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    Talking Your car transformation!

    Hey guys
    I love looking at cars that have started off as pretty much factory and then getting picked up by a car lover and ending up looking amazing or just better than what it originally was.

    So post up your pride and joy from as long as you can remember and another one of present day
    would love to know and see what "transformation" you guys did to your holdens!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by BIGbrown1 View Post
    Hey dea, financed my VS 3yrz ago, desper8 4a car, meter read 214,016kms... I PAID $14,000.00, 3yrz l8r im dealin with alot of problemz... n e cheap BUT good mechanix in west melbourne? n e info appreci8d... Fanx...
    Quote Originally Posted by Menace38L View Post
    yea if i end up getting it il lay low from the cops lol jus want it for skids etc lol

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    thats a mint VK man. I love the new grill you put on it, and them stockies look good with it lowered
    nice job I love it how youve kept it original aswell

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    cheers heaps bro,
    i actually painted the old grill the color of the car and put it on,
    looks way better lol
    Quote Originally Posted by BIGbrown1 View Post
    Hey dea, financed my VS 3yrz ago, desper8 4a car, meter read 214,016kms... I PAID $14,000.00, 3yrz l8r im dealin with alot of problemz... n e cheap BUT good mechanix in west melbourne? n e info appreci8d... Fanx...
    Quote Originally Posted by Menace38L View Post
    yea if i end up getting it il lay low from the cops lol jus want it for skids etc lol

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    Here was my VT the day i got it
    Your car transformation!-dsc00384.jpg Your car transformation!-dsc00381.jpg
    And this was it the week before i sold it, 18 months later
    Your car transformation!-imag0014.jpg Your car transformation!-imag0019.jpg

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    Was a berlina to start off with and went to like a Monaro style haha. Nice work though


    Quote Originally Posted by perkoracin
    it like u pull at to a red light and they go o its that fag from just Commodores and it like u go tohe drags and ur car runs a like a 9 sec run as a eg and theres run a low 14 um i would Lol so hard like Epicly and then call them The Internet Mouthers and no go Lol thats a eg they might have Fast as rides 2 but may not sound as a Nice small block chevy with a Supercharger on it lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by keeny View Post
    Here was my VT the day i got it
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    And this was it the week before i sold it, 18 months later
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    the front needed to be lower

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    orig VH 253 ,exhaust, shiftkit


    1st build - rebuilt 253, 15 inch mags, vk bodykit, respray



    2nd build- genuine vh group3 brock engine, 18 inch vy ss rims, lowered


    current ongoing process - change back to vh group 3 bodykit, total respray, improved engine, improved suspension, 19s, 3.73 LSD diff, 330mm VN Group A brakes, updated interior (VQ statesman seats F&R) etc etc... full rebuild in progress



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    heheh. how she looked when i got her:



    how she looks now:


    and before anyone winges about it being a chevy it has a GMH (general motors HOLDEN) build plate so it is a holden

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    yea i was glad it was a berlina base so it had some interior extras and yes i wish i had gone ssl in the front. i probably will with my vz.

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    Dont have any before pics cause we all know what a bog standard VX looks like lol

    Pretty basic with mine but when u compare it to the standard looks much better lol
    Here it is





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    Quote Originally Posted by ari666 View Post
    heheh. how she looked when i got her:



    how she looks now:


    and before anyone winges about it being a chevy it has a GMH (general motors HOLDEN) build plate so it is a holden
    WHat i was going to actually say it looks like your got the photos around in the wrong order lol.


    Quote Originally Posted by perkoracin
    it like u pull at to a red light and they go o its that fag from just Commodores and it like u go tohe drags and ur car runs a like a 9 sec run as a eg and theres run a low 14 um i would Lol so hard like Epicly and then call them The Internet Mouthers and no go Lol thats a eg they might have Fast as rides 2 but may not sound as a Nice small block chevy with a Supercharger on it lol.

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    When i bougth the ss it looked like this and was dead standard with 40 000 on the clock (this is not my car but it looked the same)


    Now it looks like this and is blown it was a very expensive venture but now it time to part with her and start on a new one . Good times.
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    21sly was yours originally a VX? looks awesome mate! love every bit of it :P

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    yea was a vx changed the head lights to vt ones so i could fit that bar. Thanks mate it for sale atm waiting on a hazard ss-v redline :-)
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    Quote Originally Posted by DevilDRake View Post
    it looks like your got the photos around in the wrong order
    intentional stupid car.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ari666 View Post
    intentional stupid car.
    Haha i was only Messing Ari, you've spent alot of work into it but most people will think you've done nothing


    Quote Originally Posted by perkoracin
    it like u pull at to a red light and they go o its that fag from just Commodores and it like u go tohe drags and ur car runs a like a 9 sec run as a eg and theres run a low 14 um i would Lol so hard like Epicly and then call them The Internet Mouthers and no go Lol thats a eg they might have Fast as rides 2 but may not sound as a Nice small block chevy with a Supercharger on it lol.

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    Jonnii, that's in pretty mint condition for a VS Ute.


    Quote Originally Posted by perkoracin
    it like u pull at to a red light and they go o its that fag from just Commodores and it like u go tohe drags and ur car runs a like a 9 sec run as a eg and theres run a low 14 um i would Lol so hard like Epicly and then call them The Internet Mouthers and no go Lol thats a eg they might have Fast as rides 2 but may not sound as a Nice small block chevy with a Supercharger on it lol.

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    thats a sicck VS ute my mates got one and its not neally as good as this one. Nice trans man

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    Quote Originally Posted by DevilDRake View Post
    Jonnii, that's in pretty mint condition for a VS Ute.
    Yea i do my best to keep it in tip top condition.

    and thanks ciddyau for starting this thread make you realise how far our cars have come

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