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Started by MRLXSS , Jan 13 2009 12:54 PM

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#26 _HatchmanSS76_

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Posted 13 January 2009 - 07:27 PM

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Posted 13 January 2009 - 07:42 PM

they are all outstanding transformations.exept,hatchmanSS76 :(.keep em coming

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Posted 13 January 2009 - 07:45 PM

aww hatchy i still wanna cry when i see that!

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Posted 13 January 2009 - 08:25 PM

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After....sort of like Hatchy without the panel damage!!
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#30 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 13 January 2009 - 09:15 PM

^ hope you had your spare pair of undies in the glove box.

#31 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 13 January 2009 - 09:28 PM

When I first got it:

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Preliminary testing of modifications to engine to make sure V8 goes like a V8 should. New cam and heads with hardened valve seats.

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^ that's where that pair of shorts went to. Oh, yeah, I decided at some crazy hour in the morning, that we may as well paint the engine bay since there was only half an engine in the hole!!!! As you do.

How it looks ATM:

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^ That photo was taken, when they took the pics for this:

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Dunno what I have on the race wreck, I'll have a look see.

Edited by Yella SLuR, 13 January 2009 - 09:33 PM.

#32 _LJ355_

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Posted 13 January 2009 - 09:47 PM

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#33 _evil UC hatch_

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Posted 13 January 2009 - 09:53 PM

its good to see that I am not the only person to go backwards.


This is the only early photo I have courtesy of the qld police :blink: due to old computer dying

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this was the car when I first brought it to the house I live in now (about 2 years ago)

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and these were taken tonight :fool:

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#34 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 13 January 2009 - 10:11 PM

Must say, a whole lot of peeps doing nice stuff to their cars.

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Posted 13 January 2009 - 10:52 PM

they are all outstanding transformations.exept,hatchmanSS76 :(.keep em coming


Thanks mate! At least someone appreciates my effort. :D

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Posted 13 January 2009 - 10:59 PM

Thanks mate! At least someone appreciates my effort. :D



I was gunna congrats u on that awsome looking grass in the second photo that looks tops!!!!

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Posted 13 January 2009 - 11:14 PM

whats peeps meen?

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Posted 13 January 2009 - 11:15 PM

whats peeps meen?


peers/people

#39 _tyre fryer_

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Posted 14 January 2009 - 12:34 AM

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Give me your old engine, please.

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Posted 14 January 2009 - 06:01 AM

When I first got it:

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Preliminary testing of modifications to engine to make sure V8 goes like a V8 should. New cam and heads with hardened valve seats.

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^ that's where that pair of shorts went to. Oh, yeah, I decided at some crazy hour in the morning, that we may as well paint the engine bay since there was only half an engine in the hole!!!! As you do.

How it looks ATM:

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^ That photo was taken, when they took the pics for this:

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Dunno what I have on the race wreck, I'll have a look see.


do you drive through ulladulla all the time?

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Posted 14 January 2009 - 06:51 AM

Not long after I got it (nearly three years ago):
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Recently:
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Not many obvious changes on the outside but its what's on the inside that counts and that's changed plenty ;)

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Posted 14 January 2009 - 06:58 AM

We have some talented people here! All cars so far (besides hatchmans) have been improved for the better! Keep the pics coming!!!

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Posted 14 January 2009 - 07:31 AM

Before

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After

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After again

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Now

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Posted 14 January 2009 - 08:02 AM

Hi
This is my LX Torana from 2003. Only body work done has been rolling gaurd lips for bigger wheels, boot wing and thats about it. Motors another story.

In 2003 as purchaced
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Motor 1
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Motor 2 (not mine)
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As my car sits today however work has started on bodypanels. I have a flare kit and another VR V8 waiting for the rebuild.
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Chears Neil

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#45 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 14 January 2009 - 08:08 AM

do you drive through ulladulla all the time?


No, peeps do tell me that there is a twin down there. Can't believe how many Torries are in Nowra, see a different one each time I go there for work.

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Posted 14 January 2009 - 08:56 AM

Give me your old engine, please.

Sorry mate its long gone !

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Posted 14 January 2009 - 09:18 AM

We have some talented people here!

thanks but we already knew i iz talented. its taken alot of effort to make the car look exactly the same. im that good at it you would never known ive modded it :tease:

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Posted 14 January 2009 - 09:44 AM

:cry: I think I went the wrong way with the transfomation of mine looking at eveyone elses pics.

Some very nice before and after shots. I'll upload some old photos and put up another before and after pre turtling it.

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Posted 14 January 2009 - 09:45 AM

Here's my hatch before (in 2002),

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and after (at toranafest 2008)

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Cheers Mick




All those 7s on the plate would have made it a dead cert to stay papaya - the second best color in the world
looks choice anyway.

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Posted 14 January 2009 - 05:40 PM

OK, you've probably seen these 2 pics a trillion times BUT here they are again

As it looked Jan 15 2007 when I picked it up at Silverdale near Waragamba, west of Sydney

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AND almost 2 years since then

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I'm reasonably happy with it and basically that is who I only have to please, ME :D

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