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[HIBERN8]

Just a real quick update - engine with a few more shiny bits on there

 

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[HIBERN8]

Thanks mate!

Haha thought someone might ask about that...

It's actually a bat mobile!!

[HIBERN8]

OK so the engine has taken position in the bay and I'm starting to see my vision come together.. There are a few small aesthetic things that need to be addressed such as changing that dizzy cap colour but I'm very happy to finally be at this stage of the project. Hope you enjoy this engine eye candy:

 

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[BIG KEV]

Looks awesome .....I could eat that eye candy ....lol

[IMORAL]

Top job. Cant wait to see the finished product. You should be proud

[Ice]

Green is nice

[IMORAL]

Green is nice

Bout time you said something that makes sense

[HIBERN8]

It's been awhile.. but I guess that is a bit of a common theme amongst some of our projects 😩
Things are chugging along slowly with the main thing holding progress up being cost.. lots of expensive parts to buy. The next big goal is start up. Have got a fuel tank on the way, have got the radiator sorted but not in yet, fuel lines have been run, brake lines have been run, wiring has been started. Other small things are steering rack is on, booster and master are on, headers are on, have got the valve covers and air filter ready to go, some interior planning has begun in terms of dash/gauges and the flares have been fixed up.
Once a few more things are done I'll provide some picture updates. Hopefully it won't be quite so long between updates!

[N/A-PWR]

Excellent Mark.

[Cook]

Hi Mark,  Really love what you have done and the colour is just spot on.  The engine bay is exactly what I would like to achieve, just smoothed out enough to go wow. Well done.  Apologies if mentioned earlier in the build but what did you end up doing with the bolt heads for the bumper brackets that protrude into the bay on the canister side.  Can't quite see from the pics.   Cheers Ron 

[HIBERN8]

Hey, thanks for the additional info in regards to my nosecone, I always love learning more about the history of these cars and this forum never disappoints in coming up with the goods!

Still looking at gauges, there are so many to choose from it's mind boggling! Think I may know kinda what I want but still a bit pricier than I'd prefer to pay.

I'm hoping the coloured wheels won't push the colour too far but won't really know until it's all painted. I try not to overthink any of my choices too much and just go with my gut otherwise I'll never get any sleep haha

I'm not the best contortionist but from what I can gather the plenum is fairly decent. The car was actually pretty tidy all around apart from the obvious problem area so once this rebuild is complete I hope it will be quite some time before needing another! 😁

Cook, that was definitely the goal! I didn't want to go the completely smooth look, just enough to give it a bit of wow whilst still maintaining a bit of character from its original form. Have tried to maintain some symmetry so the replacement battery section is quite similar to the opposite side so the bolt heads are all showing. Will hopefully be posting some more pics in the coming weeks so will try to get some better angles of everything.

Thanks everyone for all the comments, it's always nice to know that other Torana enthusiasts appreciate the thought that has gone into my rebuild.

[HIBERN8]

I think it's about time for an update.. a fair bit has been done since my last update but the big moment I've been waiting for happened on Friday.. the boys at autotransformers have done a stunning job on the car thus far and this is no exception. I'll let the video do the talking 😉

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[SmacT]

Holy shitballs - that looks magnificent.

[SmacT]

I've watched this a few times now... :-) Just wondering why they sprayed it panels on? Obviously a quality job, though most I know spray panels off. What's the thinking there? I like the idea of not having to bolt shiny new panels not a car and risk scratching/dropping them. Not criticizing at all, just want to understand why they/you went that way.

 

Also, was the masking for the blackouts done the same day as the first coats went on? I would have shat myself masking paint that fresh - again, what's the thinking?

 

Like I said, looks awesome and I love seeing how people do this stuff.

[HIBERN8]

Hey, first of all thanks for the comments it's nice to hear the positive feedback 😬 The colour and blackout was all done the same day. I was a bit freaked about it too when they told me they planned to do it that way haha I wasn't really sure how it was going to work masking over freshly laid paint but I guess it dries a lot quicker than I thought 😝 I think the fact that it was all done on the same day, having the panels on kind of made sense in the fact that they could paint the green, mask up, paint the black, unmask and then clear coat the lot. I guess it also helped get a nice straight line across all the panels. Though I believe it did present a bit of a challenge in regards to the paint that goes through the gaps.
I guess once it's all unmasked I'll get to see exactly how it turned out but I'm very happy with it thus far! Once all the flares and bonnet etc are painted and fitted I'll post some pics. I need to post some other updates too on engine bay progress and drop tank etc so stayed tuned 😊

[SmacT]

Yes, more pics please! Did they back-mask the gaps? Really interested in how they made it work, because it seems to save a lot of time and reduces the risk of a re-assembly stuff-up. Really cool.

 

Look forward to seeing more!

[HIBERN8]

I reckon the main issue was the gaps between the front panels and the doors and the front panels and the nose cone. All the other gaps would have been masked up.

I think this way did save a lot of time too. Will put some pics up when I'm on the computer. I think the image files are too big to do it from my phone.

[Covert]

Awesome video Mark