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Sorry to take you off topic.

 

I'm looking at getting a rotisserie for my Torana. How did you mount yours?

[bat 53]

G'day all gatti
Hope this helps

Welded the rear on because need to repair rear panel


Cheers. Bat


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[bat 53]

Repairs done on lrq bog bog and guess what more bog
Can't believe the damage and it was bogged not repaired

Well it will be done properly by my bloke when it gets to him

Cheers. Bat


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[Toranamat69]

Ha Ha I bet you made a big cloud getting that all out.  Unfortunately my right rear 1/4 was similar on my hatch.  I am still cleaning pink bog and paint dust out of my LX 2 years later.

[bat 53]

Ha Ha I bet you made a big cloud getting that all out. Unfortunately my right rear 1/4 was similar on my hatch. I am still cleaning pink bog and paint dust out of my LX 2 years later.

Doing door rust not a lot
This section done
Trying to remove 1/4 window
Have to read the. Manual


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[bat 53]

g'day all 

hopefully in the next few weeks the car goes for panel & paint

so what i am in need of is 

engine bay colour gloss or satin

photo of blackouts 

a photo of blackwatch green and 2pac paint code

for the life of me cannot find a decent photo 

 

thank's in advance

cheers  bat

[bat 53]

G'day all
Been a while just got the car back from having the right rail pulled 20mm and squared the front
So back on the rotisory
Took the bonnet back to metal
The amount of bog I honestly believe that there were no panel beaters 20years ago
Cheers. Bat


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[purrlx]

Nice progress, bugger about getting rail pulled but right time to it.

[Rainman]

Holy Crap Bat, man what a lot of work you have done, credit to you for having the skills to get it where it is today. You saved that cars life.    Rainman

[Rockoz]

As far as panel beaters go.

20 years ago it is likely any repairs that were done, were done under insurance.

Having a few mates in the game back then, I can safely say that they did not get paid enough to do good repairs.

They were often directed to repair panels, rather than replace them.

If they got the go ahead to replace the panel, they were often limited to using second hand panels, which sometimes the repairer actually organised for use.

They were allocated a set number of hours to do the work.

Some of the allocated hours were more than required, quite often they were less.

 

To actually make money they had to get them in and out as quickly as possible.

Thats why the repairs were less than great.

 

Given that, I cant recall seeing any panel beater in the day going to the trouble of butt welding rust repair panels in.

Even for customers that were paying hourly.

The repairs usually consisted of a slightly oversized piece of metal behind the panel being welded in and then bog to level it.

Some of these  guys were capable of doing the work perfectly. But the customer rarely wanted to open the wallet that far.

 

The fact the cars were actually nothing special in the day would be a reason.

Once the rust got too bad, they usually got scrapped.

 

Or in the case of my mate with a HK GTS Monaro, albeit a 186, it became the centrepiece to a bonfire.

[bat 53]

Well haven't stopped
Removed the rad support for the new second hand one
Spent the last week repairing the heater box cracks every where and bowed like a banana but nearly done
The paint with por15

Cheers. Bat


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[bat 53]

Getting ready to take it to the Panelbeater
Spent the day assembling bonnet boot doors
Getting excited
As I was going through all the pieces guess what I found the fourth wheel trim


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[71xu1]

Keep the pics and updates coming.
Cheers Dave

[bat 53]

Car loaded all ready for the trip to the panel beaters



Hopefully back in 6 months

Cheers. Bat


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[71xu1]

Nice, looking forward to the progress pics.

Cheers Dave

[bat 53]

g'day all 

going through the parts checking to be sure they are 6/71 gtr 

inlet manifold number 2819553 p is the cast number ?

caby is right number 23-3048

any help with the manifold number appreciated

 

cheers  bat

[bat 53]

g'day  all 

need my grill restored 

anyone in wa ?

and cost !!!

 

cheers  bat

[bat 53]

Ok been a while
Well got all the suspension parts back from the painter and started to do the bushes
Diff first
All done

This is how I did the bump stops about 15 minutes each

Cheers. Bat


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[claysummers]

Nice work bat. Them pesky bump stops!


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[bat 53]

Yeah not wrong
Clamp and a hammer and screwdriver


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[bat 53]

G,Day all
Got a phone call from the Panelbeater
All panel work done
Wanted me to check,make sure I’m happy

Front replaced

Rear done

Bottom of guards and rear quarters done

So am very happy with the work
Now for the bog work about 1-2 mm (not 20mm)
Asked for all the locks so can line everything up while doing it

Cheers. Bat



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