So I decided it was time to pull my other VL off the road for a full rebuild, and in the mean time I needed a nice clean daily, and so here goes... Make: Holden. Model: '88 Series II Vacationer Sedan. Colour: Alpine White. Interior: SL Series II, Cerulean. History: It was an accidental find, really. The guy I bought it off had only had it 5 months and had done no mods and hardly drove it, before him it had one elderly owner since new. It came with full receipts and service history including dealer papers from when it was originally purchased from Holden. The car itself is absolutely immaculate inside and out, and drives and handles like new, even still has the one speaker tape deck... But who needs a radio? I'm very happy with it to say the least. Anyway, some pics.. This is what it looked like when I got it home last night... (sorry for quality, sh*tty pics my sis took.) ...After the pics were taken I managed to get my Interceptors on, my venetians in and Berlina taillights in. This morning I took the rear Ultra's and shocks out of my other VL and put them in this, as well as my exhaust. (2.5 into 3 inch dump). And also got my exterior sunvisor painted and on. They're the only real mods I'm doing to it, I want to keep it very original and very clean. I'm yet to decide on whether to take the Vacationer pinstripes off or leave them on though... Some pics I took today... ...That's all for now, I'll post up some more pics soon. ---------- Post added 30-01-11 at 13:03 ---------- Couple more pics I took yesterday, I'll get some of the interior and that up later. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Mint Vacationer champ. Nah ,leave the vacationer pinstripping...........makes it look more original. Cheers

Thanks mate, yeah I'm afraid if I were to take the pinstriping off, I wouldn't be able to get replacements if I wanted them back.

there is one on ebay now identical too this. Nice car mate keep the vacationer look.

Thanks bud, yeah I'm getting more used to the stripes now.

definately keep the pinstripes. just me but i like black venetians. otherwise good find ---------- Post added 31-01-11 at 19:21 ---------- oh and love the front visor!!!

Thanks, the venetians are originally black, I painted them white.

Just another quick pic... ...Normally sits a tad lower than that at the back, but the ground was unlevel.

I've started putting the stereo in, ran the wires a couple of weeks back, and after a long time trying to work out where to hide the speakers to keep it stock looking, last night I decided to give up and just put them in the parcel shelf. Now all I have to do is get that f*cking pain in the arse of a factory headunit out... Anyway, whilst I'm here, couple more photos I took today... ---------- Post added 09-04-11 at 18:46 ---------- Oh and finally off my P's so soon will be the time for some power =) Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

looks mint mate. Sunvisor looks really nice and neat, im just waiting to paint mine then get it on. Looks so nice and clean Love it

Thanks mate, yeah I'm pretty happy with it =)

If You get stuck in taking the old tape deck out, there's a thread in the audio section. Can't remember what the actual name of the thread is but it's in there.

Ah right, cheers bud. I'll have a search for it.

After about 3 hours of struggle, I finally got the factory headunit out. Hardly in one piece, but out nonetheless. Spent another 2 hours trying to work out why I had no power to the amp. Found the problem - faulty earth. I'll fix that tomorrow, put everything back together then I should have a semi-decent radio. Also tomorrow I'll be servicing the car and getting my extractors on. I'll get more pics at some stage over the weekend.

Serviced it Friday, didn't manage to get the extractors on yet though. But I do have a working CD player now, so that's one win. Drove four hours to Beechworth yesterday and four hours home, didn't miss a beat. Whilst I'm here, a pic I took today... Really need to give it a good clean though.

lookin good, love that last picture there too.

Thanks mate. I really have to get some interior photos and stuff up, might get around to it on the weekend.

Just a few things I might as well add... I now have everything needed to put my red interior in this apart from a steering wheel, so if I can't find one I'll be getting the original blue one upholstered in red matching fabric. I'll shortly be getting the bonnet resprayed as well as it has crows feet in parts and a few stone chips (Neither of which are very noticable but I know they're there). I've also detailed and cleaned up the engine bay, pics coming.

Looking nice mate, looks really neat. The chasers suit it well Loving the red interior.. id love some for mine. Failing a red steering wheel, get a nice after market one. Not a super cheap auto special.. but i really like my momo one. Keep it up and keep us posted Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Thanks bud, I have a woodgrain s/wheel here which I'm considering putting in until I can find a red one to replace it. At least that way I can get the red interior in as I'm itching to get it in and it's taking up space while it's not in a car.