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vk (blue meanie copy)

Started by _heapa_ , Aug 10 2011 04:19 PM

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#1 _heapa_

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Posted 10 August 2011 - 04:19 PM

just pick up this vk 5lt auto with full brock kit + full sticker kit and hdt head light covers.

paid $1000 for it. needs manly body work and to rewire up the bay again.

mite make a good parts chaser for the lc lol.
PLANS

repair and paint ,new gear box with a stally, bigger cam, new wheels ,towbar (for the boat) tint the windows and rego it and drive it

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#2 Mort

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Posted 10 August 2011 - 05:15 PM

Any chance of putting them in a photobucket account and linking, pics are abit too small for my old and weary eyes :lol:

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#3 _heapa_

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Posted 11 August 2011 - 12:58 AM

sorry just what i had on hand going to get some better pics in the next few days

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#4 _mick74lh_

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Posted 11 August 2011 - 09:14 AM

Yeah some bigger images would be good. Sounds like an awesome project. A blue meanie copy would be so cool.

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#5 _heapa_

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Posted 13 August 2011 - 06:15 PM

pics i took today after i started striping it

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#6 _heapa_

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Posted 13 August 2011 - 06:19 PM

need to get some doors,fix the rust in the boot ,pull the motor out and rering it, paint the whole thing inside and out.

it came with a torana bonnet scoop so i need to find a vk one . it has a few new bits that came with or on the car. manly body and paint to get it on the road

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#7 _heapa_

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Posted 16 August 2011 - 03:43 PM

well as it afolds i know why i got it cheapish its a bloody 253 grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :Headbang2:

so plans now for a injected 5lt and a turbo 350 better for a daily anyway .
todays progress why the kids were a sleep was pulling the motor out. hoping tonight will get the box out and strip out the bay for paint prep

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motor is for sale and just waiting on the thread to oked in the swapmeet section

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#8 _heapa_

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Posted 16 August 2011 - 09:56 PM

got out in my man cave tonight finished pulling the engine bay about. now time to start cuting grinding sanding fun

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#9 _mick74lh_

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Posted 16 August 2011 - 11:16 PM

Looking forward to seeing this build progress. Sounds like a cool plan you've got.

My nextdoor neighbour had the same thing happen few years ago with a VH he bought. He bought it believing it had a 308 only to find out later that it was a 253. Bummer! Still, a 253 could be a good economical motor for a daily. But I guess you probably want an engine to at least match the Group A looks.

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#10 _heapa_

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Posted 17 August 2011 - 10:42 AM

not building it to go fast just a cool daylie driver. i had a vb with a injected motor and it made it a great car to drive and i will be better for the wife to drive

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#11 _heapa_

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Posted 21 August 2011 - 09:35 PM

today i scored a stage 2 turbo 350 done less than 10 hours work from major rebuild come with a 3000 stally and a b&m quick silver shifter all for the sum $0

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#12 _heapa_

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Posted 31 August 2011 - 10:38 PM

been doing a little when i can between working nights and looking after 3 little kids during the.

baby has no back

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#13 Bart

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Posted 31 August 2011 - 10:54 PM

I would like to see a late model Commodore independent rear suspension in one of these early Commodores.
That would be cool

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#14 _heapa_

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Posted 31 August 2011 - 11:21 PM

your more than welcome to come and do it for me lol

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#15 _heapa_

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Posted 01 September 2011 - 02:43 PM

nice rust free door

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#16 _Liam_

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Posted 01 September 2011 - 06:46 PM

You gonna have a dig at replacing the rust? Or get a spare door and transplant it?

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#17 _heapa_

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Posted 01 September 2011 - 07:13 PM

i think that door is alittle to far gone for my liking. i will have to find another door for it.

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#18 Mort

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Posted 01 September 2011 - 10:00 PM

Nah, just a little surface rust, Dirtbag could fix it :lol:

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#19 Bart

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Posted 01 September 2011 - 10:23 PM

your more than welcome to come and do it for me lol

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#20 WhaleOilBeefHooked

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Posted 01 September 2011 - 11:03 PM

Yeah nufin a lil touch o bog & some gaffa tape couldn't fix

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#21 _heapa_

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Posted 02 September 2011 - 01:38 AM

for the price of a door from the wreckers it aint worth fixing

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#22 Ruts

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Posted 02 September 2011 - 03:44 PM

Brings back memories this build. This car started life as an ex powder blue Victorian Highway Patrol car and finished up a Group A replica (sort of). I sold this car and brought the Barbados green torana you see in my Avatar pic.

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#23 _heapa_

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Posted 02 September 2011 - 10:36 PM

looks good ruts. shame you had to sell it

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#24 Ruts

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Posted 03 September 2011 - 11:03 AM

Yeah I know but I've been a Torana man all my life and when the Torana came on the market it had to go. The Commodore had a stroked 308 with turbo 400 and a nine inch diff. Keep the build pics of yours coming. I'll be following this build as a walk down memory lane.

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#25 _heapa_

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Posted 08 September 2011 - 12:48 PM

after a few to many phone calls looking for a rear cut to fix the vk i was at a loss ,they wanted between $350 and $600 for a rear cut. i phoned a scrap metal mate of mine to ask him to have a look around for a vb to vl to cut. as it so happened he had to pick one up in a day or two, so after 15 mins with the oxy and $50 handed over i got my rear cut i need,now just need to find a few doors