Hey Guys,thought i would start a thread on this and will add updates when i get more progress and parts. As most of you know my parther has a black vl calais,we have had it for probly 2 years now,seen it at keumu car show 2 years and of corse the mrs fell in love with it so 3 weeks later we went and picked it up for $3000,fresh gloss black re spray rb30 manual,looks a million dollars. After a while i wanted to get new rims for my calais so of course she got my old rims lol.apart from that we have not done alot to it. Ok...now for a while i have wanted do do a conversion,i have done the turbo thing on my calais,and i have always had a soft spof for the v8s.She wants to be able to drive it to work etc and have no problems,so it has to be reliable.thats the reason foe staying away from the turbo,and their is nothing more reliable than the 304/308. So i have been on the look out for a 304.went to have a look at a few and they were complete rubbish,happened to click onto turners on nite and seen a damaged VR SS,and best of all......A factory T5 manual,217km etc. Wend over to tauranga on monday to check it out,and it was exactly what i wanted,so i bidded on it on tuesday and ended up buying it,for a steel infact lol.got it back here last night,pulled the fan off because it was hitting the radiator and it started stright away and a sweet runner,can tell its been serviced regularly.i will take pics tomorow of the car etc and will be starting to wreck it this weekend. plan is to go all out and de loom the engine smooth it,weld everything up and make up an exhaust and a few other custom goodies to go onto it. SO WATCH THIS SPACE!!!!! p.s sorry to ramble on Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Awesome can't wait to see this going hit me up if you need any parts Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

guna be an awesome build.cant wait to see her cruising!! bring it on ding dong! LOVE the HDT badges,just bought a few for my girl for what i have in store for her. nice pics Danny,keep em coming let me know when you want\need me to pull trigger or help out with the baby bum smooth bay

will do mike,yeah im not going to rush on this one,take my time and do i right.the v8 sounds sooo tuff lol,i might put it in my calais lol,i might be converted haha

mean mate should be a swet conversion and being manual should be abit of fun look forward to seeing progress.

good score with the parts car, will make it so much easier having everything you need and not having to search for misilanious parts. great project , should be a fun reliable car when done. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

good stuff guys cant wait to see the end result

meeean. good score gettin a manual conversion too.

Ok so update time,worked half a day on it today,just waiting until tomorow so i can use the forklift to lift the engine and box out.engine is already to come out now. here are some pics of todays events here is the car as i got it. and here is engine ready to come out me and simon getting stuck in Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

I'd watch that pastey white fulla aye he looks dodgy

loving the engine crane and axle stands Danny!

You should use that wing too!

good to see the safety boots are being used there,toes of steel,lol. interior looks mint aye,looks like you got a really good score there. you will get a fair bit of $ back on the parts ya sell off.

haha yea was thinking about putting the wing on my boot haha, should get a bit of cash back on it,well i hope so nothing but saftey at my house haha

that was a good score should go well in the VL Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by NZ_BT1 [View Post] that was a good score should go well in the VL Whaaaat? Aaron did something happen to you in the earthquakes down there? since when did you like v8s? dont tell me your starting to like girls now too? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

haha one step at a time adam,one step at a time

Quote: Originally Posted by UNONT2 [View Post] haha one step at a time adam,one step at a time thats right.....you see Adam....If I know Danny......he wont be able to help himself.....next thing you know you will see a great big dirty turbo attached to the side of the V8 Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

haha could be yet,you will have to wait and see.........

ok,bit of an update........................ been doing some thinking etc and have decided not to do this conversion to the mrs calais.......................... so iv brought a new car,well a wagon...... Introducing my new toy. the 304 will be going into this,so alex could you please edit the title of the thread to Dannys VH 304 v8 Wagon Build,and i will do some editing. MORE INFO TO COME....SO WATCH THIS SPACE Some original photos have not been recovered yet.