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my sons lx ss hatch project

Started by bullitA9X , Dec 23 2006 10:03 AM

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#51 _LXBren_

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Posted 12 November 2007 - 12:47 PM

Wow, what a find!

Man I wanna know what you paid, but I don't think you wanna tell me LOL

Congrats anyway, what are the plans for her? Back to the white paint and factory look?
Hey heath i dont mind telling you what i paid for it $3500 my son wants to take it back to white but i think he wants the flares only if you can without chopping the quarters also the black bonnet and scoop

Just adding my 2 cents worth . . . decide one way or another on the flares. I have the flares over the un-cut quarters and it's more annoying than anything. I can't get enough rubber under there to fill out the flares becasue the qtr panels scrape on the tyres. Therefore from the rear the tyres don't look quite big enough.

Nice find though

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#52 Toranavista

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Posted 12 November 2007 - 07:30 PM

Looking good! Much inspiration. :spoton:

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#53 LX2DR

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Posted 12 November 2007 - 08:07 PM

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Nice work their, from the looks of it your trying to get a complete set of 2 door Holdens :clap:

and if the finish on those is an example, the hatch is gonna look great, keep adding the pic's, can't wait to see this one finished. :spoton:

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#54 RIM-010

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Posted 12 November 2007 - 08:15 PM

^ There's an original LC GTR in there somewhere as well

Top stuff Daryl, I thought swapping guards was a hefty task :blink:

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#55 _TJ253_

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Posted 12 November 2007 - 08:21 PM

Gotta love that picture well done mate

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#56 bullitA9X

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Posted 12 November 2007 - 09:38 PM

soss yeah mate i know i should be in the shed and thanks again for your help on saturday to cut that front off :spoton:

LXBren my son loves the flares but i understand what your saying

Toranavista thanks mate :spoton:

LX2DR yeah mate i love coupes as holden make the best :rockon:

RIM-010 yep its a big job and the lc is there mate i just had to push it out of the shed to take the picture :spoton:

toddles thanks mate :spoton:

Edited by bullitljv8, 12 November 2007 - 09:42 PM.

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#57 bullitA9X

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Posted 11 February 2008 - 06:53 AM

well guys finally got the front back on everythiing lines up spot on check out the spirit level pic perfect now starts all the body work :spoton:

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#58 _lx5008_

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Posted 11 February 2008 - 07:39 AM

You have been a busy boy,

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#59 RIM-010

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Posted 11 February 2008 - 07:59 AM

Awesome progress Daryl, looks great.

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Posted 11 February 2008 - 03:29 PM

Mmmm looks like it was welded on properly judging from those gaps

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#61 bullitA9X

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Posted 11 February 2008 - 05:28 PM

lx5008 yeah mate flat out :spoton:

rim thanks mate cant wait to paint it :rockon:

Heath yes mate thats one thing i was checking all the time was the gaps

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#62 _HatchmanSS76_

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Posted 11 February 2008 - 09:19 PM

Nice work Daz :spoton:

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Geez I need to extract my digit and get some progress happening on mine.
Got the welder back in November but have to organise a gas bottle. All set to get that last week but run over a large lump of steel in the Statesman and tore the sidewall out of a tyre. Gas bottle funds used for new rubber :furious:

. Lets hope the budget has some surplus by the end of this month for the gas bottle.

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#63 _rorym_

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Posted 11 February 2008 - 09:25 PM

Nice Daz!

Proves they are still out there and people dont want them/know what they are worth.(To us anyway!)
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#64 bullitA9X

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Posted 12 February 2008 - 06:50 PM

HatchmanSS76 thanks mate not nice what happened to the stato. so hopefully your luck will change and you can get your gas bottle and do some more work :spoton:

rorym yeah mate there still out there just keep looking but its like an addiction i check ebay,trading post,carpoint,carsguide,aussie muscle cars,ect,ect everyday to find new stuff knock on peoples doors even if i know they still drive them i dont care theres always a chance they will sell i have to stop it :tease:

Edited by bullitljv8, 12 February 2008 - 06:51 PM.

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#65 _TORRI-1_

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Posted 13 June 2008 - 08:15 PM

Just looking through some old posts and found this one, nice find Daryl!! How's it coming along, got her painted yet?

Adam

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#66 bullitA9X

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Posted 13 June 2008 - 08:30 PM

Just looking through some old posts and found this one, nice find Daryl!! How's it coming along, got her painted yet?

Adam

Na not yet mate just started my adult apprenticeship 4 months ago and i work 6 days a week and i dont get as much time anymore but i will get back into it soon :spoton:

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#67 rodomo

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Posted 13 June 2008 - 08:38 PM

There's an apprenticeship to become an adult?
Where do I enrol? :huh:

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#68 LX2DR

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Posted 13 June 2008 - 10:00 PM

There's an apprenticeship to become an adult?
Where do I enrol?

Iv'e been told to grow up so many times lately, i'm sure i need one too :tease:

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#69 _greenmachine215_

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Posted 13 June 2008 - 11:24 PM

Nice work so far, pretty impressive attempt of repair by the last owner, but your repair looks even more impressive, Thats one think ive observed and heard from people, you take extra care with the finer detail, Good onya

Oh noticed here in this pic you though the chinese safety goggles were the better option :tease:

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#70 LXdamo

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Posted 14 June 2008 - 06:57 AM

i'm sure daryl uses the safety squint to full effect.

top job mate.

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#71 _SS Hatchback_

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Posted 14 June 2008 - 08:52 PM

definately a thread to be keeping my eye on , great work so far

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#72 bullitA9X

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Posted 18 June 2008 - 07:38 PM

rodomo thats farkn funny mate!!!! :spoton:

greenmachine215 thanks mate yeah i try to get the finer detail right as it makes a huge difference to the end result and my safety glasses work well when i shut my eyes :tease:

LXdamo cheers mate!!!! :spoton:

SS Hatchback thanks mate!!! and keep an eye here i will try to get some more done very soon :spoton:

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#73 bullitA9X

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Posted 01 June 2009 - 05:18 PM

well its been nearly 1 year since i had some more work done on the hatch but i finally got some more done fully stripped back to bare metal after fitting the new rail inner skirt and rad support fixed what i had to etched and primed now im rebuilding and painting a new front end to put into it and get rid of the old one here is a couple of progress pics :spoton:

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#74 lxsstorana

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Posted 01 June 2009 - 05:24 PM

Great work. :clap:

Like they say, fine wine takes time and this hatch is going to be a beauty.

Cheers,

Mick.

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#75 bullitA9X

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Posted 01 June 2009 - 05:42 PM

Great work.

Like they say, fine wine takes time and this hatch is going to be a beauty.

Cheers,

Mick.

cheers mick!!! and yeah it takes time but i hope to get a fair bit done in winter and my son has told me we ARE NOT putting flares on it now as much as he wants to he doesnt want to cut into the rear quarters as he now knows how hard it is to find genuine L31 M21 ss hatches that havent been flared