Turning dreams into reality - The ENTIRE 9 year build of my Torana hatchback

[@Handy-f1l]

Love the UC to LX conversion, lots of hours of work in this impressive car!

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Thanks so much for the kind words!!

[@rcwp8110]

Awesome car bud ,very well earned I must say, love home-grown builds 🎉

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed it

[@rickzaccagnini9103]

Massive job 👏 well done mate is looks awesome 👌

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Cheers for the support, I really appreciate it!

[@Holden0583]

Fantastic video… great to see the Hot Wire wheels look perfect. To do it all mostly by yourself is a credit to you…well done

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Thanks Micky! Super kind words and I really appreciate it. It sure was a challenging build but also really rewarding. Glad you enjoyed the video! 👍👍

[@Handy-f1l]

Awesome car, love the UC to LX conversion so many hours of work in this impressive car.

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Appreciate your comments!

[@d1.004]

fantastic, i wish i had the skills to do all those mods . congrats on another torana saved from the recyclers !!!

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Thanks heap. No Torana belongs at the recyclers!!

[@desseton3140]

Nice build Darren, great colour too.

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Thanks so much! Really glad you enjoyed the video. Yeah I love chrome yellow!!!

[@alanpaulick7815]

Wow absolutely gorgeous. Well done. Thanks for sharing your journey. Take care.

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Thanks Alan!!

[@michaelpascoe2182]

Good work mate, all in your shed. Gives me motivation to get my valiant finished

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Absolutely!!! Get after that Valiant! Will motivation and loads of hard work, you can get it done

[@brendancook8791]

Awsome job mate.

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Thanks so much Brendan. Really appreciate the kind words! It sure was a labour of love!!

[@andrewreid7717]

Great format and presentation. Car looks awesome too. Well done.

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Wow. Thanks Andrew! So glad you liked it 👍👍

[@ScottGiltrap]

Great stuff.... I'm just about to start the same process with my SLR 5000

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Awesome! Good luck with it

[@justin_8593]

Good job mate what a wicked build 👍🏽 The amount of satisfaction you get from doing it all yourself is awesome and all worth it when you fire it up and go for a drive.

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Awesome. Yeah you are spot on. Thanks heaps for watching - I am glad you enjoyed it.

[@johnszwede8516]

Looks good in yellow, see you out and about. 🎉😊

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Cheers! Sounds great!

[@biastv1234]

Great build. 9 years

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Cheers. Thanks heaps for watching. Glad you enjoyed it

[@davidvincent2838]

I'm a pretty new watcher to your channel and am really enjoying the galant build. I learned to drive in a manual '73 galant before I saved enough to but my own car which was a three on the tree HT Kingswood. You're an awesome fabricator to be able to change that UC rear end. I always like the UC front end but I also get why you changed it to the iconic look. After all, the UC phase was holden moving away from the muscle car era in favour of the very new commodore at that stage. Keep up the greqt vids, love your work and expertise.

[@davidvincent2838]

The galant was my Mum's car and I was blessed that she allowed me to work on it as a kid. The rust repairs were crap (and mostly bog) before my grandfather taught me to weld properly. Well before the days of point and shoot might welders for backyard use. God knows how I did it with a stick and the warpage...... thus the reason for the bog, but, it was all a learning experience. I always wanted to put a 2.6 in it when the signals came out 😅

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

WOW! Thanks David for such kind words. It is the support and comments like yours that really go a long way to pushing the motivation and continuing to get after it. Really do appreciate the words and your story. I also did rust repair on an old kingswood using a stick welder (before I could afford a mig). The quality of the repair was very poor but I started my learning journey which is what it is all about. Thanks heaps for taking the time to watch and comment. Greatly appreciated. I hope you stick around and get something out of what I do in the shed. Cheers.

[@khublieoldschoolgamer5737]

Good job bro, looks like SS for real. I rebuilt a Charger back in the 80's into a RT replica I was doing college in Emerald Qld through the week and going home every week end in the next two towns away, there was a identical genuine SS hatch that used to frequent the local drag and car scene it was fast and tidy. I've been where you have 8 year rebuild on a 351 XD S pack. Good job bro.

