Oh My, Don't you post alot
Posted 19 March 2013 - 07:52 PM
Hi Mike...been watching quitely for a few months...mate you are a genious..you must have soooooooo much patience.
p.s. I never realised how many bits and pieces the factory used to make up one of these old Toranas....and yep...every one of em looks like they rust like a beauty.
Some amazing work
_mikecatts_
Posted 19 March 2013 - 08:05 PM
Hi Mike...been watching quitely for a few months...mate you are a genious..you must have soooooooo much patience.
p.s. I never realised how many bits and pieces the factory used to make up one of these old Toranas....and yep...every one of em looks like they rust like a beauty.
Some amazing work
Hi... Ta..
I reacon that I have fixed nearly every panel if you count all the cars that I have done so far.. except the roof inner bulkheads.. But I do have to replace the roof.. So Im bound to get there to 
..Is it me, or do these Toranas rust too easily?.. At least I know where to look..
Oh My, Don't you post alot
Posted 19 March 2013 - 08:11 PM
yeh not sure mate...I guess at 40 years of age, a little rust is to be expected...but gee wizz...
I guess we are lucky we are not F$%rd fans trying to find a nice Escort or Cortina to get into, as theres not even any rust left to repair on those cars....
_mikecatts_
Posted 20 March 2013 - 07:05 PM
Hi all..
I managed to get the A-pillar outer on today..
I used some panel bond to help seal it ( I lightly scuffed the POR 15 where the panel bond goes..just to make sure it stuck).
When dry, Ill then weld it up.....
Fitted really well..
When done.. Ill hang the door to get the bottom sill gap correct. Then put that on.
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Posted 23 March 2013 - 05:54 AM
Hi all...
I welded the A-pillar outer on.. using plugs and spot welds.
Nice and rust free.. I then panel bonded and placed the outer door sill in position..
I hung the door to get gaps, alignment ok... Gaps are even, door hangs well....
I will have to fnnish fixing this door... The LC door doesnt fit too well..
Looks good..
another job done.
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Posted 25 March 2013 - 11:08 PM
Hi all..
I have managed to weld on the RH door outer sill, using a combination of spot weld and plug welds were needed....
Turned out very well..
I recommend this repo panel..
Ill use a filler rod to weld the gap..
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Posted 25 March 2013 - 11:20 PM
More work achieved..
The RH door again!.. and the final welds on A-pillar..
I sandblasted inside the door to see how bad the rust was.. Not as bad on bottom.. The top is gone.. I paint stripped the outer bits to get a look as well.
I manage to weld in the repo patch for the top and I started to weld up the holes on the bottom. ...I will have to patch either end using a sedan door for the piece..
All told the owner should be happy as the door is fixed and fits very well.
When final welding is done.. Ill sandblast inside again and POR 15 the bottom and top areas..
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Posted 29 March 2013 - 06:53 AM
Hi all..
I did some more on this old girl yesterday..
I finnshed the RH door.. Needed some patches as the rust was too bad to spot fix..
I sandblasted the rear front quarter section. Inside.
It was a mess and full of sand... Ill POR 15 these ereas before sealing up again..
Getting there slowly.. At least the car has a hanging door now.. I think its been a while since it had a door on
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Posted 29 March 2013 - 05:32 PM
I POR 15 the sandblasted areas.. Got right inside the rear front quarter area..should be rust proof now..
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Posted 02 April 2013 - 07:55 PM
Hi all...
After the weekend and today I have finnished the RH side rust repairs..
Fixed the spare wheel well area, and guard.
I sandblasted and POR 15ed the RH guard wet area inner and the repair patches for the rear front bottom outer sill.
Welded up some small rust holes in the side and door lip.
Driller out the inspection hole for the sill end.
I fitted the RH rear front sill... The door still needs a little work to get nice,, Ill do that after I alinge the guard to the bonnet/ LH front guard as it hasnt been unpicked yet..
Looks good so far.. Lines look ok..
The goal is to have done in 6 more weeks..
Getting there..
Mike
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Oh My, Don't you post alot
Posted 02 April 2013 - 08:02 PM
you must be gettin excited Mike...all those bits and pieces are starting to look like a Torana!!!....great stuff.
_mikecatts_
Posted 02 April 2013 - 08:14 PM
The owner should be...
you must be gettin excited Mike...all those bits and pieces are starting to look like a Torana!!!....great stuff.
_mikecatts_
Posted 02 April 2013 - 08:28 PM
..
on another note.. I drove for 5 hours today to look at an LC gtr... I knew it would be rusty.. I asked the guy before i left if it was registerable.. Yep he says... I pack the dog and off we go...
I have never seen a more rusty piece of junk in my life... I thought my XU-1 was bad... This IS BAD, BAD, BAD.... flared guards front and rear just hacked on and bogged up, bonnet has holes, boot has holes, boot lid has holes, No tags, no rego plates and no rego papers...
So not only did he waste my time with a piece of rubbish.. It cant be registeerd that easy.. Pity as its a GTR.. has the identifiers... But, every single panel needs replacing/fixing.. No intereior as to say and no internal chrome door strips.. No guages, no steering wheel, no wheels, etc etc.. and Auto with 202. All the hard to get bits arnt there..
