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[RIM-010]

Hahaha. That reminds me.

Back last year, when it was registered, we were taking it out for a drive to the Dirt Circuit. Mum forgot her sunnies, so we pulled up out the front of home and I turned the radio on, fiddled a bit and found some music. A song ended, and on came on 'YMCA by the Village People'. I said - This is bullshit. I'm sitting in the middle of the Main Drag of Cowell, in my banged up Purple Torana, listening to the Village People. Which, I think, is when I decided that I needed more than an AM Radio.

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[RIM-010]

I used to be into custom bikes... Waddya Reckon?

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[toryman76]

the chopper looks mad rim!!
oh and whos been sitting on that tandom? the nose of the front seat looks rather high...

[RIM-010]

Haha. We were still working out the finer points back when that pic was taken. We rode it around for 3 weeks without any brakes...

The Chopper (dubbed 'Oversteer') was my first one. In the background of the second pic, you can see my mate's Red Chopper. And also the back wheel of 'Goliath', the 20" frame that I converted to have 27" forks...

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[toryman76]

i built two trikes out of old bikes back when i was in high school, and i even built a go-cart with no brakes that absolutely flew!! and it only had a 2 stroke lawn mower engine!!

unfortunately the two trikes meet there enemy just a couple of weeks ago... mr angle grinder!! they are off to the scrap metal place now...

had good fun out in the shed mucking around with steel and the arc.

cheers

[RIM-010]

Alrighty. Bit of an update

Take two semi-decent grilles -



Add a bit of elbow grease, and a bit of thinking and get one good grille!



Also been doing a bit of work on the rear quarter, it's almost finished now. I've used more filler than I wouldv'e liked, but it's clean metal underneath so I'm not really fussed.



Cheers, Tim

[DanWA]

Good work Tim... wish i had the weekend to get some torrie stuff done :(

No one likes filler but its better then changing the whole 1/4 panel.

Whats the next plan of attack mate?

[RIM-010]

Haha, I changed the 1/4 panel as well... then filled over it. You can see here what we replaced...



Next on the list is to fix the lower nosecone. limo has cut me out a piece, hopefully I'll be able to sort it out next week

Tim

Edited by RIM-010, 09 April 2007 - 02:52 PM.

[RIM-010]

We're picking this beast up next week

Has a pretty decent condition original black interior, look out for it in the For Sale forum soon

Will be giving up it's stub axles, taillights, 'coffee pot' (I think it's known as, the bit on the steering column on floor shift cars...) and a few other bits to the PP LJ

Tim

[toryman76]

good to hear of some progress Tim! How come so much 'bog' was needed? didnt the lines line up to well? also how come you didnt try and tap it straighter?

[RIM-010]

The piece we welded in fit pretty well. We should've tried to tap it out a bit before we started filling it, but it looked pretty good before we started filling. I didn't expect to have to use so much bog, although most of what you see in the above pic is only a smear. And I've still got a bit of sanding to do on it, especially at the bottom of the quarter.

Cheers, Tim

[RIM-010]

Woohoo! Got my lower nosecone this arvo Cheers heaps for that, limo, It should do most of what we need. We might even find a use for the dead spider that came with it!

Tim

[RIM-010]

Got a bit done with the lower nosecone this morning.

The piece, as supplied by limo.



And I've got a fair bit of straightening out to do on this bit.



Cheers, Tim

[RIM-010]

Woohooo!!!

Just had a panelbeater mate around (not the dodgy one), and he wants to try and get the front gaurd and nosecone welded on next week!

I've just been straightnening out the good gaurd, there was a chunk of bog in the front of it



Tim

Edited by RIM-010, 17 April 2007 - 04:36 PM.

[RIM-010]

A little bit more progress today, I bought a wire brush drill bit today, works wonders on surface rust. Also got a bit of Wurth Rust Converter, and slapped a bit on any pitting etc on the inner gaurd, then primed and topcoated it with Killrust spray.

Also got the lower nosecone pretty straightened out, should have it welded in tomorrow.





Tim

[rodomo]

Bit of a tip:
Stand well back and have a look at the "line" and maybe dummy fit the guard and bonnet before you start welding
A panel beater I knew used to self tapper welded panels together first to make sure it was all going to fit.

Edited by rodomo, 21 April 2007 - 01:15 AM.

[toryman76]

looks like youve done a top job on getting that to fit neatly! well done

Rodomo thanks for that tip, i will use that, as i am half way through replacing the lower radiator support on my LX.

Leigh

[RIM-010]

Cheers rodomo.

I'm about to go out now and get the nosecone finished, hopefully weld it in tonight

Tim

[RIM-010]

I got the rest of the inner guard rust converted, primed and painted today.



New piece on the left, old on the right. Is going into/came out of -



And I rust converted, primed and painted the lower nosecone bit -



And now I'm out of Rust Converter

Gaurd and Nosecone back on tomorrow

Tim

Edited by RIM-010, 22 April 2007 - 09:45 PM.

[RIM-010]

Cheers Keith, and I hope you recover from the Ross River Fever soon...

Those little clamps are great, I've got about 4 or 5 of em

Tim

[Heath]

Yeah I've got a few of the baby G clamps as well. They can hold a thicker job than the Vice-Grips can, and they don't hang out and get in the way like the Vice-Grips. But they're not quite as versatile. Best option is to have a few of every style for different jobs

Coming along great Tim, you're definately working quickly. Should look awesome with the guard and nosecone back on!