diggin up old threads russ! :P got my 1st VL at 16 to fix up as i was in love with 8's and came across a nice carby 8, 286 cam, head work, extractors, exhaust, shift kit, stally, lsd etc for a decent price, managed to kill the motor after a few weekends of the parents going away! they couldnt understand how i killed a car i only drove with them in it *shrugs* :P upgraded to a VN calais 5.0 before i got my p's, after a few months got sick of being flogged by ricers, vlt's and even v6's lol so i bought my first VLT [SLY.747] im now on the 9th between me and my misses, going from carby 308, 333 stroker, n/a manual and auto, injected 5.0, turbo manual and auto's! back on turbo manual now cant beat it also had various other cars including a nice lil rotary! that was about as close to a VLT as any of them got - 79 323 coupe Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

one of my best m8s has one and i never really got into vl's until i went in this thing, wasnt much but i just liked it for some reason just how it sat, and how it slid in the wet lol and jsut the potential of them was great and ther just a neat tidy car and ever since his vl ive always loved them Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

When i was around 15, my friends older brother had a mint morning blue over silver calais turbo. He use to take us for drives sometimes, and that involved skating across multiple lanes and getting thrown back in the seat. Absolutly loved it.

They're cheap, easy to get good power out of them, and they do look tough! Wanted one ever since i was 15. 2 weeks before my 17th i bought a SL Turbo (turned 17, april) still loving the fun of it Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Came home one night after school was this yellow Bt1 in my driveway looked pretty nice wasnt the best car i saw turned out to be my cousins new car, took me for a drive ever since then loved em there great cars but not a everyday car.

I just wanted to go fast, was sick of my vn 6 cylinder manual and wanted a car that I could get to get up n boogy, loved the early shaped commos to(also had a vh sle at the time)

one of my mums cousins had one was in some magazine ages ago number plate LEB-28U or something along them lines and also when i was about 10 there was a dude around the corner with a white one and he used to do burnouts in the neighbour hood and i used to sit and watch him on my bike...then when i was just under 16 i bought my first car which was a teal colour (i think its called ice blue) factory single tone 1986 vl calais n/a was a buetifal immac original car till it got stolen and yeah considering getting one again

hmmm well the money that u put into a gtr to go fast and then the money you put into a vl to go fast "value for money second to none"

I'm not even a holden man, but there's just something about VL's i'm not sure what it is, just appeals to me. I want to own a yellow BT1 oneday, love those cars, they're just pure sex.

My dad bought the VL Exec I now own from a friend of his in around 1998which was a company lease car before we owned it. So I'm now the second owner, with books, and company lease records etc.. It's always nice to know where the car was before. So I learnt to drive on the VL amongs other cars like an XC 5.8l Ute, and the VL just stuck with me through my P's, now off them, and haven't look around for another car since..

coz they sounds like jets!!!!!!!! lol since i was 14 i always wanted one, didnt matter what model, but then i fell in love with the calais the looks, the motor, the interiors, and did i say the looks?????? best lookn cars. i got offered a new car when it was time to get a car, but all i wanted was a VL Calais! been a while now and still havent regreted it! my only fav car!!!!!!!

Back in '96 a mate bought a 5 speed SL, lowered it and fitted a full exhaust, it was a great car, he gave it heaps ocassionally and it handled it fine. The way it drove and the look is what got me, I like the shape, and the stance on some lowered suspension. I'm now on my 3rd VL, first was an auto exec, only did the exhaust on it, was a trusty car for 6 years. Second was a 5 speed exec, had a cam and chip (apparently), I was also told it had a (legit) high flow cat, nothing flows better than a gutted one, replaced that. Now I have a 5L Calais I'm slowly doing up, doesn't need a great deal of work but I'm not diving into it, take the time and make sure it's done right. Will I get another? Possibly, think I'll make the next one a turbo, haven't had one of those yet.

