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trev10
Street & Strip
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 Posted - 01/01/2008 : 6:47:46 PM
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About 12 months ago I was offered a deal I couldnt refuse. A mate of mine was moving house and decided he couldnt take his ute with him. He offered it to me for the cost of transfer which was $37. He had already stripped and repainted the chasis, all suspension components, added power steering,disk brakes with booster,new sills,rst repaired and purchased many components off ebay and elsewhere for the build.Since then I have been spending quite a few hours and dollars on it.
Originally it was a 73 HQ with a 173,cloumn shift trimatic,banjo as per pic below.
More to come just wanna see if I got this photobucket thing sorted first.
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Trev10
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Posted - 01/01/2008 : 7:05:48 PM
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Yep that seemed to work.
Anyway plans were in place to finish the bodywork and give it a heart transplant with a crate engine 350 chev/T400/3.08 Salisbury.
Below is some more before photos.
The old 173 ended up with a new paint job. Pity I never ran it before selling.
What a mess...
More to come...
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Trev10
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Posted - 01/01/2008 : 7:32:27 PM
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the chassis was all fixed up by the previous owner as mentioned before.
and work slowly progressed on the bodywork.
Rear 1/4 bit of rust, not too bad
Floors repaired and undersealed
and more
The door were beyond repair as one of them was orig Hq and rusted to the sh**house and the other was from a HZ that had a major side impact and bent the intrusion bar quite a bit. It also contained so much bog that its no wonder the hinge bushes were cactus.
Anyway more to come next post.
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trev10
Street & Strip
Australia
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Posted - 01/01/2008 : 8:23:59 PM
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Just continuing on as I upload some more images into photobucket.
One thing I did lose when the new sill panes were added was the groove just above the sills in the rear panel Im not to wooied about this as I plan to either paint the sills black or get hold of some polished strips to go on.
But it slowly progressed.
One thing I did do was to cut the old panel out behind the seats so as to add room for speakers, esky, bits n pieces.
While all this was going on, the motor turned up. A 330Hp turnkey crate engine from Chevpower in Perth. Very Nice!!!!!!!
And another one with the Pacemaker Tri-Y extractors and rebuilt T400.
More next Post..
Trev...
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trev10
Street & Strip
Australia
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Posted - 03/01/2008 : 6:40:24 PM
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More work done.
One of the doors that was scrapped. Rust in the usual spot.
bodywork continuing.
Decided to paint the firewall in the final colour which is GMH Antelope. Managed to get the engine and G/Box in place.
More work being done on the rear bulkhead.
Front guards fitted. Gee I hope I dont have to cut a hole in the bonnet when it goes on.
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boom
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Posted - 16/01/2008 : 3:39:23 PM
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looking absolutely mint!! gives me inspiration to go work on the commodore!
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Ben
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Posted - 16/01/2008 : 5:25:59 PM
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top shelf mate!
looking sweet |
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sandman77
Quarter Horse
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Posted - 17/01/2008 : 6:33:53 PM
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Wow , good Job ,Are you painting it silver?
Rusty .
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jabba
Quarter Horse
New Zealand
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Posted - 18/01/2008 : 07:45:05 AM
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It looks like the filter is drop base, which should clear ok (depending on the manifold). On my old HQ ute with 400SBC I had a Holley manifold, 600 vac sec holley and then a 3" K&N on drop base, and it fitted ok. Then switched to low rise dual plane manifold, and could go to a flat base on the 3" K&N no probs.
I haave just put the holley on my new HJ with 350 SBC, and a 2" flat base goes under bonnet ok. The 3"K&N just fouls on the bonnet bracing beam. The beam can be ground down to give an extra 1/2 inch to inch clearance.
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trev10
Street & Strip
Australia
67 Posts |
Posted - 20/01/2008 : 09:37:55 AM
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Thanx for the comments guys. Yep its a big job but getting there slowly. As for the colour "Sandman77" it will be something completely different. The colour is Holden "Antelope" which was found on the HX premiers from memory. Sort of gold in colour with a slight flake through it. "Jabba", I managed to get the bonnet back on but it did foul with the air cleaner by about 5mm so I attacked the air cleaner base and removed approx 8mm form the bottom lip. It just fits now although the choke lever now hits the air cleaner base. I am not to concerned about this as the choke will probably never be used up here in north WA as it dosent get cold that much.
I managed to put together a quick list of items that I have bought, sourced, borrowed but I hate to think of how much it has cost me ...... anyway ill try to get some more done over the next few weeks as time permits and get some more pics for you.
Trev...
The list so far………
By Previous Owner
Good condition Black Dashpad
Full GTS Dash
Chrome Surrounds for windscreen, doors
Holden “Antelope” Acrylic paint ( Part of the deal in getting the car was it had to be painted in this colour. Didn’t like it at first but it grows on you.
