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[MRLXSS]

They look HEAPS better tim! Keep it up mate

[RIM-010]

Cheers guys.

Chris: The rim you see there is the least pristine one of the 4, too

Tim

[RIM-010]

They'll be right for a while. There's only one rim on the car, the rest are sitting in a box...

Tim

[RIM-010]

I'm doing an English application on Matt's hatch

either that or Business Studies is boring as shit

And shouldn't you be working on the UC?

Tim

[RIM-010]

I hate you... What I'd do to be out of school and working on a Torana right now. OHS&W is excruciatingly boring.

Tim

Edited by RIM-010, 20 May 2008 - 03:24 PM.

[RIM-010]

Holidays! Which means progress!

Shit pic, sorry, but here's how she sits at the moment -



Have been doing a bit of work on the front guard, it came up pretty alright.



I need to weld up a few holes around the place, but Dad got rid of the MIG... Don't ask.

And I found more rust



Just sanding and filling around the place.

I've also decided to leave the 'Torana' badges on the car, but remove the '2850' and 'S' badges.

Tim

[RIM-010]

I'm at a bit of a dilemma... I dunno what to do with my dash/carpet... I have photochopped a couple of options up. Note hastily drawn centre console It's just to give a rough idea. -

Option 1: Dash pad recovered/painted creamy brown to match seats, dash metal painted Purr Pull, dark brown carpet -



Option 2: Lighter dash pad, original brown dash metal, dark brown carpet -



Option 3: Stock brown dash pad, metal painted Purr Pull, dark carpet -



Option 4: Stock everything, dark carpet -



Option 5: Stock everything, medium carpet -



I've pretty much made my mind up with the dark carpet, but if I keep the dash original I will probably go a slightly lighter shade to match. I also plan to use a new style Autotecnica steerer, and I might paint the insert(s) Purr Pull to match the dash... Something like one of these, but with Purr Pull instead of Red or Blue...



Any criticism more than welcome

Tim

[RIM-010]

Sure can, I've got one in my Prem right now

Tim

[orangeLJ]

id be looking at paiting the dash metal black, dark carpet and a light coloured dash pad.

If you had exposed strips on the tops of the door in purpull then the purple dash would go, but imo the purple and brown dashes are too crash hot.

[RIM-010]

I can do the tops of the doors I didn't think of that last night.

I don't want to add another colour (black) into the interior...

Tim

[MRLXSS]

what kind of look do you want in the car? do you like the idea of the newish retro type feel? I am guessing you do going by the steering wheel you are after...

I dont know how well brown works with the retro look, its a very 70's colour... I would recommend black carpet, black lower dash... then the light cream dash pad, console etc...

[orangeLJ]

ive got the tops of my doors orange, black carpet, light coloured dashpad and light coloured seat, black dash metal.

[MRLXSS]

put up a pic in the thread chris, that Tim might be able to photoshop to Purr Pull

[orangeLJ]

thats probably the only picture of the car together that i have (interior shot wise)



or that one....

neither really show it all, but you get the idea.

Adding black to the interior isnt really adding another colour as you would have black carpet anyway.

[RIM-010]

If it was completely my choice, I would be going a modern style interior - Soarer seats, grey cloth retrim etc etc... But the olds want to keep it relatively original, and because the interior is in such good condition I'm agreeing with them.

re: Black carpet etc, I won't be painting blackouts on the car... So it is still adding a new colour into the car.

With Purr Pull on the top of the doors -



and Black carpet/lower dash -



Tim

[orangeLJ]

i like the black carpet and lower dash with the purple door tops. with the creme doortops would look good too i think.

[RIM-010]

I quite like this option. Note light coloured underdash panel. Disregard the hastily applied steering wheel -



I think that if I was painting the sills etc black, the black carpet would work better. And the reason that I'm not painting blackouts is that I want a: to keep it a bit more original and b; to make it a little bit different from the majority. I'm also not adding flutes to the guards, and I'm leaving the 'Torana' badges on.

EDIT: evil UC, thanks for the input mate. I quite like the interior in it at the moment, but I kind of wish that it was in less pristine condition so that I would feel less guilty about modifying it I'm not a huge fan of black interiors, they seem a bit boring to me. And they get bloody hot in summer!

What I want out of this car is to keep it more or less original, but slightly individual.

Tim

Edited by RIM-010, 22 July 2008 - 01:04 PM.

[orangeLJ]

each to their own i suppose. I think the purple dash metal and colum just dont go too crash hot.

but as always its your car! so do what you want to do to it!