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Posted 05 March 2019 - 06:09 AM

Yes sir and restored it from ground up.

Cheers gong


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Posted 05 March 2019 - 08:11 AM

Yes sir and restored it from ground up.

Cheers gong

 

Very interesting!

 

Was it you that had the flares done?

 

Did it have tags on the car when you had it? Do you know what happened to them?

 

Do you know if it is a GTR?


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Posted 06 March 2019 - 01:38 PM

Gong is talking about the Plum Dinger engine bay shot, not your car.

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Posted 06 March 2019 - 02:57 PM

Gong is talking about the Plum Dinger engine bay shot, not your car.

 

That makes much more sense!  :spoton:


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Posted 07 March 2019 - 07:26 AM

gasless mig?


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Posted 07 March 2019 - 04:22 PM

gasless mig?


Yes, it’s a very basic welder so I’m not making it easy for myself.

I think I’ll have to upgrade to try and help with my shitty welds


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Posted 07 March 2019 - 07:49 PM

Gas welder is preferable. Better still TIG. Don’t be afraid to turn up the juice. You need a good earth and get some heat in to the subject matter or the welds are just sitting on top.

Above all you need to be welding clean steel or your welds will be porous and weak.


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Posted 07 March 2019 - 09:20 PM

Getting a gas mig would help with your welding as others have said. There are also options out there to 'buy' a bottle outright rather than having to pay rent on the bottle.


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Posted 09 March 2019 - 06:35 PM

Matt, saw this at the phillip island classis today, thought it might give inspiration for the flared guard look, don't know about supercharger though, cheers paul

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Posted 10 March 2019 - 07:03 PM

This weekend I ground back my welds and did most of it again, this time with the welder on max voltage (mine only has min or max) I was also much slower with how fast I went over the seam which got much more heat and better penetration into it.

 

I then ground them back again (I know, I'm a grinder not a welder) and hit it with seam sealer and a bit of rust proof paint (until I paint the whole floor.

 

Not as good as most of the other work on this site but I'm pretty happy with it now.

 

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Posted 10 March 2019 - 07:19 PM

Matt, saw this at the phillip island classis today, thought it might give inspiration for the flared guard look, don't know about supercharger though, cheers paul


That looks awesome



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Posted 10 March 2019 - 11:56 PM

Way to go. You’ll get there.


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Posted 11 March 2019 - 07:25 PM

Matt, saw this at the phillip island classis today, thought it might give inspiration for the flared guard look, don't know about supercharger though, cheers paul

 

1971 Australian Rally Champion right there.

 

You could do a lot worse than copying Saggy.


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Posted 11 March 2019 - 11:44 PM

Classic Torana, saggy, a long career and still going. My welds are about the same.

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Posted 24 March 2019 - 05:28 PM

Started a repair on the drivers side kick panel area this weekend

 

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I had a section of sill panel left over so I am shaping that to be the replacement piece

 

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Posted 29 March 2019 - 01:14 PM

Does anyone know who's car this is or what the colour is called?

 

Is it the Holden Cyan Blue?

 

I think it might be the colour for mine when it's ready 

 

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Posted 29 March 2019 - 02:02 PM

Hi Matt

Looks like Mackas car Mediterranean Bkue I believe from this forum but I think he may have sold it now

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Posted 30 March 2019 - 02:45 AM

Yeah, Macka built that car and then had to sell it. I think someone from the forum bought it.

One of the nicest looking LCs out there I think.

Here is the build thread: http://www.gmh-toran...lc-gtr-project/


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Posted 30 March 2019 - 11:51 AM

Agree,that would have to be one of the nicest ones have seen ,colour is great.

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Posted 31 March 2019 - 05:53 AM

Grant Grech own that beautiful LC now + the awesome hatchback

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Posted 02 April 2019 - 04:08 PM

Welded in the drivers side kick panel section on the weekend.

 

It looks messy as I gave it a decent amount of seam sealer

 

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Posted 07 April 2019 - 01:12 PM

This is the outside of the kick panel section repair (again with a good coat of sealer)

 

I've been trying to find a cut of the section (circled in yellow) that attaches to the bottom of the guard but I've had no luck so I'll have to make this piece myself too

 

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Posted 08 April 2019 - 09:20 PM

$40 delivered if your interested?

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Posted 09 April 2019 - 05:40 PM

$40 delivered if your interested?

 

That would be great!

 

Do you do them for both sides?


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Posted 09 April 2019 - 11:18 PM

I can make them left and right. The long ones are dearer.

Thread of my build: http://www.gmh-toran...j-build-thread/

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