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#1 henry57

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Posted 23 January 2019 - 08:14 PM

I believe that LH fuel tanks were unpainted from the factory. I have looked at several cars and most of them have been painted black. Does anyone know for sure? Maybe different factories did different things. Same as the underbody of the car. Many have a lot of the car colour which seems to be more than just overspray. Cheers

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Posted 27 January 2019 - 09:56 PM

There was only one factory for LH LX toranas , Dandenong,Maybe some exceptions for very early production. From what I've seen the tanks were that silver tin plated finish from factory. Although I know just about every one you see is painted black 



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Posted 27 January 2019 - 10:33 PM

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Posted 28 January 2019 - 01:00 PM

What a pic!
I will have the hatch thanks. And the sedan please...

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Posted 28 January 2019 - 01:01 PM

P.S. I'd like to know how they plan on fitting a HX chassis into an LX Torana too!

 

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Posted 28 January 2019 - 01:21 PM

P.S. I'd like to know how they plan on fitting a HX chassis into an LX Torana too!

 

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They don't, the car behind the 4.2 litre hatch will be a HX Holden.



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Posted 28 January 2019 - 01:46 PM

My uc has the tin plated tank but it has a heap of black overspray across the back edge and filler spout


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Posted 28 January 2019 - 07:47 PM

I agree with '2 girls racing'. At the end of the production line they often sprayed a "dull flat black" to various underbody areas to hide them.

 

EJ/EH Holdens are a good example. The fuel tank was also finished in a bright zinc plating, which stood out like the proverbial !

 

Because of the shape of the rear wheel arches, the tank "shine" stood out too much when viewed from the side. 

 

Just before the road wheels were fitted, they sprayed the RH side of the tank in a flat black finish, which made it almost invisible.

 

I'm sure than Holden did this to all cars in the 70s for the same reason.

 

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Posted 31 January 2019 - 09:26 PM

I wonder if the L34’s were painted black after the guards wer cut out? They would have had to spray some black around the wheel arches etc.

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Posted 31 January 2019 - 10:18 PM

And just about every car yard I remember visiting looking for cars sprayed the underside of the cars black to hide all the chips, scratches, dents , leaks etc



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Posted 31 January 2019 - 10:19 PM

I agree with '2 girls racing'. At the end of the production line they often sprayed a "dull flat black" to various underbody areas to hide them.

 

EJ/EH Holdens are a good example. The fuel tank was also finished in a bright zinc plating, which stood out like the proverbial !

 

 

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As a matter of interest, Holden & Torana fuel tanks were not zinc plated. They were stamped from Terne Plate.

Terne Plate is sheet steel that has a coating (both sides) of tin and lead alloy. Usually around 10 - 15% tin and 85 - 90% lead.



And just about every car yard I remember visiting looking for cars sprayed the underside of the cars black to hide all the chips, scratches, dents , leaks etc

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Posted 01 February 2019 - 06:51 AM

As a matter of interest, Holden & Torana fuel tanks were not zinc plated. They were stamped from Terne Plate.

Terne Plate is sheet steel that has a coating (both sides) of tin and lead alloy. Usually around 10 - 15% tin and 85 - 90% lead.

Yes, you are correct. I was just using the term "bright zinc" as a generic term.

 

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