Gday
 

Gday all
I’m Bart from Sydney Australia.
My passion is beside my bubs and wife is cars and would love to learn metal shaping. I hope I will learn allot from here. I have the greatest respect for a good metal shaper who can shape metal into what seems impossible shapes particularly a one piece shape like a fender for example.
One of my projects which involve metal is my car. It’s a 1973 LJ Torana, most of you wouldn’t know about it as it’s an Australian built classic, only mine has a twist, it is modified. I transplanted a Nissan V8 with twin turbos. It took quite a bit of metal fab to shoe horn the motor in.
My next project will be (Hopefully) my dad’s 1963 Pontiac Laurentian which will require a new rear fender (Which is the main drive to why I’m here) I guess fortunately the fender is quite long and fairly flat with a bit of crown.
Anyhow hope my registration goes well
Thanks for reading
Bart

Nice to have you on board Bart, show us some of your projects.....sound interesting.

Tuck

Welcome aboard Bart!

Welcome to the site Bart.

David

welcome Bart where abouts are you in sydney
Cheers Gav

Welcome to AMS!

Thanks guys, sorry I didn’t reply earlier, to be honest I dove right into this great forum and had a good look at what everyone is doing. WOW. At the moment my new garage is full and no room to work due to house renovations and it’s frustrating as I want to get stuck into shaping metal. Don’t care what it is I just want to do a bit, just love the idea of taking a flat sheet of metal and MAKING something.
Cords I’m in Belfield at the moment which is near Campsie.
Hmm some pics of my project, to be honest it has some heating issues as I haven’t insulated the exhaust manifolds, so this is heating the fuel lines and causing the fuel pump to overheat. It is driveable though and it goes pretty good. The paint is a bit rough as it’s really not finished yet. But it is street legal.
This is my favourite custom bike by the way; I want to build a custom bike one day.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...car/Sunoco.png

My Torana
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...r/DSC03052.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...r/DSC03050.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...r/DSC03045.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...r/DSC03056.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...r/DSC03061.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...r/DSC03067.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...r/DSC02986.jpg

Torana Inner rocker Rust patch
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...atchpanel2.jpg

Fender patch
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...r/P1151240.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...r/P1291289.jpg

Nissan V8 all alloy quad cam with added twin turbos (Not in pic)
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...r/P5191429.jpg

Rocker replacement
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...r/DSC00214.jpg

Rocker
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...r/DSC00299.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...r/DSC00301.jpg






http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...r/DSC02986.jpg

Custom Engine mounts using suspension bushes
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...r/DSC00539.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...r/DSC00779.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...r/P1010039.jpg

Custom front upper suspension mounting shafts (4340)

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...r/DSC01139.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...r/P1010165.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...r/P1010166.jpg


1963 Pontiac Lauentian, next project
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...DSC00421-1.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...DSC00422-1.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...r/DSC00420.jpg

Inspiration
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...untitled-3.jpg

G'day,

I used to have a Torana just like that, I put a 355 Chevy in it etc etc..have fun

Thanks mate, yeah i wanted a Chevy or Holden V8 but tried something different.:D

had one with a commodore v6 have a look at ozrodders there is a heap of us in sydney im at woolooare next door to cronulla
Cheers Gav