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Berro's Rusty UC to A9X HATCH

Started by _berro59_ , Jun 24 2011 11:01 PM

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#251 _nasty1_

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Posted 27 June 2012 - 10:45 AM

nice build mate.

any regrets?would you do it again?

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Posted 27 June 2012 - 10:30 PM

Hi Nasty One.
Thanks for the feedback.
Yes I would do it again but I would know what to look for in a decent donor.
I will be rebuilding a HT monaro next. This thing is also a basket case.

Its the liitle wins I like. Check this out.

Over 2 years i bought half the dove grey leather interior out of the black twin turbo Torry hatch street machine. Beautiful quality.
The white front seats are vinyl. bought seperatly for $200.
I was going to dye or reupholster them.

Now........ I was telling a mate that the black hatch that my interior was out of was for sale on gumtree. So I rang up to see if he still had the front seats? NO JOY.

That mate then told someone who i didnt know about me ringing up to ask.

3 weeks later that person was on gumtree and spots a black HQ ute with a white interior but dove leather seats!

So I ring the guy up and say I have white seats that match his interior and he has grey seats that match mine. 100km drive later and we do a clean swap!!

They are part the original interior that i bought out of the black hatch!!

I was so cool! Interior back together after 2+ years!

Thats what a call a cool win!

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#253 _BARRY JACKPOT_

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Posted 28 June 2012 - 06:08 AM

Nice one, some things are meant to be.

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Posted 28 June 2012 - 10:05 PM

Yup it was awesome!
Taking in rear axles in tommorrow to change to hq.

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Posted 29 June 2012 - 09:43 PM

With the axles out i was able to get the simmons in to have a good look at how tight the fit is on the rear.
I may need to get the grinder out again!
The car is on stands in the pictures and will sit a lot lower.

I love it! Fat!

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Posted 30 June 2012 - 08:57 PM

Did some work on the front flares.
Cut the inner guards. Drew a line where the flares sit and measured 1 inch below that for the cut.
Then cut a wedge out or the flare and taped it up for fibre glass.
Will glass it up and weld up the cuts tommorow.

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#257 _berro59_

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Posted 01 July 2012 - 09:41 PM

Here you can see the before and after shots. Heaps more room!

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Posted 01 July 2012 - 09:55 PM

Trimmed a bit of the rear flare too.

I'd already cut heaps already but it needed more.

I get the HQ pattern axles tommorrow i can bolt these simmons on!

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Posted 02 July 2012 - 10:47 PM

Picked up my axles today. Now HQ patern.

I also bought new chrome wheel nuts. I nearly fell over when I was quoted $6 for plastic chrome wheel nut covers!

$6 each nut!

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Posted 02 July 2012 - 11:27 PM

Got a luv a hatch with with a pair of fat simmons underneath.

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Posted 03 July 2012 - 04:08 PM

Nice Berro looks really good, it's come a long way!
Are you still thinking of going to a 9" diff?

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Posted 03 July 2012 - 09:22 PM

I will one day.
As its only running a mild motor the commodore axles will suffice.
I would like to run a real blower one day instead of a pretend blower (gilmer belt). I will need a 9 inch then.

Fitted the new axles today. Glad to see the rears fit bit only just.

The gap on the right of the rear wheel is 20mm but the Left is 10mm. Tight.

Does any one think the gap on the rear wheel will rub???

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Posted 05 July 2012 - 10:55 PM

Busy day.
Did the flares and wheel archs on the other side.

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Posted 06 July 2012 - 12:39 PM

Not sure if the scoop suits the roof haha.

Getting there mate, keep it up.

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Posted 06 July 2012 - 08:09 PM

Painted and fitted the cowl scoop today.
Fitted brackets on the inside of cowl scoop and used big pop rivets to secure it down. I counter sank them in to fibreglass so i can hide them after.
I then ran a bead of sika flex around the whole thing and clamped it down.

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Posted 06 July 2012 - 08:12 PM

Happy with the new wheels.

It took a lot of work to get them to fit.

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Posted 06 July 2012 - 11:31 PM

Jeepers Berro, you certainly have found your mo-jo again - your car is coming along fantastically.
Wish I'd thought of a few things a while back like you are doing - never thought to check clearance of wheels to the flairs, especially the fronts.
Look forward to seeing what is next.
Cheers, TB

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Posted 07 July 2012 - 10:36 AM

Yeah tyre biter. Been getting stuck into it.
I am still worried about the rears rubbing. I ended cutting extra 5-6 mm out ou the top rear flare edge too.
Also fitted at new hatchback boot rubber so i could get the hatch lined up.
Iam not happy with how the boot spoiler quarters site so added more fibre glass to them.

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Posted 08 July 2012 - 10:17 PM

Big day on the torry again.
I wasnt happy with the bracket set up in the scoop. When the bonnet skin flexed the join would crack.
I ended up fibre glassing the whole thing down to the bonnet.
Had a mate come around with his sandman ute. So after a few beers we fitted my simmons to his car to see how fat they are.
Also did a heap of work on the rear hatch. Fitted the new rare spare rubbers at then fitted the rear boot lock. After locking it down we could see the gaps needed a little encouraging with a hammer and block of wood. It was amazing to see how beautifuly this primative tool worked to getting things right.

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 07:21 PM

Finished the blending in the bonnet. Spot on.
Looks good. Nice and strong.

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 07:31 PM

It looks great. A couple of questions....
What made you decide on the scoop you have now and a traditional A9X type that finishes before the edge of the bonnet?
And I see you have the side mirror off the door. I want to add one to my car as it doesn't have one. Do you need to remove the glass and rubber to fit one do you think or is it a job you can do without taking the door apart?
Cheers.

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 07:52 PM

Hi kudu,

From memory the mirror has a backing plate that will need to be held in place while you screw it in from the outsite. You may be able to get your fingers in to hold it in place with the window up.

Scoop......?
I saw a car on dirtbags thread with the cowl scoop and it looked sick!

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 07:55 PM

Yeah I agree, i does look cool. I was just curious. carry on the good work.

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Posted 10 July 2012 - 10:09 PM

Cheers Kudu.
Thats the good thing about being a mongrel UC/LX i can butcher it all i like and no one really cares.
I have a massive respect for people who bring Torrys back to concours condition. I intend to do that to my HT Monaro.
I dont have the patience or time.
A matching numbers car is a different story.

It looks fat and i love it!!!!

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Posted 10 July 2012 - 10:19 PM

That is brilliant Berro.
How you get the fibreglass to adhere to the bonnet let alone do so seamlessly as you have done is beyond me - bloody well done!
Keep it coming.
Cheers, TB
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