A1 cond Statesman grills
Almost new condition Premier steering wheel
Power steering from HJ or HX
Disc brakes form HJ or HX
Complete Suspension bushes, tie rods, ball joints
Manufactured new sill panels
New headlights
New carpet for Floor
Carpet underlay
Items I have purchased, borrowed or found.
Chev 350 complete 330Hp
Rebuilt T400 Trans
Tailshaft to suit
New Uni Joints for tailshaft
2x Salisbury diffs. 1 x 3.08, 1 x 3.36 both one wheel spinners
New Bearings and seals to suit diff
HZ steering column, floor shift
HZ doors and trims
HZ console
HZ bucket seats (average condition but will be replaced once regd)
Console brackets
T Bar shifter from trimatic(converted for T400 but not to happy with it, need another one).
One piece rear bumper from a HZ wagon
Carpet for rear bulkhead
Pinchweld to suit
Standard height V8 front springs
Full set shockies to suit
Full Rubber Kit for Ute
New heater core
Chrome Brake lines
Chrome Bonnet catch
Chrome bolts in engine bay
Pacemaker Extractors to suit 350 chev into HQ
Chev to HQ engine mount adapters
Original Holden engine mounts V8
Power steering pump and brackets
Oil & Temp sender units
T400 gearbox mount
T400 crossmember
Full 2 ¼” twin system
4 Core Heavy Duty “S” type radiator
AU thermo fans complete
Made new panel from 3mm steel plate to go behind seats
Cockie **** paint for tray area
Hq Gills (decided not to use due to the amount of work put into guards)
New indicator stalk suit HZ
Billet Spark plug lead separators
3.08 & 3.36 Salisbury diffs complete
Diff bearings, pinion seal, brake shoes, slave cylinders. |
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boom
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Posted - 20/01/2008 : 3:35:16 PM
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very very nice mate, are you spraying it yourself?
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trev10
Street & Strip
Australia
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Posted - 21/01/2008 : 7:23:59 PM
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Jabba,
Seems to be the most common question im asked. Now Im not a qualified panel beater or spray painter, but I reckon I with some prior planning and a bit of forethought I can do this paint job myself. Gotta admit, the bodywork is a lot harder that any spraying ive done so far. Anyway not to blow my own whistle but Ill give it a go and lets see how it turns out. Will be interesting.
Trev...
PS Anyone have a T400 TBar shifter for sale complete with linkages including the gearbox lever. |
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trev10
Street & Strip
Australia
67 Posts |
Posted - 21/01/2008 : 7:26:22 PM
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Sorry, that last post was meant to reply to "boom" not "jabba"
Need another beer.......... |
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boom
Show Stopper
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Posted - 21/01/2008 : 8:17:48 PM
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good on ya mate, how long have you spent on this so far?
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trev10
Street & Strip
Australia
67 Posts |
Posted - 23/01/2008 : 9:03:59 PM
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boom,
Been an ongoing project now for 6-8 months. Obviously Im limited to the amount of time I can do things due to work comittments etc. But overall as for this time of year, its too damn hot to spray anything. weve had 40-45 deg for the last couple of months now. The shed must get up to 50 or 60 deg during the day and theres now way im going out in that sauna. Beer gets hot too quick. Give it a couple of months and all should be well. Cant wait....
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Mr Void
Quarter Horse
Australia
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Posted - 28/01/2008 : 11:25:28 AM
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Hey Trev,
I havent visited this section for a while so only just saw this thread - Great work!!
Im wanting to do a similar thing to the rear of my tonner cab, what metal did you use to replace the original piece and was it difficult to get it welded up ie - much warping etc??
I love the colour and that motor looks sexy as!!
What diff are you using?
Keep up the good work and keep the pics coming man!
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boom
Show Stopper
990 Posts |
Posted - 28/01/2008 : 8:47:24 PM
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put the water to air intercooler there :)
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trev10
Street & Strip
Australia
67 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2008 : 07:42:39 AM
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Mr Void,
I used 3 mm plate that I had laying around. First I cut the old bulkhead out then made a template for the new one out of cardboard. Then after some cutting and a lot of grinding along the botttom edge to mach the floorpan, the whole thing was mig welded on the inside every 3-4" finally finished of sealing any gaps with sicaflex (not sure of the spelling).
As for the diff, at the moment it will be a 3.08 one wheeler until I can find something better.
Anyone know a website that sells fittings to suit inlet manifolds for heater hoses, inverted flare nuts for transmission pipes etc... ???
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trev10
Street & Strip
Australia
67 Posts |
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trev10
Street & Strip
Australia
67 Posts |
Posted - 21/02/2008 : 9:43:36 PM
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Ill have to get the hang of this Photobucket thingy again
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boom
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Posted - 21/02/2008 : 11:32:04 PM
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the diffs going to be a highlight!
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