I'm in the states til December, it will be ready when I get back just have to finalize a few things then and she's all mine! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Congrats mate!her history to you is priceless! Cheers Marty

Lucky bugger Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Not sure a lost family member is something to consider lucky... Good job on committing to it, beautiful cars, can't wait to see some more pictures.

Best looking cars on the Street, mine got ripped off in '96, make sure you have good security.

My house is mighty secure. Can't wait to get back and see how its come up.

Picked it up last night. Was a bit late to take any photos. Will get some up tonight. She's come up around 90% new! Just need to find the rear boot garnish black strip which is broken. Pretty excited.

Good to hear you got it, hopefully being you late Father's the estate didn't go for too much money. As you said, you've bought it more for sentiment than really wanting the car. Sounds like it's getting a good home and the treatment it deserves. Like most others, I wouldn't mess with it, I had a 5L Calais and just doing headers and intake manifold made a reasonable difference, I was more than happy with how it drove. This thing would be better than that with the work Brocky put into them.

Purchased out of the estate for 25k. Spent 3.5k on the details. Its as good as it can get without a full respray which I didn't want to get done. A few little paint issues, but its an old car left untouched for years so that's to be expected.

Sounds like you did well, look forward to seeing some pics of the end result. Not sure about down in Vic, but there's a mob here called whatscratch. Had my old black captiva detailed before selling and it looked brand new in the end. I had dulled the hell out of it using a brush at the car wash (long story). Cost me $300 and i think it was well worth it for the end result.

Pics are up! Front bumper marks are bugs. There was plenty of them last night! (Excuse the garage, new house still working through it :P)

Looks fantastic, I for one am jealous. The VL is my fave of the 80's models, especially a V8. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk (http://tapatalk.com/m?id=1)

Mate she looks a million bucks I reckon your Dad would be mighty proud of what you've done bringing it back up to this standard....Good onya Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Still needs a few things to be perfect, looks like the front seats have been done but I would look for another momo and some better VK Berlina tail lights. Fantastic example, congrats.

Yeah, steering wheel, gear knob, small tear in rear seat, black garnish on the boot, rocker covers have a small amount of rust and the audio connections must be loose! All in good time. Interior was pretty dirty. So it came up pretty well after a good clean!

Lovely looking car. ! Boyracer, What did you mean by 'the front seats have been done'? Cheers

Wow that is mac daddy!

Looks nice, glad you managed to get her.

Over the next couple of years as I can afford it the few bits and pieces will be restored and fixed. Just did what I could afford on top of the purchase for now. I have the original fabric which dad purchased back in the day for the back seat tear. Steering wheel and gear knob are quite expensive but will be replacing them and keeping the originals. New rocker covers should be easy enough to come by. The black strip on the boot seems hard to find for a reasonable price. Will hund down some good tail lights. Then I would say its nearly there

One thing I'll say is to be very careful of the vacuum switches on the front of the intake manifold. The nipples break off easy once the palstic gets brittle. The passenger side is replaceable (was a few years back when I did my Calais), the driver side is near on impossible to find. No idea why no one has made one aftermarket like the passenger side (better design too). I was lucky and scored one off a guy that was building up a VK for the track and didn't need the emmisions crap.