further, as it's holding the panel away from the car at the moment, but I'd rather not go far enough with it than too far. It's easier to keep going than it is to undo.

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