ok well im gonna introduce myself my names josh im turning 16 this may i so i needed a car to build, being young i just wanted a car so looked around didnt have much money and found an 86 vl executive for $250 went and had a look and looked at it for probably 5 minutes and gave him $50 and said ill give u the money next week and the tow truck will be there wednesday(this was august 2011),it was missing the bumper moulds,airflow meter,airbox,and dash enter the car... http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u510/vk202/IMG_1181.jpg didnt really know what i wanted to do i was just playing it by ear pulling it apart ready to paint and fix rust and dents but suprizingly for a $250 car it had only rust that needed rust converter and a plate in rear window http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMG_1185.jpg (http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u510/vk202/IMG_1185.jpg) http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMG_1191.jpg (http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u510/vk202/IMG_1191.jpg) http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMG_1193.jpg (http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u510/vk202/IMG_1193.jpg) http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMG_1197.jpg (http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u510/vk202/IMG_1197.jpg) http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMG_1201.jpg (http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u510/vk202/IMG_1201.jpg) http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMG_1209.jpg (http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u510/vk202/IMG_1209.jpg) http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMG_1211.jpg (http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u510/vk202/IMG_1211.jpg) http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMG_1218.jpg (http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u510/vk202/IMG_1218.jpg) http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMG_1228.jpg (http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u510/vk202/IMG_1228.jpg) http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMG_1261.jpg (http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u510/vk202/IMG_1261.jpg) http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMG_1270.jpg (http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u510/vk202/IMG_1270.jpg) http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMG_1336.jpg (http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u510/vk202/IMG_1336.jpg) ^^ that calais front was free along with alot of vl berlina/calais bits,there is abit of a story behind it dads mates son swapped a motorbike for a vl turbo berlina with a blown engine and couldnt get it running and gave it to ezy scrap ffor $150!!!! then his dad bought him a vl V8 calais and blew the motor in it so gave it to ezy scrap for $100!!! WTF thats how much i paid for this peice of sheeet but its mine and i love it http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMG_1358.jpg (http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u510/vk202/IMG_1358.jpg) bought a to4 turbz but now contemplating a v8 hmmm descions http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMG_1381.jpg (http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u510/vk202/IMG_1381.jpg) got some 17' vy ss wheels there were 5 two fronts were good and one back was bald and the other two others were blown got them for a steal swapped a few vl bits for them haha http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMG_1386.jpg (http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u510/vk202/IMG_1386.jpg) http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMG_1395.jpg (http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u510/vk202/IMG_1395.jpg) out at my dads shop gonna get painted just white again http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMG_1398.jpg (http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u510/vk202/IMG_1398.jpg) bought another vl sl (well dad did)for bumper moulds.door mouds and misc parts and interior was ceruleon blue had a momo wheel adj strut tops and adj p.hard bar and sports exhuast http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMG_1397.jpg (http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u510/vk202/IMG_1397.jpg) dash repainted http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMG_1402.jpg (http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u510/vk202/IMG_1402.jpg) painted panels http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMG_1428.jpg (http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u510/vk202/IMG_1428.jpg) painted car and blackouts http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/...2/IMG_1431.jpg (http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u510/vk202/IMG_1431.jpg) painted bottoms or doors asteroid silver anyway the car is mostly back together now will take some more piccies tomowrow the car was mostly painted by me (not bad eh) ang have got A group a spoiler and front air dam so u can probably guess were the executive,sl,calais,hdt comes from let me know what you think and opinions on turbo or v8 what will be ledd for insurance and less on fuel cheers josh (p.s sorry if the pics dont work just tell me and ill try sort it) Some original photos have not been recovered yet.