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[S pack]

HARRY who?

[madtoranajzedded]

Haha, yeah  who ever it was was right handed,thats in a tight spot maybe he was one of the factory workers before she was assembled and jocked his name on it.no owners were harry.i should take the passenger one off and find his last name haha

[sibhs]

Geez Maz, that's a beauty.

 

I'd leave it as it is, slow but cooool.  You have your rocket ship 4 door build to get your thrills from.

That's my thoughts, do what you want but I will shed a tear when I see that drive line swapped.

 

Maybe don't make any decisions for a while, sleep on your ideas and talk to more people.

 

Awesome car,  well done!  You're a two door owner now :-)

 

Marty

[LHSL]

Bloody nice car. I don't mean to pry but what sort of money are we talking about? My friend recently bought a 2 door LJ coupe for under 10k and. everyone is saying he paid too much. His is missing a motor but is otherwise complete.

[Potta]

Bloody nice car. I don't mean to pry but what sort of money are we talking about? My friend recently bought a 2 door LJ coupe for under 10k and. everyone is saying he paid too much. His is missing a motor but is otherwise complete.

 

You can pick up a motor cheap as chips so I reckon your mate has done ok, especially if it has rego and/or is otherwise in good nick.

 

But you know what Taylor Swift says, haters gonna hate hate hate hate hate.

 

Not their money to worry about.

[Ice]

Bloody good pick up Maz not many like that over there i bet

[madtoranajzedded]

Hi Marty....sorry  my minds already made up   you'll get over it bud  haha   like i said i will change it back .all is not lost.

Phil if its like mine its cheap .14.750 is what she set me back.wanted 16gs for her.i wasnt going to pay no more than that.

Craig (previous owner ) had her at a swap meet in vic . was telling me he had a couple guys trying to low ball him.

 

10 and 12 gs they offered

 

 

Hey Gene no there isnt .bar two that i know of.one is an orange gtr that this granny owns and was in claremont area.

absolutley gorgeous all stocko and one like yours in goodwood .i tried to follow him once and he was too quick for me hahaha.

and he was an old coot.maybe he was doing a moonshine run .

Edited by madtoranajzedded, 25 April 2015 - 12:24 AM.

[kiwi-lilj]

Geez Maz, that's a beauty.
 
I'd leave it as it is, slow but cooool.  You have your rocket ship 4 door build to get your thrills from.
That's my thoughts, do what you want but I will shed a tear when I see that drive line swapped.
 
Maybe don't make any decisions for a while, sleep on your ideas and talk to more people.
 
Awesome car,  well done!  You're a two door owner now :-)
 
Marty

Isn't that a little rich Marty ?

[sibhs]

Don't think so Blair.
When I got mine it had no original interior, a drop tank, welded seat head rests, wrong wheels and a fair bit of rust and needed restoring.
Also came with a four speed aussie, Sprntmasters, GTR flutes and dash. It was calling out to be converted.
They're my excuses anyway. :-)
Marty


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[madtoranajzedded]

signs she has been used and by other unwanted critters  MY 69 LC TORANA 006.jpg   150.67K   10 downloads  MY 69 LC TORANA 005.jpg   217.58K   8 downloads

[madtoranajzedded]

Better     i wonder if rares could remake the board that the speaker goes on.

 

Has anyone got theres remade by somebody mines busted in a few areas and can see they've used a strip of tin to hold it on  MY 69 LC TORANA 007.jpg   234.42K   5 downloads  MY 69 LC TORANA 004.jpg   204.08K   7 downloads

[sibhs]

Apart from that plug and wire, sticker on bumper, that's a sweet looking arse-end.

[S pack]

Apart from that plug and wire, sticker on bumper, that's a sweet looking arse-end.

Betcha say that to all the sheilas hey Marty.

[madtoranajzedded]

Hey guys ive being trying to get the front springs out and the lower ball joint is seized.ive used a block buster which usually never fails

but its stuck fast .crc'd it and bought one of those ball joint seperators and its threaded the thread just about and bent the little bolt.ive tried 2 ways with the crapola tool and she never moved a mm

 

ive only got basic tools and i think i need something like a porta power to go between the top and lower ball joints like a jack .

