It just keeps lookin better an better Keep up good work sean that's some good progress New door trims look mint Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

cheers fellas well tonight all the cooler pipes are back on. LH side loom in the guard is fully covered in condue piping and ready for splash sheild spare wheel well is sealed and the inner RH quater panel where i did a rust repair, just let dry and i can texture coat it all got clamps i need and wrote a list of everything i need too do now see how things unfold from here

its alive...... got it running yesterday, just need too play with it a bit and bring the idle up had too stop it running as there was a leak coming from the turbo oil feed so just bought one brand new and will be paid and express posted today all my moulds, fuel flap and front bar are ready and set up on a panel for painting tonight Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Damn I envy Your patience and enthusiasm lol, this is going to be one very neat and tasteful Berlina once finished!

cheers Locky, i just want too drive it, cant wait too sit in the vl again, not the fan of the vs or the ute got up a hour early this morning and put on the new oil feed pipe, was stressing i would have to take all the turbo off but it didnt managed too fit my ratchet ringy in the gap and the bolts werent too long one prob is my gasket on top of the turbo for the pipe was split in half so ill see if i can get one today started the car and no leaks besides the seaping where i didnt put he gasket in tonight ill try getting it running right, only idles with the accelrator being held a little, and has a slight miss still, idling at about 400rpm so its low, think its mainly timing but ill know soon enough need too bleed my clutch too, tryed the other night and it wouldnt work, pedal had nothing. spoke with a mechani he said possibly the clutch master is stuck, so ill have a tinker too got a video but on my phone, ill get one on my camera soon enough __________________________________________ problem solved made a gasket tonight and put it in, just got the car running very nice some nob (me) left injector number 5 unplugged hehe i change my plugs too my better plugs as i though the miss was from that but was the injector just checking over everything again and again, only need too bleed the clutch too get it working and it will drive under its own power YouTube - Its Alive...... the VL finally runs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZiypB7Y_hg)

_______________________________________ well it moves drove up my drive way on its own effort:dance: bleed the clutch too get it working but i get the mecahnic too bleed it tommorow too as its still a bit empty at the top of the pedal also bleed the coolant again too be sure best safe then sorry also put the bonnet on but that was once i brought it back down from the top of the drive tommorow morning it will be easyer now for the towie, no need to park across the road too winch the car up i can drive it onto the flat. so he will be happy Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

_________________________________ just got home, all the right hand side is polished just the roof and bonnet too go now while Jon was polsihing i basically finished the interor ran the antena cables too head unit area fitted the computer in place, put both kick panels on put both lower dash cover panels on fitted the fan blower control panel changed the door seal trims with better ones off the wagon fitted the air vents properly mounted the fire extinguser on the passenger side of trans tunnel put globes in all three interor light and got them working tested the blower fan and got it all working (vents were dusty as, ha) put drivers seat belt in also changed the dissy cap and rotary arm with new ones tommorow plans are Jon will paint his vs front and rear bars then while he paints my parts i will fit his vs up and he can finsih polishing then ill fit my bar on and other stuff also have a list of other thing that will be doing too rear wheel arches texture coat and the spare wheel well drivers door handle 2 door rubber seals chuck splash shields in etc - just fiddly little stuff got a few pictures on my phone but too late too upload and im too tired __________________________________ well daylight savings has stuffed us up, didnt move clocks forward and got all confussed ha so will head down soon few pics from last night phone quality though Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

looking great mate, whats next for it??

thanks AERO88 not much, just want too fix final things so it can be a daily then slowly work on things here and there manifold is off and was delevired to my work port number 6 was off major, can see in the pic that it doesnt line up with the 5th port got it machined next door and he had too take 3mm off the whole thing too get it flat, $50 to machine it so not too bad suppose dropped it back off at the mechanics tonight so in the morning they have the guy coming out to helicoil the threads and then they will put it all back together. they were looking at the turbo and the wastegate and apparently the wastegate is open all the time the rod on the actuator is adjustable and its not holding the wastegate flap shut causing it to dump the boost before it even get up to factory boost pressure so hence why im only getting 4psi :hmmm: well we assume there going to adjust it so the flap sits shut anyway pick up tommorow night, we will see how things go:beer chug: Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

i dunno if u've said it but how come u didnt go for grey or silver moulds or turbo/custom plenum? btw, this colour is hot Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

decided not to do calais spec as its a berlina, not into making it something its not. plus bright mica colours like this dont work too well in two tone, looks tacky too me with diffrent colour bars or moulds as for manifold, the turbo on looks crap compaired to the na one plus waste of more money for no gain would of loved to gone after market plenum but i cant afford it, only a apprentice Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

well its not too bad having no ac, as long as im still moving and not sat at the lights ha another 39 degrees is forcasted today the intake pipe is still needs to be done properly, the adaptor pipe between pod and the silicone needs cutting shorter so that you cant see it and then painted then ill have to figger out a way to make the front pipe of the turbo stop dropping making the pod drop near the skirt, hence the zip ties heres a few pics from this morning Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

cop shop for no horn Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

lol....anything else?

nope, just the horn lucky though i found steering wheel and horn pad at u pull it, dark blue in colour was the last car i looked in, my heart started racing when i saw it lol got it off with out a puller luckly and paid 22 bucks for it slight wear but looks pritty dam good now i cleaned it whole of 10minutes and its in my car now, horn working and all :beer chug: also out of that car there was a mint condition wiper switch block, allthe letters where still white and clean, so gained that also but wasnt a berlina so dont have the demister one dash is almost all back to stock :clap: headed down to the station tuesday and the officer walked out, i opened the door, hit the horn and pealed the sticker off......too easy Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Ah thats good...they didnt even take a look underthe bonnet? and also...have you got any turbo badges hanging around? the stereo surround ones? ill buy em of you..

the officer who pulled me over did but all was good, had no probs with anything well sunday went for a little drive around and took some pics by the port, killed some time not much will be happening for a few months as im saving for a holiday long over due holiday heading up to the gold coast for 8 nights with the misses :beer chug: car needs tuning majorly as its back firing a little at idle, enough to bug me :P but this will only happen if i sell some parts and make the money if not it wont happen, prob start driving the vs till i get it tune just to be safe Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Looks real good man. Real good

cheers Bax well been a while since ive updated......... well reason why as its been sat at home doing nothing ha decided to be safe and not drive it, drove it this morning too work but stopped at hi tech on the way down looked over my money and im squeezing my budget, booked the car in for thursday too get tuned any who a random pic from the photo shoot night a while back [/QUOTE] Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

a little update on whats the hap been driving the car every where, done two long country runs - Mannum and goolwa it was nice on the freeways and smooth finally managed to get a full tank of fuel in, took close too 20 minutes though as once you fill over half way it will say its full and kick fuel out and slowly go down so had all look at all the breathers and the all in the right order...... out of the full tank i got 550km. so not bad at all for christmas my Girlfriend bought me some goodies new kenwood cd player, with ipod, usb functions and a Boost guage all wired up nicely, gauge lights up blue when ignition is on and when you turn the lights on it will dim yesterday was looking through insurance and agree value, happy with shannons, put it this way, insured for enough to let me buy a ve from a local holden dealer :P - all parts and mods covered plus excess only $850ish the engien is leaking oil from somewhere also, so today im going to have a look and see what it can do Some original photos have not been recovered yet.