My 304 efi LX Torana Project

[Goon]

Geez i'm jealous, love the torana's!
Good on ya mate, keep us updated with pics and progress if you can.

Yeah they are a sweet ride, and that body style looks nice! love those fat wheels

Good luck mate :thumbsup:

 

[Jo3_Blo]

Looks like you've been busy. Keep us updated and keep up the good work! :thumbsup:

 

[TUF LX8]

Went and bought a new grinder today as mine shat itself.. Made life a hell of a lot easier..

Finished grinding and welding a few parts today, and cut out the battery tray.. Hopefully have the new one made up and put in this week.

I am heaps happy the way this part turned out. It will look great when its smoothed with bog and its painted up..

I ground down the rest of the welds on the holes..

This is where the battery tray was..

 

[TUF LX8]

Started on the bonnet hinge spots today. I drilled the spot welds out and took the backing plate off.. Cut out the rust and welded a new bit in. It's all grinded down and looks pretty killa but I didnt take a finished pic.

Donated from the VH

All welded up..

I am going to do the other side tomorrow.. Im getting there slowly. Not too much more to do in the engine bay until I start sanding it up properly and bogging..

 

[TUF LX8]

nearly finished in the engine bay guys, got my sheet metal on order to make up[ the battery tray, once thats in just gotta smooth it all over with bog then whack on the primer..

 

[Kevhaze]

Its good to see a another torana getting done up iam in the process of doing up my torana at the moment iam just taking my time so i do it right the first time but i still cant wait till it is finished good luck mate

 

[TUF LX8]

This is all copy and pasted from other forums so please forgive anything that is in the wrong order lol.



Made up a new battery tray today. Fits sweet. I cut the roof out of the VH haha, it's going to SIMS anyway so it doesnt matter..

Going to weld it in tomorrow, and then make up one for the other side..

Getting so close now

Will upload pics in a sec

Made up a dummy

Fits like a glove

and this was donated to make the bits behind the bonnet hinges..

 

[TUF LX8]

I took off a bit more of the folded edge so it looked a bit better. And that allowed me to get the bend correct.

Ground off all the paint around the edges so I could weld it easier..

Here it is all finished.. Its all welded from underneath and it's strong as. Heaps happy with how it turned out

 

[TUF LX8]

Got stuck into the other side today. Not quite finished just needs a bit more taken off one edge, then welded in.

This is the before shot.. Pretty ugly

This is after I cut away most of the ****ty bit. I left about 20mm around the whole lot so I have something to weld it to later on.

**** load of rust converter over the whole lot

Using that cardboard template I made I just traced around it onto the donor metal

And this is how it looks so far. Fits pretty nicely only a tiny bit more needs to be removed. And the bend put into it.

Will update you tomorrow, hopefully it will be welded in!

 

[Jo3_Blo]

Keep up the good work mate. :thumbsup: