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Rex's L-34

Started by _torana05_ , Feb 18 2006 06:10 PM

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#1 _torana05_

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Posted 18 February 2006 - 06:10 PM

Here are a couple of photo's of Rex's l-34. He will fill you all in with the details

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#2 Toranavista

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Posted 18 February 2006 - 06:29 PM

looks like a serious restoration. Any bigger pics? Eye sight fading a bit

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Posted 18 February 2006 - 06:35 PM

Neat to see some pics at the beginning of the rebuild. I hope it will look great when its finished, but since its Barbados Green thats guaranteed.

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Posted 18 February 2006 - 07:19 PM

I have just finished pulling it down and made a cheap rotissary as you can see anybody can make one , i can roll it one hand i have started cutting out where the muncie was and will replace it with another one that i have already got , i am after a parcel shelf to replace the one with lots of holes in it , I have decided that since i could not buy wheels for it to make my own got 6 for $120 at Toowoombah and cut up 4 last night and ground the welds off and got the centers out today , now to buy some 14 inch rims with no centres , I will take photos of every step so i have a record of what is done , thanks to the forum i am slowly getting most parts , could not do it without you, as the help i have had with information is what i mostly needed , thanks , TREX

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#5 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 18 February 2006 - 09:09 PM

looks good rex.

your in mackay arn't you??? myself and parentals are going that way for easter...may be able to drop in and have a brain pick session overlooking your toy???

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Posted 19 February 2006 - 09:42 AM

rex keep us posted when you find what outer rim you can use for the L34/A9X offset. Theres a stack of people interested.

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Posted 19 February 2006 - 01:36 PM

Good to see Rex, it�ll keep you off the streets working away in your shed.

Excellent job mate��..Regards

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Posted 19 February 2006 - 02:28 PM

Is that Trex we are talking about here ??? The man with a million LJ parts ? Is he known as racy rabbit on the new site???

Did you manage to get rid of all you LJ parts REX ????

cheers Torry Nut :spoton:

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Posted 19 February 2006 - 03:59 PM

looks great !!

what material did you make the rotessire out of (angle/rhs) ?

where does it secure at front of car ?

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#10 _BCR42Y_

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Posted 19 February 2006 - 04:45 PM

Ahhh..... Barbados Green, i would say one of the best colours torries came in, ice start to the project, please keep us posted!

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#11 _racyrabbit_

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Posted 20 February 2006 - 08:25 PM

I made the rotissary out of left overs , i collect out of scrap bin , 50by50 rhs old terms and a bit of pipe , if you are interested can take photos of it all and what you need , its not much , i will chase wheels down shortly , i got 6 wheels from swap and cut up 4 just cut around rim above the centre and grind down around welds and carefully cut with 9 inch across the bit left and it pops off left with just a centre , they are quite solid , i beleive i need a 3 1/4 backspace instead of 4 inch ,And yes torrynut it is me minus the little cars , REX

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#12 _CHOPPER_

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Posted 20 February 2006 - 08:30 PM

You got the offset difference correct. If you could post a tech article on how to make a rotarypisser, I think a lot of forum members would benefit.

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Posted 20 February 2006 - 08:35 PM

Rexy! Don't tell me you cleaned out that shed ?????

I was hoping to visit that oasis of your up north sometime ????

So are you telling me you have nothing at all that might belong to a LJ ???

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Posted 20 February 2006 - 09:45 PM

I have some photo's of an L34 / A9X wheel which has been put together by removing the GTS centre, then machining some material off the centre band then stepping it back into a std 6 inch rim and then re welded.. With the centre spaced back an inch they appear to be the same as L34/A9X. I believe it has been done by a professional wheel restoring company. I hope this can help.
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#15 _racyrabbit_

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Posted 20 February 2006 - 09:50 PM

It took me awhile but yes i know what they have doe as with a standard gts and rim you cant just take the welds off and push it back as the centre piece is too big , i am hopeing to do it and leave it the centre the full 25 or so that it is , but if not i will do what the photo has done , REX

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Posted 20 February 2006 - 10:07 PM

I'm not certain but I think the only 6 inch rims that will allow that are the L34 rims. They have a wider spacing in the centre of the rim to allow the offset. Maybe a 7 inch rim will do the trick?

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#17 _racyrabbit_

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Posted 21 February 2006 - 05:48 PM

I dont know where the rims came from but the centers are pontiac rally 2 centers and probably put together in Australia , REX

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#18 _lcgtr1170_

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Posted 18 March 2006 - 05:29 PM

maybe a little late 4 posting on this but the a9x/l34 wheel call eastern wheel works to cut and shut the centres do a great job and when i worked at canterbury tyre and mag they had a set of factory a9x wheels there and they sold them as gts wheels not knowingt what they were (to a mate of mine) and the pontica wheels were 15" not 14" so if you go vt brakes you MUST HAVE the pontica wheels not gts wheels as gts wheels can be put into drop down centres ie 14" wheel turned into 15" pm me 4 more info

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Posted 18 March 2006 - 06:12 PM

maybe a little late 4 posting on this but the a9x/l34 wheel call eastern wheel works to cut and shut the centres do a great job and when i worked at canterbury tyre and mag they had a set of factory a9x wheels there and they sold them as gts wheels not knowingt what they were (to a mate of mine) and the pontica wheels were 15" not 14" so if you go vt brakes you MUST HAVE the pontica wheels not gts wheels as gts wheels can be put into drop down centres ie 14" wheel turned into 15" pm me 4 more info

rallye II rims came in 14 and 15", yes they are the same as GTS rims but were available in 15" also.

Like you have said there are a lot of 15" GTS rims getting around, but 99% of them are 14" centres on a 15" dropped band, where as the genuine 15" rallye II's have a larger centre to accomodate the larger size and they will work with commodore brakes but 14's wont.

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#20 _racyrabbit_

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Posted 18 March 2006 - 08:32 PM

Could you email me with phone numbers and the state that they are in Please , TREX

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Posted 18 March 2006 - 10:55 PM

Canterbury Rd Tyres?
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Posted 19 March 2006 - 09:37 AM

Eastern Wheel Works
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