Finally after 14 years i have another torana. A little bit of a different direction then I was intending but I think Iv made the right choice.
A few months ago I found my first car on gumtree. It was a UC hatch. I wanted it back so bad. It was up for swaps but unfortunately we were unable to work out a deal. Then this little gem of a LH popped up locally. It had full panel and paint 6-7 years ago. I'm no Torana expert but was unable to find any rust, just a couple bits of small surface rust that I'll get onto asap.
Originally it ran a 176 and 3 speed column shift
It's now got a warmed up 202 and M21 4 speed (2nd gear grids sometimes so will have to get that sorted). I'm unsure on what exactly has been done to the motor. It does have a cam and the guy said he was told by the person he brought it off that it had a yella terra head (is there a way I can check this? Any markings if I pull the rocker cover off or anything?) also runs a 350 holly, extractors and 2.5" exhaust. The compliance plates also say it's running 3.55 gears in the diff ( again any marking on the diff to confirm this without pulling it apart?). Again the guy I brought it off said he was told it had HQ front brakes. How do I check this? It doesn't have HQ stud pattern as the studs measure 108mm across and I believe the HQ studs are 120mm across?
It originally run a front bench seat they swapped it out for a couple of race seats. I'm not a huge fan of these but they do the job and standard torana seat cost an arm and a leg along with a console that I'll be chasing eventually.
The door skins are a lovely brown so they will get some black dye over them. It's also got new dark grey carpet.
I would love to do SLR 3300 or GPAK paint scheme but the yellow is a bit dark and i think it might look a little funny but I'll have a play with some black tape just for a look.
It's going be be a very very slow project but that's cool as I'm over the moon just to have it.
Cheers
Kyle
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Edited by bags, 28 May 2017 - 12:11 AM.
