30-12-12, 23:15 GMT+10#1
Well here it is back again
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I've always had a soft spot for the vh commodore so when I seen this one with the body in such good condition I made a deal with the owner an swapped my two drift cars for it.
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I knew from the start what I wanted to do with the vh, an that was to put a complete vl Turbo engine and running gear into it. And so work on the vh started.
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The battery tray was removed as the vl one sits on the other side
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I ended up stripping it till it was just a rolling shell.
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Most of the parts for the conversion came out of my vl
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I ended up pressure washing under the vh and giving it a couple licks of new paint
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Than in goes the freshly painted vl cross member and white line adjustable swaybar
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New king springs, shocks, arms nolathane bushes, with hopper stoppers adaptor hubs and vt twin piston brakes. Oh an strut tops
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Same treatment for the diff side of things. The rear brakes were from a vn or VP can't remember now. I also ended up using all the under body heat sheilds from the vl too, the only one that I didn't fit was the cat area heat sheild
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this part is the only part of the vh that remains under the car, as the vl fits but the holes are differant
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These are the tabs you need to fit the vl dash and cluster, either end of the dash needs to be moded though.
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Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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