hi guys, my name is Mitcham and this is my car (the day i picked it up and fitted a set of original rims) - model - VL Calais S1 (1986) colour - Marinello red over asteroid silver engine - N/A RB30 transmission - Automatic 4spd stock Fuel type - dual gas / ulp interior colour - Beige stereo - Clarion headunit, slide face MB quartz front and rear mtx sub and monoblock kicker 4ch amp mods - red interior lights white venetians soundproofed with bitumen paint knox auto carpet ginger carpet and underlay phillips blue vision globes vs doorpods lpg stickers locknuts and chrome wheelnuts vn calais seats on s2 rails immobiliser and pager white walky rims (16x7 fitted with 225 50r16s) vl turbo brake booster wrinkle red rocker cover S2 calais rear seats with s1 headrests 2 1/4" stock turbo exhaust (pretty sure it has a gutted muffler) BMC high flow air filter new standard airbox top half (was a vs spec one) battery cover tinted windows maintenance and general repairs - new doormoulds here and there to replace cracked ones 2nd hand grille resprayed all asteroid silver restored calais garnish a/c control unit replaced a/c fan fixed phillips blue vision globes lpg stickers new calais taillights boot rubbers replaced brake fluid flush fixed all window electrics replaced cruise control repaired broken odometer fitted new oil pressure sender new timing and fan belts at about 400*** km new wiper blades leaky exhaust gasket fixed also a service when i bought the car and one at 406km just before a trip to adelaide and back. History first bought from Reg Hunt Holden by Coles Myer in 1986 as a company car for a store manager, this car did 40,000 city km before being sold on. the second owner was a bank executive who owned the car until 1990. he ran the car to 100,000km and sadly parked the car outside on the street causing a build up of leaves and water resulting in rear window rust. the third owner bought the car in 1990 from Reg Hunt first things they did were - dashmat, external rear window suncover gas tinted windows they then continued to run the car for 4 years as an everyday work car. it did country km and was always garaged at night. regular services were carried out by the owner as well as general maintenance by local workshops. the car has a towpack and stationwagon springs fitted at some point around here. after the 4 years were up, the wife became a stay at home mum and the car didn't even get driven to work! i bought the car in early 2007 with 390,000km on the clock. it still has the original reg hunt sticker in the engine bay but along the way the coles myer sticker was lost. The most attractive thing about this car was and is the originality excellent condition of interior and body (for it's age) and full history associated with the car. shorts: within 3 weeks of my owning the car it sustained rear end damage when a careless driver hit me from behind, this was the result - http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x...r/P1010029.jpg the damage saw me get defected and also gave me an excuse to pull down the entire car. at this repair stage it got all of the asteroid silver replaced / resprayed, new carpet soundproofing and a soundsystem. the car was made ready for the street commodores cruise for charity number 4 and did a few other shows at that time, (spring car nationals and numurkah show us ya wheels) since that major rebuild it has just been a process of doing bits and pieces one at a time. (this is my daily driver and i am a uni student, meaning no money and no time to pull it off of the road.) FUTURE PLANS - short term - fit 1" master cylinder. repaint and fit VKC bootmould and taillamp surround repaint + new sticker on vlc garnish new front bumper centre and drivers side replace wiring harness for rear taillights (have one sitting at home) fit turbo inlet manifold and fuel rail replace blocked injector long term - stock A8 turbo setup with JDC piping (like two89's old BT1) GKTech no holes intercooler kit, JDC chrome radiator shroud and a manual box. lower and firmer suspension and shockers with thicker swaybars and an adjustable panhard rod updated brake system including vt hubs, discs and calipers (first stage has already been started with the VLT booster fitted and the 1" master in the build) some form of larger rims and tidied up bodywork. this is my vision for my ultimate vl, enough power, a nice soundsystem, and all the luxury you need in old age. i hope that this car will see me well into retirement but as we all know with a car thats already 22 years old it's going to be a battle to make it last until tommorow! thanks to - My father and my mates, all the boys on here who have sold me parts and everyone who supports me and / or answers my occasional tech questions. also big thanks to Travis at Stylin car audio in Bentliegh who supplied and fitted the alarm and pager, all my audio wiring and the mb quartz speakers see you on the road! - Mitcham

