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UFO304 Tidy up

Started by _UFO304_ , Sep 25 2013 08:18 PM

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#51 SmacT

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Posted 05 November 2013 - 11:15 AM

Thanks Ken, that is a help with the extractors and good to hear the T5 is hanging in there. Are you using a cable or hydraulic clutch?

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#52 _UFO304_

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Posted 05 November 2013 - 11:18 AM

Thanks Ken, that is a help with the extractors and good to hear the T5 is hanging in there. Are you using a cable or hydraulic clutch?

im just using cable........
ive never looked into hydraulic, what are your thoughts?

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#53 SmacT

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Posted 05 November 2013 - 11:42 AM

I went cable too, because I have never had a hydraulic set up that felt right or looked ok, plus I took it all from the donor car I used. :-) Worth asking as I reckon hydraulic systems have improved since I last tried one in 1992 or so!

Great progress here mate, I look forward to seing it all finished. Not as much as you do I'm sure...

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#54 _UFO304_

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Posted 05 November 2013 - 04:03 PM

I went cable too, because I have never had a hydraulic set up that felt right or looked ok, plus I took it all from the donor car I used. :-) Worth asking as I reckon hydraulic systems have improved since I last tried one in 1992 or so!

Great progress here mate, I look forward to seing it all finished. Not as much as you do I'm sure...

Haha that's for sure!!!

Just out of interest, I rang dellow conversions, as im only a few streets away.

He reckons you cant run a hydraulic clutch with the T5 bellhouisng as commodores never came with a hydraulic clutch.

Have to change it to a Torana bellhousing and change forks and stuff.

He's going to email me instructions.

Until then im sure there will be a post on here about it.

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#55 SmacT

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Posted 05 November 2013 - 04:28 PM

Looks like I'm sticking with cable then!

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#56 gtrboyy

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Posted 06 November 2013 - 10:59 AM

Somehow thought your car was kind of familar as once worked in the area & used to cruise around there visiting mates & relatives.

Tbh,hydraulic has never really quite felt right but when going to button clutch or something really heavy it's ok for in/out clutch peddle.

Bought the last v8 lc hydraulic setup off Dellows.

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#57 _UFO304_

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Posted 11 November 2013 - 08:35 PM

No more Orange peel! (on this side anyway......) what a bugger to sand back . . . . . . . . .

then onto the boot lid . . . . .

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#58 neglectedtorana

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Posted 12 November 2013 - 05:13 AM

Hi Ken,

Nice work. Jealous of your progress and not being able to work on mine

Where did you order you QA1's from?

Difficult to find the correct ones to fit the Torana?

Happy building

Cheers, Tom

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#59 _UFO304_

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Posted 12 November 2013 - 05:53 AM

Hi Ken,

Nice work. Jealous of your progress and not being able to work on mine

Where did you order you QA1's from?

Difficult to find the correct ones to fit the Torana?

Happy building

Cheers, Tom

Cheers Tom!!!

I got the QA1's from Mcdonnel Bros Racing.

I just rang them up.

Its a minimal mod fit up, you just have to grind off the captive nuts on the lower control arms and use a through-bolt. 910 min with a die grinder).

Saying that, I haven't fitted them yet!

They carry them in stock with three different springs to suit.

I've heard you can buy them direct from the states though........

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#60 neglectedtorana

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Posted 12 November 2013 - 06:32 AM

Thanks Ken,

Sounds easy, might do the same.

They have a nice tubular front end on their Facebook page. Don't need one but.....

Cheers, Tom

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#61 _UFO304_

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Posted 12 November 2013 - 07:00 AM

Thanks Ken,

Sounds easy, might do the same.
They have a nice tubular front end on their Facebook page. Don't need one but.....

Cheers, Tom

Needs vs wants ..................

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#62 _UFO304_

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Posted 17 November 2013 - 09:50 PM

Very productive weekend,

I scratched the left hinge pretty bad so I took them off and stripped them.

Paint time for the hinges, boot, and inner boot lid.

Bolted it all up Saturday morning.

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#63 _Red One_

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Posted 17 November 2013 - 11:01 PM

Good work mate that is a great tidy up.

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#64 Struggler

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Posted 18 November 2013 - 07:34 AM

I was too scared to remove my boot hinges !

Ended up painting them in situ and then blacking out the lower portion.

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#65 _UFO304_

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Posted 18 November 2013 - 11:43 AM

I was too scared to remove my boot hinges !

Ended up painting them in situ and then blacking out the lower portion.

Good work mate that is a great tidy up.

Cheers guys!

Hinges are a job you just cant look forward to . . . . . . ive figured out using a pair of multi grips makes it a lot easier.

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#66 _UFO304_

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Posted 18 November 2013 - 11:51 AM

The rest of the pics from the weekend.

Got the doors bolted on and lined up . . . . . . . . .

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#67 Guns n roses

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Posted 18 November 2013 - 02:52 PM

Looks great ! 2pac or acrylic ?

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#68 _UFO304_

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Posted 18 November 2013 - 02:55 PM

its 2pac clear over base.

Thanks!!

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#69 Statler

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Posted 18 November 2013 - 03:02 PM

I gave the insides of my new bars a coat with rust kill. It can't hurt.

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#70 _UFO304_

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Posted 19 November 2013 - 08:53 AM

I gave the insides of my new bars a coat with rust kill. It can't hurt.

what is it? A spray on paint?

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#71 _LH8VD69_

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Posted 19 November 2013 - 10:11 AM

Very nice work !!! When are the flares going back on ????? :-o Lol

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#72 _UFO304_

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Posted 19 November 2013 - 10:29 AM

Very nice work !!! When are the flares going back on ????? :-o Lol

Ooooooooooooaaaaaar!

Haha cheers.......

Cuz a real car is a steel car :-)

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#73 _UFO304_

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Posted 24 November 2013 - 10:01 PM

Got a whole days work in today.

Turned the car around in the Garage and started on the drivers side.

Stripped the doors, rubbed back the sills and door jams, and found a hidden surprise . . . . . . . . a quick welding job, and then into primer ready for next week.

There is light at the end of the tunnel!!!