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[hanra]

Cool man! I should be around. Staying at the resort on Green Island on the 8/9 Dec.

[Stinga]

car looks great outside after the wash. hope you have some luck with the buffing

[hanra]

Cheers mate. Was great to have an empty shed for a little bit! Its in need of a decent hose out to!!!

[Ice]

Looks great brad you done an outstanding job had a black torana many years ago and the secret is a good polish not cheap shit and hand polish would be the go no swirls then but i have seen some guys get a good finish with the right buffs
cheers gene

ps hope you bring it to toranafest next year

[hanra]

I think it will ever only be a pipe dream to get it to Toranafest. 2500 clicks one way to Newcastle but if it goes to Canberra it would be 3000 clicks. Possible 6000 click round trip. I don't think I would have the patience for that!!!! Or the money.... Tow car hire plus trailer hire plus plus plus. Driving it down is not an option. You have no idea how bad our hways are from Brisbane north.

Edited by hanra, 28 October 2012 - 08:58 AM.

[dattoman]

Sook

And put some bumpers on it... looks naked

[hanra]

Hahahahaha, yeah I know!

Ive got 3 bumpers here that I was going to get repaired and re-plated, but the costs of freight both ways and repairs are a great deal more then just buying some brand new ones. But there are none in stock anywhere.


I was digging through my drawer of receipts and came across this one for the work carried out on my diff.... Dam.... I wish I was armed with this when I went back in there with that bodged up bloody bolt....

[a9x868]

Sook

And put some bumpers on it... looks naked

just love that comment neil!!!!!!!
hahahaha
great to see it outa the shed tho!

[hanra]

The roads are shocking alright. Only way you could get down unscathed would be fitting a car bra that is 5 mm thick, go 80km/h all the way.

On the plus side, you aren't running lowered suspension and low profile wheels.

I would never consider driving it. Id loose one of those baby 13in wheels into a pot hole! It is actually running low pedders springs. It would have to be trailered down, and I doubt my BMW would cope with the task.

As soon as some one gets some stock of new bumpers Ill be snapping a pair up!

Edited by hanra, 28 October 2012 - 10:25 PM.

[dattoman]

Could be wrong but I remember seeing some of these cars on the road when I was a kid

Cause they used to drive them back then !!

[hanra]

Could be wrong but I remember seeing some of these cars on the road when I was a kid

Cause they used to drive them back then !!

Well I guess the Drive from Cairns to Canberra would be about the same distance as Perth to Adelaide. Bit to far for my liking in a old car. Maybe in a brand new rental car Id be happy. As the stone chips wouldnt bother me then.

[dattoman]

You get more pleasure driving it than looking at it in the shed
Have done Canberra to Perth in a 6 cyl LH not too many years ago
And that was after said LH drove down from Brisbane first

[hanra]

Yeah nah. Im the other way around. I get more pleasure, looking at and tinkering on rather then driving. But I guess different things make different people happy. Thats life.

But the Bruce Hway is notorious for being a single lane either way billy goat track.

Edited by hanra, 29 October 2012 - 10:01 AM.

[xu2308]

You would think with all the Tourists that go to Qld, you would have awesome roads up your way Hanra.

Edited by xu2308, 29 October 2012 - 10:36 AM.

[hanra]

You would think with all the Tourists that go to Qld, you would have awesome roads up your way Hanra.

HAHAHAHAHAHA.

All the money for roads and infrastructure gets spent in the South East first then the few bob left over gets spent on filling pot holes up here.

[hanra]

Hey mate, thanks heaps for that offer!!! You have helped me out heaps!

At this stage I think Im pretty much right for bits and pieces. Think Im about 99.9% complete! Thanks for the offer. Appreciate it.


Made a start on fitting the boot spoiler. The boot lid is original and has the 6 original holes still present. However its also had another 8 holes put in at some stage for an aftermarket bobtail.

The spoiler that came with the car is fibreglass and appears to have been gooped on with sikaflex at some stage.... As it has no mounting points...

So anyways, Im trying my best to make do with a bad situation (bootlid full of holes and a bobtail with no mounting points...)

Ive made up some plates, ground down the heads of some bolts and tack welded them on.

Im using the extra 8 holes for mounting as it will mount the bobtail better then just the 6 original ones.

I put contact glue on to the plates and bobtail, fitted it up and got the rear plates stuck on in the right spot.

Then went over them with 3 sheets of fibreglass. So far so good, along the rear section. Ive made a start on the top side and will glass them tomorrow. Followed the same procedure on the top side.












Dummy fit up with only rear mounting points.







Also got sorted on the jack situation

[hanra]

Decided to buy re-chromed bumpers outright from Vinneys. Otherwise cost to freight mine down AND back and re-plate works out to expensive. Hopefully have them in a week or so. Also Steve at Cools should hopefully have my door trims done next week. Ill get the boot spoiler mounted this week. Then the only thing it needs is to have the tailpipes fixed up.

Then RWC time!!!

[hanra]

Well.... thats true.....

[hanra]

Can now mount my spare tyre correctly. Cool.





Boot spoiler is getting there. Needs some relieving underneath.

[hanra]

Hahahahaha, yeah In know... Bit dodgy... This one works, but I doubt Ill ever use it!

Bumper bars left Vinneys on Friday so may show up this week.

Hopefully door trims will be done soon also.

Drained the brakes and have taken the brake prop valve back to the brake shop as it was leaking out the warning switch. Also took the calipers back in also, had to SERIOUSLY tighten the bleed valve to get them to stop weeping.

Sent the incorrect rear shocks back the other week, fingers crossed the new ones arrive and are the correct length.