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EK283 wrote: Thu Jul 17, 2025 8:09 am
Your metal worker is a legend.

Greg

indeed he is

EK283 wrote: Thu Jul 17, 2025 8:09 am Yep,
Thats how to do custom body work.
Looks different but why ?
Greg

That's what we are aiming for, trying to keep the factory look but tweak it a bit - sort of a factory styling exercise if they were considering building a 2 door.

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FireKraka wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 1:09 pm looking great mate

Cheers, it looks better now I will post up some pics a bit later

I had mine refurbished , after chewing through 2 going to FOTR and back in 2023 - was only about $150 from memory.

Good to see you back mate the old ute didnt miss a beat after we left your joint (palace) before the nationals until we got home about 6500 km later

Tacked in, needs to be 2 piece to assemble it so that’s going to be interesting…..
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definitely less spigotty if that's a word .....

Well , it’s ready for the dyno [emoji41][emoji41][emoji106][emoji106]
Last of the bits needed for a dyno session completed yesterday, also got the Caltracs nearly sorted - these are off to get welded tomorrow and then dropping them at the powder coaters, the front bolts have been at the machinists ...

Harv wrote: Fri Jul 11, 2025 12:43 pm

There wasn’t a crank under that Vauxhall scuttle panel was there?

…asking for a friend

Cheers,
Harv

Gazza - Western Wagon on the forum - has one I believe ??

Dumb question - can you get some packers machined to fit betwwen the converter feet and the flexplate seeing as you have 0.500" clearance there or do I have this bass ackward ????

One of the last pieces of the puzzle- a Vauxhall Cresta scuttle panel will be grafted in to modify the only stock panel left on the car [emoji41][emoji106] https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250709/b204fee84989a1da4ea438615bd5c49e.jpg
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Do you have the room to extend the float arm to limit travel so it only goes from zero to thirty ?

Can then finish mods to the subchassis and move on to the front cross member, suspension, twin piston calliper mod and power steering :roll: :roll: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:


I have a LX Torana front end at home, thinking I might run with that rather than a HR or aftermarket one - if I could ...