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My Projected VL berlina

Started by legal6 vbmenu_register("postmenu_1958486", true); · 28 Sept 2008 · 185 replies

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at least it looks complete from the rear:whistling slowly getting there plan is to have my last panels edged up on saturday, then fit them all back on for blocking just have to finish my last guard in the week, aiming for tommorow. also want to during the week i want to get the brakes filled up blead then get a disc rear hand brake cable and fit that, brakes will be finished then Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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bought some things on ebay today new genuine bonnet rubbers, the adjusters and the guard stoppers new genuine holden wastegate actuator in the orignal box for $71 primed the guard and nose cone just before, so there ready for rubbing primer, wet still saturday the last of the panels will be edged up inside bonnet, guards and nose cone so tommorow night and friday ill rub them back for the morning guide coat Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Very sexual mate, needs an R18+ rating. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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ha cheers for that mate, she aint much just a practice car for later then the big plans will pop out and ill take it further turns out tommorow the last of the panel wont be painted, mate whos painting my car had a blow out with the other painter whoms ment to open the shop up, so its been pushed back a week my new genuine wastegate actuator arrived today, in the orignal box aswel Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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looking great , just keep going dont give up!
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thanks CTs2 sabo, nah i wont it will be finished currently im trying to get hold of a power steering reservoir but so far no luck not one holden dealer in australia has one listed layed around motor traders aint no luck tryed a few car places but they havnt got anything, so ill just have to keep looking last panels will be edged up one night next week ive got to see with my boss if i can work something out about getting my car painted on the last day of work this year. so i can start putting it together over my holidays so possibly paint on the out side in 2 weeks, but thats if everything is fine, all are work is finished in time and he is ok with it few little pics new banjo bolts for water feed and oil feed brand new genuine holden wastegate actuator in orignal box cabling for battery to motor Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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some more parts 2x inline W/ANL fuse holders 2x 250Amp ANL fuses battery isolation switch 10mtrs of flexable condue piping started the inside of the boot today aswel, masked for texture coat crappy stuff wasnt chunky enough, so you can see where i welded in the new bottom part ill run some sound deadening mat along the base to make it nicer, then just a light coat over the top to make it look as if it wasnt a last minute dodgy job unmasked, ill have to wait for it to completly dry before i paint the whole inside black Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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getting a box of sound deading mat friday also booked captain thread to come down tuesday morning next week to drill out my oil feed, oil drain and a snapped bolt for the nose cone so that will be $130 then no more spending till after the new year:whistling well ill try not too painting panels tommorow, fit guards over the weekend and make sure all my door gaps are good fit my nose cone once the bolt is drilled out on tuesday then the bonnet ill order my gas struts soon i suppose, cant really fit the bonnet seeing as i welded up all my bonnet rod recessing and the hole it mounts in should be picking up a handbrake cable for disk rear on saturday Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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bonnet and nose cone is still at work but guards are home Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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half bolted guards on, still need to do the headlight, horn and Afm wiring before i can bolt them on for good so they will come back off later started neating up the main engine loom, need to get a new plug as one is snapped in half and proberly some others will need changing almost half way through it tommorow night ill be bring home the bonnet and nose cone guards bolted on with the stainless steel allen key button screws engine loom before engine loom almost half done, done CAS end to the first injector Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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brought my last panels home, fitted up my bonnet with my new genuine parts this morning the last turbo line holes get drilled pictures....... nose cone guards/nose cone sat on the car bonnet painted inside now who cant say that aint a flat finish:thumbsup: my new genuine bonnet parts bonnet parts fitted Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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you a spray painter by trade?
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panel beater
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Was gona see if you wanted a cashey Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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ha lol ill do it for ya wayne.... car is lookin the sex by the way sean
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You not a spray painter Sean LOL Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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ha nah no cashies for me yet, ive got to much on my own plate to finish first, my car, rust in my vs's rear pillar, little rust patch on my utes guard never ends lol cheers Sean. slowly getting there, not long now update turns out my turbo is not of a vl its actually off a FJ20, it is still a t3 only diff is the front housing is a little smaller and the 02 sensor is higher up the dump pipe so today i made a bracket for mounting the wastegate actuator, still just got to make a few little edges to clean up on it at work tommorow but besides that everything lines up and is sitting how i want it got the bolt on the nose cone drilled out today and the water feed drilled into the block and tapped, oil feed, he cleaned the thread and drilled it further but stopped as he was too comfy drilling more, so ill ran some air into it and see if he made it into the galleries if not he said he will come back and drill it more if i wanted for free pics ill try getting up later if i dont get home too late from my mates
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had a little probs finding a oil feed banjo bolt in the right thread for a while but i eventually managed to get one though a nissan dealer ordered it yesterday and it came in this morning so now all i need is the last water lines and check the oil feed is drilled enough then just bolt it all up together... got two plugs of a vl engine loom from a wreakers as two of mine were broken, so just have to get them on my loom tape a little more, tidy up the AFM cable and the engine loom is set also picked up 4 check straps for my doors, i miss placed mine plus i think they were all stuffed got a box of sound deadner, wiring is planed for just after the new year, my mates going to do the horn, LH head light and RH headlight so i can bolt the last panels on for good, then he will do the last bit a little later on only real pics i have, engine loom tommorow i might have some better update pictures did a little bit today fitted the 4 check straps and did some extra stuff carpet out of the dark storage with some under felt which i thought was for the floor floor all cleaned up for the carpet and what not fitted the headline only to figger out the flet which is on the carpet was ment to be glued to the roof:bang: off came the roof liner and glued the roof felt up altering of glovebox to allow for fuse box cables to get through glove box closed glove box open, ill mount them properly to a fixed panel later and more then likly get a new rail off the member on where who make the melt proof ones rear seat and parcel shelf in dash, top isnt screw on at all as it needs to come off to make wiring easyer Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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little bit done today fitted handbrake cable, i think its a little too tight as the car is stiffer to roll back and forth so just a slight adjustment needed front seats in, need a better clean though. painted in boot gmh black tommorow ill play with the power steer system, vacum lines and decide how ill run my power cables, mount the fuses and kill switch pictures front seats in, there not perfect but this interior will stay till i get my new full custom one got a new power steer resiour, got this off my old vl, the gramps i had. found it in a wreckers stripped:cry: got a rubber for top of the firewall sprayed inside my my boot today with gmh matt black, came up factory looking now will have carpet over it anyway masked up done where battery box is being mounted Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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bought some new piping in a few sizes and clamps so i could finish the power steer system today, still need to figger the last connection out on the front end besides that im happy with how the mounting bracket fitted and how the bottle sits, perfetly perpendicular diffrent to the usal spot of mounting people choose when they remove the battery tray i reckon it makes that corner less bare and evens out the washer bottle on the other side where its mounted plumbing still need to figger out this connection, they used diff size pipe on the black pipe too the resiour:bang: Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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