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[70LCGTR]

Two new front guards were insatalled as after the fenders were done the reat of the guards needed to much work.
Paint and trim done to match the tags.
Mediterranean Blue Metalic and Sandlewood interior. Tags match the body number on car and has been verified by Holden Historic Vehilces.
Engine is a red 202 as I never had the original one and wanted it to go a bit better than the 2600S.
Engine is 40tho over, flat top pistons, zero deck height, yella terra head with large valves large amout of porting done.
Crowe Stainless rollers and timing gear, powerbond balancer, yella terra lightweight flywheel, heavy duty clutch, triple 45 delortos. Aussie M20 with XU1 input sharft and clister gear. 3.36 LSD banjo.

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[Ice]

Very nice looks great that combo

[smeer]

Great job mate, beautiful and rare colour combo.
Looks like winners have a nice sandalwood I need to get myself a sample. Cheers

[70LCGTR]

Hi Everyone,
Sorry I haven't been in here for so long.
Attached is a pic of the car finished.

Unfortunately I've had a house and shed fire where all the house contents shed, harley and the beloved torana has been all lost.

I have salvage of whats left of the car. Its completely burnt out and even the tailshaft has exploded. The tags on the rad support are untact and also the allow radiator seems to be too.

I guess my question is is it going to be worth repairing ? Looks like its going to need a roof cut, door skins bonnet and boot at least. Let alone seats and full interior.

Open to peoples options and or options.

Cheers,

Daniel

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[Lima31]

Oh man ... so sorry to read that

[RallyRed]

wow..so sorry for you mate. Worth restoring it if possible..no small task though.
Best wishes.

[koalasprint]

Can't imagine what this would feel like. On one hand my head says re-build. But that's a big investment in time, space and money. Not to mention mental anguish if you don't like doing the work. Is it an option to buy the wreck plus another car to build one good one from two?

 

 Wishing you better luck from here on. Steve 

[Gatti]

Wow, such a shame. Hope it was insured?

[308mate]

WTF...! sux big time. So sorry bro. Thanks for sharing

[LC69GTR]

Sorry to see this not good at all 

[meanmachine72]

yep..not good at all, hope you and family are all ok mate

[grumpy xu1]

yep..not good at all, hope you and family are all ok mate

Agree with Jonno, your family is most important, but losing the car ect, would be heart breaking, hopefully positive things come from this for you mate. Gary.

[70LCGTR]

Thanks everyone for their well wishes.
As Jonno and Gary said, main thing is all the family is safe with no injuries.

Has anyone had any experience with fire damaged cars ? Am I wasting my time thinking all bolt on panels to replace, fix whole in floor from tailshaft, blast, prime, paint and go again ????

Cheers,

Danel

[grumpy xu1]

I haven't, but i nearly bought a burnt shell, you would definitely have to strip very well everywhere i reckon & very good epoxy primer & paints. Personally i would only be using the sikkens system. But i think it'd be do-able mate. Hopefully you got an insurance payment, that would fund the bodywork at least ? Gary.

[rodomo]

I wouldn't. Steel in that condition becomes like paper to bend once cleaned up. Having said that, I have used partially burnt panels before.