Morton's white VQ Statesman

[Wagon_Wheel]

Thats if the fanny bandit can ever learn to drive a manual
Good stuff danny boy, very proud indeed.
Bet your face looks exactly like this.....

[Phoenix21]

nice as mate looks bloody nice

[Bz Kn33z]

The car looks tops mate very sleeper looking , Interior looks imac did you paint the console? i have heard alot about Highway Max, i was in the garage today and seend on the 15inch mags i have that came with the car when i bought it, the tires are Highway Max lol i was just going to fry em when i get the manual in my car lol maybe fry the Bridgestones.
Keep up the good work.

[DavoVP]

It looks like thats how it came STOCK ! very neat man, very neat. Couple of questions, does your cruise still work ? and where did you source the center console from, im in need of one, mines broke, and i cant get one from any of the wreckers, I know of one, and the stooge is unwilling to sell it. he wants to " part it all out as a complete conversion " ahh lol.

[Morton]

Looking good Morton - just fix the front bumper please.

Also some nice photo angles on the car good work. I lke the VQ in stelth mode like sneaking up through the grass. Good one

Hahaha thanks mate I get a bit silly with the camera sometimes. Was using my mate's Canon 350D. It's not the latest and greatest camera out there, but it still makes anything I take look good hehe

Yeah, the bumper's a bit annoying. It's not just fallen off the slide, the whole slide is distorted. Old age has not been kind to it. I'm still working on building up the motivation to get in there and arrange some cable ties in a way that corrects it.

Definately, if you went to that much trouble im sure you can realign the front bumper to make it less of a typical vn.

Wheres the vid's and gtech runs? we want stats

Yeah, the bumper has to be done. The back isn't too straight either, to be honest. There's a bit on the car that needs a nip and tuck. I'm all mechanic'd out for a few days, but it will happen

The interior looks kool as! Nice pics FannyDan.

Thanks man ^_^ The interior is still a work in progress. All the dodgy unfinished bits are cleverly hidden in that pic

****ing nice as interior morton, good job with the center console.

Thanks mate As I said to Mack, all the dodgy bits are hidden in that picture It still has a long ways to go yet.

You can see the manual, you know it's got lsd, got tri-y's got highway max, got tune, got a big CAI got a 2.5 inch cat back. It's going to be within a tenth of 5.8 to 60mph there not even a need to test it

Hehe, maybe. Once I find a way to get a good launch out of this thing At the moment, it's a fine balance between bucketloads of axle tramp, and blatant burnouts.

Thats if the fanny bandit can ever learn to drive a manual
Good stuff danny boy, very proud indeed.
Bet your face looks exactly like this.....

lol, damn straight. The manual work will come with time At least I can admit I'm all thumbs behind the wheel of a manual V8 lol. Baby steps, I say. Once the clutch is bedded in, then I can start working on launches for that first G-Tech

nice as mate looks bloody nice

Thanks man, appreciate that ^_^ A few touchups needed, but it's getting there

The car looks tops mate very sleeper looking , Interior looks imac did you paint the console? i have heard alot about Highway Max, i was in the garage today and seend on the 15inch mags i have that came with the car when i bought it, the tires are Highway Max lol i was just going to fry em when i get the manual in my car lol maybe fry the Bridgestones.
Keep up the good work.

Thanks mate ^_^ The console is lightly painted. It's all temporary though. Coming out again tomorrow to be done properly. And hopefully I can work out a place for the power window switches to sit

May have to go to a wreckers and scab a centre console from a VS Berlina or something. We'll see what happens

Highway Maxxs are well worth the money They're even hard for ME to keep spinning for long ^_^ (unless I intentionally balls up a launch).

It looks like thats how it came STOCK ! very neat man, very neat. Couple of questions, does your cruise still work ? and where did you source the center console from, im in need of one, mines broke, and i cant get one from any of the wreckers, I know of one, and the stooge is unwilling to sell it. he wants to " part it all out as a complete conversion " ahh lol.

Thanks mate It's not finished yet though. Those pictures are really a lot more flattering than I deserve them to be Cruise control still works perfectly well I transplanted the cruise cancel switch from the auto pedal box onto the manual one. Only catch is, if you depress the clutch, the cruise control keeps revving higher But you know, who's going to be clutching on the freeway at 100 in 5th gear anyway? Not me.

Center console came with my manual conversion kit from the car the bloke was stripping I was lucky like that. They're hard to come by

[Wagon_Wheel]

Hows the clutch now man? Not slipping or anything like it was?
My new one hasnt slipped a beat.

Quick launches are tricky when you are concentrating really hard, i always spin too much, or have not enough and it bogs down, tricky to get the sweet spot when you trying to hard to make it quick lol

[immortality]

Damn Morton thats good work. haven't read this thread for a while (had to go back about 4 pages) good to see you got it all sorted.