ok fellas here are some links to pictures... i made them links for all of you without broadband or those who don't want to sift through a million photos. photo of car when i was inspecting it (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x154/SIroller/P3120077.jpg) photo of car the day it got home (external shot) (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x154/SIroller/P1010002.jpg) same as above look at that sunshade! oh and don't start me on the mags! (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x154/SIroller/P1010001.jpg) same day again, here is an engine bay shot, pretty good for a 21 year old country car (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x154/SIroller/P1010003.jpg) front seats on purchase day (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x154/SIroller/P1010008.jpg) rear seats on purchase day (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x154/SIroller/P1010009.jpg) car after being rear ended... (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x154/SIroller/P1010029.jpg) polished calais rims after accident, before strip down and soundsystem- BP servo (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x154/SIroller/calaisnshepafterrepair015.jpg) after MY repairs and polished calais rims fitted - rickets point beach (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x154/SIroller/calaisnshepafterrepair028.jpg) as above with a mates vs wagon, (the skid rig) (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x154/SIroller/calaisnshepafterrepair018.jpg) cruise for charity 4 - taking a break for a can of coke in the MT dandy ranges (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x154/SIroller/calaisnshepafterrepair089.jpg) as above, with a side of bacon (jokes police were great at C4C4 (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x154/SIroller/calaisnshepafterrepair088.jpg) the reason my diff clunks, (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x154/SIroller/01112007001.jpg) the reason my diff clunks 2 (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x154/SIroller/01112007.jpg) a few beach road photos of my car detailed. 1 (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x154/SIroller/phonepics009.jpg) 2 - note VKcalais rear end (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x154/SIroller/phonepics006.jpg) 3 - see 400***km worth of stone chips on those eyelids? (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x154/SIroller/phonepics005.jpg) melbourne cup eve 2007 - my car was tagged by some tool (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x154/SIroller/06112007010.jpg) and again... i think it says aussie, looks more like assle. polished off alright though it took me half a week of polishing it with cutters to get it off (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x154/SIroller/06112007009.jpg) finally as it is at the moment - (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x154/SIroller/Picture087.jpg) and a side on shot - (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x154/SIroller/Picture086.jpg)

hey guys, i have an s2 engine and mf5 manual conversion sitting in carrum, so heres an update... Quote: short term - fit 1" master cylinder. repaint and fit VKC bootmould and taillamp surround repaint + new sticker on vlc garnish new front bumper centre and drivers side replace wiring harness for rear taillights (have one sitting at home) fit turbo inlet manifold and fuel rail replace blocked injector long term - stock A8 turbo setup with JDC piping (like two89's old BT1) GKTech no holes intercooler kit, JDC chrome radiator shroud and a manual box. lower and firmer suspension and shockers with thicker swaybars and an adjustable panhard rod updated brake system including vt hubs, discs and calipers (first stage has already been started with the VLT booster fitted and the 1" master in the build) some form of larger rims and tidied up bodywork. body work tidied manual box sourced taillamp harness fixed have a set of extractors and new exhaust gaskets waiting to be fitted' new p.s. rack top be fitted taillamp surrounds and garnish still awaiting paint but garnish sticker sourced and ready to stick on. vs ss seats front to replace vnc front seats (i have priced getting these retrimmed in s2 beige vlc material aswell as 4 x scheel headrests)

ok new developments - starting to look for turbro parts dynamatted boot series 2 calais air vent surrounds bought adjustable panhard rod "pedders sports ryder"

car looks nice mate, should be good when turbo.

not going to go turbro anymore. read my thread in the n/a section for details.

You makes me sad. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

sorry tim i really appreciate the help you gave me pulling those bits out but i think the hard lesson about other road users has hit home. i have owned my full history / no accidents vl for 18 months and since then it has had 2 near write offs the second happening about 3 weeks ago and i am still waiting to get it repaired. hence i have decided that i cannot put more blood sweat and tears into my car just to see it hit again. (i was up and down for 2 weeks after the last accident and it was so bad i couldn't even wash my car as i couldn't stand looking at it in the state it was in) so anyway this car will be my neat daily transport and i have began my search for a vlt. must be vlt plated must be in good nic must not be a calais prefferably (but not exclusively) a vlt mx7 plated berlina series 2 red interior with silverslate over asteroid paint. yeah i know this is never going to happen but hey we can dream. it will have a gk tech no holes, reco rocker cover polished intake mani and heatshields and some headwork. add a vt brake upgrade and a set of venetians (stock interior and soundsystem) and i will have an awesome weekend warrior and showcar. (not autosalon type, flemington all holden day type or euroa / numurkah carshows.

looking good brother .. i must say tho .. bad thing come in 3's champ so watch out for the 3rd one .. front of the cars looking cleaner than mine Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Fair enough Mitch. You can do everything right in the world, build the car perfect, drive perfect, and in the end - one trip through Footscray is all it takes. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

thats it, both times the car has been hit iv been in the right, first time i had stayed at work longer and then hit up southland for groceries to avoid peak hour traffic then ended up being rammed from behind, second time i was watching the woman and saw her pull through the sign, slammed on barkes, didn't lock, didnt slide, couldn't go anywhere else due to traffic / traffic islands hit her at minimal speed and still did enough damage to upset me!

You're just an emo. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

yeah im gunna go slice my fuel lines with an old rusty razor (flips straightened black fringe out of eyes)