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**** VL Calais II � Injected V8

Started by hugofirst · 23 Aug 2004 · 28 replies

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VL Calais Series 2 Full Re-spray custom Silver/blue (Argon silver w/ 10% Blue Pearl) VS/VT Injected 5.0L V8 Pacemaker '1 3/4' Extractors w/ dual 2.5" mandrel into single 3" exhaust Turbo700 Gearbox (VPSS) Ford 9" LSD Diff - 3.7's - Superior Billet Axels VT Twinspot / Slotted Brakes Koni Adjustable Suspention (K-Mac Adj. Strut tops) 19" TAK Legend Wheels (falkin 235/35/19's) Complete New interior (Seats / Trim / Carpet / Roof / Boot) Alpine CD/MP3/WMA Player Air Cond. / Power Steer Momo Corse steering wheel The car was bought as a shell about 2 years ago. The motor: NEW VT Block & Piston set... Everthing else motor wise is off a VS Manta - that had aprox 20k on the clock. Internally standard, its just got a Cold air intake. Since being assembled, its done aprox 15,000 � 20,000k's. (Oil change every 3,000k's). The Diff's about 12 months old. When the car was assembled - just about every part was new! eg; Radiator, handles, bumpers, plastics, rubbers, Interior, hoses, clamps, clips etc... All the electrics work perfect - except for Cruise control (not connected). The Wheels & Tyres are about 10 months old. (also comes with standard polished Calais wheels) Asking $14,500 Car is located in Canberra. Any questions? E-mail me: [email removed] More Photos: http://www.users.on.net/~hugofirst/vl/ Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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DEVL25Archived member
this is one sweet VL, good luck with the sale
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KILLABArchived member
yeah looks great! goodluck!
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vl_burgsArchived member
is therre any work done to the interior ??
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hugofirstArchived member
New carpet, roof, Seats & Trim look new. The dash is perfect, no cracks, everything lines up perfect. (tried 3 different dashes) But all in all - No, Its standard. Oh, its getting tuned etc today at GenTech...
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michael2427Archived member
thats one nice calais free bump!!
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race5lArchived member
Looks nice and clean. Good luck with sale.
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251NFLArchived member
dude why u wanna sell her?
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hugofirstArchived member
Time to move on I think.. Ive spent way to much on her, and if I keep it, ill want to keep going... (SC etc..) So yeah.. Im not in a rush to sell, ive just got her on a few forums here and there...
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251NFLArchived member
dude...i think keep going!!!!
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BoyracerArchived member
These are something you cant buy,you put the work in and now ya just gunna sell it,it don,t make sense.put a manual in it and you won,t look back.
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hugofirstArchived member
Um yeah, You can buy this one! Pretty much every VL before this one, ive had manual, Which is why I went Auto with this, and it goes alright! Especially peak hour! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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adrian`Archived member
that is a very very nice vl nice work if i had a lazy 16 grand id be sure to buy it love this car Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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hugofirstArchived member
Thanks mate! Also, I MAY consider a swap for a Toyota SURF... With $$$ Adjustment..
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hugofirstArchived member
Bump!
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WeLLsYArchived member
Wanna sell me the rims? Im serious this time. Got cash sitting. Need to be a good enough price for me to drive up to canberra to pick them up though. WeLLsY
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DA_BOSSArchived member
this car is the bomb i love it wish i had $$$$$$ love the set up i havnt seen many of these around (if any)
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hugofirstArchived member
BUMP! Price dropped to $14,500
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VPExecArchived member
Very nice.. if I could insure it I would be interested
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TurbroArchived member
sorry to hijack the thread hugofirst, but is this the car with the shortened axles to fit wider wheels on the rear. if so may i ask how much this mod would set u back. 19" on a vl with a dish look *****n awsome!!!
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