New guy from the UK
Thought I'd stop by and say hi. I've just bought my mate's old VS wagon, and just finishing off some work on it to get it back on the road, but thought I'd sign up as this place seems really useful. Already made use of the how to's to help me remove the door cards and change speakers over, and hopefully it'll help with removing the stereo too!!!
I have some grand plans for her, and hopefully be a bit different to anything you've seen done before with the VS
Here are some pictures - enjoy!!
Slave to the game
Sick man, is it a 5L?
chasing the big 300!!!
Welcome to the boards m8, cant wait to see what ya have on the cards for it : )
Also check my ride,sitting on HSV R8 19's
" And on the Seventh day ,GOD created Commodores!!!! "
nice man! im diggin' the ghetto looking matte black paint, looks pre good, interceptors would look tough on this!
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Forced to be Fast
wow i was just about to say it needs a better paint job lol go cherry black , and some tintOriginally Posted by Kioes
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lol looks sick
how do people react to this sorta car in the uk?
yup! I think I might actually be gay
i just like the chilled gheto look of it! id be keen on a nice gloss black or cherry but this is sorta cool aswell, get me? haha
LOOKING FOR VS / VR LEATHER SEATS AND WOODGRAIN CENTER CONSOLE PM OR EMAIL ME!!!!!!
Moist
ohh woww !
Didn't know the sold the wagons in the UK lol!
I must be living under a rock..
Plans for her are to go old lead sled style. Keep her matt black, but either have a metal flake or a lace paint roof, and maybe some ghost flames on the sides n front too in gloss black, or maybe red.
Most people here have no clue what it is. They think it's a weird Vauxhall Carlton, Omega or Senator, which in a way it is. It's the 3.8L Ecotec but over here that'll do nicely, a 5.0 would be a bit too much to run!!
They don't! Lol. As far as I'm aware, it may be the only VS wagon in the UK!!! The guy who imported it drove it here from Australia!!!!!!!!!!!!!ohh woww !
Didn't know the sold the wagons in the UK lol!
I must be living under a rock..
I have started a project thread on her too, called VS Wagon Rod which has photos from when she came here through to now
Moist
ooohohh!! Would not have been cheap to frieght it from AUS :P
I'll be checking this again, don't you worry
Make sure you look after the hopefully 'only vs wagon' in UK !!!!
Also, I'd imagine..Parts would be hard to get for ya lol..
Haha, no freight cost, he actually spent a few months driving it from Australia. Ferry to Asia, then along and up through Europe and then across into England!!!!!
Parts will be a pain on some things, others not so bad. As we have similar things over here. But that's why when the guy bought the VS back from Australia he bought a load of spares!! I have a spare windshield, spare brakes (putting the spare front discs on at the moment as the old discs had worn a fair bit), got the leather seats out of a Vauxhall Senator and got the fronts in already
Band
Subscribed. Looks the goods man, lucky to have that in the UK
Cheers mate, yea, my mates have owned it for a few years, and everyone who knows them and myself has been telling me to buy it for about a year now, and I've finally given in! LOL
The advantage of having things like Vauxhalls over here which are all part of the GM group like Holden are, there's loads of lovely bits kicking around, like my lovely new front seats
VS Wagon Lead Sled <---- Clicky here
Current mods: 3" suspension drop, 15" alloys, matt black respray, 4x 12" JBL subs in band pass trunk install, red accenting (wheels, ground effects, headliner, dash), Vauxhall Senator leather front seats, decat & custom exhaust system.
Nil Bastardo Carborundum
The Commodore was just the Australian version of the Vauxhall Carlton, wasn't it? There might be a fair bit of interchangeability in relation to doors, tailgate, glass etc, but by the time the VS was released, the car was very heavily Australianised and mechanical components are probably unique.
There's one thing for sure. The VS was a tough old bird and if you can keep the body free of rust in your damp climate (do you still salt the roads to remove snow?), she should go for ages.
Yea, the rear half is Carlton, some of the interior is Senator, and the front end, dash, and engine is Holden, so alright on some parts, other parts, I'm kinda screwed on Haha!! Ah well, hope none of those parts break eh?
VS Wagon Lead Sled <---- Clicky here
Current mods: 3" suspension drop, 15" alloys, matt black respray, 4x 12" JBL subs in band pass trunk install, red accenting (wheels, ground effects, headliner, dash), Vauxhall Senator leather front seats, decat & custom exhaust system.
Nil Bastardo Carborundum
I've no idea of the cost of freighting to the UK from Aus but there are literally thousands of VS's still on the roads over here and in the wreckers, so you might find that, if you really need something (and you think the VS is unique enough over there to warrant the hassles), there would be no difficulty in obtaining the parts via the internet. We tend to hang onto our cars much longer than the UK and our climate is much kinder to them.
visited the UK in 2009 and, whilst I saw a few Vauxhall Omegas, around 2000 - 2003 models, when I think they went out of production, I didn't see a single Carlton, which was obviously much older. I guess there can't be too many of them left on the roads over there and your "Cash for Clunkers", plus the incredible depreciation, probably ensures they have pretty short lives.
I see your car has power windows so I assume it was a Berlina?
That's cool. I've got a load of spares for it already, the guy filled it up with spares before driving it over here back in '96 and there's still loads of spares left
She's coped really well with our winters as she's been here since '96!!! Wish our weather was like yours though, have much nicer cars and easier to preserve them too
VS Wagon Lead Sled <---- Clicky here
Current mods: 3" suspension drop, 15" alloys, matt black respray, 4x 12" JBL subs in band pass trunk install, red accenting (wheels, ground effects, headliner, dash), Vauxhall Senator leather front seats, decat & custom exhaust system.
:)
shit drove a distance haha how many ks
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Nil Bastardo Carborundum
It sure says something for the old traditional Holden toughness that this old girl drove that incredible journey fifteen years ago and is still running well.
Fresh prince of Pakky
Too damn right!!! She's got about 240k on the clocks, and still going strong!!
She'll be looking even better with a bit more work on her. Some airbrushing will definitely help her
VS Wagon Lead Sled <---- Clicky here
Current mods: 3" suspension drop, 15" alloys, matt black respray, 4x 12" JBL subs in band pass trunk install, red accenting (wheels, ground effects, headliner, dash), Vauxhall Senator leather front seats, decat & custom exhaust system.
:)
i recon some window tink and a coat of taillight tint would look good :P
yup! I think I might actually be gay
What about going for something like this? Reckon that this will look good?
VS Wagon Lead Sled <---- Clicky here
Current mods: 3" suspension drop, 15" alloys, matt black respray, 4x 12" JBL subs in band pass trunk install, red accenting (wheels, ground effects, headliner, dash), Vauxhall Senator leather front seats, decat & custom exhaust system.
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