frOck that thing is shiney, looks great.
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LC GTR - FATHER AND SON GROUND UP RESTORATION
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Posted 02 March 2015 - 09:34 PM
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Posted 02 March 2015 - 09:35 PM
It's such a nice car and all I want to do is spend more time working on it, but with the astronomical amount of school work i have (year 12 - HSC) i only get an hour free here and there. Would never get finished without dads help. Hopefully will be all worth it in the end though.
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Posted 02 March 2015 - 11:26 PM
The car will still be there after you finish school mate.
Good to see some progress though!!
Loving it.
Good to see some progress though!!
Loving it.
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Posted 03 March 2015 - 07:56 AM
The car will still be there after you finish school mate.
Good to see some progress though!!
Loving it.
Dad's keeping the car at home while I'll be at Uni, using it as in insentive to come home and visit him haha
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Posted 03 March 2015 - 06:32 PM
The upholsterer is coming out later this week to get some measurements and finish the last panel of the hoodlining then fit it.
Told the engine man that we are working on the torana again, so he is going to get back onto it. He has just bought a brand new 5 axis CNC machine and a diamond cylinder hone so once they are set up and the shop is operating normal again will be all systems go again. Basically, we have majority of the parts, except for the dry sump pump and the cam, it was ordered before Christmas, but with the death of old Ivan he doesn't want to put any pressure on them.
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Posted 03 March 2015 - 08:03 PM
Drool.......very nice
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Posted 03 March 2015 - 08:45 PM
Drool.......very nice
How did dad go on the stripes Col? He did it while I was at school so i just texted him the measurements that someone got off your car i believe?
Also wasn't too sure about how far under the badge the stripe goes, as i had photos of heaps of stripes from toranfest and they were all different, some under 1 letter, other under all 3, etc. So we just did what we thought looked best.
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Posted 09 March 2015 - 07:16 PM
just finished yr12 mate, cars come first 
, I passed with great marks never studied or wrote things down, so try not to worry to much, just get to where you want to go,
lc looks amazing mate, with my ute looked as good, but dirt roads ruin it
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Posted 10 March 2015 - 08:23 PM
just finished yr12 mate, cars come first
lc looks amazing mate, with my ute looked as good, but dirt roads ruin it
Thanks Macca! What are you looking at doing now that you've finished school?
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Posted 10 March 2015 - 08:43 PM
Spent a few hours after school dummy fitting the fuel system. Got an alloy plate bent up and the carter gold, 044, surge tank and filters fitted and the lines made up. Took it all apart now and going to weld a gusset on the plate so that it doesnt vibrate with the pump mounted on it and polish it all up.
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Posted 11 March 2015 - 08:22 AM
Cool, looks good. And what is that weapon in the background of pic number one? :-)
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Posted 11 March 2015 - 04:35 PM
Cool, looks good. And what is that weapon in the background of pic number one? :-)
Thanks!
That is dad's mental HQ monaro.. Owned it for 22 years. Its 90% way through a new driveline build, gt47 540ci BBC built by the same guy that is building my 202. On the engine dyno it made 1470hp at 6k and only 13psi.
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Posted 11 March 2015 - 05:49 PM
Wow - maybe some pics in the Non-Torana Projects section, with all that time you have. :-)
Loving your car, keep at it.
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Posted 11 March 2015 - 07:02 PM
Thanks Macca! What are you looking at doing now that you've finished school?
nothing major, hopefully just a heavy vehicle mechanic apprenticeship, on 3 month trial 1mth already gone and there still happy
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Posted 11 March 2015 - 08:05 PM
Very nice work here. Do you use some paint protectors on it? I want to repaint mine too, and I am thinking of protecting the new paint. My friend used some products from colourshield. What do you think of such things? I need some qualified opinion! 
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Posted 11 March 2015 - 08:07 PM
The thread holders opinon may differ, but in my professional opinion most of them are bs and no match to regular application of a good quality wax.
Cheers.
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Posted 11 March 2015 - 08:11 PM
Thanks for your response here! I appreciate it
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Posted 11 March 2015 - 08:34 PM
You will surely get several more 
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Posted 12 March 2015 - 03:31 PM
The thread holders opinon may differ, but in my professional opinion most of them are bs and no match to regular application of a good quality wax.
Cheers.
Very nice work here. Do you use some paint protectors on it? I want to repaint mine too, and I am thinking of protecting the new paint. My friend used some products from colourshield. What do you think of such things? I need some qualified opinion!
Agree 100% bomber. Dad says he occasionally gets a customer that right or wrong wants "paint protection", but he says its a waste of time. A good quality wax is all that's needed, we use Bowden's.
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Posted 12 March 2015 - 03:52 PM
Here's some more pics, nearly done. Need to do a breather now (going to do it in 5/16th instead of 3/16th).
Here's a pic of dads monaro for you SmacT
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Posted 12 March 2015 - 04:51 PM
i dont think that your car will pass a roadworthy with the fuel system in the boot.
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Posted 12 March 2015 - 05:11 PM
i dont think that your car will pass a roadworthy with the fuel system in the boot.
Car will be engineered, so dont think it will matter. As long as the engineer passes it all good I assume.
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Posted 12 March 2015 - 05:23 PM
If the engineer gets picky (not sure who it will be yet, used to have an engineer that would tick it off easy, but he has retired) I might have to put it in a sealed box. But hopefully it's fine and I just have to have the breather venting to the atmosphere.
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Posted 12 March 2015 - 05:52 PM
a few engineers I know Michael Mooney at Port Macquarie he did a lot of hotrods, and is still in the game, and bruce Collins at taree, and If you were desperiate, elvis at Nabiac (has rodbods down under)
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Posted 12 March 2015 - 07:19 PM
If we don't end up engineering it, we will have no trouble getting a roadworthy (know people), it's just what Mr police officer thinks when I get pulled over without an engineering certificate, although i doubt majority of them will know what they are looking at, just tell them its a Peter Brock special or something lol
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