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BBQ-202 The Epic

Started by Heath , Sep 05 2006 07:08 PM

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#1501 rodomo

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Posted 29 October 2009 - 07:45 PM

Are you going to make a mount to fit the spare wheel or dont you carry one around.

I think Mick's got him sorted with and old roof rack, some hay band and a foot or 2 of No.8 fencing wire.

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#1502 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 29 October 2009 - 07:57 PM

Looking good heath, You nearly have me convinced to put the Hilux on Gas.

Lovin the quote in your sig, must be a really smart bloke who came up with that

Cheers.

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#1503 Heath

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Posted 30 October 2009 - 12:58 PM

I don't carry a spare tyre atm but I might set one up... not sure yet. Could just weld a threaded stud onto the underside of the boot floor and use a nut to hold the wheel up on it...

In most parts of Melbourne I can just call up a local torana enthusiast friend and say "hey mate meet me round the corner with an inflated stocky" lol

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#1504 _73LJWhiteSL_

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Posted 31 October 2009 - 08:18 AM

Heath,

my dad made a bracket for a modified Hilux spare wheel winch and we mounted it under my LJ where the fuel tank used to be. Might be an option for you?

Steve

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#1505 Heath

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Posted 31 October 2009 - 09:29 AM

I reckon that's making things more complex than they need to be

But I will consider it

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#1506 Heath

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 03:12 PM

Just fitted some carpet up to the boot to fit around the gas hose and thought it looked neater so I grabbed the camera out. I've been meaning to get some better photos of the system all in place. And yes I'm fully aware of how badly the engine bay is letting the car down - I'll deal with that soon...

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 03:25 PM

Paint the..........hang on! You did!

Looking good Heath.

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#1508 _mello92_

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 03:58 PM

Oath mate, that looks great.

Hows that boot cable going for you? Neat install.

Ive said it before, and I'll say it again; all that effort and time you put into this car has really paid off. :clap:

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#1509 Heath

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 04:01 PM

Boot cable is fantastic, only problem I've had was I was a bit careless when I mounted the solenoid under the back seat and I had a bit of a shorting problem. Once I wised up to what was going on (after 3 fuses hehe) I fixed the problem easily and it's been completely trouble free. Had a few compliments about it whenever I open the boot

Cheers guys

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 06:00 PM

Boot cable is fantastic, only problem I've had was I was a bit careless when I mounted the solenoid under the back seat and I had a bit of a shorting problem. Once I wised up to what was going on (after 3 fuses hehe) I fixed the problem easily and it's been completely trouble free. Had a few compliments about it whenever I open the boot

Cheers guys

lol goes to put stickers in boot at rarespares and gets a pleasent suprise

hahaha.

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#1511 Heath

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 08:50 PM

Yeah I didn't even know what the problem was then. Thankfully that's on a different circuit to the f*cking alarm module LOL

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Posted 12 November 2009 - 07:27 AM

POLISH THE FRONT!

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#1513 Heath

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Posted 15 November 2009 - 11:20 AM

Just welded up the holes left from the carbon canister in the engine bay. Panel steel is so bloody thin! lol I am used to like 4mm material

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#1514 _ToranaGuy_

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Posted 15 November 2009 - 11:52 AM

Looking real good mate & coming along very nicely!

Cheers

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#1515 Heath

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Posted 03 December 2009 - 06:01 PM

Just installed power steering! haha the grandma guise is in play with my new hubcaps

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Also finished that repair in the engine bay, before:

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Probably one of the shittest repairs I've ever done but as you can tell the engine bay isn't a huge priority, and progress is progress regardless

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Posted 03 December 2009 - 06:52 PM

Power steering?

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#1517 Heath

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Posted 03 December 2009 - 07:14 PM

Yeah hard compound 185s, closest thing I'll ever have!

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#1518 _Brad1979UC_

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Posted 07 December 2009 - 12:02 AM

Hey thats a really good place to put my melways!!

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Posted 07 December 2009 - 07:28 AM

POLISH THE FRONT!

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#1520 _gen3torrie_

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Posted 08 December 2009 - 12:36 PM

im loving the cap's

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#1521 _ToranaGuy_

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Posted 09 December 2009 - 11:32 AM

The hub caps do look very retro!

Cheers

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#1523 Heath

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Posted 12 December 2009 - 08:45 AM

God damnit!!! lol

I spent some time yesterday just going around the car doing little paint touch-ups where things have been scratched during the assembly process etc. And I've cut back the bonnet and I'm polishing the front end bit-by-bit, it's a fairly slow process with no power tools haha good exercise though.

tintr also did up a spare rear screen I had with 30% film, haven't put it in the car yet but that should look cool.

Also bought a HEI dizzy off coupe202 yesterday, hopefully I'll get that on pretty soon as well, as the ignition system on the car performs like arse until the revs increase significantly

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#1524 _ToranaGuy_

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Posted 12 December 2009 - 12:20 PM

You will love the HEI dizzy when you get it running.

I've got a full spare set of non tinted glass to compliment my tinted glass, not sure what % the tint is but it's pretty dark. I had it fit before i stripped mine, but these days i doubt it's legal. I guess i'll find out when i re-assemble it lol.

Can't wait to see some pics of the whole car all polished up!

Cheers

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Posted 14 December 2009 - 05:56 PM

hey heath, how did you do your white walls? did you get them done professionally or do them yourself...and how?
i have heard that on tyres with the raised white lettering you can strip back the top layer of black rubber on the side wall and that there is a white strip underneath exposing what is a white wall. did you do that?