 

Anyone got any ideas.......even another lc lower wishbone and stub i could purchase  torrie pics 544.jpg   103.95K   5 downloads  torrie pics 545.jpg   85.06K   4 downloads

[EunUCh]

Put nut back on ball joint,put stub in straight line position,put a heavy dolly on one side of  where the taper seat is (block splitter),hit other side of taper seat opposite to where dolly is,it should pop off after a few blows under spring pressure.

Same deal with top,do top first if planning on doing both.

[madtoranajzedded]

she sure did     .i put up a thread on the gmh forum on fakebook and a dude (Russell) said the same thing i was hitting down as i have done 20 odd yrs ago and worked backed then but was doing it all wrong.im still learning..  especially since joining this forum      Can see the lower bush is pretty much rooted.im not going to paint the upper and lower arms just want to put her together so i can take over the pits and put car in my name.  MY 69 LC TORANA 036.jpg   88.88K   2 downloads  MY 69 LC TORANA 035.jpg   83.49K   2 downloads

Edited by madtoranajzedded, 08 May 2015 - 06:11 PM.

[madtoranajzedded]

The lovells springs arrived couple hours ago and they seem short..someone has taken the invoice out of the side of box too.gee some people cant leave nothing alone.i hope they are the right ones.the ones for the front are or suppose to be std height for 6 and  v8 low .has HFS-8 on plastic rear ones look fine.they are HRS-9  MY 69 LC TORANA 034.jpg   80.67K   3 downloads

[madtoranajzedded]

who's used the rear top insulator rubbers from rares for top spring.i used the original as to me it didnt look like the tab on rubber was going to be near the hole in the metal support took abit of mucking about to get a ratchet in spring and extension.

 

how did you guys use those rubbers.did you take the original rubber off support and did it line up with hole

Edited by madtoranajzedded, 09 May 2015 - 10:33 PM.

[S pack]

Maz, the rear spring rubber insulators Rares sell are exacting copies of the genuine insulators to suit LJ and late LC.

They will fit the same as your original insulators.

[madtoranajzedded]

mine are twice the size Dave .same size as the top metal support it sits in with 2 tabs that push into it

 

when i dissasembled spring and taken out the bracket that is riveted to hold spring in place showed one huge rubber

 

i do have those rubbers laying around in shed from lj and thought wtf .

 

I will take the lhs one out tomoroz and show ya

Edited by madtoranajzedded, 10 May 2015 - 12:03 AM.

[madtoranajzedded]

Can see why i thought had the wrong insulatators, well i have actually.would have to drill a hole through plate for the notch and use a longer fine spline bolt as it would be hard to push up and spread the flange on insulater to get the bolt in hole  MY 69 LC TORANA 041.jpg   88.19K   4 downloads  MY 69 LC TORANA 042.jpg   88.76K   6 downloads

[S pack]

Yes Maz they are the early or 1st type LC rear spring insulator (Rares haven't done a repro of those yet). To use the smaller LJ insulator you need the matching metal plate from an LJ.

Edited by S pack, 10 May 2015 - 04:05 PM.

[madtoranajzedded]

I never thought that far Dave 

[madtoranajzedded]

Hey guys through the week im going to do the front brakes,lower control arm bush again.and stupid frocking balljoint. i got the lower bush in

arm which was easy then bent the the  arm trying to put balljoint in.bastard of a thing.just couldnt get it going in straight half the prob was didnt

have enough scrap metal to set it up...got another 2 arms.anyway i want to change fluid out of reservior will i just take the ol cylinder off and pump

it out till shes near empty and top up.i have some valvoline dot 4 will that stuff be sufficient to use

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[madtoranajzedded]

Also just before i came inside i put another indicator globe in rear did have some newies from rares but they have given me the wrong ones tutts

 

Anyway i turned the right indicator on and rear and side are working but also the left rear and side are on and  not flashing  and when i turn the left on it happens to the right side i never looked at anything as i will tomorroz.just thought id pop that up and see if you guy would know the cause.it does have a trailor plug which i think could be the culprit as the wiring is going to the right rear indicator .didnt look at other one but im guessing it would be

 

Maz

Edited by madtoranajzedded, 17 May 2015 - 05:37 PM.