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[axistr]

Great work turbo76lx, good to see you thinking outside the box.

[turbo76lx]

Had a bit of a side project for a mate, before he fitted his new motor he wanted paint the engine bay and asked me to fix some rust and fill all the holes in the engine bay.

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Now back to mine, fitted the fuel tank, changed the r33 hand brake cables to the r32 ones and fitted the rest of the hand brake. Also fitted the ATTESA pump and started working out which line I would be able to reuse. I might bolt everything together and take it to Show us ya wheels at Numurkah in December.

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Edited by turbo76lx, 21 October 2017 - 01:59 PM.

[turbo76lx]

Had to cut out behind the front wheels for a bit more clearance.

 

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Also fitted the wheels and put it on the ground. Will fit the motor and gearbox next.

 

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Edited by turbo76lx, 21 October 2017 - 02:06 PM.

[eyepeeler]

_{Nice work!!!}

Edited by eyepeeler, 06 October 2013 - 07:49 PM.

[hawk]

Looks great. Is it just me or is the front wider than the rear?

[turbo76lx]

The front track is actually 10mm narrower then the rear.

[76lxhatch]

Nice.

[SmacT]

So cool

[Rob2408]

I like the wheel clearance modification, simple and effective.

This is an awesome build, loving every update.

[WA1TNC]

Looks factory if you've never seen a torana before. Top job mate.

Cheers, Nig.

[WA1TNC]

This is the best balanced torana/chassis I`ve ever seen. Credit to you mate for thinking out side of box..

Hey, Iv thought of a heap of conversions just like this, some easier, some way more involved.....



....then I remind myself that I have no-where near the talent/balls/$$$ to pull it off & simply place my cue back in the rack.

Keep the updates coming mate, they do help with motivation.

Cheers, Nig.

[turbo76lx]

Thanks guys. John there was no one thing that triggered the build, I just wanted to do something different and needed a bit of a challenge.

 

There will be more bracing under the front guards to the towers. As for the next project I was thinking of a torana nomad wagon.

 

Ryan, I don't know what wheels I will be running a lot will depend on what width and offset rims I can find. 

 

Got a bit more done, fitted the motor and gearbox, tacked up the gearbox cross member using the skyline one.

Fitted 10mm spacers between the front subframe and the adapter plates to drop the motor down a bit for more bonnet clearance and fitted the radiator and intercooler.

 

  

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Edited by turbo76lx, 21 October 2017 - 02:10 PM.