I gave it a miss.. only worth as a garden ornament.
and you guys know I know about rusty pieces of shit!
Pisses me when people try to upsell a piece of crap.. why dont they just tell as is? and stop wasting our time???
Could of done more on the LJ.
Lotsa Posts!
Posted 02 April 2013 - 11:06 PM
Great work Mike, you're my inspiration, a sign writer who has the skills and patience to turn his hand to what-ever he wish's.
Hope I can do the same, coming from graphic arts and having-a-go at restoring an LJ.
Go Mike Go......
Cheers
Marty
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Posted 03 April 2013 - 06:16 AM
Hi Martin... ta for that... You never know unless you give it a go...
Yes its a bit different to making signs,, It has the same skills needed... Patience is the key me thinks..
Great work Mike, you're my inspiration, a sign writer who has the skills and patience to turn his hand to what-ever he wish's.
Hope I can do the same, coming from graphic arts and having-a-go at restoring an LJ.
Go Mike Go......
Cheers
Marty
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Posted 05 April 2013 - 05:19 PM
Hi all...
Some more progress on this car today..
I sandblasted and fixed the rear window sill and rear parcel shelf... after all fixed I sandblasted again and POR 15 the areas that rust....
Tomm Ill fit the window sill outer panel...
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Posted 07 April 2013 - 02:25 AM
Hi all..
I managed to get the rear window sill on today...
I panel bonded/spot welded the rear lip and panel bonded and plug welded the top as I por 15ed the underside and I dont want to destroy taking off to spot weld..
I sanded off where the spot welder is welding on the bottom lip and Zinc primed..
While fitting the boot lid I discovered that the rear beaver has been pushed in... As you can see with the pics of the beaver.. The gold one is undamaged and is out more with a gental curve.. Not so the Lj black one, in the pic of the inner boot lip, you can see it curves in..
Oh no I though...
I rang the owner and he said "yes, it had had a hit at one stage in its life".. Explains heaps..
I contacted my panel beater mate and he said no probs as he can pull out... But you will have to fit the boot lid to align...
Phew.. Easy fix.. so I continued with the job.
Gaps on the side and top turned out good....
Ill gring off the plugs later.
Its on now.. and rust free .
While i was waiting for the panel bond to dry, I took off the rear drip rails.. Lots of rust as you can see. Typical rust spot on ALL toranas.
I also did a small youtube of me spot welding the sill on.. Notice the smoke comming out due to welding through the panel bond.
Mike
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http://www.youtube.c...h?v=4G-3ZGXyhaQ
Edited by mikecatts, 07 April 2013 - 02:35 AM.
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Posted 07 April 2013 - 07:11 AM
Hi Mike,
I have been reading and watching the excellent work you are doing on the old girl and saving it,you have some great refurbushing on it,keep up the great work,will be another great gtr when it goes back on the road.
Regards John.
_mikecatts_
Posted 09 April 2013 - 05:32 PM
Ta John...
Hi Mike,
I have been reading and watching the excellent work you are doing on the old girl and saving it,you have some great refurbushing on it,keep up the great work,will be another great gtr when it goes back on the road.
Regards John.
_mikecatts_
Posted 09 April 2013 - 05:44 PM
Hi All...
I have moved to the LH side now... The right side being done now.
I took off the bottom outer sill panel, all the way to the rear guard, I did this knowing it was stuffed and full of crap... And yep, I was right
The window cowl had to go.. Cant save that rusty, patched rubbish..
I Took off the old A-pillar outer. I knew it wasnt going to be as bad as the RH side.. But I was commited to taking off..
It has surface rust under it,, The usual spots , No holes and is noice and solid.
There is a rust hole in the wet area.. and it has gone to the front... I dont think I will have to take the panel off to fix, Like I did on the right side.. I think Ill fix as is.. Ill know after I sandblast it anyway..
I also managed to pull aprt the A-pillar donour outer and bits... Not too bad.. A little sanblasting and all will be good..
Tomm Ill patch and sandblast then POR 15....
I should have this all back together by the weekend.. Would be nice.. Im waiting on his donour car to arrive so I can get the window cowl off..
Then just the roof replacement and a boot section..
Getting closer..
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Posted 11 April 2013 - 07:45 AM
Hi all...
Just a quick update..
I managed to sandblast and weld up all the holes/defects in the LH wet area and bottom inner sill.
The previouse person that did some repairs didint do to good a job a getting penetration.. Ill fix..
The wet area has holes in both lower and upper panel.. Will be tricky to fix as I dont want to pull apart... Ill think about that one..
anyway.. The welds/repairs are done , a quick sandblast then POR 15..
Mike
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Posted 13 April 2013 - 10:29 PM
Hi all..
I POR 15ed/repaired the LH side yesterday...
Today I Managed to get the LH outer sill and A-pillar outer on..
I welded the 2 together OFF the car.. I wanted to try this so as not to burn through the POR 15 on the A-piller inner..
Worked out really well..
I panel bonded/seam sealed the panel.. Clamped in place for the 90minutes then spot welded on.. Worked out well..
I fitted the door previously while trial fitting the A-pillar/sill outer.. But didnt get a pic before I took it off..
Now to get the Window cowl ready and on, and this car is nearly done..
Mike
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