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[rodomo]

The car was only tec screwed together for transportation. I've spent a couple of nights trimming the wheel tubs to get the wheels central in the wheel arches,back to front.

It's a bit time consuming. Mark out a bit, lift, trim, put down again but It's getting there. You'll notice about 25mm of the Stato wheel tub remaining in the first pic. The plan is once front to back is correct, the tubs will be massaged sideways to meet each other at the same time centralising the wheels to the side of the car.

At the moment, there are no rear springs fitted, 2 pieces of steel tube take their place.










I find the measuring stick easier to use than a measuring tape.

Edited by rodomo, 02 December 2012 - 09:05 AM.

[76lxhatch]

Starting to look like it belongs...

[rodomo]

So, the rear end is squared up to the shell. The wheels fit the arches front to back and left to right and the cradle is tech screwed in position.

I've been out today and bought 4 x 4 metre lengths of 1.6mm x 25mm x 50mm rectangle tube.
2 to use as straight edge/referance (big measuring sticks) and the other 2 for framing.

The next obstacle is the front alignment. You'll see that the Stato rail is not parren-perpin-dicular to the Torana rail and also the the wheel is too far forward in the arch.





The plan is to move the Stato front back a bit more as the rails align and then maybe cut and paste the wheelarches using 2 guards per side? Aligning the rails will also lower the strut towers a frag and the bonnet should fit without interferance.

Edited by rodomo, 10 December 2012 - 09:47 PM.

[wot179]

Looks like it only has to come back an inch.

She'll be right.

Lookin good.

[76lxhatch]

Builds in some more positive caster

[rodomo]

Done a bit today, pulled the front out again and trim, trim, trim. That sky hook comes in handy.

[Stinga]

i see your going for the tilt forward front end....

[rodomo]

A bit more choppin "n' hackin today. Wheel fits the arch better now but I haven't tried the bonnet yet.





This will be close to the ride height.

[micklx]

Will this mean the end for the TGS ?

[rodomo]

Eventually

Edited by rodomo, 16 December 2012 - 09:34 PM.

[YELLAcakeu308]

wow this thing is look mean when finished rod. What engine/gearbox are putin in it?

[wot179]

How did you go regards the angle of the dangle for the front clip?

Will castor stay the same?

[Uncle Chop Chop]

Will this mean the end for the TGS ?

WTF is a TGS?

[Uncle Chop Chop]

Is that a brothel?

[rodomo]

WTF is a TGS?

Thread: http://www.gmh-toran...winton-or-bust/
It's the white Commodore in this vid blowing the doors of the XR6
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=YrpJFJVBpxo

[rodomo]

wow this thing is look mean when finished rod. What engine/gearbox are putin in it?

253 and aussie

How did you go regards the angle of the dangle for the front clip?
The rails are now straight to each other
Will castor stay the same?
Not quite, they've tilted forward a bit. I've got a Kingchrome angle finder ( http://www.toolmart.com.au/k11076.html ) but I havent put it on the strut yet.
I used this to check the rails.

[rodomo]

So.............Just when I thought it was smooth sailing, I fitted up the left guard just to find that the damn wheel didn't fit the damn arch!

it would appear, that in their wisdom, the designers thought it best to "mix things up a bit" on the Stato front.
The rear of the skirts where they meet the firewall aren't the same contour left to right. Hard to pick by eye.

After I found the wheelarch problem, the measuring stick found 20mm difference in the wheelbase left to right.

So further notching on the left side to sort it. All good now. The wheel base is the same and the distance between the strut and the "thingo" panel under the windscreen is the same.







You might see the difference in the contour?





I dunno? Is there something about not making everything square and parallel
that would add strenght to a shell?

There are some weirdo bits in the floor pan and the g/box crossmember mounts too.?

Or maybe it's just for clearances?

[76lxhatch]

Maybe a bit of a cheat to get a little more passenger foot room for the brochure?

[Uncle Chop Chop]

I dunno? Is there something about not making everything square and parallel
that would add strenght to a shell?

There are some weirdo bits in the floor pan and the g/box crossmember mounts too.?

Or maybe it's just for clearances?

Isn't that for the flux capacitor?

[rodomo]

A bit more.............

Hard to see in the pic so I've accentuated it with the yellow lines. I don't know if this is how it is? or? the result of the accidents? or? years of stress on the gearbox crossmember? But.............the floor pan sags in the middle.



So......................... I jacked it up



This brought the Torana and Stato floor pans more in line at the rear and at the trans tunnel.





Once the floor pan heights were aligned, I was able to trim the Stato rear assembly to the Torana floor pan height.
I'll have to pull it apart again to do the fold by you get the picture?





I've also trimmed the front guards to fit around the strut tower, relieved the bonnet in the hinge area and removed a knob off the top of the strut tower so the bonnet will close without interference.





And a bit off tappy-tappy-knock-knock on the rear wheel arches to align them.



And I Drinked? Drank? Drunk? Some beer.

[76lxhatch]

You make it look simple! Bet it wasn't but I guess that's always a good indicator that its done right