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1987 Calais VL

Started by soepalmer · 4 Jan 2013 · 0 replies

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Make / Model: Calais VL Colour: White Bodykit: None Engine Type: Holden 253 Engine Mods: Not really sure which yella terra kit in it Power: Never been tested Exhaust: Standard Gearbox: Trimatic from race matic Diff: Chevy 9 inch Brakes: RX7 6 pots front/Standard disc rear Suspension: King Springs 2' lowered with bilstein shocks, Whiteline strut bar, forgot the brand for panhard rod Wheels/Tyres: Classic 3 piece BBS 18x8 fr with Forceum 225/40/18 and 18x10 rr with michelin pilot 265/35/18 Interior: Refurbish with vinyl for the seat, the rest is still original Stereo: Pioneer with 20' subs forgot the rest of the brand for power and speakers Other Mods: Custom dashboard, Engine hood and Duck tail Future mods: Custom extractors, borla muffler and tip, leather seats, new wheels, paint the bottom bit silver I had this car back in 2003, its done only 60.000km on it. Originally it runs the nissan RB20 motor. It was okay until someone run his car to the back of it and ruined the back end. I was about to propose to my girlfriend to marry me too.... bummer lol.... After the accident I thought might as well do some mods to it, since the back end already ruined. I had a ZZ4 350 chevy in the shed, was supposed to be for my WB ute project. cut the story short, the 350 VL project was shut down as the engine keep getting overheated ended up with a crack in the block. After that I swapped the car with my mates range rover classic. He then continue the journey of bringing the car back to life. after 3 years and a blown 308 motor, he finally got it right but ended up with the 253 motor. He came around one night and let me drive the car again... we made a deal afterwards that if he ever going to sell the car, I will be the 1st person to offer. 2 years from that I bought the car back from him. It was just sitting in his garage for the past 7 months. He move on to off road cars and decided that he need some cash to built a new off road car. The car still need some work to make it mint, been working on it for a month now. It's coming together quite well.... really happy as I have a lot of memories with my wife in this car. This time it will stay with me forever.... Cheers for taking time checking it out After finished polishing it Reverse censors just for fun, still need to install the rear king springs Engine bay still a bit messy, will send some bits to be chromed Custom dash with Autometer gauges B&M Quicksilver Speakers and Subs
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