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#1 _T0rana_

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Posted 06 April 2009 - 11:54 AM

hey everyone i just picked up another car today for my daily
its getting anew paint job in metallic purple and a general tidy up and all before next week and rego
its going to be a good work car and parts car to carry all my car parts and stuff in
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Posted 06 April 2009 - 11:59 AM

Wow, you really go through the cars don't you! LOL

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Posted 06 April 2009 - 12:37 PM

yeah well i wasnt planning on buying another car but i found it for $400 so i couldnt say no

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Posted 06 April 2009 - 12:41 PM

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should i carpet the tray or give it a wood tray?

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Posted 06 April 2009 - 12:59 PM

Just chequerplate it... Much more robust than carpet or wood.

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Posted 06 April 2009 - 02:25 PM

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Posted 06 April 2009 - 02:44 PM

youve had more cars than ive had hot lunches geez haha nice buy but for that price i prob would have got it to

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Posted 06 April 2009 - 04:01 PM

I'd actually put on a wood floor. But dont get shit timber. Get a tongue and groove hardwood and oil it with linseed oil every six months. The steel floor will rust out quicker than the wood floor will rot if you look after it properly. And carpet will make it worse cause it will trap the moisture between the carpet and steel floor. But also allow a few mm gap between each board of timber to allow for expansion and shrinkage.

Thats my professional opinion from working in a tray building company.

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Posted 06 April 2009 - 04:09 PM

Nice little work ute should come up good

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Posted 06 April 2009 - 06:04 PM

astroterf (sp) with a hole in the tray to play golf haha

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Posted 06 April 2009 - 08:39 PM

why not leave the alloy tray on there?

the triplem trays are really good. and having sides makes it alot easier to carry parts.

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Posted 06 April 2009 - 11:18 PM

Nice buy! How is it mechanically?

I agree with regards to the tray. Leave the alloy + sides in! If you put a new timber tray in it'd almost be too nice to use (and scratch!)

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Posted 07 April 2009 - 12:35 AM

its really good mechanically just needs new front brake pads i got it off a old guy who was retiring from being a painter and just wanted it gone

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Posted 07 April 2009 - 12:53 AM

I like the astro turf idea :D
I saw a 3 series BMW covered in astro turf today and their truck too. (Lawn company)
I'll try and get a pic. If I can remember where I saw it? :blink:

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Posted 07 April 2009 - 01:13 AM

get a F&^#ing Torana, its gmh-TORANA.com not NiSSan hill billy utes or VL Commonwhores

Get some Purple shag pile carpet and cover the cab in it, and lay down bright green fake grass and play mini golf. or maybe even lay real grass out of ur yard to keep costs down, then u can grow plants n shit. grow some weed and then u can become a dealer and deliver it fresh green so some dick can choke and set ur POS ute on fire and blow the fu%^ker up.

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Posted 07 April 2009 - 08:13 AM

^^^ Hmmmmmmm, interesting..... ^^^

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Posted 07 April 2009 - 08:15 AM

wow....

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Posted 07 April 2009 - 08:27 AM

LOL...

on topic, i actually had old hilux that i took the aluminium tray off and added a flat timber one to years ago. It went heaps slower cos the thing weighed twice as much and had to tie everything down without sides... for practicality and economy you cant beat the aluminium trays... maybe take the sides off when you dont need to transport anything, and to be really economical glue some of that timber look vinyl to the aluminium tray !

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Posted 07 April 2009 - 09:20 AM

well i dont own a torana anymore but i have owned heaps would everyone rather i just leave this forum then coz according to nathan im not allowed to post my projects atleast im outside building cars then sitting on the net all day talking about fixing cars
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Posted 07 April 2009 - 09:30 AM

nahhh stay on... we all know UC's arent real toranas anyway !..... (jokes) !!

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Posted 07 April 2009 - 09:59 AM

I wish I could find that for $400.

I reckon you'd be crazy to lose the alloy tray. It will never rust, it's light, and they are so bloody practical. Who cares if they're ugly look at the front half of it!

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Posted 07 April 2009 - 07:19 PM

Id comment but i dont want to add fuel to the fire

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Posted 08 April 2009 - 09:20 AM

get your polishing wheel out and shine the alloy tray up!

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Posted 08 April 2009 - 09:36 AM

Id comment but i dont want to add fuel to the fire


sounds like you couldnt put more fuel on if you wanted...

Sarsha's doing more to cars than most guys on this forum, so keep it up... and I would leave the tray on, you said you wanted it for a daily and parts car so keep it practical

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Posted 08 April 2009 - 10:44 AM

Better yet, make a sub-thread for Sarsha's non-Torana builds.... It will keep everything in one place. ;)
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