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[Heath]

Its not 1982

Sadly

Bloody oath.

And oh god can we please not taint the dated awesomeness of excessive actual chrome on old Holdens with vinyl wrapped mommy mobiles?

[GMH-01X]

Purchased the Resto Country complete front suspension kit and with having the upper & lower control arms coated now I can start piecing the front k frame together

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[GMH-01X]

The part of a build that’s enjoyable piecing new & reconditioned parts back together, pressed & bolted up the ball joints and test fitted the Castlemain Rod Shop Torana drum spindles with adaptor to suit HQ Brake & rotors.

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[neglectedtorana]

Hi Aaron,

 

You've already done all the hard panel work so now you can enjoy the reassembly, completely agree the fitting of new/rebuilt parts is the much more enjoyable part of the build process. 

Am enjoying your build and really like your unflared plans.

 

Have fun, Tom

[GMH-01X]

Thanks Tom, good to hear your enjoying the build.

Pieced together the steering with all new tie rod ends, bushes and zinc coated parts & the newly powder coated front King springs..... Time to re-install

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[GMH-01X]

Good to have it rolling again

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[GMH-01X]

Hey guys
I gave all the inner guards a couple of coats of the Septone 1 litre stone guard that’s used with the body deadener spray gun you get a much better finish.

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[LXCHEV]

Looking amazing. Great stage of the build!

[derrin71]

Looks great. I used the same stuff under my guards as well. Laid it on pretty thick under the top section to prevent large stones flicked up by the tires from making a reverse dent in the top section of the front guards.

[Heath]

Looks fantastic! Very satisfying product to use.

 

Looks great. I used the same stuff under my guards as well. Laid it on pretty thick under the top section to prevent large stones flicked up by the tires from making a reverse dent in the top section of the front guards.

A very legitimate concern. Toranas with good tyre compounds being driven hard puts that area in great jeapordy. Upwards dints with crows-feet type cracks in the paint along that surface. :(

[GMH-01X]

Looking amazing. Great stage of the build!

 

Thanks Brett

Exciting times, Next stage of  the build... Going to get painted 

[GMH-01X]

Looks great. I used the same stuff under my guards as well. Laid it on pretty thick under the top section to prevent large stones flicked up by the tires from making a reverse dent in the top section of the front guards.

Thanks Derrin

That was exactly my thinking & gave it an extra coat to those areas..

[tsn007]

we need more updates come on !!!

[RallyRed]

Excellent work and pics.
Well done.

[Shiney005]

Nice job with the zinc plating too. Good colour.

[GMH-01X]

Nice job with the zinc plating too. Good colour.

Thanks Laurie
Trying to do things a little different than the normal

Cheers Aaron

[claysummers]

That finish on the control arms looks great Aaron. What’s the deal?


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[GMH-01X]

we need more updates

come on !!!

Ease up Big fella... Plenty more to come..... lol

[GMH-01X]

Hey Guys
One of the most exciting times to a build has come..... Paint Finally

many hours of prep work to be done

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[Shiney005]

Just looking at your overhead fuel tank, I had a 1000 gallon and a 500 gallon in my clearing sale. They had to be at least 60 years old.  They made $5,000 and $3,500 thousand. They must be bloody expensive new.

[GMH-01X]

Just looking at your overhead fuel tank, I had a 1000 gallon and a 500 gallon in my clearing sale. They had to be at least 60 years old.  They made $5,000 and $3,500 thousand. They must be bloody expensive new.

 

That's some good money for your tanks Laurie, they don't make things like they use to. 

[GMH-01X]

Hey Guys
Spent about 40+ hours restoring the alloy window moulding’s for the Hatchback, first was the removal of the anodizing with Heavy Duty oven cleaner, only had to repair 3 tiny little dints and then many hours of sanding with 600, 800, 1200 & 2000 grit. After that pain in the ass exercise many more hours on the buffing wheel but the end result is very satisfying.

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[Bigfella237]

Unfortunately they won't stay like that long without the anodising (well, without constant polishing anyway, then you will eventually wear through the metal).

 

If you only used cutting/buffing compound then you should be able to get some clear coat to stick to them with a good de-greasing, but if you used any kind of polish you'll be pushing shit uphill.

[GMH-01X]

Unfortunately they won't stay like that long without the anodising (well, without constant polishing anyway, then you will eventually wear through the metal).

 

If you only used cutting/buffing compound then you should be able to get some clear coat to stick to them with a good de-greasing, but if you used any kind of polish you'll be pushing shit uphill.

 

Everybody knows that with polished alloy parts, never heard of anyone polishing through their trim.....  total over exaggeration 

 

Final polishing & sealer yet to be done 

[Shiney005]

Forgive my ignorance here, but at which point in the model cycle did the window trim on Toranas go from stainless to alloy?