Having a few problems is a bitch but finding the solutions and fixing it yourself is even more rewarding. top work.

just to got back to the drive shaft issue, when i removed the engine/trans on my V8 i found the drivers side engine mounting bracket was bent and was causing the trans to sit fair way out of line and required a large bar to push the trans over to get the mount back on. removing the engine mounting bracket and bending it back in the press at work solved the allignment issue for me (should have welded a re-enforcing brace inside it but thats for the next time)

[Morton]

Hows the clutch now man? Not slipping or anything like it was?
My new one hasnt slipped a beat.

Quick launches are tricky when you are concentrating really hard, i always spin too much, or have not enough and it bogs down, tricky to get the sweet spot when you trying to hard to make it quick lol

Not slipping an inch. I'm getting the hang of good launches now, and it's an absolute dream to use. Bites nicely, and really holds on. I'm loving it - thankyou so much

I find the best launch with my current setup involves about two seconds of clutch ride before the dump. Works nicely off the line, and controls the wheelspin.

Damn Morton thats good work. haven't read this thread for a while (had to go back about 4 pages) good to see you got it all sorted.

Having a few problems is a bitch but finding the solutions and fixing it yourself is even more rewarding. top work.

just to got back to the drive shaft issue, when i removed the engine/trans on my V8 i found the drivers side engine mounting bracket was bent and was causing the trans to sit fair way out of line and required a large bar to push the trans over to get the mount back on. removing the engine mounting bracket and bending it back in the press at work solved the allignment issue for me (should have welded a re-enforcing brace inside it but thats for the next time)

Thanks mate Really appreciate it. I jacked the car up and had a good look at the engine mounts. Everything to my eye, appears to be at right angles. I think perhaps my issue lies with the CV joint, which wasn't phased properly when it was reassembled. I gotta have it pulled out and redone/balanced properly at some point, but that can wait until I have an actual income

I'll take another look at the engine tomorrow, and see if anything appears to be a little funny. It wasn't leaning more than a couple of inches back when I had the trans out though, and it wasn't leaning back for very long (never left it like that without support), so if there's damage, I'm going to assume it's age But everything looked square when I got under there last.



UPDATE:

: reverse lights working
: centre console nearly all painted
: exhaust leaking like a beauty
: manual launches becoming better


to do:

: have tail shaft balanced and CV overhauled
: finish sanding and prepping centre console
: mount the goddamn window switches
: fix that exhaust leak

[Cobez]

Good to see you up at the meet last night man! Welcome back to Victoria!


Bloody nice buy for what you paid Daniel son, it looks better in person though. Bloody straight and very clean indeed.

[Wagon_Wheel]

Yeah looked good man, glad to see that shifter in there
Exhaust sounds haggard as man, not cool lol

[stocky]

you can borrow my exhaust when i put a stock one on for rwc. im sure youd love it haha

[vn calais manual]

that gearknob suits it perfectly. nice choice.

[eko]

nie ride buddy gotta love those statos jus need sum tuff rims slammed and a exhaust system to top it offf best luck

[VZHSV]

good to see its up and running man ! sounds like the manual is treating u well
since when u back into melbs? how long for?

[THE STATESMAN]

you have been busy good to see its all working out for you. I should have went manual when my trans blew up. oh well always next time

[Disturbed_vegeta]

dude that is sic! i plan to do the same to my vs stato in a few weeks

[Morton]

Hahahha! The stato is now LOW!

Kings heavy-duty Superlows up the front, Lovells heavy-duty VT Superlows up the back, with Pedders shocks all round. All second hand, and cost me NOTHING hahahaha

Those Lovells up the back are nice and thick, and although not dumped, they're stiff as anything The spring doesn't taper in width at all from end to end, and they're thicker than both the towing springs I had factory, and the Kings Superlows I had in the back before this. They're just HUGE, and hopefully this will take care of some of my axle tramp (the Kings Superlows I was running in the back had that tapered comfort zone up the top.)

A big shout out to Hillerus for donating the rear springs

Also a big thankyou to Phoenix for help with the front changeover, and the blokes at Ford in the city for donating their rattle gun for removing the strut bolt

Behold: I've parked the car out on the street so I can see it out my window and admire it

[Haydz]

MMMMM. loooking sheet loads better..

You need some rear skirts. for some reason the rear bar looks so tiny.

[Dirbatua]

very nice man, hopefully see it friday night or something.

agreed about the rear bar, front and sides sit even but rear is way high.

i think you need to give Teppa a ring for some tint

[Wagon_Wheel]

Very nice man, bought time you got it down to earth.
Got a job yet?

[padrickz88]

looks heaps better sicne its lower

[Bz Kn33z]

Nice mate looks the part got some tuckage to.. only because of the spats . looks good hows it handle now, i hate driving a car thats not lowered, feels like i'm driving a boat lol, i was wondering what you have been up to. any other near future plans?

[HoZy]

how much do you want for the rear superlows??? hehehe how about a numberplate surround and a manhug.... maybe even some cheap enginebits for phoenix lol

[THE STATESMAN]

Thats sitting a bit better! Once you get some bigger rims it'll tuck under the gaurds a bit more

[Dirbatua]

hahahaha the only 'rims' i see morton putting on his stato are his interceptors