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Tim's LJ - The Build Diary

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

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#676 RIM-010

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Posted 11 July 2010 - 09:10 PM

Jordan, panel and paint is all that it needs to get back on the road. After it is back on the road I will work towards disc brakes, new suspension, stereo, new motor, maybe a 5 speed, etc etc. Everything else I can do in a weekend while the car is on the road...

Billy, it's all part of owning these cars... Have a look at the start of this thread. Back when I was young and dumb ( :tease:

) I was sure it was gunna be finished in a matter of months and abot $3000. 4 years and about $4k later and I'm almost getting close to seeing the end of the first tunnel...

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Posted 11 July 2010 - 09:56 PM

Took this photo the other day.

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They're a snug fit, but they clear everything everywhere. I love it. :spoton:

From the front:

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Posted 11 July 2010 - 11:50 PM

Moar camber

Keep busy with it. If I lived more locally I woulda kept your arse in gear

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#679 RIM-010

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Posted 12 July 2010 - 07:09 AM

I will be rebuilding one of my spare front ends once the car is back on the road, with new suspension and disc brakes. Should be able to tuck them in a bit more then.

I think the reason I haven't been motivated to do much is that there isn't anyone local to me... No car shows, no cruises, no car clubs, even just to see a Torana on the road happens about 3 times a year around here...

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Posted 12 July 2010 - 03:34 PM

Got a package in the mail from Rare Spares this morning :spoton:

Clear indicators for the front, door pins and mounts for my GTS mirrors. $200 well spent :blink:

Tim

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Posted 12 July 2010 - 03:46 PM

Stick to it Timmy!

You'll make it to toranafest sooner or later!

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Posted 12 July 2010 - 03:52 PM

YOU CAN DOOOO-IIITTTT

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#683 RIM-010

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Posted 12 July 2010 - 07:19 PM

Sorry about the shit pics, but I did a bit more today:

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[EDIT- No idea why this pic won't rotate...]

Blue 202. The first engine I've had on my stand that I built in year 12 (2008!), all looks good so far

And I've pulled the shifter apart to tighten it up a bit...

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Posted 13 July 2010 - 10:49 PM

Wow. I built my engine stand in 2007, not 2008 :blink:

Engine is now stripped of all of it's peripherals

Next I'll pull the head off and see how it looks inside.

Shifter is back together and tighter than ever :spoton:

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Posted 14 July 2010 - 12:17 AM

Don't it feel good?

It is a lot easier to see progress happening when you're doing mechanicals haha

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Posted 14 July 2010 - 04:48 PM

Yup, half an hour pulling everything off of the 202 and it looks like I'm getting somewhere. Half an hour spent sanding down filler and it doesn't look any different to when I started :blink:

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#687 _tyre fryer_

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Posted 14 July 2010 - 06:14 PM

YAY!
Looks like some work is finally getting done Timmy. Would be good to see you again sometime soon, met up with paul (Dickiep) the other day, was really good to have a chat with another little torana owner with ideas and plans.
Got a set of calipers here for your disc f/e if you're keen.
keep posting up buddy!

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Posted 14 July 2010 - 07:17 PM

Consider those calipers sold, Matt, cheers. Hopefully next time I'm in Adelaide it will be in the 'J!

I finally got the shifter back in and adjusted tonight, it feels good

Had to fix one of the plastic linkage thingies, bit of Loctite 406 should do the trick. Apart from that it was pretty smooth sailing.

Worked out the other day that I cut my shifter hole in the wrong spot... Stupid me decided to use an LC patch to mark out the hole, without realising that the LC shifter hole is to suit an Opel 'box... :banghead:

Had to lengthen the hole a bit further back, and I'll weld a bit back in at the front to keep the hole as small as possible...

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#689 _tyre fryer_

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Posted 14 July 2010 - 08:32 PM

When are you coming back next? Otherwise I might have to come up and visit you sometime soon.
Spewin' about the shifter hole hey. Does that mean they are all to suit the opel box?

