Well after three months off the road my BT1 finally came to life again early this afternoon The main problem that originally put the car off the road was a blown turbo, being a uni student i didnt have the money to go all out for a GT35/40 so i decided to get the original T3 hiflowed and rebuilt. While MTQ was taking care of that i decided to upgrade the fuel system with a bosch 044 pump, 1lt surge tank and aeromotive pressure regulator. This was where some problems developed; the return line on the fuel tank cracked and so that had to be replaced aswell, differing barb sizes on the new fuel system and crummy turbo water lines also slowed me down etc. anyway shes back on the road and none to soon, heres some pictures i took today (didnt get time to wash her so there not the best): let us know what you think peoples. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

looking good man, not a big fan of the wheels but ay, thats my opinion, must be fun with a manual. gl Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

yeah 9 inch semi locker, button clutch and manual are fun most of the time, try parrallel parking that sh!t though! yeah the rims are no good, were on the car when i brought it, but i dont have the money to get anything better at the moment. got big plans - just need the money.

you've killed a BT1!

thats good to hear..what sort of plans have u got 4 it? lol, parking would be hard Quote: Originally Posted by mR_Sam you've killed a BT1! lol, thats what i thought, but ay, something different Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

hmmmmmmmmmmmm orig bt1 with walky kit dammm, but still mate looks very nice, my bro had1 very similar but white clubbys an bottom pods an not an orig bt1 il kill him lol, get them bottom pods underneath the doors will make it look low an fatt, is that walky door trims i see? there was a few back in the days goin around in melb, did this by any chance have custom plates before you bought it ANY 1 looked very similar but had momo extreme 18s in white looked tuff azz back then.

Quote: Originally Posted by mR_Sam you've killed a BT1! i knew this was coming, thats why i havent put it up till now. i brought the car pretty much (externally) like you see it, id love to have a stock BT1 but everything from the wiring loom, diff to the brakes would have to be changed. this car has been around for a long time apparently, being built-up sometime in the early to late 90's, so i thought id return her to a modified glory instead of the stock look which almost every BT1 today possesses. dont worry mR_Sam there still plenty of standard BT1's out there, not many like this though. anyway does anyone know the history on this car? used to wear plates 'dream on' in some six letter configuration, any info would be much appreciated as the guy i brought it from got it from a car yard.

not sure about the interior.... but outside looks alright thats an sl worth having Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by yellow747 hmmmmmmmmmmmm orig bt1 with walky kit dammm, but still mate looks very nice, my bro had1 very similar but white clubbys an bottom pods an not an orig bt1 il kill him lol, get them bottom pods underneath the doors will make it look low an fatt, is that walky door trims i see? there was a few back in the days goin around in melb, did this by any chance have custom plates before you bought it ANY 1 looked very similar but had momo extreme 18s in white looked tuff azz back then. yeah man the extra bits of walky kit are on the list but as a uni student i got little to no funds, so it takes a while. i heard (not a repubital sorce though) the plates were DREMON, although that was supposedly a while ago, this cars had a pretty bad life by the looks of it so its probabily changed owners more than a dozen times, any previous knowledge would be great as id like to know the story of my car. yeah there walky door trims alright, retrimed walky front seats and rear buckets to match too (aerotech) Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by mR_Sam you've killed a BT1! LOL.. I think its ok but it needs rims,grey dash and lower sideskirts,not a bad effort for the time frame.

it looks very familar mate mmmmmm, im just a bit rusty il have to scan in my memory an i might come up with an asnwer. An yea like what boyracer said a grey dash will make it look alot better inside an bottom skirts.

yeah the skirts and front lip are definatly on the to do list, and like you said i was thinking about a grey dash although ill go for a colour a couple a shades darken than the original grey as i dont think that would suit. oohhh also HSV VY R8's are on the list too.

Not bad mate. Personally i would sell the kit off, get some standard bars and paint them silver.

I'd definitely rip the kit off and put some grey bars back on it, aswell as a grey dash. None the less, nice stuff.

nahh i like the kit, turns alot more heads than a standard bars, just gotta get the rest of it and spray the whole car.

Nice looking vl mate, must have felt good driving her again after all that time. Keep the kit for sure, ditch the rims like you've planned and drop the ride height. Will look mint...Oh and fill that front bar with an intercooler...just for sex appeal. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

**** the haters, that is bloody awesome! I love it mate! But I do agree about the interior, change the dash for a gray one, those door trims but don't hold me to it but they look identical to the HDT VL Group 3 ones - if it's them theyre worth big $$$

Quote: Originally Posted by HDT-VLCLE **** the haters, that is bloody awesome! I love it mate! But I do agree about the interior, change the dash for a gray one, those door trims but don't hold me to it but they look identical to the HDT VL Group 3 ones - if it's them theyre worth big $$$ thanks mate, yeah the door trims are walky im pretty sure but theyve seen better days, i will get around to getting them fixed someday. yeah the dash will be getting smoothed to match the speaker covers and then sprayed grey, just a matter of money. Quote: Originally Posted by silverRB Nice looking vl mate, must have felt good driving her again after all that time. Keep the kit for sure, ditch the rims like you've planned and drop the ride height. Will look mint...Oh and fill that front bar with an intercooler...just for sex appeal. thanks mate, shes got an intercooler it just black, ill get a PWR one soon and put a black HSV symbol right in the intake. as for lowering it, well, cause its missing the side skirts it looks higher than it is, already a bithc to get into servos and stuff. thanks guys keep the comments coming. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

looks good m8, gota love being a uni student and owning a vlt ay.

that things screams 1990's ... i love it!