Torana Lx Gtr Hatch, Lots Of Pictures

[turbo76lx]

Cut out the torana tunnel and started fitting skyline tunnel. No turning back now.

[luke gtr]

jaw droppingly good.

really looking forward to the progress.

and the handling/power transfer when done.

[Mohsen]

Cant wait to see this thing chop gtrs around a track bahaha

[turbo76lx]

Started fitting the tunnel, brought some cleko's last summit order so I thought I would give them a go.

They made it a lot easier to trial fit the tunnel since I had it in and out about twenty times. After I had the tunnel neatly lapping

over the floor I started cutting 50mm at a time then tacking and hammer and dolly.

[Manuel Kasko]

Posting to keep track of this

Awesome build

[zebra]

I spy a Kemppi

Nice choice!

[turbo76lx]

Tig welded the tunnel, bit of a slow process, weld 50mm then hammer and dolly then weld again. Now need to fit the rear section of the tunnel.

Yes it's a kemmpi.

[Shoota_77]

Sick wheels on the trolley Glen! That thing would fly!

[blitzn]

There may be a career in this transformation gig once your done. Let me be the first to get in line to order same conversion please :-)

I have owned multiple LH/LX Torana's and also multiple R33 Skylines - they are both(by a country mile) my favourite vehicles.

So if you feel you you would like do repeat the process once this one is complete - I'm here........admiring your talent and frankly great taste in cars :-)

[turbo76lx]

Dean, I've had a couple of people contact me about doing the conversion for them but i'm to busy doing my own projects.

Bit more chopping.

Before fitting the rear section I made a 100mm dimple and then cut a 90mm hole in the centre.

Setting in place.

This is the reason for the hole.

[turbo76lx]

All the tunnel is now welded in, also re-shaped the cross brace under the back seat that I cut out to fit over the new tunnel,

this will be welded in after the engineer does his next inspection. Also started the drivers side seat mounts.

[ydr030]

epic!!!!

[colourclassic]

Awesome progress, can you explain the need for that 100mm hole though?

[turbo76lx]

The hole was so I could reach through and hammer and dolly the welds.

[B-rice]

Quite an amazing thread if only you had started a while ago so i could read to the end.

[Mohsen]

Please become a paid member so you can win best car of 2013.. you deserve it.

[colourclassic]

The hole was so I could reach through and hammer and dolly the welds.

Thought that was a joke haha, couldn't get a helper i guess.

[trustr32]

Thought that was a joke haha, couldn't get a helper i guess.

God knows why! If I lived within 100km of this build I'd jump at the chance to be a helper. Although I doubt whether I'd be worthy enough to be in the same shed as this masterpiece.

[R32GOJIRA]

Holly shit balls!!!

So much want, so little time and money and skill and everything else needed to do this.

[turbo76lx]

Had the engineer look at it today, he was happy with what I have done so I finished welding in the seat mounts and the cross

brace under the back seat. Also sat the steering column, seat and centre console in to see how they looked.

Edited September 5, 2013 by turbo76lx