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UC Hatch converting to LX Panels

Started by _hatcher_ , Aug 23 2008 10:39 PM

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#51 bryanw

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Posted 13 November 2008 - 04:48 PM

ok, just a thought. I converted a few lc coupes to lj in the early days as nobody wanted lc's, who knew?

sorry, didnt know you didnt have a complete front, hopefully I will, so may be doing it slightly different.

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#52 RIM-010

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Posted 13 November 2008 - 06:25 PM

It's a bit of a different situation with LX's and UC's though :tease:

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#53 _PRO-192_

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Posted 07 January 2009 - 01:27 PM

a uc to lx conversion is very much like "upgrading" from vista back to xp... back date to "upgrade" lol

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#54 _darkone040_

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Posted 07 January 2009 - 04:32 PM

Keep the updates and pictures coming Dave.

Very interesting.

I'm sure plenty of people would like to do the same thing to UC but don't have the time or skills.

Perhaps you should call it the LUX model hatchback - very rare!

Regards,

Mick.

id call it the DE - LUX model.. all the looks of the lx with the suspension upgrades of the uc..

dave what mechanic do you work for and what kind of retro fitting new gear into old do you do..
im in the adelaide area and will probably be wanting to put an efi 8 into my torana in the future and you seem like the guy to see..
and im getting a diff conversion done soon vs diff housing into an lx wondering if you's possibly do that sort of thing..

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#55 _johnharte_

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Posted 03 November 2009 - 08:30 PM

Where are you at with this one mate?

John

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#56 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 03 November 2009 - 09:06 PM

Thanks for answering the question on the difference between the UC and LX/LH guards. Will be interested in seeing the result. Did you get a proper TIG with frequency, or just the leads to modify an inverter welder? I got the later, works well.

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#57 _doogs_

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Posted 06 November 2009 - 03:05 PM

Where are you at with this one mate?

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Be good to see where you are up to with this one.

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#58 _stu.slr_

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Posted 07 November 2009 - 01:11 AM

lx uc hatch 1 002.jpg 129.65K 150 downloads

lx uc hatch 1 012.jpg 120.46K 202 downloads

lx uc hatch 1 013.jpg 151.2K 149 downloads

here are some pics, i hope they work out. to me this is an exciting thread as once was contemplating it myself. as long as we dont get a rash of a9x clones!

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#59 _stu.slr_

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Posted 07 November 2009 - 01:28 AM

if you look on the photos, of the inner guard, the black part is the lx part that has been grafted in. blurry photos sorry as theyve been scanned from snapshot photos. this has been done with the help of a local welder/sheetmetal guy. also the frontal area of the inner guard needs minor reworking. havent heard of just cutting the lx guard. this is not my car but a work in progress, its a hatchback. i guess in theory its great to have a uc torana that looks like an lx; you get rts. the owner bloke said the tailights were the easy bit. did it himself apart from welding. braces are tacked on to check bonnet gaps etc.

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#60 _HatchmanSS76_

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Posted 08 November 2009 - 12:00 AM

Good way of fixing the cosmetic mistakes that GMH made with the UC. Best of luck with it and keep posting progress shots.

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#61 _berro59_

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Posted 13 December 2009 - 01:11 PM

P1000366.JPG 821.73K 102 downloadsI am converting a UC hatch front\rear end and fitting a SLR dash and it is a big job. The good thing is the UC has nearly no rust! I have unpicked the welding on inner guards and gathered donor LX ones. I just picked up a LH yesterday to play with as well. Pics attached.

P1000392.JPG 988.51K 98 downloads All parts ready to go!

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#62 dirtbag

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Posted 01 January 2010 - 02:43 PM

Hi all. Good work so far on the LX conversion.

If you want to see another, well, weirder way of doing it, check out "fixing my brothers UC hatch" in the members projects section.

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#63 _berro59_

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Posted 27 July 2010 - 09:40 AM

hatch rear1.JPG 99.34K 79 downloadsMore work done.

UC Graft.JPG 891.88K 70 downloads

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#64 micklx

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Posted 09 January 2011 - 03:44 PM

Any further news ?

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#65 _A9XOSS_

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Posted 11 January 2011 - 09:59 PM

wow, ya going well there matey, also you are doing the front end the correct way in my books. :clap:

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#66 _mitchells74lhsltorana_

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Posted 25 January 2011 - 11:19 PM

hey nice work are you gonna get it lic or just experimenting?

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#67 _rob350hatch_

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Posted 26 January 2011 - 07:21 AM

very nice work one day we will rid this land of the uc scurge. :stirpot:

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#68 _berro59_

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Posted 29 January 2011 - 10:23 PM

This project has been on the go for two years now. Finished half the tail graft last Australia day.

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torry arse.JPG 41.21K 6 downloads

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#69 _berro59_

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Posted 29 January 2011 - 10:31 PM

Dash graft. Great fun trying to weld the dash with out getting burnt!

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Dash Graft UC.jpg 46.83K 3 downloads
Dash Graft Before.JPG 42.03K 11 downloads
Dash Graft After.JPG 39.57K 2 downloads

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#70 _berro59_

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Posted 29 January 2011 - 10:33 PM

hey nice work are you gonna get it lic or just experimenting?

Going to get it fully engineered!

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#71 _mitchells74lhsltorana_

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Posted 30 January 2011 - 07:42 PM

This project has been on the go for two years now. Finished half the tail graft last Australia day.

what inch are them mags?

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#72 _berro59_

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Posted 30 January 2011 - 08:58 PM

They are 14*10's.

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#73 _berro59_

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Posted 30 January 2011 - 09:02 PM

very nice work one day we will rid this land of the uc scurge.

The UC can look like a fine auto mobile its just that the LX looks better!

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Mags2.jpg 26.55K 3 downloads

Edited by berro59, 30 January 2011 - 09:08 PM.

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#74 _toranajohn_

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Posted 10 February 2011 - 01:47 PM

great stuff

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#75 _uctorry_

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Posted 10 February 2011 - 03:19 PM

looking good mate
but nothing wrong with the uc
doing the same conversion for a mate four door
we just cut the tops off the uc inner guards and grafted the lh inners tops on with the guard in place
have to say worked well no propblems doing it this way
but as always there are always many ways to skin a cat
keep up the great work
go the two doors