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Thats come up grouse. I had one the same many years ago.
I know what you are saying about the gaps, nothings changed much though, Holden still do a very poor job of fitting extras.
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true eh!
you can probably see from the second photo down, the middle part of the spoiler isnt actually as wide as the boot! how the hell did they manage that! haahah..
its an original plastic unit too. cant imagine what a repro would be like.. :/
cant wait to wash this car either. easy to see from the pics how filthy the car is now.
happen to have a pic of your old one?
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Who did your paint and what type of paint did you use? |
Havent you learnt anything from that guy that gives sermons at church?...Captain whats his name. |
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dunno who did the paint... didnt actually meet him. the panelbeater knew him. did a very nice job, but is a bit peely on the sides IMO. but hey, im prob just picky. itl cut out anyway. :) the paint is Standox 2pack.
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dropped some schtuff off at the platers today. forgot a few things, but DID take the bonnet hinges and catch (to be done in zinc), scuff plates and bumper to be triple chromed, and some bolts.
i wanna get this stuff back, and ON! my car needs a bloody front bumper! hehe..
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some newer photos. some are a bit boring but whatever. heheh  ^stuff i took to the platers... (hopefully done this week..)     tranny lines. cleaned, and now on. were bit wonky from storage..  front spoiler. in this piccy ive allready wetsanded and cut it. im gonna have to mount it to the car before i polish it as i cant hold the effin thing to polish it! top shot of the motor... just because it looks mad. hahaha    thats all. am i the slowest person at putting a car back together!? so much progress seems so goddamn insignificant. :/
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newer photo of the engine bay..  platers have just got the scuff plates to go. should pick it up th/fr/sat.. its 45mins away so whenever i have time! :S
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Looks very impressive , Great job,
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thanks mate. :)
i really need to get a new camera though. those last few lots of pics are lookin realll washed out n dull, but i cant adjust the cameras settings because i busted the LCD long ago! :/
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Everything looks so original and new ,
you must be proud to see it all coming together so nicely
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cheers again. feel free to keep going, youre full of compliments! :D as far as orig goes, its pretty much going to be spot on. BUT, it will be lowered and hopefully have a set of 15X7 widened GTS wheels with redwalls.  i just reckon the car slightly lowered on widened GTS wheels (Without the trim-rings though) looks ****-hot!  speaking of which, where did you get those wheels from? heres a before/after with the old springs in too. just gotta pass rego first, and i reckon with a front spoiler itl be well and truly below legal. probably bust the bloody thing off in 2secs anyway! 
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The Gts wheels were 14x 6, I took them to Summerfield Engineering and they fitted the brand new 15 x 7 & 15 x 8 blanks to them
then i had them sanblasted then primed then painted..
Im in the process of getting the square edge trim rings , I think they would look alot better than the cheap round ones I have on there at the moment.
Your right it does look ***T Hot without them in that Pic .
That Pic does look Pretty good
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Hi Rusty...
What did it cost to have tose wheels remade?
Regards
Steve
...and yes square edged dress rings do look tons better!
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yeah, im also keen to know how much it costs.. im thinking of picking up this set off ebay (2 15X7, 2 15X8) if its cheaper... http://cgi.ebay.com.au/N...DVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
also, do yours have that weld/join in the outer blank/hoop visible like that?? thanks. :) oh, and grabbed a nicer camera and got some better pics of my car. all a bit dark though.. its a DSLR, and i have NFI how to use it.        and the ol mr2.. hah 
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The 15 inch blanks cost 100 bucks a rim . the second hand 14 inch gts wheels cost 75 bucks a rim
sanblasting 100 bucks ,
Painting only cost me 50 bucks a rim, cheap as we are up to 1000k all ready
then centers then tyres its ads up
If you can already get them in 15 inch, do it. probably work out cheaper
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thanks mate.
i think i might just place a bid on those wheels... but alotta cash to blow on a second set of GTS rims, and i still want a set of convo pros... :S
ah well.. ill see how i go.
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didnt end up buying those rims. messaged the guy the night i saw em, and he came across as a ****er, so fcuk him. looks like someone else picked em up in the end anyway. did buy these though:   pretty hammered eh! 4 of them are orig holden and 14X6.. all dated mid 75 to mid 76. the one on the far right is 14X8! not too bad nick either... but i want them all to be 15X7.. so i called a wheel joint today n had a chat about it and got a price of 115 a rim. gonna take em down tomorrow hopefully. alllso, been polishing the stainless! heres a couple windscreen pieces done: 
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wow. lot of time and money to waste on a Mingswood. specially yellow. blech
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gotta waste it on something...
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