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#1 _victor_

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Posted 15 July 2014 - 06:45 PM

Thought I'd start build thread, on the car I'm giving to my girls.

Ok a bit on the car, 1977 SL/R 5000 ( L31 ).
All matching numbers.

It's never been restored, pretty stock with a few mod's.

Hydraulic clutch, electronic dissy a tow bar.

It's going to be a bit of a slow build, with as few mod's as possible.

The motor out and hopefully soon will get a freshen up soon.

Gearbox has had a rebuild all ready to go.
New clutch kit.

The first thing will be sand blasting under the master cylinder and the battery tray, very little rust, but want to make sure that I get it all.
I'll put up some pictures tomorrow so you can see what I'm taking about.

Then second I'll be doing is the brake's, cleaning out all the line's and reco the brake parts.

So motor is all ready out of the car, the head's are off and all looks good.

I'll probably be asking a lot of stupid and dumb question along the way, as I only drove the car for 4 years then put it in the garage for the last 12 years.

So I don't remember a lot about the car, except it was a lot of fun to drive.

So it's had a long rest.

Better stop now, before everyone falls asleep.

Thanks Victor

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Posted 15 July 2014 - 07:22 PM

Cant wait to see the pics ....
I wish my old man thought like you ....lol

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Posted 15 July 2014 - 09:18 PM

True.



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Posted 15 July 2014 - 09:42 PM

Any pics of the car Victor

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Posted 16 July 2014 - 09:17 AM

Maybe check behind the bonnet hinges too!

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Posted 16 July 2014 - 10:51 AM

What lucky girls having a dad doing that for them.

Pictures would be fantastic.



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Posted 16 July 2014 - 03:13 PM

There some pictures of the rust and the little bit I've done. Need to get some new garnet.

Before you ask the red paint is kill rust, I put on 16 years ago.

Victor

As the paint had previously been damaged by holden.

As you can see on the invoice no charge for paint work. I like how they spell Torana. lol

My daughter's are 4 and 3.

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Posted 16 July 2014 - 03:45 PM

Hi Victor
Good to see the car made it to the build section
Congrats for not going through with the sale - you would have kicked yourself i am sure later on
All good giving it to the kids but you have to have your turn first dont forget :) 

In case you havn't seen it have a look here as it has a lot of great tips and even better advice from people who have been through what you are into right now

http://www.gmh-toran...ect-management/

While the heads are off and in case they havn't been done yet, it might be worth while getting the inserts etc done to take ULP

Cheers and good luck with the build



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Posted 16 July 2014 - 04:28 PM

If the battery tray is any indication there may not be a lot of rust in this old girl



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Posted 17 July 2014 - 12:54 PM

Ok here are some pictures.

I'm trying to show all the good & bad bits of the paint & body work and wanting to know some ideas of what to do.

Same goes with the interior.

Thanks Victor

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Posted 17 July 2014 - 01:03 PM

Looks like you have a great basis for a resto. In the right hands you can make that a concourse car fairly easy. Looks like it's never done a hard days work

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Posted 17 July 2014 - 01:14 PM

Buff and detail. Put engine back in. Drive it.



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Posted 17 July 2014 - 02:37 PM

^^^ +1^^^ I agree with Rob

 

It's even still got da wireless!!



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Posted 17 July 2014 - 03:26 PM

mate you would be crazy to pull that car apart and start cutting bits and restoring it,,, just get a paintless dent mobile guy to come around and ask him to help sort the dents and then just brush touch what needs it.

 

 

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Posted 17 July 2014 - 03:37 PM

I think the value in that car is as a survivor car.

Its in great condition for its age.

Check behind the hinges. If its not rusty there I wouldnt do much to it at all.

Rather than start a love affair with it in the garage in pieces, start the love affair doing what it is meant to do. Be driven.



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Posted 17 July 2014 - 06:29 PM

Buff and detail. Put engine back in. Drive it.

What he said not to many left in that condition very rare these days if you intend to keep it leave it
but your car

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Posted 17 July 2014 - 07:32 PM

Hi guys

Thanks for the response.

The plain is, not to modify the car, what mean only change what I need too get it back on the road.

It's been in the garage for 12 years.

What I was trying to show with the paint work was the bubble come up. I got a razor blade and cut some off.

More of a dark stain like in the picture of the battery tray. After I blasted it.

Don't want it to get any worse than it is now.

How do I stop or slow it down without taking it back to metal, if possible.

Inside the car is not to bad, the drives seat is too far gone to save but the rest is pretty dam good and can be saved with a bit of work I think.

Sunvisor have gone a bit soft and sticky.

Been looking for threads with little trick on saving as much as I can and not just replacing everything with repo stuff.

Any help would be much appreciated. Even link to others build threads.

But there are still a lot of thing I have to do, to be able to pass it on to the kids.

As my kids will not get to a driving age for another 11 to 12 years.

Thank you once again Victor

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Posted 17 July 2014 - 07:36 PM

Thats a nice car Vic.... Like the others said chuck the motor back in and drive it.... Do the resto in 10 years time.... If you start now, i daresay it will still be in pieces in another 12 years...

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Posted 17 July 2014 - 07:44 PM

Get the battery tray spot blasted. And under the master cylinder. You can buy a cheap sand blaster to do the job.

Treat it with rust convertor Maybe then KBS or POR15 to protect it.

The window edge on the door looks like a bit of rust under it.

Sand treat and repaint.

If it was mine I would just do that and a duplicolor touch up.

Spend some money on the motor.

Clean the brakes out.

Check behind the hinges and the radiator support panel.

You could have that back on the road for very little cost.

Envious much.



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Posted 17 July 2014 - 08:40 PM

I agree, put it back together as is.
Unrestored is far more appealing.
(and profitable)
You can't change your mind after its pulled to bits, it'll never be the same.

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Posted 17 July 2014 - 09:10 PM

I agree with above posts. I would keep it as a true survivor & avoid any exterior body/paint work if possible. At the most, any areas such as the door/window frame in your pic, I would keep the repair as small as possible. Even though that colour, to my knowledge, is a clear over base metallic, being acrylic lacquer a good old school painter will be able to blend the colour without having to repaint or re-clear coat the whole panel.



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Posted 21 July 2014 - 03:02 AM

Hi all

Thought I'd put some pictures of the front & rear door vinyl and show the factory mounting position first two pic are driver's door, next three are rear door driver's side.

Might be a help to someone.

Victor

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Posted 21 July 2014 - 08:26 PM

Hmmmm.........................I reckon my Ol' EH when I got my license was IVS-865?

 

*Goes lookin for Ol' pics*



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Posted 23 July 2014 - 03:27 AM

Good work Victor,

 

and here is a Signature picture for you:-

 

Attached File  Jessica's & Lauren's royal plum SLR 5000.jpg   18.93K   11 downloads

 

so you then put this link in it to:-

 

http://www.gmh-toran...-plum-slr-5000/

 

so when people click on your signature, they will be coming here.



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Posted 24 July 2014 - 06:42 PM

Lucky you victor, one of my favourite combinations.

Thanks for showing us how the door trims are put on. Please post more pictures of interest like that. 






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