hey guys I recently purchased a limited edition 1988 vl opera house. It's basicly a VL SL with berlina trim, and a 304. I'm just curious, I am quiet surprised that it doesn't have a long range fuel tank..... Is this common on 5.0l VLs? Or is it just the BT1s that had the long range tanks? Any help is much appreciated.

Picsssssss or you bought a orange Gemini

Will be a standard tank. Cheers Marty

Cheers Marty. I will tonight Deano! ---------- Post added 20-01-15 at 21:43 ---------- No rust in the usual spots! Abit on the front left guard that is all. Genuine clean headlamps, overall very clean! The body is incredibly straight and paint is mint. Just needs a good cut and polish. Havent got any good pics yet as I haven't pushed it out and cleaned it yet. its basicly a berlina not sl as I said earlier.. Nothing SL about it. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Nice mus! I bet your hanging to flush that radiator lol

Thanks, I'm hanging to fcuk it off and get better one! Can't wait to detail the bay.

Looks nice....v8 vls hard to come by

Thanks bro, I thought so too.. Now I'm just trying to decide what will be a nice combination of engine modifications. Don't wanna go spastic as of yet. Definitely diff gears and rebuild the auto with a stall. And replace practically everything in the bay.

The only vl's that came with long range tanks were ones that were optioned up with them. Some 'packs' had long range tanks too, like the Country pack. The build sheet will let you know if it had one originally or not

Cheers bro, I havent looked yet to see if the build sheet is still there.

Quote: Originally Posted by mulkers [View Post] The only vl's that came with long range tanks were ones that were optioned up with them. Some 'packs' had long range tanks too, like the Country pack. The build sheet will let you know if it had one originally or not Not sure if the country packs had them??As it is not on the list for the option pack,The HDT wagon I have has what they call the extended range tank?What ever that means,becouse I cannot get any further with the ninety litre tanks as the old girl uses about 15-18 litres to the hundred on the open road,Around town( when I do get to town)I get about 250-300ks out of a tank, Cheers Marty

15-18 litres on open road? You got a stroker under the bonnet with 8 turbos? lol Mus just chuck a big tank in mate, nothing bettrer then a vl rear with a droppy!

Just a hungry old girl,I get about 13-15 when I nana it(Almost never)the 15-18 is the norm because of where In live(decent size hills etc)From HDT the sheets says 196kw engine,But we have had her dynode as 165kw at the treads so HDT were not far off the mark. As you say just throw a long range in her. Cheers Marty

Agreed! Will keep my eyes pealed for any available.

Not to sure they came with Berlina interiors, could be from a donor, HDT got good results from an inlet port match, dizzy regraph and xtractors.

That's cool MUS! Going LS in it?

The seats in it are original, seen two Opera packs with the same..

Yeah the seats are factory. Quote: Originally Posted by 3lturbo [View Post] That's cool MUS! Going LS in it? I want to man, I got the motor. But I wanna keep it genuine so I probably wont Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Hi MUS, Good starting point. You got your work cut out for you in the engine bay. Good luck with it

Thanks Slav! Yeah bro tell me about it lol. Looking forward to the headaches. I still have it in storage, cant wait to bring it home.