Nackerz new VK show car project, Long term

[Nackerz]

Name: Shaun

Nickname: Nackerz

Model: 1985 Holden VK Commodore

Colour: Red

Bodykit: None

Engine Type: Carby 308 stroked to 355

Engine Mods: Lots, chasing them down from old owner
Block acid dipped, Deck matched n bored 60thou, flat top pistons. Secret size cam. Lol... Heads shavd portd n polishd exhst port matched. O/s valves n springs. All he remembers

Power: Unsure

Exhaust: Extractors into single pipe, 1 Muffler then dumps before diff

Gearbox: 3 Speed Trimatic, 2500 Stally, Stg 2 Shift kitted

Diff: Salisbury, Have to check ratio. Single piece tailshaft

Brakes: V8 Disc brakes all round

Suspension: Think pedders

Wheels/Tyres: 17's think amg or something

Interior: Stock

Stereo: None

Build Period: Will start very soon

Cost: nothing so far, besides permit and petty to get her home....Will cost a fair bit to get her to where I want it

Future Mods: Lots, aim is to turn it into a nice looking show car, However it will be a long term project

Hey guys and girls.

Well first off, How I got the car.

I brought a 1988 Mazda Mx6 Turbo coupe from a guy in Heathcote. I paid $1,500 for it, and did nothing at all to it.

Then I straight swapped it for the vk. The guy who had the vk wanted $3,500 for it.

Bit of a funny story really. The original owner of the vk is my mate. He did all the work to the car and motor. He swapped it to my other mate for 2 vr's and regrets it now. However we had a vr and would of swapped it for the vk, however my mate got in first and I was shattered!

Ok so it's now in the hands of my other mate. He then swapped it to one of his mates for a 5 Litre Vr Stato.

So his mate wanted to get rid of it, as he wanted luxury again lol.....So I said to him, I will swap my Mx6 turbo coupe for it, Me thinking oh yeah fat chance of that, He turned around and said yes!

So in the end we finally got it, but in a roundabout kinda way lol....


The missus and I drove down yesterday and did the swap.

Ok thats enough of that, lets get to some pics of the car. First I will through a pic up of the Mx6 and then followed by pics of the vk.

I hope you all enjoy, and if you have any input on what I should do to the car, feel free to add them.

Cheers

Nackerz

Pic of the mazda


Pics of the Vk

[some_guy]

Not a fan of the scoop, and the gine bay needs to be cleaned and neatend.
But otherwise thats a good swap for a MX6 turbo coupe.
Im interested to see where it goes.

[Nackerz]

Not a fan of the scoop, and the gine bay needs to be cleaned and neatend.
But otherwise thats a good swap for a MX6 turbo coupe.
Im interested to see where it goes.

I only picked it up yesterday man, I have not done a thing to it yet.

The engine bay will look nothing like that when its done :P

I dont mind the scoop, each to their own I guess. But ey man thanks for the comment

[Tom_1569]

Looks like a great bit of canvas, subscribing to this one

[Staggie]

Looks like a damn good starting point, and a bloody good swap for a MX6.

I also am not a fan of those scoops but as you said each to their own. I personally would either put the hdt scoop on or have a bug catcher out the bonnet.

Will def be following this build.

[Nackerz]

thanks guys. Yeah well you wont be seeing much until its nearly done its going to be a secret build and when nearly finished i will post up more pics....

this was just a bit of a tease and to get some ideas :P

[detox_nath83]

Nice score man gona b a weapon. Hope its not like your other projects and u sell it :P

[Nackerz]

nah this is going to be a long term project and it will be finished before i sell it :P

[vk.jonno]

Man looks swwweeeeetttt

[Nackerz]

thanks man, what you think i should do to her??

[Verynice]

Very nice man should clean up well, love the scoop!

[Nackerz]

yeah not many have liked the scoop man, i like it too

[Nackerz]

well my plans are this so far.

Piss towbar off
Re-chrome the trims around front headlights
hide all wiring
move the coil from the firewall and hide it
vl interior as i hate the vk dash
smooth the mould lines of the doors and gaurds
thinking straight metallic black


also have some other ideas but not letting them out yet

[Nackerz]

also fix front bar, lower it. have an adjustable panhard bar already so that will go on, has a one piece tail shaft.

maybe try and remove the top bits that the trims cover on the rear bar so I dont have trims

[vk.jonno]

Hrmm looks wise
Black with silver moulds (or black can't decide)
Hide wires
Loww
Dark windows
Sell me the Calais boot moulds

(btw I like black)

[Nackerz]

Aint selling nothing man haha, I bet there hard to find too lol

Thanks for the comments man....Heres a list I just did up on street commodores.....HMMMMM no replies on there yet????


Here's some thoughts on what I have to do to her....Feel free to add other thoughts to the list of what I can do......

• Re-chrome the trims around the headlights

• Change the interior to vl as I dont like the vk dash. Most likely do custom dash and seats

• Fix/Replace the front bar

• Smooth the doors and gaurds where the moulds are meant to go

• Slam it on it's guts

• Paint it Metallic Black (Thoughts on this)

• Top of the rear bar where trim goes, remove them little daggy bits on the bar and have no trim (Thoughts??)

• Hide all wiring in the engine bay

• Change air filter

• Smooth out all the bay

• Relocate the fuse box

• Change the washer bottle setup

• Remove brake booster and master cylinder from the bay

• Remove clutch fan and radiator, replace with thermo and alloy radiator

• Relocate the coil, most likely hide it somewhere

• Remove the heater setup and have a custom demister

• Remove all aircon setup, Pump already removed which is a bonus

• Remove Canister

• Battery into boot

• Full custom boot setup

• Remove all tow bar gear

• Drop tank???

• Modify the rear bar where the exhaust is meant to come out and have no dip there

• Maybe try and change the fuel filler setup so its in the boot (Thoughts on this??)

• Remove aerial and smooth gaurd off

Any thoughts if I should do all this or maybe some things I shouldn't do and to do differently???

All comments welcome.

Thanks guys.

Nackerz

[vk.jonno]

Hm maybe group 3 kit ??

[Nackerz]

got a pic of what they look like man, never got into the vk's haha until now. Even a link would do man.

[Nackerz]

like this yeah man?

http://www.grech.net.au/photos/brock/new-1.jpg

[vk.jonno]

Sorry I'm using fone Internet so I'm abit slow
Haha yea
And this is the back
http://www.raiderindustries.com/admi...ar%20Apron.jpg

[Nackerz]

all good man, dont stress. Cheers for the link bud, checking it out now man.

[Nackerz]

yeah not a real fan of it man..... looks alright tho

[kwakaman]

Good base for a project. I'd leave the trim on the rear bumper on unless your taking the front ones off too. Definately move the fuel filler to the boot, it'll clean the rear quarter up heaps. I'm interested to see what smoothed doors look like too. I'll be following this one for sure.

[Nackerz]

thanks man, the trim on the rear bar is missing and i dont have it.

You talking about the trim on the front what I was going to chrome??

[kwakaman]

having a chrome trim on the front bar and not on the rear might look a bit weird. Give it a shot though, ebay has plenty of bumpers for sale if you don't like it. lol