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Even though there was never a Torana station wagon that did not stop this one from being put together. The conversion is done so well it looks factory stock. He has used a coupe with the longer doors as the basis of this conversion.

The coupes and sedans were unique to Australia but a smaller number of station wagons and sedans were built over in Korea. Because General Motors owned owned Holden the Korean version was badged as a Chevrolet 1700. Although the Australian and Korean version shared the same under pinnings, the Korean version was only available as a 4 cylinder.

Here is the inside view. Next task will be to make up the door skins.

The top of the door is now wide enough for the frame to sit inside the top edge of the door which is the way the 1:1 frame sits.

Here is how it looked after sanding.

You will notice how thick it was laid on. This was important because will make up the upper part of the door skin.

Hey Guys. Today I moved to inside of the body. The area was sanded down and cleaned up in preparation for the body filler.

Hey. I am looking for a set of studs to suit 1:25 scale heavy truck wheels. Any help appreciated ! Cheers.

Thanks for the info. I knew there weren't many of these built but only 184 known still in existence, I guess that makes this one pretty rare then. Cheers !

Hey. I want to build a model of this one and I am looking for measurements. Any help or links appreciated. Cheers.

The final image shows the windscreen pillar. I have carved out the quarter channel some more, its now more pronounced, the windscreen pillar is also a lot thinner. Eventually I will begin fitting the drip rail which will give the pillar some much needed strength. Next task will be to reinforce the inside of the door, especially around the channel area where the door frame sits. With that done I will focus on the door skins.

One of the things that has been long overdue with this build is to finish the wheel arches, so I carved out more from the front fender area. Its starting to look better but I will not be added the lip just yet. Once I have made sure the measurements are correct, I will be attaching the other side and using this side as a template to tidy up the wheel arch on the other side. Once both wheel arches are identical then I can think about adding the lip. You will notice I have cut out the surround for the tail light area.

Hey Guys. Here is the other door frame sitting inside the body. I needed to carve out more from the inside of the body to make it fit.

The remaining task for the frame was to add the quarter window, after measuring the inside frame from the 1:1 door, I set to work making up the quarter window. With the quarter window finished I test fitted it again. The next task will be to finish the other frame and to then work on surrounds so that the frames sit flush inside. This will be in preparation to shaping the roof area.

Once that was done, I reinforced the back of the frame and then test fitted it. I found that I needed to remove more from the wind screen pillar to make it fit.

Hey Guys. I concentrated on finishing the door frame today. The first task was to connect the bottom frame.

I think I have the answer to that question.

Thats awesome, especially the pie cut hood !

One word best sums up this build........Superb !

This is far as I managed to get. I am using a second length of 1mm half round to reinforce the inside of the frame, it runs from the b pillar up to where the quarter window frame will go. Next task will be to complete this frame by attaching the lower frame and then attaching the quarter window frame.

Hey Guys. I did not get much done because I spent most spent most of the time putting this together. This is the buck and to construct it I had to get the inside measurement of the door frame. I also needed to make sure the angle of the buck matched that of the windscreen pillar. Once competed I began the long task of shaping the upper frame.

Always good to see something outside the square ! I will be watching this build !

Nice combo, green looks good !

The lower door frames are being shaped together, so the taper at the front is identical. These will be separated and when the upper frames are completed and the lower frames will be attached to complete the basic frames. You will notice these frames have a flat face unlike the upper frames. Next task will be to complete the frames and then make up the quarter window frames.

Here is how they look. Before I attach the two sections I will need to shape the upper frames so that they run with the contour of the windscreen. To do this I will make up a buck and shape the two frames together to make sure they are identical.