hello calais turbo , ive always wanted to do a writeup so here we go! about 3 1/2 years ago i was looking for a car to learn in , but i wanted to learn in a manual and all the cars we had at the time were autos. I originaly wanted to buy something already done up but after looking around i found out that was way too far out of my price range. Then i tuned to find a vl that i could buildup overtime. One day i got a call from my Sister telling me there was a vl for sale down the road and it was a 5 speed. So one morning i went down to have a look at it and fell in love with it. that evening we brought it for $2800, it was all i was after as a L plate car and i knew i had big plans for it. heres some more pics from the day i brought it ...... I dont know what they F*** they were thinking about with the red steering wheel / pedals / and gearshifter lol, so i quickly relaced that. when i brought the car i found some rust bubbling around the windows. so i saved up and got that fixed as soon as possible , heres some pics of how bad it was . after... after a while of driving i found out that i was using alot of coolant , and the oil was going milky under the oilcap ... cracked head , so once again , i saved up as quick as a could and found a 2nd n/a head and got them changed over. now with all the major probelms sorted i could finally start moddiifyng it , i wanted it look like a calais cause i liked the front end on them, but i didnt want it to look like a half a**'d job so i wanted to get a calais front and rear sorted , after some looking around on ebay we stated emaling a guy that was wrecking a calais and got the parts i was after to get posted down to canberra , i found a grey series 2 calais interior in albury for $400 so we took the 4hr trip there to pick it up I got sick of the stock speakers so i went out and brought a new system, I wanted to base the setup on another vl ive seen bootsetup i wanted to base mine on. my sub setup. after a while i started to get sick of my 17" CSA wheels and wanted something bigger and to suit my car ,after a while of looking a found a set of 19" VE ssv rims and i just loved the look of them on vls so i went out a brought a set off a guy on ebay. I got them whitewalled white/red stripe. then for a while i left it as is , my focus started to fade away from the vl onto other things , when i started my apprentaship , my focus started to come back to my car and i started saving for the next thing .... turbo. after months of saving i could start to afford the parts needed , i broght a turbo 28spline lsd off trent ... [FLY-BYE] for $350 , took it to the shop got it all machined and whatever needed to be fixed with it. here how it sitts now. ... then i wanted to go for the original look , so one of my mates had vl calais rims just sitting at his house , i broght them for $80 , and the only problem was that they were on belts , after a bit of TLC i got them polished up after a few weeks of saving , took a trip upto sydney and scored VLT brakes , 1inch master cylinder and calais looms. After saving on apprentice wages , i started to email people about turbo engines and gearboxes , after a while i found someone who was selling basicly everything , turbo motor , box , ecu , running gear , tailshaft . so i had a look at that and all the numbers were matching so i brought it all for $2500. pic from C4C8 I always wanted venetions and a mate of mine was stripping his vl , scored these all i still need is the quarter panels well thats basicly how it sits now , and i'll keep posted you posted when the turbo motors being dropped in ..... thanks. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.