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[hanra]

Was either a prosthetic eye or they just pull it out and sew the eyelids shut... That just seemed wrong... A heck of a lot cheaper though!

[hanra]

[TUF 308]

Very nice, how much did the radio knobs end up costing you??

[hanra]

Very happy with Hume Performanc's work on the Rochy... Looks brand new..











Also had some bits re-zinc'd with Albury Electroplaters. Came back really bloody nice actually!!! Interesting how people say there scuff plates are chrome from factory, well these have been zinc'd and they look chrome!







Question..... How do I get the bonnet spring back on......??????

[a9x868]

brad have you painted your springs?

[hanra]

Yep. Painted them a nice shade of Holden grey? Hope that's correct??? Stretched em with a trolley jack when I painted em.

I did mine on the grass last time and they were powder coated. Used a big screw driver put one foot on the hinge clipped one end of the spring on the other dug the screw driver into the ground and levered the other end of the spring over using the ground lol worked a treat.

Ha!!! I reckon the ground is to soft up here for that! I'll give it a shot though, I've got a big mungral screw driver I could use.

Edited by hanra, 27 July 2012 - 08:14 PM.

[a9x868]

Yep. Painted them a nice shade of Holden grey? Hope that's correct??? Stretched em with a trolley jack when I painted em.






Ha!!! I reckon the ground is to soft up here for that! I'll give it a shot though, I've got a big mungral screw driver I could use.

brad i did mine with hinges in the bonnet open position
clip one end on and used a smallish philips through the
hook of the spring and through the retaining slot
may use a touch of paper so you don't chip them
in this position the spring does not have to be
stretched far at all

[dattoman]

My springs are more an ochre sort of colour
Not sure if SLR's got different spring colours to SL's

[hanra]

From what I've been able to work out.... And my uneducated use of the Internet. Early LHs had that ochre colour but later LHs had the same colour as the LXs....?

[hanra]

I was going off this thread...

http://www.gmh-toran...__fromsearch__1

[dattoman]

Not sure thats definative

But who really cares ?

[hanra]

Ahhh bugger.... I just couldn't seem to get a 100% answer... What year is your car that pic is of?

[dattoman]

Early 74 ... April I think

I'll check

Definatly no carbon cannister so early

[hanra]

I wonder what year LX was introduced? Mine being 10/75 must be towards the end of LH? I've got a canister.

Edited by hanra, 28 July 2012 - 12:38 PM.

[torana_nick]

Hey mate, mine is a 6/75 and I have a canister as well.

[hanra]

What colour are your bonnet hinge springs?

[torana_nick]

just had a quick look they seem to be all black, no sure if they have been painted before but i tried sanding it back a little and they may have traces of light grey or white under the black... the look almost bare metal inside.. hope that helps.


cheers
nick

[dattoman]

8-74 SL

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[hanra]

So did any LH or LX or UC Torana ever have grey bonnet springs? Or have I been given a bump steer?

[a9x868]

So did any LH or LX or UC Torana ever have grey bonnet springs? Or have I been given a bump steer?

i think your heading down the right path asking brad
but you must decide what,s right for you
info has been offered as to early LH being yellow ocre
my LX when i got it in 1985 and pretty original at that
stage had grey springs
i used a rubberised paint from a model shop
so that it stretches without cracking
does me !!!
cheers davemc
if in dought amcs sold section
and study pics and build dates!

[wot179]

Chrome the bloody things and be done with it.