FX Holden Race Car Project

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So after owning the car for a little over 1.5 years this is the first time I have ever had the doors on it! going through the 2.5 sets of doors I have to find the straightest and least rusty ones, i'll then get them all blasted.

In this pic you can also see I have new front runners, and the passenger side guard is an example of what the car will look like!
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And my wife has been playing with a vinyl cutter and also being an artist she has been playing with pics of the car and we came up with this shirt design :)
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Mad!
f*#k the thing looks good with the hanging panels. I was wondering how this was getting on.

Shame it's not rego'd. You'd run riot down here chopping people. They'd never suspect the humpy.
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lol you think the lumpy cam and side pipe is stubble enough to go sleeper Jonno ? :lol:

do this at the lights ?

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Update required or send me the car :D
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thanks for keeping me honest Jonno :)

so I put all the doors on and did some grinding on the bottom of them to see if there was any rust, found a few issues in some of them so still trying to get the best doors picked out.

I made a trans tunnel, mainly cause I wanted to mount the shifter :)
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and started work on the firewall section.
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after a lot of pain and three attempts they finally made me a tailshaft to the right specs :P
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continuing panel work, attached the sill
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then decided to start buying parts for the new diff, getting 10 inch wheels to replace the 7 inch rims, so did a mock up of what it might look like :)
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got some go fast bits for the new diff!
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sorted out the adjustable steering arms by getting a bit of hex rod machined up to suit the two different threads and also the adjustable steering arm adaptors that fit the rose joints onto!
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remade the boot floor, and then re-made the tank mounts and straps, all finished now aside from trimming the rear of the floor and bending the sides down.
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rebuilt the passenger side wheel arch and then installed the tub finally :)
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its not quite finished but its pretty close, and the parts needed to install the tub were the main ones I focused on.
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After I install the fuel system I worked on some retaining clips under the car for the fuel line up to the engine bay, next thing I knew I was plugging the wiring back in and testing it out :)

oh I have missed this cam :)

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that side pipe <3

Solid update :D
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Glad you approve Jonno :)

so you like the side pipe ? 2 step side pipe ?

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Thing looks staunch as f*#k with the wheels on it! Tell me you are painting it that factory greeny-aqua?
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nope its the royal blue that at the top of the forum page on the front guard.
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How's it progressing?

I was thinking about this the other day #nohomo
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yeah im slack, plus we had a baby in September!

so all the boot/diff/floor sheeting is pretty much done.
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