Hey thought I'd get around to putting up some pictures of my VL Calais project if anyone wants to have a look. This is about my 9th VL, brought this one after I sold my mint silver 3.0 calais and realised I should of never sold it. All of my previous VL's have been 6's, one with a rb25det so I decided to go for a 5.0 this time It's a factory 5.0l auto calais that I found on trademe, it was advertised that it would be good for parts as the body was apparently stuffed and hadn't been going in 5 years. I decided to go and have a look anyway, it didn't look too bad and started first pop so I grabbed it and drove it the 200km home. This is what it looked like the day I got it... I then started stripping it down, and found it to actually be the tidiest VL I have owned, there was no rust at all (apart from a few little bits of surface rust). Some more pics.. It then went up to Hamilton to a good friend of mine who happens to be a panel beater, who slowly worked on it in the weekends for 3 months to get it nice and straight, then it went to his friends paint shop to get sprayed in Phantom Mica. Just got it home this weekend, and bolted on the 19" DTM's I had brought for her, one more pic as she sits now ... (sorry for the crappy quality was getting dark) Let me know what ya think Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

That looks fricken sweet man, it sure has come a long way from the day you got it Make sure you keep us updated Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

nice lookin good

sweet man,looking real good,always good to see progress pictures like that,we all know how much work goes into them.well done.

very nice man i like the wheels

awesome progress rims are similar to mine

Thanks for all the nice comments guys! Has come a long way, but still a long way to go yet! While I was in hamilton I saw your wagon (SIKVLT) at 'The Base' .. Looks good!

Cheers man was that on sat ? was meeting up with Chris (Turbokiwi)

looks mint mate

Lookin good. Would love to see some pics of the new paint in the sun. I considered the same colour for mine, but went with cherry black in the end.

Quote: Originally Posted by SIKVLT [View Post] Cheers man was that on sat ? was meeting up with Chris (Turbokiwi) Yip would of been Sat lunch time .. was on my way to get some Nando's .. that stuffs so good ha ha Quote: Originally Posted by NZ_GTS Lookin good. Would love to see some pics of the new paint in the sun. I considered the same colour for mine, but went with cherry black in the end. Yip will get some pics in the sun when I next get a nice day down here, got any photos of yours? Would love to see some

What a score s1gnil !! Love the rims & Colour !! 19's arr beware of cheap tyres, they love cracking the sidewall before you can use all the tread...

Quote: Originally Posted by s1gnil [View Post] Yip would of been Sat lunch time .. was on my way to get some Nando's .. that stuffs so good ha ha Yip will get some pics in the sun when I next get a nice day down here, got any photos of yours? Would love to see some Got a week off next week to work on the car. Will take some pics then. Car hasn't been washed in over a year, so shes pretty dusty! What's the badge next to the 5.0 badge on the boot garnish?

so do you still have the car? any new pics, update!

was this on trademe a while ago or am i thinkn of another 1

It was on Trademe yeah, not too sure if it sold or not though...

sweet lookin calais man Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Anymore updates on your ride man?? Make sure you keep that V8... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Hey, yip it was on trademe, ended up selling pretty soon after I put the add up. Would of loved to finish it but I ended up moving to Australia.. I was hoping the new owner was on this forum so I could see some progress photos of this Some original photos have not been recovered yet.