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    hello all. just thort id show u all my pride and joy. she was a 1980 vc 1.9 litre auto. with a freshly rebuilt engine. i got it off a bloke down the road from me for 500 big ones. the body was full of dents but no rust. i jst bought it as an everyday cheap runner. but 1 thing led 2 anotha. i really jst cleaned it all up . redid the interoir with new carpet . put 6 cylinder front struts and diff in 2 run the bigga wheels . lowered it a bit. cleaned up the engine bay . put a stereo in. a heap of little things.
    i spent ages at the wreckers lookin 4 bits. i loved this car 2 bits. i had it 4 less than a year and did bout 40 000 k in it. with out a prob. apart from the rear springs falling out on a few occasions. ill put up some more piks soon
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    sweet, those little starfires are a bloody strong motor, my oldman had one for donkeys years, couldn't kill the damm thing, and believe me i tried. pity you have already re-built the motor as there is a cheaper way to re-build one that not many now of, believe it or not it's cheaper to buy all 173 components than it is to buy the starfire bits, yet there exactly the same, you just end up with spares of some of the internals.

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    yea they jst keep goin ay. i use 2 take the poor old thing to 6500grand, for no reason really, it didnt make any more power.the previous owner got the engine rebuilt so it didnt cost me anything. i managed 2 kill it tho. i crashed it into a powerpole.that 57kw of raw power was to much to handle.lol.ill post some piks up wen my mate shows me how.
    the germans designed it, the aussies built it, the japs got it moving and the wogs got it dosing...

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    too bad mate, i like the old VC's, lol canary yellow, every 2nd VL turbo i see is that colour these days, hope the rest of your cars dont go the same way.

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    luckily i have a photo which may be of some interest, along with some others of big yellow and my big white (also a 4cyl...but manual)






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    jesus mate, that woulda tickled. how did it happen? trying to drift by any chance?

    BTW ur white one looks nice n clean, try to dodge the pole next time tho aye

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    ha yea i didnt see that pole there ay. nah its a pretty hairy corner wen u got a bit of speed. jst went thru it like i normally do, next thing i know iam heading toward the curb thinkin this is goin 2 b bad. that car over steered b4 it under steered. not really wat u want. the pole went in, pretty much up 2 the trans tunnell then stopped. i walked outa the hospital a few hours later
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    heres an interior pic of big yellow after it meet a pole.
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    this one is a cracker u can stand in the hole where the pole hit
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    Ah, that's such a shame.

    But damn, that interior pic goes to show just how stuff it really is.

    What about your engine and tranny? Is that all salvageable?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jo3_Blo View Post
    Ah, that's such a shame.

    But damn, that interior pic goes to show just how stuff it really is.

    What about your engine and tranny? Is that all salvageable?
    yea mate i really miss the old girl .it was really stuffed, ithink i woulda have 2 hav cut the body away 2 get t he engine and trans out. wouldnt hav been worth the trouble it was jst a stoko 1.9 litre and tri matic box. but i still got alot of good bits off her
    the germans designed it, the aussies built it, the japs got it moving and the wogs got it dosing...

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    Quote Originally Posted by starfire vc View Post
    but i still got alot of good bits off her
    haha i got alot of bits off her too, (retractable rear seat belts, parcel shelf, clear indicators, boot carpet, prob more i cant think of. was a good lil engine once it got up to speed

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    that was a nasty accident, nice VC but.. Dont see too many at all these days.... That are registered that is...

    With light of your recent accident, it doesnt seem like luck has been going your way...

    Good Luck mate

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    want a replacment???.... pm me, im trying to get rid of a vc sle atm, it could get urs back on the road!! for less then 40k, lol!
    take it easy boys, try nopt to drift 2 much in theese classic commies!
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    Quote Originally Posted by rch-13z View Post
    that was a nasty accident, nice VC but.. Dont see too many at all these days.... That are registered that is...

    With light of your recent accident, it doesnt seem like luck has been going your way...

    Good Luck mate
    ha yer mate i dont seem to have much luck with em.wont stop me tho
    the germans designed it, the aussies built it, the japs got it moving and the wogs got it dosing...

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    I just had to ask, the inside rear spring wasn't laying back on the road mid way around that corner was it . I don't understand how you still have your legs after that crash? Pretty lucky!

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    ha yer, i drove past him like 30 seconds before the crash, gave him a wave all sweet, 3 mins later i get a call from another mate saying theres a yellow vc wreaked on that road. im like hmm how many yellow vc's would be traveling on that road at that time lol....anyways in a panic i rushed back jumped outa the car ran around the corner and saw it, he'd already been dragged out and left in the ambulance, i thought he was dead 4 sure...1 in a million chance u lived ey.

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    What road was it on?
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    Quote Originally Posted by f1tzy View Post
    What road was it on?
    south pine rd at everton park just near kfc..she's been gone a year and one day now.i still miss the old beast
    the germans designed it, the aussies built it, the japs got it moving and the wogs got it dosing...

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