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Started by _stcos85_ , May 22 2012 09:36 PM

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#1 _stcos85_

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Posted 22 May 2012 - 09:36 PM

As if 2 Toranas in pieces wasnt enough my son who is 18 in October decided rather than get a Commodore he would like to start a project just like his dad. Hopefully he will finish his.

The only problem is that he doesnt have any money.

Anyway I thought it would good to do a project together and looked around for a truck. Finally came across one
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He will have to fit a 6 cylinder so we have been advised to buy a VS Commodore as a donor car and will fit the engine, box and diff, wiring loom and seats.

Plans include putting it on air bags, jag front end, shaved door handles plus whatever he sees looking on the internet.

He has started stripping it ready for the chassis work to box the frame and fabricate mounts for the front end and engine/box.

Spoke to one specialist so far but if anyone knows someone in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne who can do this work well let me know and I will pay them a visit

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#2 TerrA LX

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Posted 22 May 2012 - 09:41 PM

Nice looking truck.

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#3 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 22 May 2012 - 09:52 PM

Very cool truck.

You should fit a Chev 292 inline six and four speed instead of scummy VS shit.

Cheers.

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#4 TerrA LX

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Posted 22 May 2012 - 09:54 PM

Agree.

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Posted 22 May 2012 - 10:06 PM

Yep I agree with Bomber on the chev 6 and 4 speed (manual) combo. Those trucks look excellent when done and the chassis are nice and easy to modify in the way you want. Have fun with it. I'm a tad jealous!

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#6 _stcos85_

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Posted 22 May 2012 - 10:41 PM

How easy is it to get a chevy 292 and box and where can i find one.

I would rather not have to buy a donor vehicle and have all the aggro of stripping it

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#7 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 22 May 2012 - 10:48 PM

292 isnt so easy in Aus from what i gather, but they are arround, i spotted one in a lads backyard a while ago and tried getting it with no luck sadly. The smaller 235 blue flames are a lot more common. Four speeds to suit are laying around everywhere.

Best thing about that combo is you wont have to call your old man and tell him your gay, you would if you fitted an injected V6.

Cheers.

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#8 dattoman

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Posted 22 May 2012 - 11:02 PM

Whats in the truck now "?

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#9 _Inj gtr202_

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Posted 23 May 2012 - 12:03 AM

what Bomber said.. Chev 6 = cool.
V6 commy just wont sound right

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#10 orangeLJ

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Posted 23 May 2012 - 11:42 AM

VERY cool!

as a youngin (9-15 years old) I wanted one of three things- an EH panelvan, an old chevy/ford curvy stepside/impala.

your son is a lucky kid!

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Posted 23 May 2012 - 12:33 PM

Speak with Glenn Rulach at Airide in Bayswater.
He has a 56 Chevy pick up, knows all about Chevs and air bags.

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#12 _stcos85_

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Posted 23 May 2012 - 01:05 PM

VERY cool!

as a youngin (9-15 years old) I wanted one of three things- an EH panelvan, an old chevy/ford curvy stepside/impala.

your son is a lucky kid!

I am happy that he is spending what limited spare time he has on something productive plus the wife hasnt quite worked out that we now have another car in the family.

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#13 _stcos85_

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Posted 23 May 2012 - 01:07 PM

Speak with Glenn Rulach at Airide in Bayswater.
He has a 56 Chevy pick up, knows all about Chevs and air bags.

Thanks for the contact. I will give him a call. Does he do any fabrication work?

A few more pics from the saturday. Joe has managed to unbolt almost all the front now. Doesnt look like anything has been apart on this since it was built.

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#14 _stcos85_

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Posted 23 May 2012 - 01:21 PM

Whats in the truck now "?

just this. has trouble starting in the morning
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#15 _LS1 Hatch_

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Posted 23 May 2012 - 02:57 PM

ha ha...

Looks like a nice start to a project !

They are reproducing a bit for those model trucks now too, if you need anything just holler, I can get it through Classic Industries and my mate is just around the corner from you in Lilydale..

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#16 _L32M20_

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Posted 23 May 2012 - 06:19 PM

lucky young man.

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#17 V-SLR5000-P

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Posted 23 May 2012 - 07:19 PM

Thanks for the contact. I will give him a call. Does he do any fabrication work?

Glenn can point you in the right direction to get fabrication done.

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#18 _wblje_

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 08:32 PM

very sweet project.

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#19 hawk

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 09:42 PM

Looks like a good project when i was 16 i did work exp in black edge pannel shop in bayswater theu are very good there give them a call when o was there they were fitting airbags to a ford coupe that was in steet machine a while back

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Posted 27 May 2012 - 08:55 AM

thats cool ive always wanted a early 50s c10 or something that or a 30s pick up they just look so good

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#21 _stcos85_

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Posted 28 May 2012 - 06:46 PM

The front is now all stripped. Now need to find someone who can modify the chassis.
Have been told there is a bloke in croydon who works from home who is pretty good but cant locate him.
Also cant find a single 292 engine for sale. If anyone knows of one let me know otherwise we will be going with the v6 that hasnt got a lot of supporters