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[Shiney005]

Why did you paint over the orange before it was wrapped?

[MRLXSS]

Why did you paint over the orange before it was wrapped?

 

I had a few rust repairs done, and I also wanted to paint all the door jams and stuff black so that I didn't get any orange poking through. I had always planned that when the wrap came off that I would be bare metalling it and doing it properly... I just didn't expect it to happen this way.

[4dabush]

I reckon stick with MRLXSS. As you said it’s been a big part of your life and looks like it will continue to be. It’s been through a number of phases and this is just the next one, albeit a bit bigger one!  I’ll be watching with interest. Dale looks pretty talented too. . 

[LXCHEV]

Love the YouTube update Matt - this will be great to watch as things progress with Dale. Stripping it right back to its bare metal bones, getting everything sorted - and then upgrading with some nice mods - it must be damn exciting thinking about the end goal. Without the accident it wouldn't be happening, so that's one positive you can take away from all that.

 

As for retaining the MRLXSS identity - great question. It's still very valid and appropriate in today's environment - and it'd be nice to retain that nostalgic link. But if you happen to come up with something better, then no harm done.

 

Keep us posted on here mate - really looking forward to the updates.

[SmacT]

I thought I'd share a bit of an update on my hatch, some of you might have already seen it but for those who haven't seen it posted a video on what happened with my hatch on YouTube.

Check it out here:
 
https://youtu.be/L2B...NEGTUodRQW88CgG
 
Street Machine also did a really neat little write up on it which summarises it all really nicely!
 
https://www.streetma...ch-resurrection
 
I'm really looking forward to getting stuck into the rebuild and building the car I've always dreamed of! I'll try to keep this thread updated as I progress, I'm still tossing up if I take it back to its MRLXSS moniker or come up with something fresh to reflect what it is now! Keen to hear what others think.
 
Cheers,
Matt

 

Stick with MRLXSS I reckon, though most forum members would probs say. Ha ha. It's how I knew it was the Orange car I first saw on here, which I now connect to Render Garage. And yeah, please keep updating here on this forum, it's  a much nicer place than that FaceAche bin fire.

[MRLXSS]

Hey Guys,

I dropped the 2nd video to the series the other day on YouTube!

https://youtu.be/IdF...YWUKyjNeW51dYFN

It's starting to take some pretty good shape now, its also great to less smashed in panels on the car!

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We're almost at the point now where things start going back onto the car.

A few main things from the latest video:

I managed to connect with the previous owner who actually did the repair and he sent me a few photos from the early 90s!

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I also managed to find a complete NOS Rear Quarter!

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Edited by MRLXSS, 28 February 2025 - 04:44 PM.

[hawk]

I've been keeping up with the videos, big progress already.

It's awesome to see you bringing it back.

Sounds like you've been pretty lucky with how all the damage has pulled out so far.

[LXCHEV]

Loving the videos too. So refreshing to watch something of this nature - cool people bringing cool cars back to life, with a nice mix of education and just random Torana talk. Tracing back the history of the car is awesome too.

 

Well done on sourcing all the bits - especially that NOS rear quarter!

Edited by LXCHEV, 01 March 2025 - 08:02 PM.

[Holdenbn74]

Love watching and subscribed 👌 great to see it being rebuilt better than new 👍

[GMHAz]

Great to see the Hatchback is on the repair Matt & the Torana community helping out with the hard to find parts.
Looking forward to the next update

[MRLXSS]

Episode 3 went live recently! I reveal the renders for the hatch and explain what I'm planning.

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Click the image above and hopefully that links direct to YouTube - if not - Check it out here

Here is a bit of a teaser of my plans!

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[SHEEL]

I love the rear spoiler!

[MRLXSS]

I love the rear spoiler!

Thanks - I'm honestly amazed no one else has done similar before!

[hawk]

Really enjoying the Videos, it's going to be quite interesting watching how the flares and rear spoiler come up.

How expensive is it getting the car/ parts scanned?

[MRLXSS]

Really enjoying the Videos, it's going to be quite interesting watching how the flares and rear spoiler come up.

How expensive is it getting the car/ parts scanned?

 

Thanks mate!

I bought my own 3D Scanner last year as I really want to do more and more of this stuff. I bought the Einstar Vega which set me back a couple of grand last year.

[MRLXSS]

I might have missed sharing the last episode here, so I'll give a bit more of a major update.

All the major damage on the car has now been repaired, all the internal strutures have been straightened, repaired and re-welded on, many more dodgy old repairs were found and have since been fixed!

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You can watch video 4 which covers all these updates here: https://youtu.be/RUC0iDq36hY
 

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This leads us to the latest update, I've been busy planning brakes, wheels, shocks etc as well as bare metalling panels.

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The latest video covers this all in more detail: https://youtu.be/JnV...e (Forums).jpg]

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[MRLXSS]

Bit more of an update on the Torana for those following along!

Check out my latest video below.

 

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The exciting bits in this episode are:

- RHS Rear Quarter Has a heap of hand panel beating and rust repairs done to it! It's looking great now!
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- I trial fit my 3D printed flares on the car for the first time
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- I've got my new diff all ready to roll under the car with the Brembo Brake Package etc all mounted up.
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- We measure up for the custom wheels
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[Shiney005]

I see you have marked your front flares at the ten o'clock position so you can modify them for clearance, but I would have thought that they needed opening up at the bottom?

 

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[MRLXSS]

I see you have marked your front flares at the ten o'clock position so you can modify them for clearance, but I would have thought that they needed opening up at the bottom?

 

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The clearance at the bottom there isn't actually too bad. It sticks out a fair bit which allows the wheel to travel in behind that part of the flare. I designed the front edge of the flare/front spoiler to run more square down to the ground, many of the fibreglass front spoilers etc pull in really hard here and is what usually will give you clearance issues:

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The green line above isn't exact, but this is the area I'm referring to, and my design follows more of the green line.

I also accidently mounted the flare about 10mm too far towards the back, so the markings more reflect things based on that, than exactly how they look in the video.

If you look in this photo, the front spoiler edge was meant to line up with the front guard / nosecone line... 

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Some of the yellow markings we actually scribbled on were more for balance of the outer lip shape than clearance... Some were for clearance and then others were for the aethestics of getting the revised shape to work.