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[snuff1966]

Hi all, just about to start on my G pack, all good so far. A bit of rust underneath the back window and a dent in the passenger door. Hope to have the paint off in the next couple of weeks and out to the paint shop. Dave  IMG_0008.jpg   383.94K   54 downloads


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[308mate]

Awesome mate. Always good to see a kick off. What’s your plans? Cheers Scott

[snuff1966]

Just back to pretty much standard, a little lower and a set of wheels. Dave

[308 Sunbird]

G-Pak's look ace! good luck with the build and keep the pics coming.

[Heath]

Woah that looks like a great starting point.

G-Pak's are a ripper of a spec of Torana out of the box. I don't mind your plans one bit.

[snuff1966]

Did a bit today, got the screens out. Front looks great, a few holes in the rear  IMG_0014.jpg   281.97K   27 downloads  IMG_0015.jpg   477.67K   28 downloads  IMG_0018.jpg   258.01K   28 downloads  IMG_0019.jpg   507.91K   27 downloads  IMG_0016.jpg   348.13K   30 downloads


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[Heath]

That would be considered "very good" condition by today's standards.

Nice original crossply on the front. Is that a Firestone?

[snuff1966]

It's an Olympic. It came off my FE which was last registered in 1974 when I got it in 2009, I reckon it my have gone a little hard by now

[Shiney005]

No rust in the radiator support panel, or behind the bonnet hinges. What a great body.

[Big_Red]

That would be considered "very good" condition by today's standards.

Nice original crossply on the front. Is that a Firestone?

Id say excellent for a unrestored car.

[snuff1966]

A bit more disassembled  IMG_0023.jpg   519.3K   45 downloads  IMG_0024.jpg   455.93K   43 downloads.
Floors are good  IMG_0021.jpg   424.7K   42 downloads
Tidy the console up  IMG_0020.jpg   255.86K   38 downloads
These are the wheels I’m using

[GMHAz]

Wow Very clean G Pac Dave

[Covert]

What a great car in great condition, G paks are awesome 

[Big_Red]

Them rust free floors <3

[snuff1966]

Stripped some paint and a bit of etch till they get blasted  IMG_0027.jpg   552.7K   24 downloads
A bit of a hole in the drivers door but not too bad. It’s been replaced at some stage as it’s a later one with the intrusion bar  IMG_0030.jpg   422.46K   22 downloads


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[Shiney005]

Did you find the original stripes under the red paint?

[snuff1966]

Yep, the drivers door had the stripe under the last coat of paint and was chamois under that. 

[snuff1966]

Panels blasted and 2 pack etched  IMG_0040.jpg   371.85K   23 downloads  IMG_0037.jpg   379.59K   22 downloads
Seats ready  IMG_0044.jpg   250.81K   25 downloads
Some tunes for the dash  IMG_0042.jpg   459.8K   23 downloads
And some for the glove box  IMG_0043.jpg   423.19K   23 downloads
A query guys, who have people used for checking and recalibrating gauges and how much should it cost?


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[koalasprint]

For the gauge cluster talk to Chris Curtis aka VDO who is on here. He's in Brisbane and very helpful. Cost will vary depending on what needs to be done. My tacho was shot. He sent me a new board which I installed and calibrated with his support. I think that was around $120 from memory.

 

http://www.gmh-toran...user/54057-vdo/

 

Cheers, Steve.

[snuff1966]

Thanks Steve    I'll give him a yell

[snuff1966]

Not a lot happening at the moment, just collecting bits and tidying up a few things. Helping my mate to finish his hatch, got a local show in a couple of weeks so hoping to have it finished and then we can get stuck into mine  IMG_0058.jpg   248.4K   26 downloads  IMG_0057.jpg   226.71K   28 downloads
Originally a 253 M20 now 308 Toploader and 12 bolt


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[snuff1966]

Have got all the hanging panels repaired and primed ready for paint. Decided to use stripper for the shell, started today and got a bit done  IMG_0061.jpg   254.3K   18 downloads  IMG_0062.jpg   333.13K   18 downloads


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[jeffblanco]

Looks like you've got a great car to start with Dave.

What colour is your G-pack?

Has your mate got a trick way to hold the scoop onto the bonnet and what colour is is the hatch?

 

 

Regards Mando.

Edited by jeffblanco, 15 June 2019 - 08:12 PM.

[snuff1966]

The G pack is Mandarin Red. The hatch is Papaya, the scoop was just sitting there in this photo, It's bolted down now

[jeffblanco]

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This a friends car who has just about got it on the road.

It's Mandarin Red as well. Really nice colour.

 

Regards Mando.