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My xr5 orange, 355 powered lx torrie!

Started by _Holden89nut_ , Jan 11 2013 03:01 PM

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#1 _Holden89nut_

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 03:01 PM

hey guys, thought id start a fresh page and hopefuly get some input an advice

Im 23 from western suburbs in melb, bought this "rust free" car with plans to paint the drivers gaurd and bonnet and whack an engine in it.... well it wasnt rust free, was chipping off slabs of bog!!! it was a mess! and as all things do they blow out of control....... turned into a full resto every nut and bolt... nothing sub standard to go into this car

plans are 355 solid cammed holden v8 with nitrous, turbo350 trans manualised, and i am currently getting a 9 inch built to suit the news wheels i have purchased, weld prostars with 3.5 back space, diff is getting done at street and strip performance in pakenham

massive thank you to the painter who has taken this car to a new level, and to blackwell body work who has helped me with the body here are some progress pics guys enjoy!!

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#2 _Holden89nut_

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 03:10 PM

How she came into my hands
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Back to bare metal
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In epoxy

New rear panel as the taillight buckets were toast!
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Not bad fr underneathe !!
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#3 GML-31

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 06:33 PM

nice

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#4 _Skapinad_

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 06:37 PM

Likey... Cept the auto!

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#5 dirtbag

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 07:25 PM

^^^^ what he said : ) But each to their own.

Good job so far!!

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#6 torana_nick

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 08:00 PM

It's come up realy nice and in no time. Loving the progress!
Do you know what colour it was before? Because I am leaning towards that colour.

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#7 _Holden89nut_

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 08:24 PM

Thanks guys ! Feels like forever but yeah it's moving along nicely, hoping to have it ready for summernats27, sorry torana_nick no idea, the factory overspray under the headlining was close in colour tho if that helps

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#8 _Holden89nut_

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 10:02 PM

Never again will I buy something half done, atleast I know it's done properly now, colour is electric orange, same as on the new xr5 turbos..... Forgot to mention that the convo pros are forsale if anyone is interested Torana stud pattern, I'm changing to commodore pattern

Sorry guys couldn't help myself here is another
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#9 torana_nick

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 10:05 PM

Hey mate pm me what you want for the weels

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#10 _2wild4u_

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Posted 13 January 2013 - 12:32 AM

nice, and that colour is a really nice colour., people will notice it from a mile away

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#11 mr5000

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Posted 13 January 2013 - 07:45 AM

sounds like its gonna be similar to mine i like your work so far looks good

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#12 GML-31

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Posted 13 January 2013 - 08:06 AM

isn't that the same as a Lamborghini orange...

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#13 _AD_75_

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Posted 13 January 2013 - 05:39 PM

Havent seen it on a lambo, but i did see it on a new XR5 Turbo and its a fairly nice shade of orange actually. Car is coming along very nicely mate are you painting it yourself?

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#14 _Holden89nut_

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Posted 13 January 2013 - 07:27 PM

Thanks guys! There is a similar lambo colour I looked at, pearl over colour..... Really happy do far, and no unfortunately I'm not painting it myself. I have someone looking after it all for me, really bringing it to a new level, so far spending almost 200 hrs on the car to bring it to where it is now, just paint wise, he works as a rep for ppg now after being a painter for 20yrs and does this as part of his passion for cars

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#15 _Holden89nut_

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Posted 14 January 2013 - 08:41 PM

Thanks for the interest, wheels are sold pending payment, sorry to those still interested

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#16 _Holden89nut_

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Posted 03 May 2013 - 09:45 AM

9inch with locker shortened to suit my wheels is being built as we speak... Front end is done, hoppers stoppers front brake kit should be here on Monday... Progress has started again
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#17 Redslur

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Posted 03 May 2013 - 12:24 PM

Great colour choice. I am a fan of it even on the XR5's.

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#18 orangeLJ

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Posted 03 May 2013 - 12:29 PM

Yeah, ford really got the colour lineup for the XR5 turbos right.

The orange, green and blue are all excellent colours.

Interiors are nicely done too

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#19 _AD_75_

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Posted 03 May 2013 - 04:43 PM

Nice choice in wheels always liked the pro stars, has it been tubbed as well? what are the rear rim/tyre size's in the pic?

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#20 _Holden89nut_

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Posted 04 May 2013 - 07:51 AM

Thanks guys love the colour.... Been wanted to paint a torana in it for ages.... Na mate I haven't tubbed it, didn't wanna go down that path, wheels are 15 by 8 with 3.5 backspace .... Tyres are
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#21 _Holden89nut_

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Posted 04 May 2013 - 07:54 AM

Here's a picture to see the dish , if anyone could help me
Out with front wheel offset for standard guards that would be great ! I have no idea, hoping to run a 195 or 205 tyre
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