thought ide start a thread on the rebuild of my factory VL Calais V8 Wagon. i bought it about 4 years ago now, completely standard, on gas. i bought it with the full intension of rebuilding it, so after about 8 months of owning it i pulled it apart ready for paint. the interior is all standard series 2 calais grey interior, in extremely good original condition. it will be running a mild 185i injected V8 from a VP, with a manualised th350 and a standard VL 28 spline LSD. i have relocated the fusebox to the glovebox, heater and aircon boxes have been removed from under the dash to hide alot of things. an electric demister is fitted so i wont ahve any issues with a rwc. after about a year! it was finally painted so i got it home, and began the task of reassembly; Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

had its first bath! to make sure there was no water leaks. moving house... finished off the centre console now as it sits today, after 18 months of being painted some filler in the engine bay decided to bleed through . so i removed the front end, now am awaiting it to be repainted. luckily its only the engine bay! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

that is an awesome wagon i cannot believe i haven't seen it floating around this site before. just noticed 1 thing though. the air vent surrounds are black in an s2 they should be dash coloured its personal prefference but i thinks this makes the finishing touch in any vl !

come along way cam how far off is she being road bound? i still remember the old calais turbo walky wagon days

Cam, you know how much I love this thing and how much I hate you! It's come a long way, going to be fantastic when it's on the road!

yeh its only been about 4 years in the making haha, other then the Bay paint, ive got everything here to get it drivable! its still registered so its just a matter of getting it done and driving it!

Awesome work Cam!! What windscreen seal did you use, is it the VT seal? Cheers mate.

yeh, if you get yours done ask for the VT Style rubber, its used on alot of other cars also!.

awsome wagon mate rims suit it nicely aswell. so you have kept registering it the whole time its been off the road?

just found this thread and i love ya attention to detail.Looks very nice indeed.On another note,i've seen NFNSUS many times cruising up evans and oshannesy.

haha yeh i live in sunbury, see your car around a bit. a good mate of mine has the silver calais which im sure youve seen b4 :P vlwagz; yep still registered! when its all done its drive time, no fking around!

it'll be done at about never oclock

kane we need to start our own league of unfinished cars haha

Quote: Originally Posted by Psi_Wagon haha yeh i live in sunbury, see your car around a bit. a good mate of mine has the silver calais which im sure youve seen b4 :P vlwagz; yep still registered! when its all done its drive time, no fking around! yeah,i think i know of the calais your talking about.Was it done by bresciani?It's boosted past me a few times and it doesnt sound like a t03.

This wagon is coming along nicely, it'll be an awesome cruiser when done

First time I've seen this thread. That is some top work man. Cant wait to see it all finished. Top stuff. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

updates??

awsome..

not much to update asyet, but i will as soon as it happens!