I thought I'd give a bit of a run down on my cars since it has been a long time and a few forums versions ago.
I have decided that after 20+ years of driving a torana as a daily I'm going to step up into one of those new plastic fang dangle cars. Sadly it is a Commondoor but it is a SS so its sort of in line with the Torana names
Said Plastic� car totally stock SS VX 5.7L and well looked after by its previous owner. In my opinion it is far to quiet to be a V8, as you can hardly hear it! I best look into a different exhaust.
After months of pros & cons it was decided that I needed to take the sedan off the road to do the repairs and give it the tidy up that has been long over due. I also had to get it driveable so my sons could drive. As it had a fantastic security system of no one else being able to drive it. LOL
Everyone jammed the gears or broke the clutch cable. New shifter and custom cable fixed those problems. It currently has a wiring issue, broken uni joint and urgent urgent need of tyres. Given that 13s are impossible to find, I have to resort to putting the 14in horrible wires back on, which poses the problem of they are to wide without flares. Anyway the first week-end of retirement my eldest boy decided it was going to be his car as he gets loser licence in a couple of months. So far if it involves money for repairs and up coming rego etc it is still my car but other wise he thinks it is his. I get to keep the plates as they are going on "Plastic"� with the possibility of getting new plates "Mums car" since the torana is known as that among his mates.
The torana was moved out of the garage so "Plastic"� can be safely behind the gates. Anything not nailed down in the front yard is considered not wanted. Apparently.
Sedan and eldest son
Saturday night he decided he is bored so he started cleaning out the boot. Now I had to take photos of this as this is also the same child that wouldnt know what "clean" means. When I suggest he has to clean his room he is out the door.
Sunday the rear spoiler must come off to inspect the rust if any.
Yup found some rust but luckily it was just surface and spotto a dent also hiding under the spoiler.
The original plan was to take the tailshaft out and take to work get it fixed then send off to a sparky but that plan seems to be on hold until the rust is done.
I'm thinking I should have taken the ridicules offer to buy the sedan by one of the guys near work then the money could have gone to getting the Dust Collector� closer to being back on the road
So there you have it.
