dad just handed the keys to me to his beloved 1988 VL Calais wagon heres some pictures it's original bar the front windscreen seal and S1 tacho dash Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Real nice! Make sure you take good care of it.

Awesome. Gotta be pretty happy knowing the car's history and all.

You lucky b4stard ! wish my old man had something like this she looks a beauty

even better its had all the rust repaired. on another note now living at mine is a 86 S1 Calais sedan G/F's / 87 S2 Calais sedan My daily /88 A9Y Calais Wagon

Nice man...Look after the old girl

ive voted keepin stock, but maybe put a nice set of late model hsv wheels on it and just clean it up an will be lookin sweet Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

keep it stock looking but with a decent driveline like what im doing with mine. im exen keeping the stock exhaust tip so all that will give the car away is the eboost 2 and the microtech hand controler when its out Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Its never really going to be worth anything overly exciting so do as you please in regards to your individual tastes. I pick LS3 Transplant and a Glide.

Whats your budget?

no budget

no budget...? Twin charged LS3 it is then Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Why dont you let your Dad decide what happens with it... After all, he's kept it 100% stock for all these years, Im sure he would be slightly disappointed to see it molested. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

i have one the same, body and paint not as clean though im mocking it up as factory turbo, but with an intercooler. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by patch [View Post] no budget...? Twin charged LS3 it is then budget with in reason i dont wanna hack her up to the point of no return so NO tubs, though i've seen a tasty set up on e-bay i like :- http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/RB26DETT-ENGINE-CUSTOM-SHOW-QUALITY-VL-TURBO-SKYLINE-GTR-/180744505782?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item 2a153649b6#ht_500wt_1202 (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/RB26DETT-ENGINE-CUSTOM-SHOW-QUALITY-VL-TURBO-SKYLINE-GTR-/180744505782?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2a153649b6#ht_500wt_1202) Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

I'm building mine to be returnable to stock. mods so far are suspension / brakes / interior seats + steering wheel, 3" front pipe / cat / exhaust gktech cooler. i haven't and won't touch the stereo / external appearance (factory bodykit + roof racks but got a set of rims venetians and I have repainted the bumpers) All mods are "era correct" in terms of styling. hsv steering wheel + walkinshaw seats, a set of v5 simmons (and also a set of momo status's) pretty low level engine mods. anyway i think thats the way to go. i have standard suspension / seats / steering wheel / gear knob + boot / heaps of other stuff in storage. I'd love a smoothed and cleaned out engine bay + wiring but I'm hesitant to destroy all of the factory holes / battery tray etc.

im even keeping the standard calais tape deck in mine and just upgrading the speakers in the factory locations so you couldnt tell anything was done, also keeping the stock speakers for if i want to return it back to stock one day

As VLDan said keep it stock! Cheers Marty

20b

Voted Stock as well.