Jurassic.Autos

Where and when is the next meeting chaps?? :idea1:

Update#1 due to the over abundence of rust in the previously listed ute I decided to purchase a more viable option thus I have purchased this gem below as a more suitable starting point to this objective. As you can see it is reasonably stock and in pretty much STD condition the inside is mostly intact apart from the drivers seat With an L18 power plant Float level is a litte high in the carb but other than that it runs like a charm with the odd vibration which is to be expected for a gem of this vintage.

Custom Made wheels as above will cost $775.00 each + $40 for painting, polishing or powdercoating So that's $3100 + for a set

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Update #3 Here's what I've been uptosince I went back to Tech on Monday Should have this side sorted by the end of the day tomorrow then I need to bend up the rear panel and work my way bacK around to the front, Or I may fold up the rear panel then go straight around to the front and work on the splitter

Sanity has provailed and I have decided to find another Ute to do all this to now

Hey bud, just putting it out there,I've wrecked a couple of these in the last year or so I have quite a number of R30 spares not many body parts but other bolt on's I mostlikely have somewhere if your looking for anything PM Me and I'll have a look for you.

Update#2 Here's the next picture have done more since this but don't have pics of it yet 1 main difference between mine and the Tomica R30 is that their's is around 200-250mm longer in the back end which to me just looks wrong!! I guess if it just dont look right when its finished I can always extend it

So what's the latest on the Hillman Budd?

Update#1 Well guys after having this sitting around for awhile now I finally got it of My mums lawn and into the workshop for some well overdue attention the plan is to get it to look a little like the pre facelift version of the Tomica R30 Super Silhouette formula series in 1982 & 1983 So I have started to fabricate the widebody guards that made it a force to be recond with for so long These will be used (when finished) as the plugs for a number of fibre glass molds for the full blown body kit so that the finished article doesn't out weigh the Queen Mary

Update #1 Well it's about time I filled you all in on some of the progress I've been making on my projects. I have been having discussions with my Fabrication tutor at Wintec about possibly fabricating the intake manifold (above) out of Carbon Fibre, he said it could be done but it would be way easier to fabricate it out off Aluminium, which I had pretty much figured already, am going to do some more research on this subject and get back to you. Meanwhile I have had the R30 on the Chassis straightening machine at in the panel shop @ Wintec measuring it up to see if my susspisions were correct about the chassis being bent and sure enough it was it was 17mm too high on the left hand side and 5mm on the right hand side. so I proceeded to un-stitch both sides of the front to allow me to straighten out the bent chassis rails By jurassic_auto at 2012-08-30 And repair all the rust By jurassic_auto at 2012-08-30 By jurassic_auto at 2012-08-30 By jurassic_auto at 2012-08-30 haven't done much else on this side have been concentrating on the left hand side for now By jurassic_auto at 2012-08-30 By jurassic_auto at 2012-08-30 By jurassic_auto at 2012-08-30 By jurassic_auto at 2012-08-30 By jurassic_auto at 2012-08-30 The next pics are of the aftermath of what I am assuming to be the previous owners attempt at repairing the rust in the front shock tower, what It looks like they have done is removed both skins then patched the hole by Mig-welding in what turned out to be 0.5mm "Coloursteel" the once they had done that they have trimmed the rust off the piece the cut out and Mig-welded the remaining piece of the inside skin back n and bogged over it to disguise the cock up, god knows how it ever passed a W.O.F inspection the guy must have been blind Under the Guard By jurassic_auto at 2012-08-30 Engine bay side By jurassic_auto at 2012-08-30

Here's a few more pics to show the extent of the work being undertaken............ insanity raines supreme What's left of the battery box Right hand side of radiator support just in front of the battery box with similar issues on the left hand side also Up under the left hand gaurd with similar issues on the right hand side aswell Am having to relocate the stock Z32 Oil filter mount so I can use the Z31 starter and gearbox as the mount is right where the starter needs to be for this all to work. Shouldn't be too much of an issue if I just use a remote filter mount Also having to replace all the cambelt covers, water pump as they were bent and broken in the accident the donor car was in and may aswell do the cambelt while I'm at it.

Yet another project in my shed this time it's a Quad cam PG720. The plan is to create a vehicle that I can transport Misc parts with for other projects and tow my other V8 R30 Project race car I'm building. So I'm fitting a VG30DE out of a Z32 attached to this will be a Borg Warner T5 from a Z31 with HD clutch setup and all this is being shoe-horned into my 720 it should be interesting if nothing else lots of Skids for me!! Uploaded with ImageShack.us With The last part of this project will be to fabricate a low loader trailer (Design Pics to come)

Yeah, I've still got to machine the ports in to the pattern so they can make an internal mold and tidy up and smooth of the exterior then it just amatter of gettingit cast up in alluminium will most likely get more than 1 made and see if anyone else wants to buy1 off me.

Yeah the plan is to get the intake manifold cast so I can maybe sell a few to interesested people and also to fabricate the twin turbo headers once Ive got the intake sorted.