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Thanks heaps for the comments. Nothing like old Aussie muscle - RT Chargers are cool!😎

[@darylgoodgame7292]

Great build Darren and thanks for the video. I'm currently doing a full ground up build on my LX sedan at home too so appreciate the effort and the tips. Where did you get the Hotwires? I've looked at Canterbury Wheels but yours seem to have more of a taper across the 'spokes' back into the hub if that makes sense. Cheers 👍

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Awesome. I think the Hotwires are Formula OS or something like that. They were mailed to me. I can’t recall exactly. I’ll do some searching through old emails and stuff and report back

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Well, there you go. They advertise on eBay! www.ebay.com.au/itm/221941594034?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=705-154756-20017-0&ssspo=bo1pzKjVTJ6&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=G1AEHFuyT4q&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Beautiful wheels.

[@darylgoodgame7292]

@Intheshedwithdarren legend mate, thanks for checking and getting back to me. Again, great build and enjoy the cruising mate 👍

[@darylgoodgame7292]

@@Intheshedwithdarren sweet, these are the 'original' more popular Chris Neale wheels. 💪💯

[@karenmurray3098]

nice tory

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Thanks Karen :)

[@Jim-hv6ql]

Best thing you can do with a UC Torana is turn it into a LH or LX. I can appreciate your journey as I have been restoring a 67 Camaro in the back shed for the last 7 years.

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Thanks for the comment Jim. Yeah these projects can really drag out. I went a few decent stretches where not much happened to the car because I was working on other stuff with the time I had available. UC Toranas have a place. I know why some people love the look but I also appreciate that others really dislike them. I much prefer the LX look but I don’t mind the UC front….but I don’t like the tail lights - at all. Cheers! 🍻

[@Jim-hv6ql]

@@Intheshedwithdarren All good my first car was a LH Torana G Pack I went through 3 x motors 2 x gear boxes and one diff, man I miss that car. I think the UC where part of the times, it was a pity GM didn't include a V8. I got 6 more days left of welding on my Camaro before I start the body filler stage. Cheers

[@amraceway]

@@Jim-hv6ql You could buy a turbo UC that was quicker to 100 kph than an A9X. A9X s remember only had a standard 308.

[@JeffElderhorst]

I must congratulate you on not putting shit wheels on it looks awesome 😎

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Thanks Jeff. I certainly like the Hotwires but each to their own….i hope you liked the video. Thanks heaps for watching 👍👍

[@rodbender7946]

Awesome mate! Do you guys ever get together at a car club?

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Thanks Rod. I’m not really the car club type…some people like that stuff but not really my speed 😄

[@charliecoco2115]

The car is an absolute beauty, well done, did you keep her? I couldn't bear to sell it if it was mine.

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Thanks!!!! Won’t be selling this car. Too much hard work and love into it to part with it. Thanks for watching :)

[@Warehouse_Life]

Mate she looks sweet. It’s strange that yellow only looks good on Toranas

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

I know what you mean. I love chrome yellow on Toranas

[@realryder2626]

Nice looking Sunbird. You probably should of removed the beaver panel, I have built a few and from the amount of rust in the rest of the car, there is definitely some on the rear rails.

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

You might be right! Dunno. I think I was pretty thorough. Time will tell. Thanks for watching and offering advice :)

[@richardschafer1911]

Sunbird four cylinder

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

Well. No. Not sure if you watched the video but it started life as a 6 cyl UC Torana.

[@Smelly_Indian]

As if an "ostrayan" could build this! Hahahaha! An "ostrayan" lol! You paid a European owned workshop to build it and now you're taking the credit. "ostrayans" are "unejukated" and this is well beyond their "eye-que" level.

[@Intheshedwithdarren]

I’m definitely an Aussie and I definitely built it. Thanks for watching