the old vl i had wasnt a bt1 but it had the 2 incrimants speedo with volts and oil pressure was manual no powersteering but aircon it was white with grey bars bought it form some guy in woop woop 400,00 k,s later and it was still running excellent didnt miss a beat liek ide drain the oil out after about 5-7 thousand k's and it would still come out gold ________ KR350 (http://www.cyclechaos.com/wiki/Kawasaki_KR350)

Quote: Originally Posted by MARMO. i always wondered this too, ARE THERE ANY BT1 Calais turbo or not????? definetly not man are you smokin rice or somethin maybe some dodgey habib puts a calais front on one then tries to claim its o-g for a price hike- FACT- habibs are dodgey kents usually associated with yellow bt1's

Quote: Originally Posted by aus880 IMHO the VL turbo was an '80's muscle car esp considering the power it had compared to what else was available then incl the accel and top speeds it had. Why else would it have got a special article in Wheels incl shots of speedo It'll be interesting to see how they're regarded in the next 20 years Russ. From what I can work out from all the Holden spec sheets over the years the VL Turbo was the fastest accelerating Holden and had the highest top speed of any Holden up to 1988. This takes into account all those big engined Monaro's, the XU-1, L34 and A9X (in factory spec). This does not include any of the many HDT variants, which I don't rate as "factory". With no race history, except for killing them in Group E back then, my guess is they'll just fade away. Most people off the street still don't realise it's not a Holden engine ffs !

aus880 did u have a walky?

The size of the GM wheel's "BT1 Pack's" came out in were 15 x 6, 15 x 7, or 15 x 8?

Quote: Originally Posted by INFLYT The size of the GM wheel's "BT1 Pack's" came out in were 15 x 6, 15 x 7, or 15 x 8? 15x6. That's it. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by MRKING aus880 did u have a walky? sure did and sold it to someone on here

yeah i thought you did do you since u have now down graded or up graded with your vehicle choice

My BT1 was from QLD have books to!!! Turbo 5 speed colour is yellow blaze. Were QLD BT1's all yellow? Cause when i got mine re-sprayed the bumpers were yellow but now its on silver bumpers. Gota love yellow BT1's just for there sheer presences on the road you just have to look at them!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by MRKING yeah i thought you did do you since u have now down graded or up graded with your vehicle choice 2nd sentence Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

do you feel that u have upgraded or down graded via setting foot back into a bt1 or bt1's

are you saying that your not sure if a BT1 is an upgrade or a downgrade from a walky? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

no i wanna no if the bt1 has brought rus the same enjoyment and how he feels about the situation

Quote: Originally Posted by Jeffo_vlt Sounds like an SA issue (bronze/gold or blue) BT1, ive never seen one in that colour in good condition Any pics? Somewhere mate, I'll try and get a decent one that shows the colour but it's hard to pick up in photos. It can look very blue in some light and in others almost a dark metallic grey... EDIT: Pretty dodgy photo from my phone but you get the idea... Quote: Originally Posted by aus880 Could be any state really but I'll try to locate a form for you that can help you find out if you wish That would be great mate Cheers Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

the Walky cornered magically but was too noisy and got way too much attention for my liking kids would give you the thumbs up or young guys hanging out of cars taking pics of it as you drove past, i prefer subtle cars So yeah i still prefer a good BT1

russ uve just made a valid point that ur an idiot!!!! i mean seriously bt1 over a walky? come on bud get realistic!!!!! its like having a stock sunbird over a SLR5000 torana! lol

Each to their own mate.

just stirrin him up a bit i know what he means about the attention, i had a mockup walky turbo for a bit, and the po-po loved me!!! at this point in my life id probably take a bt1 over a walky as well (if it was white) not interested in yellow ones personally! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by [SLY.747] russ uve just made a valid point that ur an idiot!!!! i mean seriously bt1 over a walky? come on bud get realistic!!!!! its like having a stock sunbird over a SLR5000 torana! lol a walky would be awesome to own but you cant drive it all that often and cant leave it anywhere for the fear of someone taking it.

Quote: Originally Posted by bLuj3t good topic.. when i got my car, bout a year and a half ago, my mechanic told me my factory calais turbo had the sump plate guard used on cop cars.. any chance of calais's being bt1's... maybe not chasers but maybe used as transporting or like the big bosses that wanted to ride in style,.. mine also had a a cb radio aswell which is still hooked up but no antenna i reckon that cb is an aftermarket item dude, probably owned by some country bumpkin or truckie or maybe a labourer. as far as i know all bt1s were sold off minus lights, cb radios, etc.