my new car, what do you think??

[DRUMMO]

hey everyone, first up i apoligise if ive posted in somewhere im not supposed to, but ive literally just signed up and im not used to how things work on here lol.
anyways i just bought another car (3rd car now lol) and its a 1984 holden commodore executive, its only got 50,600 original kilometeres and its completely bone stock with zero rust anywhere. the interior is spotless and the back seats are basically brand new ( i was told the original owner of 26 years never let anyone sat on them, and you can tell). what does everyone think? oh its also fuel injected, has power steering, factory a/c, and a am/fm radio. to top it off it came with 11 months rego :P

[Darren_L]

well I can't tell much from the picture, but it's rare to find a VK with those sort of low kms and in original condition.
Make sure you don't spoil it by fitting stupid sized wheels, cut springs, monster tachos etc

If it were me, I'd either keep it original, or just lower it a tad with shocks to match, a set of 16's or 17's and leave the rest as is.
good find

[monkeys437]

Good buy for that price Id imagine she wont depreciate much from here on

Any plans or just keep her stock?

[DRUMMO]

Sorry for the slow reply, I couldn't find how I get back to this post? Anyways my plans are to keep it original other then a nice set of mags and lower springs and shocks. If just finished upgrading all the bulbs to newer ones, changing every fluid possible on the car along with new filters all round just for piece of mind. I've also had a exhaust shop remove the end muffler and replace it with a straight with a 2" tip just for a nice note. Lastly I've replaced the steering wheel with a nice wooden one, other then that she's going to be all original. Sorry for the crappy photo, I wasn't sure if I had uploaded it properly so it was just a test more or less, I'll upload a few pics tomorrow for anyone that's interested.

[DRUMMO]

well heres 3 photos, i cant work out how to get past the maximum upload cap? maybe uploading them to a website and sending the link might be better, what websites does everyone use?. anyway, i got a new diff gasket today, going to change the diff oil and put on my free set of mags i pulled of the vs paddock basher. then play the waiting game till the new springs and shocks arrive.

[kwakaman]

Photobucket is a good place to store pics. Just copy and paste the image link to get bigger pics. Looks nice and clean, get a venetian for the back as well for the full grandpa spec!

[DRUMMO]

Ok thanks, when the springs and shocks arrive I'll put up some more photos of how she's looking. And yeh I'm digging the grandpa look at the moment, and I think a Venetian would finish it off haha. The only modification I want to do is change the aero plane fan for a thermo fan, I'll be looking through the forums for info on how to do change it but any help would be great.

[DRUMMO]

Update- The new shocks and springs arrived today and have got the rear done, liking the look so far, I'll upload a few pictures tomorrow when the front is completed, hopefully I'll have the 17's on it aswell

[DRUMMO]

Here's how she's looking nowadays. Those front shocks were a pain in the ass. ( the rims aren't that great I know, but they were free lol).

[SHU-11Y]

nice and no rust.. that's the upside to buying a car that hasn't lived most its days on the coast.

As for rims, have a look at the thread 'another bluey' if you haven't already that VK has a cool set of Holden rims atm, just to get some ideas

btw. The very first pic you posted, is that photo taken at Bathurst?

[DRUMMO]

i checked the thread out, i love those ve rims but it'd be to costly to get them machined in my area. once i have a bit of spare cash ill be in the hunt for a nice set. but ive been hesitant to put larger rims on as that will mean ill have to roll the guards, which in my opinion will wreck the originality of the car, but i suppose ill decide once i have money to spend on better rims. and yep it was a bathurst car its whole life, and thats were i bought it from. the first photo is at the top of mount panorama, nice pickup lol. ( i stole that picture from the previous owners ad on carsales haha).