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UC304V8 surfaces again

Started by _[BOTTLEDUP]_ , Dec 09 2005 11:57 PM

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#1 _[BOTTLEDUP]_

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Posted 09 December 2005 - 11:57 PM

Thanks to PinkLh who found it again. :(

Anyone in need of a really schmick UC SLE? Shame about the interior now tho, it was really nice when I was working on it.

UC304V8

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#2 _Flamenco_

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Posted 10 December 2005 - 12:49 AM

Red & tan, not my first choice in interior colours... :unsure:

Still looking good otherwise.

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#3 Heath

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Posted 10 December 2005 - 09:09 AM

Just find a grey UC dash (they're not everywhere but they do exist, or you could paint it) and it'd look great.

No doubt it's worth 11k but I have my doubts about finding someone willing to pay that.

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#4 Tiny

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Posted 10 December 2005 - 01:20 PM

Wow man.. what was it when you had teh chance to buy it?

Its such a shame the owner didnt go through with the plans.. that one one hell tough build you did.

Cheers man

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#5 _Keithy's_UC_

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Posted 10 December 2005 - 03:32 PM

Hey man, is the UC for sale?? What's in the engine bay now?? How much??
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#6 _[BOTTLEDUP]_

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Posted 10 December 2005 - 04:07 PM

Its for sale on Ebay. Its not mine, never was I'm just the sucker who built the engine...

I think this particular person bought it for around $4500, not too sure what the final selling price was. From the pics I see they've ditched the immaculate SL/E interior *sob*, and looks like its had a bit of a respray as well.

I'd say that the receipts would add up to over $11K, good luck to the dude selling it hope he gets the cash, because the car is plum.

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#7 _Aidan_

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Posted 10 December 2005 - 06:40 PM

I saw it going down tonkin highway in peak hour traffic during the week, near benara rd i think. Had a youngish man driving it throwing a cigerette out the window.

People must get bored quick

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#8 Heath

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Posted 10 December 2005 - 07:14 PM

How could you smoke with an interior like that? tsk tsk

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#9 _Aidan_

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Posted 10 December 2005 - 07:52 PM

quite easy its one ugly ass interior. Hes obviously spent a bit of dosh on the mechanics how friggin hard is it to change the tan trim and paint the dash in vynl dye?

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#10 Heath

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Posted 10 December 2005 - 08:33 PM

I reckon it's an awesome interior, it definately isn't finished so it doesn't look fantastic but do you wrap your car around a pole just because it's in primer and it looks like crap because you haven't added the final coat on yet?

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#11 _new72lj_

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Posted 11 December 2005 - 02:08 AM

haha, great call heath. i can see where aidan is coming frm, the interior is definatly an aquired taste and appeals to the younger audience, and if the interior was as good as previously stated then it is quite horrific to molester it as has been done, but it is nice.
one sweet ride god knows i would now be looking forward to be parting with it, hope the guy gets his cash, god knows it looks like its worth it.

. . .leon. . .

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#12 _devilsadvocate_

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Posted 11 December 2005 - 05:29 AM

I see there is one bid for $11000 on it.
Is it worth that much, to at least one person, and that is what matters. Perhaps there is 7grand or so in worthwhile mechanical mods? and no fact air.
The commodore rims look a bit average, and looks like the oil gauge is blown off the scale, or there is too much oil pressure, where is the genuine colour coded sle/gts wheel gone......ahh, and the interior, looks like pimp my ride has got to it. Personally the sle fawn interior, just the seats really, are great for comfort and looks, Id only get rid of mine if someone was going to trim them in leather.......as you can tell, I like it clean and original(not necessarily genuine), especially if the original item/equipment was good to start with.

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#13 _[BOTTLEDUP]_

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Posted 11 December 2005 - 04:01 PM

Here's how it was:
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Bloody phone cameras.

devil's the oil press gauge does work, just not the electric one on the dash. It has a mechanical gauge on the console. It's jipped out to max because no doubt the wire for the electric dash gauge is touching the body/chassis again somewhere...

Engine cost about $5500, which was starting from scratch, block, heads everything... Auto and converter was another $1000, the rest of the driveline this guy has done...

-Dave.

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#14 gtrboyy

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Posted 11 December 2005 - 05:01 PM

It looked better with the old interior & wheels.Isnt that the thing you hurt yourself on,stabbed yourself or something?

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#15 _[BOTTLEDUP]_

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Posted 11 December 2005 - 05:12 PM

yep stuck a screwdriver thru me hand undoing the throttle butterflies... My own dumb fault but yeah it hurt...

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#16 _devilsadvocate_

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Posted 11 December 2005 - 06:58 PM

Thanks for posting the pic, the steering wheel doesnt look to match(maybe just the light in the photo), new carpet would have been all it needed to look good as well as getting rid of that "hoon shifter" ,yeh I know they are the go for the go fast guys...........
Interesting(for me anyway) re the seats: the sunbird sle seats have a velour/shag style trim(which were also in a sle sunbird I have) that goes all the way to the edges of the front surface, whereas the seats I have in my UC SL deluxe(which is basically the 6cyl with sle options) has cloth corduroy inserts with vinyl outer, which I personally prefer.