just a sublte build thread of the vls iv had over ther years. hope pics work start with my grey exec NO pics stock few months later i bought a (19) i bought a s2 blue N/A86 calais. cost $3,000 that sadly was involved in an accident no ones fault n every one survived sold for $100 kept interior and all the good calais stuff ---------- Post added 03-07-12 at 14:03 ---------- ---------- Post added 03-07-12 at 14:06 ---------- ---------- Post added 03-07-12 at 14:14 ---------- ---------- Post added 03-07-12 at 14:25 ---------- Then it was on to the white turbo project i bought of my brothers mate white 19s Genuine s1 calais turbo mx7 red interior $6,000 mods pulled out red put in white interior from blue calais above gk tek no holes kit took it for one nice drive shat it self limped back home. couldnt start it found out it had an mf5 lost interest sold it for 3,500 i was getting cash installments ( yeah i know stupid ideah but i was young no guidence and been kicked out of home had no choice) but only got 1,500 because the guy i was living with threw the buyers contact details away. here it is ---------- Post added 03-07-12 at 14:34 ---------- So a very good mate for tankards panale n paint in ringwood sold me an Red SL 5 speed loved this thing!! dubbed the maccaz car!! $500 (CARS FROM DANDY) mods the worst interior viewd by man (previous owner) 2.5 exhaust with coffy tin cannon vr clubby rims ss ft bar good daily interior ---------- Post added 03-07-12 at 14:36 ---------- But replace that strate away with the s1 red calais interior looked amazing. sent the old interior strate to hell (fire) ---------- Post added 03-07-12 at 14:36 ---------- ---------- Post added 03-07-12 at 14:40 ---------- then sadly it was stolen from accross the road in plain sight from my work. middle of the day. found later on a pallets with no wheels n no s/wheel sound system gone picked it up n sold it for 250. needed a car would have loved to have kept it. ---------- Post added 03-07-12 at 14:58 ---------- bought this white exec BT1 off the same mate that sold me the red sl for 3,000 including proper inhouse re-spray MODS re-sprayed turismo mica over quick silver with green and violate ghost flames running down both sides (look close) extractore and exhaust off the red SL. KA24 pintara throtle body strate swop resprayed interior lowerd springs vy ss 17s and calais polished thermo fans resprayed r/c sold recently for 2,000 ---------- Post added 03-07-12 at 15:02 ---------- ---------- Post added 03-07-12 at 15:20 ---------- Then i moved to N/W WA karratha where i bought this gem with an rb20 turbo for 3,500 it had been resprayed 10 times in its life n paint was like plaster calais leather interior ruted though. came as u see it here went slower than any n/a iv had. i have no luck with turbos lol Sold it 1 month later for 4,000 first time iv made money on a vl lol ---------- Post added 03-07-12 at 15:30 ---------- ---------- Post added 03-07-12 at 15:39 ---------- Then i bought sight un-seen from peth n had it shipped up to karratha total 7,000. SII n/a calais red . the guy i bought it of was a dog n lied through his teeth, it was litterd with rust so i rubbed bk, fixed up what i could then sprayed it white with 14 spray cans cost $150 total cost was under $300 i had bought a full compressor kit n gun but it was to humid n didnt have the room to spray it (mooved house) so just went the easy option. sold it for 2,800 pics: ---------- Post added 03-07-12 at 15:43 ---------- ---------- Post added 03-07-12 at 15:46 ---------- Under coat lol Finished ---------- Post added 03-07-12 at 15:53 ---------- Then i bought my new pride n joy $6,000 sight unseen perth 1 owner 88 SII vl calais gold over silver resprayed by old owner in 2003 was STOCK... Mods: extractors pintara throttle body new cooling system removed stock head unit MF5 conversion SL king springs other wise stock future plans for stock turbo conversion. pics ---------- Post added 03-07-12 at 15:53 ---------- Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

---------- Post added 03-07-12 at 16:02 ---------- Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

What a saga! Your bloody game buying these cars sight unseen mate! Looks like the latest is an alright thing but

U have no luck do u lol. Last one looks the goods tho.

is that the mermaide?

Yeah it is, in dampier. No luck lol guess Thats y its taken me this long to want to invest in performance. Yeah Bit game but it payed off eventually did my homework on the second one (gold) I'd pay 800 in shipping n get a vl rather than buy any other car lol.. There's a will there's a way

is that last one gold or silverslate? looks tidy and not ****ed with!

Platinum Gold over asteroid silver. It's was % 100 original when I bough it but Iv changed the box to five speed mf5 Radiator extractors not stock exhaust Removed toe ball n bracket Stock speakers front n bk r in good nick. Only stuff that can be replaced. I'm not fust about the auto, there's no point in having a clean Calais if I can't enjoy it. Ash trays never been used-no rips, sagging or sig burns. the seats and carpet Looks new.

shes a keeper looks good bro.

cheers man. thought id put something up , been into vls for long enough. iv read your build thread its good as. theres only a hand full ov vls up here vacationer station wagon [white] genuine LW5 MX7 in good original con [midnight blue/silver] some othere exec maybe from nz has boot spoiler n red rear center garnish [white] SL that had an A8 transplant and is in the making [gold] an original exec [bronz or gold] gold calais [mine] blue rb20 calais [above] and these two... both are from melbourne! whites 86 the blue has a tacho dash (not any more and thw white one has been converted to mf5 in its life both n/as' I USED THE AFM OUT OF THE BLUE ONE IT STILL WORKS lol (just had to blow the cobwebs n dust out of it as it had been floating around in the bay for 12 years) replaced now but lol Some original photos have not been recovered yet.