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[hawk]

as some of you know i recently bought a one owner sunbird
most work has already been done like:
rebuilt motor box and diff
all bushes have been done
shocks and springs
ball joints
unis
new windscreen
converted to 202
larger radiator with twin thermo fans
and best of all no rust
oh and i paid $4800 for it
heres a few pics

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[lxsstorana]

Congratulations Steve, I reckon you're bought well.

Nice clean car, just drive it and enjoy it - thats the way to do it.

Cheers Mick.

[Heath]

Didn't know it was a one owner car, that's pretty uncommon nowadays. Definitely makes things easy starting with something very good. What are your plans? Gonna run LPG? Put a manual in it?

Shouldn't take much to get it looking really great

[hawk]

some plans are a gas system as the motor had an lpg head fitted when rebuilt
get the paint touched up
full alarm system
sound system

and maybe a flare kit what are your opinions??

[mr5000]

love the black grille matei reckon it looks the goods there personally i dont think uc,s suit flares your car looks similar to brads uc
congrats on the buy and no rust sounds good look forward to seing what ya do with this one

[Heath]

I wouldn't do the flare kit, I think they look really bad with the lines of a UC, and it doesn't have a V8, but that's just me

Make sure you go somewhere nice for the LPG system, go straight gas, get the filler behind the number plate, remove the petrol tank and lines, carbon canister etc.

[lcgtr1970]

car looks cool man..in regards to the flares i reckon leave it as is...flares on a UC dont really work in my opinion.

[makka]

yeah, flares and uc's dont mix well

[hawk]

thanks for the comments guys
im not sure on the flare kit as ive seen a few good 1s
and some real shockers it also depends on the colour

heres a few i like
(hope the owners dont mind me using the pics)

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[dattoman]

Forget the flares

And matt black is for fighter bombers... not cars

[hawk]

well it will probably be getting the flare kit

is it hard to fit power steering

[dattoman]

Cheaper and easier to go to the gym
And don't fit too big a tyre

[micklx]

Car looks great, a 1 owner Torana is rarer than rocking horse poo these days...

[hawk]

what size tyre on 15 or 16 inch rims
and how wide should the rims be
if it does get flared then the gaurds will be cut

[dattoman]

Decide that first
After you sell some crap to pay for things
Like flares, wheels, tyres, paint etc

And... do you ever actually listen to peoples suggestions ?
Most say no flares after you ask for opinions.. you say flares.... hmmmm

[Heath]

Ohh god I was trying to be nice before, please don't flare it, you will epically f*ck the car in the arse putting flares on it. It would completely ruin it, period.

EDIT: Don't take that as a personal insult, but it's true. Leave flares for V8 LH/LXs and racecars.

Edited by Heath, 31 January 2010 - 08:12 PM.

[MRLXSS]

Don't flare it.... UC's DO NOT Suit flares... If you wanted flares, you should have bought an LH/LX

[Neils LX]

Hi

Nice sunbird you have there dont pull it apart too much.
Im not a fan of flares on UCs but i guess its your car so you can do what you want.
Its up to you on the LPG. If your using a light foot and fit a celica, supra 5 speed fuel use would not be that high.
Chears Neil

[hawk]

my dad also wants it flared so i dont think my parents mind ive showed him a few pics and thinks
they look mean lol
and the reason i say flares is because there arnt many around flared