383 hatch
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- Cowes, Phillip Island
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- VG Ute 5.0,Torana hatch 383,WB Ute 5.0,VR stato5.0
Well, my work here is almost done
I worked pretty hard on this on the weekend and yesterday to try and knock it over as i'm really itching to get back into the Torana now.
So, the last body mounts arrived from the US last week. So i started by welding them in.
Boot floor finished.
Then i repaired/rebuilt the back of the wheel arches.
Next was to finish over the diff hump on the L/H side.
Patch made and sat in place.
Welded in.
With all that done, i was able to put the body back on the chassis.
I still have some minor rust to fix in the front of the rear wheel arches but that is no problems to do with the body back on the chassis. The body is only just sat on the chassis at this point as it needs to be pulled back off at some point to seam seal and squirt body deadner on the underside, but that will be done at work at a later date on a hoist. So, essentially it's only back on the chassis to get it out of my garage.
Here is just some better pics of all the repairs. This is just after i gave it all a vacuum.
Almost there.
I worked pretty hard on this on the weekend and yesterday to try and knock it over as i'm really itching to get back into the Torana now.
So, the last body mounts arrived from the US last week. So i started by welding them in.
Boot floor finished.
Then i repaired/rebuilt the back of the wheel arches.
Next was to finish over the diff hump on the L/H side.
Patch made and sat in place.
Welded in.
With all that done, i was able to put the body back on the chassis.
I still have some minor rust to fix in the front of the rear wheel arches but that is no problems to do with the body back on the chassis. The body is only just sat on the chassis at this point as it needs to be pulled back off at some point to seam seal and squirt body deadner on the underside, but that will be done at work at a later date on a hoist. So, essentially it's only back on the chassis to get it out of my garage.
Here is just some better pics of all the repairs. This is just after i gave it all a vacuum.
Almost there.