Share your rust
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Posted 19 October 2009 - 09:28 PM
here is some ugly rust in the rear shock towers of my LX 
Does the UC torana sedan have the same size shock tower as LH/LX? i know of a bloke whos cutting up a UC i might check his towers out....
Does the UC torana sedan have the same size shock tower as LH/LX? i know of a bloke whos cutting up a UC i might check his towers out....
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Posted 03 November 2009 - 09:47 PM
I Think I WIN!? I'll never be able to afford to get this fixed at a panel shop!!!,im frightened to get quotes, theres other rust too not pictured!= behind the bonnet hinges( bad),radiator support panel too. Im going to have to look into doing panel beating cources somewhere and learn how to fix her myself if I can do nightclasses??
Lower Quarter
In da Boot
other lower quarter
Door Sill
Beaver Panel( completely #@$^%&!)
Rear window
Boot channel
behind rear Bumper,plenty of rust/bog
rear wheel arch
heres my baby
Seat covers now gone( lol)
Lower Quarter
In da Boot
other lower quarter
Door Sill
Beaver Panel( completely #@$^%&!)
Rear window
Boot channel
behind rear Bumper,plenty of rust/bog
rear wheel arch
heres my baby
Seat covers now gone( lol)
Edited by 76S.L.R, 03 November 2009 - 09:52 PM.
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 11:03 AM
Some impressive pics of the damge from tin worms.
A few of mine.
Old Rusty My 4Door
The current work in progress. Yhere's a heap more on my computer but they won't be uploaded until work starts on those sections.
A few of mine.
Old Rusty My 4Door
The current work in progress. Yhere's a heap more on my computer but they won't be uploaded until work starts on those sections.
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 12:01 PM
Some shots of the rust in a GTR I'm restoring currently...
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Posted 22 November 2009 - 06:01 PM
Our hatch project....
Wouldn't have helped her that along that side someone in her past had once done a repair by just welding a new section straight over old rusty/damaged section then bogged over everything drain holes and all
Wouldn't have helped her that along that side someone in her past had once done a repair by just welding a new section straight over old rusty/damaged section then bogged over everything drain holes and all
Edited by Rana Girl, 22 November 2009 - 06:02 PM.
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Posted 22 November 2009 - 08:18 PM
Not the only one with the rusty towers mate
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Posted 25 December 2009 - 10:09 PM
Sorry about the poor pics, this floor was completely rotted through, 3/4 of the floor was replaced
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Posted 01 January 2010 - 07:57 PM
This is a great thread : ) Be rusty and proud!!!!
This car isn't a torana, but a 1963 Pontiac Bonneville 2 door hardtop. It's a friends car I'm restoring/modifying. It's from a cold state of the US where they salt the roads, so it's a real mess.
The outside doesn't look too bad, until you get close : )
When I lifted the body off the chassis, well, there wasn't really a chassis left there : )
Once the body was on the rotisserie the severity of the rust became obvious. This is the inner sill where the chassis rail used to sit.
This is the inner sill on the inside of the rear quarter panel.
All the grey areas are where I've added new metal. There's still the back end to do yet : ( And the other side......
Here's the back of the floor done, and the wheel tube widened 100mm to fit the 20x16 wheels bought for this project.
Of course the front and rear of the inner tub were rusted and needed replacing, and so did the entire inner lip. I made and fitted the new lip and fixed the rest of the rust before the new rear quarter went on, although it's not all fixed in this pic.
A bit of a clean up and some stoneguard and the underside looks like a car again. Amazing.
Now I need to say how much welding it took to get the new lower skin on. The rear quarter on this car, from the rear of the door jam, to where the tail lights mount, not including the tail lights, is 2.54 metres. This car is bloody HUUUUUGE. In fact, the body with nothing forward of the firewall is still a bit longer than my brothers UC hatch. The owner bought new outer sills, but they were terrible and too short??? so I made new ones instead.
All the hanging panels are stuffed as well. I've done the metal work on the boot. It was badly dented and has so much bog in it that it had cracked, let in moisture and rusted the top of the boot skin out. Plus the whole lower edge was gone as well.
I replace the inner and outer lower edge of the boot, then used the english wheel to roll up a new section of the outer skin. The rear edge of the boot skin had big indents where trim bolted on (just visible in the photo), so I made a new skin that didn't have the indents, and the trim isn't going back on.
To give you some indication as to the size of this bootlid, I used half a sheet of 1200mm x 2400mm x 1mm zincaneal, just to do the repairs on the bootlid.
This is just the tip of the iceberg with this car, so be glad you're not me : )
This car isn't a torana, but a 1963 Pontiac Bonneville 2 door hardtop. It's a friends car I'm restoring/modifying. It's from a cold state of the US where they salt the roads, so it's a real mess.
The outside doesn't look too bad, until you get close : )
When I lifted the body off the chassis, well, there wasn't really a chassis left there : )
Once the body was on the rotisserie the severity of the rust became obvious. This is the inner sill where the chassis rail used to sit.
This is the inner sill on the inside of the rear quarter panel.
All the grey areas are where I've added new metal. There's still the back end to do yet : ( And the other side......
Here's the back of the floor done, and the wheel tube widened 100mm to fit the 20x16 wheels bought for this project.
Of course the front and rear of the inner tub were rusted and needed replacing, and so did the entire inner lip. I made and fitted the new lip and fixed the rest of the rust before the new rear quarter went on, although it's not all fixed in this pic.
A bit of a clean up and some stoneguard and the underside looks like a car again. Amazing.
Now I need to say how much welding it took to get the new lower skin on. The rear quarter on this car, from the rear of the door jam, to where the tail lights mount, not including the tail lights, is 2.54 metres. This car is bloody HUUUUUGE. In fact, the body with nothing forward of the firewall is still a bit longer than my brothers UC hatch. The owner bought new outer sills, but they were terrible and too short??? so I made new ones instead.
All the hanging panels are stuffed as well. I've done the metal work on the boot. It was badly dented and has so much bog in it that it had cracked, let in moisture and rusted the top of the boot skin out. Plus the whole lower edge was gone as well.
I replace the inner and outer lower edge of the boot, then used the english wheel to roll up a new section of the outer skin. The rear edge of the boot skin had big indents where trim bolted on (just visible in the photo), so I made a new skin that didn't have the indents, and the trim isn't going back on.
To give you some indication as to the size of this bootlid, I used half a sheet of 1200mm x 2400mm x 1mm zincaneal, just to do the repairs on the bootlid.
This is just the tip of the iceberg with this car, so be glad you're not me : )
Edited by dirtbag, 01 January 2010 - 08:04 PM.
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Posted 31 January 2010 - 07:03 PM
that is a huge effort makes mine feel quite small in comparison
good luck with the rest of the repairs anyway, should look awsome when finished
And yes it is a fact that toranas these days pretty much are bought standard with rust so why not share it
good luck with the rest of the repairs anyway, should look awsome when finished
And yes it is a fact that toranas these days pretty much are bought standard with rust so why not share it
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Posted 14 February 2010 - 01:17 PM
not my rust luckily, just dying quietly at the wreckers
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Posted 19 January 2015 - 06:35 PM
Not the only one with the rusty towers mate
Do you have any pics of the repair being done? Mostly the inner part in the wheel arch. Thanks
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