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I know its not a torana, but its a holden

Started by _jacko27_ , Oct 04 2008 11:14 AM

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#1 _jacko27_

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Posted 04 October 2008 - 11:14 AM

gday guys im jacko, im 18 and finished my Prem restoration a couple of weeks ago

this was it before i started, i know it looks good, but there was rust and the panels had 10 mm bends in them
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as you can see the back window had a fair bit of rust
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The previous owner replaced the vinyl roof but didnt seal it and water came straight into the window sill everytime it rained
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Resprayed engine bay
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This was how it looked around halfway
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The blue painted doorways so that i could paint the car when it was all together
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Car painted, looks pretty dull but it is acrylic so i rubed it back later and it came up perfect
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the engine, 186 with a yella terra head, WW stromberg, mild cam and headers
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engine in the car
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new carpet and seats rebuilt
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vinyl roof glued back down, probably the trickiest job on the car
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how it looks now
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now that its done, im looking for a Torana, maybe a LJ? and build up a tough 6

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#2 _Chriskoss-79uc_

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Posted 04 October 2008 - 11:39 AM

WOW! thats great work mate. You should be very proud. Did you do all the spraying yourself?
Don't sell it whatever you do

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#3 _jacko27_

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Posted 04 October 2008 - 11:44 AM

yes sprayed it myself in the garage (dont look here epa...)

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#4 Statler

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Posted 04 October 2008 - 12:01 PM

Good job m8!

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#5 _panthervs_

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Posted 04 October 2008 - 12:54 PM

That looks awesome mate.. just a quick question i have the same brake booster/master set up as you did you put it in or did it come like that?? cheers

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#6 _jacko27_

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Posted 04 October 2008 - 01:01 PM

came like it, i beleive this was standard for the HR disc brake front end

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#7 _studricho_

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Posted 04 October 2008 - 01:03 PM

Wow. Very nice. How long did the project take?

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#8 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 04 October 2008 - 02:06 PM

Booster looks like a VH-44 to me....If so its aftermarket.

Dont quote me on that though.

Looks good mate, well done.

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#9 _CraigA_

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Posted 04 October 2008 - 02:10 PM

Nice job on your HR Jacko. Great to see a younger guy with such an original early Holden.

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#10 _jacko27_

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Posted 04 October 2008 - 03:20 PM

took about 7 months, the booster is a VH-40 or 44, they came standard with the HRs that had the disk brake front end, im pretty sure

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#11 _doogs_

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Posted 04 October 2008 - 06:03 PM

Nice job mate.
How long did it take to do the roof ?

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#12 _jacko27_

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Posted 04 October 2008 - 08:50 PM

an afternoon to glue it back down but the trouble was heating up the garage to stretch the vinyl.

used an outdoor heater and the place got pretty damn sweaty.

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#13 LX2DR

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Posted 05 October 2008 - 01:01 AM

took about 7 months, the booster is a VH-40 or 44, they came standard with the HRs that had the disk brake front end, im pretty sure

That's a factory setup, as you said disc's are boosted.
I had a factory HR disc setup in my EH wagon and was same, same! incl booster.

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#14 Heath

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Posted 05 October 2008 - 12:09 PM

Mmmmm that is neat. What box?

And where are you from? Will have to bring it on a Torana cruise when we start organizing them!

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#15 _jacko27_

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Posted 05 October 2008 - 02:01 PM

Narre Warren

im sure theres a couple of members from here around this area, ive seen heaps of torries around

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#16 _jacko27_

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Posted 05 October 2008 - 02:02 PM

oh and it runs a powerglide

it slips a little so that might be the next thing i re do on the car, ive heard its not too hard to rebuild a powerglide by yourself

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#17 Heath

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Posted 05 October 2008 - 02:13 PM

I know sfa about autos so I can't help you out there, but can I suggest you look into putting a Trimatic in? You might be very concerned about originality and that is cool; each to their own, just seems like a two speed auto would be a massive pain in the arse.

I don't know if we have any members directly in Narre, but loads in the south eastern suburbs

Good stuff

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#18 _jacko27_

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Posted 05 October 2008 - 02:29 PM

the 2 speed isnt too bad, just means that overtaking is a bit harder and its almost impossible to spin the wheels as the 1st gear is so tall.

i have a new cam installed and its pretty good on torque, goes around 20kmh in top gear

yea i am keeping it for origionality, however the powerglide still performs well around town, gets high rpm on the freeway but i beleive the trimatic has the same ratio top gear so that wouldnt solve the problem

if i was to change the gearbox it would be to a manual anyway, maybe my next car...

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#19 Heath

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Posted 05 October 2008 - 03:40 PM

Yep fair enough I just thought you might be going for the cruise feel. You can change your diff ratio if you want lower RPM @ 100km/h (there are lots of ratios availible with Banjo diffs), but that will make your "so tall" first gear even taller (hence the attraction of the three speed haha). Cheers