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1974 LH torana

Started by _jacobke20_ , Jul 01 2011 05:14 PM

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#26 Neils LX

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Posted 13 November 2011 - 05:18 PM

You have done a good job on the passengers door

, many would bin it.

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#27 _SLR Torrie_

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Posted 14 November 2011 - 09:00 PM

Wow! Very nice Torrie you got mate! Super clean. Progressing very quick as well! Keep it up!

John.

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#28 _jacobke20_

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Posted 15 November 2011 - 06:06 PM

thanks guys! do you think i should repaint it in the original colour?

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#29 _jacobke20_

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Posted 29 December 2011 - 08:36 PM

hey guys, a fair bit has been happening lately so ive got a flurry of photos for you

its coming along well but with only 1 month before my sisters wedding im going to be cutting it real fine.

so firstly all bolt on panels are straight and primmed and ready to be hung! (ill take some more photos of them tomorow)
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i got my interior back from the trimmers!
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went out and bought some more goodies:
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i got into the new engine:
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getting the front end ready:
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and to keep the engine looking as standard as possible ive started to modify a standard airfilter to fit onto my 350 holly.
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#30 _jacobke20_

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Posted 03 February 2012 - 09:16 AM

Hey Guys and girls.
I haven't been on here for a while as I've had a hectic last few weeks!
I did finish my Torana just in time for my sisters wedding (the night before) and the day went great! Although the rain didn't stop they had an awesome time still and the car went great!

So in the end I decided on the commodore colour poison ivy and am pretty happy with the outcome!
So yeh I have about 100 photos of the rest of the build to post up but for now just the important ones of it finished!

So yeh I completed the rebuild in just over 3 months (stupidly) and now know that I'll never be setting an impossible deadline like this again Ahaha it was my first complete resto and I've learnt alot and had a great time doing it!!

Due to working at a panel shop for half a year with some great mentors I have developed some handy skills that helped me complete her but I've learnt that mechanically I still have alot to learn and any help/guidance on certain things would be greatly appreciated.

There's still a little bit to be done to finish her off but I plan on taking my time to get her to a point that I'm happy with.

So yeh thanks for the positive comments in the past and I hope you enjoy the photos to come

Edited by jacobke20, 03 February 2012 - 09:18 AM.

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#31 Mort

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Posted 03 February 2012 - 09:36 AM

Well hurry up then with them pics we're all getting impatient, not good to leave us hanging ilke that.

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#32 _jacobke20_

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Posted 03 February 2012 - 08:57 PM

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#33 _jacobke20_

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Posted 03 February 2012 - 09:07 PM

the big day:
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the day after fitting a new gearbox...
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#34 _AD_75_

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Posted 04 February 2012 - 01:14 PM

This was a very clean car to start with, she's turned out nice though mate well done. :clap:

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#35 A9X

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Posted 04 February 2012 - 01:44 PM

very nice.

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#36 torana_nick

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Posted 04 February 2012 - 07:45 PM

very nice! i am hoping to find something this clean to start with.. getting hard to find these days....

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#37 _Torza_

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Posted 06 February 2012 - 09:05 PM

_{great job car looks awesome!}

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#38 _evil UC hatch_

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Posted 07 February 2012 - 05:07 PM

I love the colour, looks better than on the commodores

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#39 _jacobke20_

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Posted 07 February 2012 - 06:27 PM

Thanks alot guys. The colour looks amazing in person! And even better in the sun

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#40 _AD_75_

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Posted 07 February 2012 - 06:47 PM

Got any more pics of it jacob?

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#41 _jacobke20_

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Posted 07 February 2012 - 08:30 PM

Yeh mate I have heaps of the build and finished product however I'm on holidays at the beach at the moment so when I get back I'll put them all up. Sorry to leave u hanging

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#42 _Growler_

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Posted 07 February 2012 - 08:42 PM

Brilliant job mate well done, great build up thread

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#43 _Joshmazzz_

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Posted 14 February 2012 - 07:46 PM

It's incredible how similar this build is to mine so far! I bought my lh looking close to exactly like yours about 5 years ago off an old lady! About 6months ago I decided to get the rust cut and besides the passenger side quarter and rear door it was spotless! So I'm waiting for rust to be finished so it can be brought back home to be painted. Urs looks amazing mate a brilliant effort for the time that you had, it's gorgeous!

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#44 _mick74lh_

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Posted 14 February 2012 - 10:53 PM

Thats awesome! Great job. The bodywork and paint look fantastic. Any more pics?

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#45 _jacobke20_

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Posted 24 February 2012 - 09:05 PM

hey guys i have finally had some time to upload some more pictures of my build!!
ill start about halfway through, and then continue on untill the end

and the fresh 192:
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bit of a touch up under the bonnet:
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and in she goes:
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fired her up with the old leaky stomberg just to move her around

then took her off to my mates to start on the rest of the body!

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#46 _jacobke20_

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Posted 24 February 2012 - 09:17 PM

and after the second prime the final wet rub of the edges and inner panels ready for colour!

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then into the shed for prep and paint!!

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a bit of colour:

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first pic is just base coat and the rest are after clear:

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handy having a mate who can do powder coating for free

won this bad boy on ebay!
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#47 _jacobke20_

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Posted 24 February 2012 - 09:49 PM

So next i refitted all of the hanging panels and got all of the gaps reasonably even with not much hassel!!
the the last wet rub before preping for paint:

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and heres a few while the paint was still fresh:

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do to not having a booth to bake her in we waited a few days before putting it all back together:

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#48 _jacobke20_

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Posted 24 February 2012 - 10:02 PM

i also bought a 350 holly whitch i eventually fitted:
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and thats basically how she looks now.
since then i have replaced the gearbox as the main seal (whitch i should have replaced originally) was stuffed and the gearbox itself had a few issues.
i put a kit through my old box and all new seals and now it goes alright except for the fact that the torque converter stall is too low! (i was sold the wrong converter)
so i will be pulling it back out again next weekend hopefully for the last time in a while!!

other than that i picked up my new rims:
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okay so heres a few more pics:

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#49 hanra

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Posted 24 February 2012 - 10:57 PM

Did those wedding ribbons leave scratches on your bonnet?

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#50 _LHSL308_

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Posted 24 February 2012 - 11:34 PM

Mate the car looks great, you've done a great job. That colour is so close to my original jade green. Where did you get the carpet from looks like it fits nice?