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My new VL.

Started by danielh vbmenu_register("postmenu_2270186", true); · 28 Aug 2009 · 2 replies

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A few days ago a mate of mine offered me his white VL sedan for $850 registered and i couldnt refuse, its got 2.5" mandrel exhaust, highflow cat, lukey extractors and a pod, also had a Group A bar but its pretty crappy. Here are some pics of the night i got it: Note the heater controls broken and loose, glovebox lock, lol and the dash was all broken and mis-aligned, Overall the body is in really good shape, minimal rust and no panel damage worth mentioning. Here is the interior after a nights tinkering: The next night i got under to check the diff oil and noticed the front pinion seal had let go and emptied the oil to the road/chassis.....so in with a new diff!! While i was at it i found some lower control arms that needed new bushes so replaced those. Got it all re-assembled with some lower springs and everything was looking pretty mickey mouse at this point. Here is how it sat, kind of dark though: Then onto a quick paint job on the Walky bar, Going from this: To this: Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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chuck a standard front bumper on it man, that walky thing is ****.. otherwise looks like a good score man
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Bit of an update as of tonight... Out with the old: And in with the new: All i can say is it is much nicer to drive now Its actually much nicer to steer than my wagon (completely different P/S setup) but a tad noisy on the pump... im happy though. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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