Red Rattler Revamp

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Cracked the trifecta today, did a bit on the 2 door, the ute and this old slappa - in that order
The drivers door is a right arsehole to close , you have to slam the crap out of it to get it to latch and after me old mate Johnny had a look at it he suggested I simply change the hinge out to see how it goes then.

Had a wander up the back, found a good hinge with both clips still attached so swapped it out
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Went to bolt the door back up and realised I picked up a passenger side top hinge ImageImage so I gave up for the day and went and got on the swill with my neighbour ImageImage
Tomorrow job …….


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The rule about simple jobs turning into big ones is 99% accurate :evil: :evil: :evil:

The captive plate that the bolts screw into decided to part company- the only way to get it back in is to cut the friggin door open to access the tabs that hold it in - had to cut open an old rusty door to figure it out
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Bugger…..


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All sorted - shuts much better now - I even took some of those little spring steel retainer plates and fitted them up - don’t have any rivets so tapped the holes and screwed them on then ground the heads down so they would fit in the pocket ImageImage
Ended up swapping both out - the top one was obviously bent so figured may as well just do both


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Nice work. Something I need to do on our sedan.


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hahaha some sh!t show on TV just showed a pic of this car
sometimes yor just better off shitting in yor hands and clapping

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Red Rattler Revamp

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They are good numbers mate - that torque is on par with an SBC
no more gear changes at the roundabout

That 37 is very cool I followed it on the rd to Busso some time bsck

I think that Inter is for sale - and it is your birthday


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OK - you pair have lost me , WTF you on about ???? :?
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Mick, was it Outback Wreckers?

There was a tv show where a mob in W.A were hunting down old cars for scrap hoping they would score a diamond every so often for $$$$$ They made mention of old Holdens that bring the money and it flashed up a pic of your old motor Blacky.

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i think that was it, was just on in the background and i was looking every now and then
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Found it - had to watch 20 minutes of pretty average TV to see it ……
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Ha Old Holdens and money !!!

Which way do they mean? Own an old Holden and watch it drain your money !!!!

I really like the side pipes; what were they thinking ??????

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Blacky wrote: Wed Aug 05, 2026 10:24 pm Found it - had to watch 20 minutes of pretty average TV to see it ……

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yeah another show making idiots think their garbage is gold :roll:
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