After owning this vl for close to 7 years i thought i might do a write up in there.. the vl started life as a 86 model SL n/a, bought new from my local holden dealer in town.. im the 3rd owner of it and when it came into my hands it had seen a very hard life, auto was shot, rust in front and rear screens(back had holes the size of 10cent pieces) so at first it was just a quick fit and get it on the road so i had wheels... stayed that way for close to 2 years.. i was looking for some rims for it and ended up with a set of chrome 17's, they were fitted.. kept me happy for a while while looking around for a bodykit, i wasnt sure if i wanted one or not but by luck i came across a genuine HDT LE kit minus the front bar so that was bought and fitted and also fitted a groupA front bar to complete the kit... i did the usual mods like exhaust and extractors, advance timing but i knew i wanted it turbo sometime this century.. i came across a few calais' being wrecked so i thought its time to get me a pop up front and rear tail lights/moulds garnish.. they were painted and fitted and completely changed the look of the car... another car donated its interior to me, S1 green.. after gettin the car painted again by one of my good mates i got stuck in a really bad hail storm(dec 05) and in the end it shattered me, but it never stopped me.. before the hail storm i ended buyin a mates rusted out vl turbo wreck off him at a very good price, genuine A8 block and MX7, didnt use much else from the car, sold bits and pieces off it(wheels,bodykit) so that vl was stripped of its heart to go into my car... the day after the hail storm i decided it was time to fit the engine/box and after a few days of doing this on my own besides help from my mechanic at times(used his workshop).. 4 days later i had the car running and was about time i had the car boosted... i did the usual mods now as in 3inch mandrel bent exhaust from the turbo back, gktech intercooler, turbosmart boost controller(dual stage).. got the old girl moving along quite good.. july last year i had a few weeks up my sleave so with the use of my mates workshop(body shop) i decided to tackle the hail damage.. i sourced a new bonnet and bootlid and repaired the roof myself... 2 weeks later it rolled out of the shed with another new coat of paint on it.. looked 10times better then ever before and also changed the front bar to the LE one... also have done a custom boot install all built by myself which consists of a kenwood usb headunit, kenwood splits, kenwood 6x9's(in custom fibreglass parcel shelf), 2x12in kenwood 1000watt subs and 2 kenwood amps(640w 4ch for the speakers and 1200w 2ch mono block for the subs) so the future plans are to have the inside of the doors sprayed and the bay done too... just bought a forged bottom end off a mate thats already pulled down, that will get rebuilt somethime this year and also fitting my garrett airesearch turbo shortly, maybe change the box to a 33 item and get a LSD in there(still has the original diff from the factory) the car now rolls on 18in ProV's in shadow chrome.. anyway thats enuf from me, will put some pics up... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

That car has come a very long way, well done mate its looks magic

cheers for that mate... i just realised the 'essay' i wrote there... haha

Looking good as always Laz. Looks a million bux after the respray.

Looks awesome mate, thats a fantastic job!

great job champ gave your car life again!

Great work... looks really good!

looks heaps better.. gone a long way and wheels actually suit..

thanx for the comments guys... i only just relised there was more comments in here will get more pics up this weekend, new subs installed and kenwood tv Some original photos have not been recovered yet.