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Tim's LJ - The Build Diary

Started by RIM-010 , Aug 18 2006 07:54 PM

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#326 _tyre fryer_

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Posted 14 August 2008 - 06:54 PM

Matt, if you don't have a Torana on the road by Summer, there'll be a seat in mine with your name on it

Tim

SICK! you do mean the drivers seat don't you?
lol.
can't wait to see it done. when are you 18?

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#327 RIM-010

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Posted 14 August 2008 - 07:16 PM

18 in March... And sure, you can have the drivers seat... If you can get me out of it

Tim

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#328 _kaz from adelaide_

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Posted 15 August 2008 - 10:35 AM

keep up the good work Tim. The way u r going about it is spot on. The only way to know what u have is to do it yourself. Great learning curve also.

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#329 RIM-010

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Posted 15 August 2008 - 10:42 AM

Cheers Kaz

There's a few things that I would already like to do better on the car (ie: the rear left quarter), and I quite possibly will in a few year's time. For now, though, I just want to build the car to the best of my ability, and enjoy it for a while

And it's more of a learning straight line, I've learnt so much about my LJ, Toranas and just cars in general over the last 2 years.

Look forward to seeing you and Ruby cruising this Summer :spoton:

Tim

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#330 Heath

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Posted 15 August 2008 - 10:49 AM

Why aren't you at school?

I wholeheartedly agree with what you've said.

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#331 RIM-010

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Posted 15 August 2008 - 11:04 AM

I am at school, unfortunately. I'll probably have a couple of days at home next week though (got suspended...)

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Posted 15 August 2008 - 11:09 AM

So I heard. Ahh well it happens to the best of us. Only had 2 periods today hehe already finished.

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#333 RIM-010

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Posted 03 September 2008 - 10:56 PM

Got home this morning and have done a bit more work on the little beast.

Got the front left guard pretty much straight, just need to weld the rust repair bit in now. Before I do that, I need to make myself/find a bit to repair my sill.

Got the boot straight :spoton:

FINALLY got the drivers door off. The bottom pin was rusted and seized and shit, took a lot of work to break. Still have to get the pin out of the middle part of the hinge...

All coming together slowly

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#334 Joshua

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Posted 03 September 2008 - 11:14 PM

finally some progress! must feel good to be getting something done
needs more pics though

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#335 RIM-010

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Posted 03 September 2008 - 11:21 PM

Nothing much to show yet, Josh... I'll take a couple of pics later in the week when I've actually made some real visible progress.

Tim

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#336 rodomo

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Posted 03 September 2008 - 11:43 PM

FINALLY got the drivers door off. The bottom pin was rusted and seized and shit, took a lot of work to break. Still have to get the pin out of the middle part of the hinge...

All coming together slowly

Tim

Sounds more like it's all coming apart? :huh:

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Posted 04 September 2008 - 12:35 PM

And they call me a smartarse

Gotta come apart to come together, Rob... Maybe you'll learn that when (or should I say if?) you ever do anything to yours :tease:

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Posted 04 September 2008 - 02:45 PM

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#339 orangeLJ

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Posted 04 September 2008 - 02:51 PM

oooooooohhhhhhhh! buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrn!

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#340 _shep3305_

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Posted 04 September 2008 - 03:14 PM

Great work Tim.. Its coming along nicely... As you said its a great learning curve as it all comes apart and goes together... It will be excellent to see another Lj saved from the wreckers or the tip.... :clap:

cheers Shep

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#341 _TJ253_

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Posted 04 September 2008 - 04:01 PM

Good work tim make sure you get plenty of pics of what you are doing and put em up

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#342 RIM-010

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Posted 04 September 2008 - 04:21 PM

Not doing anything interesting at the moment... just welding up the holes left by the trim down the side and sanding some bog around the place.

Tim

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Posted 04 September 2008 - 10:01 PM

Alright, just because you guys are so hungry for pics...

Today I took the door trims off (Dad made a little tool for getting the Jesus clips out and it works great

) and found this underneath the drivers one (sorry about the shit pic...)

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And this is how she sits now... I turned it around so I could work on the drivers side.

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I also managed to weld all of the rivet holes up today, and tidy them up. and got a bit of bogging done on the lower nosecone.

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Posted 04 September 2008 - 10:32 PM

how's your welding going now , didn't someone sell the mig?

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Posted 04 September 2008 - 10:39 PM

Yeah, Dad got rid of the MIG so I've had to resort to a box of matches and some old wire...

I actually borrowed a MIG off of a mate and it's welding pretty nice. My welding is only getting better

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Posted 04 September 2008 - 10:54 PM

I use .6 mm wire and I am getting real good

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#347 _UNVSM8_

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Posted 05 September 2008 - 10:57 AM

at least its nothing too bad time! easy fixed!

keep up the good work!

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Posted 08 September 2008 - 12:23 PM

I had a good chat to the local painter, and he reckons that acrylic paint is a waste of time. So I've decided to go 2K

I'm still going to do the painting, but now I'll use the booth etc at the crash shop. AND it's only going to cost me whatever the materials are worth :spoton:

Tim