Seeing the first Walkys race at Bathurst... I was only 10 at the time, but said to myself that I would get a car like that one day

the calais eyelids i wanted the car with the pop up headlights since i was 15, took me 8 years to find one in a condition that i would own, and didnt pay much for it either, i woudlnt own a berlina or sl/exec or taxi, just a calais manual apparently its getting a full respray in the morning blue and a custom silver (for lower parts) im fitting a le lip, and modifing the bonnet somehow

ULOOKD, loved it from the word go.

my mate had saved up for years to buy a HSV VL Walky, he had one lined up, didnt even have his L's! deal fell through cus of the seller, and he decided to get a S2 Calais turbo manual, factory manual. before he bought the calais he said to me 'u should get one'.. i was in love with et turbos lol and once i saw a fullboost movie or all the dosing crap that was it! i had to get one.. but not having the money for turbo, i at least tried for a calais. a nice champagne vl calais n/a came up, i offered him a deal and for 2500 with more than 10 months rego i was driving home my 6th car lol my parents almost shanked me but they enjoyed it. 6 months or so down the track and i was buying a vlt motor from a member on the forums. along with an exhaust from another member, a hybrid intercooler kit and some other stuff. i had my first dose a few weeks later... u dont understand that feeling.... to have a goal set out, plan it and accomplish it, is a sick feeling.. although the residents of brighton must of hated it lol i was dosing laps 24/7 hahah Carlos

When i was a lot younger say 8 or 9, i used to live on jacksons road in noble park north. I remember this Canary Yellow BT1 running round on cepters and it was always flying up and down jacksons road. This copper had been trying catch him and he asked me if i had seen this car driving round and im like nah, he tells me they have been trying to catch him for ages but hes too quick. Ever since then i wanted a Yellow BT1, even tho at the time i had no idea what the car was cuz i was a ford man. But i converted!

I had a 202 HJ Panelvan, extractors, exhaust, sounded nice which i still have, and was getting a bit over it, too slow, no power steering and just very big so i was looking for another car. Started looking around for a Torana but couldnt find any which were in good condition for a reasonable price. I then started to look around for a commodore. I was originally after a VH but couldn't find any so i decided to look around for a VL. Came across one in the trading post, the guy said it was in good condition so i went for the 1 and a bit hour drive in the fuel guzzling panelvan to have a look at it. The paint was in crap condition, interior had ciggie burns all through it and dog hair hair everywhere. The boot didnt have a lock on it and the bonnet wouldn't open. Took it for a test drive, it sounded ok cause it had extractors but then realised as i was driving that the wheel wasnt straight at all. Didnt really liek the car at all and the guy was very pushy and unreasonable. So I went home and started looking for another VL. Went on ebay came across a white exec in good condition and for only 1500. Went had a look at it on tuesday night. Payd for it and picked it up on Thrusday. Turns out it was a BT1 and the car has treated me really well and it was in such good condition especially interior wise cos it was a grandpa's car. I now plan on either adding a turbo when im off my p's or buying a calais turbo.

Quote: Originally Posted by trbo3ltr my mate had saved up for years to buy a HSV VL Walky, he had one lined up, didnt even have his L's! deal fell through cus of the seller, and he decided to get a S2 Calais turbo manual, factory manual. before he bought the calais he said to me 'u should get one'.. i was in love with et turbos lol and once i saw a fullboost movie or all the dosing crap that was it! i had to get one.. but not having the money for turbo, i at least tried for a calais. a nice champagne vl calais n/a came up, i offered him a deal and for 2500 with more than 10 months rego i was driving home my 6th car lol my parents almost shanked me but they enjoyed it. 6 months or so down the track and i was buying a vlt motor from a member on the forums. along with an exhaust from another member, a hybrid intercooler kit and some other stuff. i had my first dose a few weeks later... u dont understand that feeling.... to have a goal set out, plan it and accomplish it, is a sick feeling.. although the residents of brighton must of hated it lol i was dosing laps 24/7 hahah Carlos Uh huh, I hear that! project VL Berlina N/A Auto to VL Berlina Turbo Manual is nearing completion! Firstly it was the little "kick" on the bootlid...along with the sleek body. Just beats the sh*t out of the other cars in looks easily. When my first VL (SL) started playing up (damn AFM), I bought a mint VS S-pak manual.....wrapped it round a tree. Went back to the old VL SL 5 speed.....realised how much I missed it, and how much better the V6 looked around the tree. Revs so much smoother, fantastic straight 6. I've since owned an Executive, Calais, and currently a Berlina. But the Berlina still got that kickarse Calais front!!!

My older brother had two VL's in his time and I loved them, so basically he got me hooked. I recently found out my uncle had a VL Berlina Turbo. Must run in the family. So bought my first car, was a VL for $1200 (plus an extra $400, for the rims they were seperate but bought them at the same time as the VL), and it still is my only car today. Anyhow soon, I'll be saving for a VL Calais or a VL Berlina Turbo. And my current VL will just be a secondary car. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.