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« on: May 23, 2011, 10:38:05 PM »
Hi all, I am new to this forum so thought i would show you all my project. I have 73 tc xle 250 2v, 4 speed that i got about 6 months ago from a friend of mine. plans for now are to cut out rust and then paint it in the same green. big brake kit and change to 5 stud. I will put on a set of convo pro's and that is it for the out side. inside will all be redone stock but with some new front seats eg race seats and a sports wheel. then later on i am planning to go silly with it and put a barra turbo 6 auto and 9" and use it for things like power skid and all that. any way here are some pic's of the way i got it and where it is now.













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« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2011, 11:59:07 PM »
Hi,
Your car is the colour I wanna paint mine. I've just finished all that you have taken photos of. Big Job! Can you tell me what the colour is called please? I think it is Tropicana but I'm not sure. Have fun getting rid of all the rust. :)
Thanks
Shelley
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« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2011, 01:31:03 AM »
hello and welcome to the forums.

all that rust looks pretty much straight fdorward to fix except the gutter :(   even looks like a repair section has rusted out agaoin on the inner sill.

looks good and keep us posted on how you go.
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« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2011, 04:38:15 AM »
Gday
Another sa Guy  :mrgreen:
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« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2011, 10:54:45 AM »
very nice mate, hope it all works out for you without too many hidden surprises.
keep us posted ya hear lol
Cheers, Dave.
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« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2011, 08:06:41 PM »
Howdy and welcome mate, go SA!!  Be sure to keep us posted with lots of pics!
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« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2012, 06:39:03 PM »
Hi all, and thanks for your kind words. things have been moving along and the car is now at my mates work shop in primer almost ready for paint. I am going down there this saturday to take out the diff so it can be shortened a bit and made into 5 stud so my convo pro's will fit. I will take more pics when i am down there but here is some for now.




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« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2012, 06:44:04 PM »







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« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2012, 10:51:11 AM »
This thread is just oozes awesomeness!

TC XLE 2502V Manual - check

From South Australia - check

Lots of good quality work - double check  

:D

Love this thread already! where abouts in Adelaide are you from. Always good so see another S.A guy and another TC Cortina saved

Top marks all round
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« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2012, 07:33:08 PM »
Thanks XLE freak.

I am going to keep the 250 2v as is and not put in a barra motor as i had planed to do. This is because i am going to give the corty to my dad as a gift and i know that the 250 will have plent of grunt for him. My dad and i are very close and over the years has spent a lot of time helping me with my projects as he has not had the cash to do one for him self. again he has been helping me with the corty and has no idear that my plan is to give it to him when it is finished. I know how much he loves this car to so i can't wait to see his face when i hand him the keys. one thing is for sure it will not be leaving our family any time soon.
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« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2012, 07:14:24 AM »
Hay those brakes look familiar, we've meet before. I'm guessing you haven checked if they will bolt up to a TC yet?
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« Reply #11 on: January 13, 2012, 07:01:18 PM »
Quote from: "winton"
Hay those brakes look familiar, we've meet before. I'm guessing you haven checked if they will bolt up to a TC yet?


Hi Winton. Yes mate they are your old brakes lol. I have had a bit of a go fitting them up but not finished yet. I first tryed the te tf spindles, they bolt up ok but the angle is wrong and so the wheels hang out the gards at the top. So now i will be getting new bearings to fit the tc spindles and match the disc's and hubs. If that don't work then i may have to just get the new one's from hopper stoppers or the ebay one's but have herd mixed reports about them one's...
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« Reply #12 on: January 13, 2012, 07:16:55 PM »
got some new bits today, 2 xy gt lookalike mirrors and lensers



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« Reply #13 on: January 13, 2012, 09:22:45 PM »
Looking Good, your dads gunna think he's dreaming when you give him the keys
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« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2012, 06:54:01 PM »
Yeah i can't wait to see his face. Tryed to get the right size bearings today to fit the brakes from the te tf 5stud upgrade to the tc but it can't be done. so now looks like i have to get a new kit buggaer it...
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