thanks man, that panel was tricky to say the least, wasnt so hard it was more just getting it to line up and sit level that was a b!tch but once i got a few spot welds in i could bash it till it sat where i wanted it just wondering if it would be of benefit to anyone if i did a tech thread on installing tow bar if it hasnt already been done? cheers

i was just wondering because i need to weld in a new parcel shelf cos speaker holes for RW and i thought i may aswell do the boot channel too cos its rusted out nearly. i reckon it would be good to do the tech on the tow bar. say what nuts to use to spread the load not normal ones and **** like that

yea man go 2 wreckers or somewhere nearby u and get them 2 cut out the whole parcel shelf and cowel panel as 1, then drill out all your spot welds on your car and zap new 1 in best off sending it 2 panel beaters tho, i did mine by myself but i got our main beater 2 weld it in as hes really good, also they'll be able 2 get smooth and line up bootlid and sh!t also helps if your friends with the beaters, do the job for cheaper for ya hope this helps mate Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Man looks like you have yourself a nice project going there. Can you tell me if your gonna smooth the engine bay? And whats it like being a PanelBeater?? i was thinking of becoming one. Keep it up mate Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

well the engine bay is going to be left as is until after the cars complete and on the road for few months then im gonna rip motor and box out, do up engine bay smooth, paint all of the motor, put a 5 speed in and stick everything back in as for being an apprentice panel beater, its pretty good job, we get some pretty sweet cars come thru the shop, u should look into it if your keen

ok so ive been really lazy since last time i posted up here, but no more! i have been working vigourously on the vl this past week as we had nothing to do at work and i got a SH!T LOAD done, these pictures should say a million words engine bay rust fixed, then everything taken out like battery, o/flow bottle, wiring, airbox, comp. plates, fuse box, ect. then i painted the whole engine bay and front in flat black and put everything back in oh and i also painted the heat shield in silver ok heres what really matters, i finished off all body work and now shes sitting in the spray booth ready to be primed, so she will look like bossvl's car did very soon and heres my bonnet, which had stone guard underneath, also ready to be primed Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

very nice mate keep it up looks like its gona be done in no time Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

mate come a long way , your doin a great job, cant wait till it finished, and y didnt u smooth the engin bay??

naa mate gonna smooth engine bay later down the track coz im gonna put 5 speed in and paint engine bay green with motor out, so this is only temporary cheers for the comments guys Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

ok so as the new title says, shes gonna be black over silver i primer undercoated the beast today and hopefully i should get to paint it this week no pics as my mate has my phone cable but i will update when i can Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Great work champion cant wait to see it finished

Looks like you've put in the yards. Good work mate.

cheers fellas, she might even get the first lot of paint on it this week ... maybe hopefully if it gets paint i can put it back together pretty much and drive it home and finish it off once again cheers for the comments everyone i finally reached 2 pages Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Awesome job. Good luck with it. Make sure you get a good security system on it when it goes on the road.

Looking good so far mate. Good to see you putting in the work yourself, because it seems like you enjoy it. Can't wait to see the final result Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

ok a few more pics since its been primered i painted the shell on friday but these are the only pics i managed to get on computer as my mate stole my phone cable lol Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Hows the progess coming along? any updates/pics?

yea i painted it few weeks ago but havent been able to post pics came up awesome got most of front and rear end back together, only thing that f***** up was a crack in the primer/bog 2 days ago that split the paint and as u can tell im pretty f***en dirty right now as im gonna have 2 repair it or it will rust pics up later tonight

Great stuff, you're putting in a lot of work just like bossvl and will be a great addition to the fleet, more pics for my sons to get organised, hope you keep em coming on this blog, thanks Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

ok heres the pics i said i would put up - finally Some original photos have not been recovered yet.