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Posted 14 July 2010 - 08:38 PM

I'll be in Adelaide to see Pendulum at the end of October, then again a week later for the All Torana Day

I assume that the late LC's (such as yours) have the same floorplan as the LJ. The earlier LC's all had a hole cut for a floorshift from factory, and the column shift cars had a plate bolted over it. The late LC's and LJ's didn't have a hole unless they were factory floorshift cars, AFAIK...

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#691 _dickiep_

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Posted 14 July 2010 - 11:57 PM

I'll be in Adelaide to see Pendulum at the end of October, then again a week later for the All Torana Day

I assume that the late LC's (such as yours) have the same floorplan as the LJ. The earlier LC's all had a hole cut for a floorshift from factory, and the column shift cars had a plate bolted over it. The late LC's and LJ's didn't have a hole unless they were factory floorshift cars, AFAIK...

Tim

yes and yes tim. i want to go to pendulam and torana day 2. hopefully im in SA for both!

do you have a side on picture of the wheels. they look like they fit really well

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Posted 15 July 2010 - 05:57 PM

Only this one, Paul... I haven't had a wheel on the front and the back at the same time yet... I just had to change a flat tyre on the front the other day, so I put the Titan on for a look before I put a good stocky on it. Not going to leave the good wheels on the car while it is being worked on, for obvious reasons...

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Posted 20 July 2010 - 09:35 PM

I'm now covered in bog dust, and I love it

Borrowed a board file from a mate, getting stuck into a bit of body work again, armed with something I didn't have the first time around: some idea of what I'm supposed to be doing. I've given up on trying to get my mate to help, just gunna do it myself and see how I go...

No pics until there is primer over the bog, this car is embarrasingly wavy...

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Posted 20 July 2010 - 10:07 PM

armed with something I didn't have the first time around: some idea of what I'm supposed to be doing.

Man I know how that feels ! I spent a fair bit of time "repairing" bits on my car without guidance. Whilst I learnt a fair bit trying myself, it's far better now I have actually had some decent pointers from someone who knows what they are doing.

Good stuff mate, keep at it !

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#695 _dickiep_

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Posted 20 July 2010 - 11:13 PM

YAY!
Looks like some work is finally getting done Timmy. Would be good to see you again sometime soon, met up with paul (Dickiep) the other day, was really good to have a chat with another little torana owner with ideas and plans.
Got a set of calipers here for your disc f/e if you're keen.
keep posting up buddy!

howd i miss this post. was good to catch, never get a chance to talk torries. let me know next meet up hopefully im in town

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Posted 21 July 2010 - 05:10 PM

Here I was thinking that I was moving forward... Re-stripped the lower left rear quarter panel to find a proper mess... Gunna take a lot of contour restorer to get this bit looking anywhere near like what it is supposed to...

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Posted 11 August 2010 - 06:35 PM

cant wait to see it at all torana day :stirpot:

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Posted 20 December 2010 - 08:52 PM

Iiiiiiii'm dreaming of a PRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMED Christmas...

Watch this space.

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Posted 20 December 2010 - 09:11 PM

i'll be well primed too!!...he he he...

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Posted 23 December 2010 - 01:26 PM

Nosecone, front guards, roof and both rear guards are in high fill primer, ready to block back. Working on the doors, boot and bonnet now. Should have the whole thing in primer by tomorrow arvo, then next week we will be sorting out all of the little imperfections, blocking at back and repriming, ready for paint when I get back from work on the 17th of January.

Spent the best part of yesterday getting #@$^%& around... Run out of MIG wire, and noone in town had what I need. Ran out of bog, same story. Local crash shop doesn't want to help at all because I am 'stealing business from them' by doing it myself... Eventually had to drive to Pt. Augusta (180km away) to get bog, thinners and primer. I love living in the country sometimes!

Will get some pics up tonight.

Tim