got me a ute

[crabby]

first post

just bought a vs series III It was originally a column shift 3.8 litre V6 and has been professionally converted to a 5.0 litre V8 It has also been converted from a column shift to a Pro Ratchet Mega Shifter race model
genuine holden tub liner and soft tub cover , Super Low king springs have been fitted ,It has had the sound system wired with a 4 gauge amp kit and has a JVC 300 watt rms sub that was fitted behing passanger seat



crabby

[HSV5L]

Looks good paint them engine covers.

[crabby]

yeah they are prety ugly , what color would suit do ya think?

[HSV5L]

Colour code the white. or red or silver they all look good id probly go for white. loveing the shifter cheers travis

[HSV5L]

try ebay for the radiator surround and pull the bottom air box asembly off. maybe some door pockets damm its nice and strait.

[crabby]

thanx
searchin ebay now for some vs parts...

[HSV5L]

If you need any vq statesman parts let me know the power doors and seats and door trims would look mint i even have the front its all white in vgc but its the vn vp one cheers.

[crabby]

sweet , pm sent

[VS 5.0]

Looks like a good pick up.

Good suggestions CHARGEDVTS....particularly the fan shroud.

BTW..paint the engine covers red.

[VS_Pete_1]

Nice pickup mate

[fuzzy2308]

looks good mate, paint it red

[crabby]

only picked it up wednsday night and havent had a real good goin over till today , i noticed driving it home after getting in and there was a hint of petrol smell in the car . filled it up today and well , it was alot ALOT worse so pulled the tub loner out and lookin at the panel over the tank there were a few holes drilled into it and yep.......some one had drilled straight into the tank....i have now bought some of that knead it that said it does tank repairs ? anyone tried it?

thanx
crabby

[Trayner]

Looks mint mate , welcome to the ute crew !

[Potta9]

only picked it up wednsday night and havent had a real good goin over till today , i noticed driving it home after getting in and there was a hint of petrol smell in the car . filled it up today and well , it was alot ALOT worse so pulled the tub loner out and lookin at the panel over the tank there were a few holes drilled into it and yep.......some one had drilled straight into the tank....i have now bought some of that knead it that said it does tank repairs ? anyone tried it?

thanx
crabby

Nice ute mate quickmetal will fix it no probs

[crabby]

thnx fellas

i bought this as a work ute to lug the welder around but i can see this getting some attention i wasnt planning on lol

should i take the knead it back as i already have it or will it be ok....$20 a tube

[Potta9]

Yeah it Should be ok bud

[HSV5L]

Hey mate did you find the vq cheers travis.

[Drawnnite]

white and chrome colour coding =P

looks good though. cannot wait to see what else is done to this (*hint* taillights *hint* =P )

kepe up the good work

[crabby]

Hey mate did you find the vq cheers travis.

found it travis , will let ya know if i need anything

[HSV5L]

Yep just message me im happy to help with freight cheers Travis

[crabby]

white and chrome colour coding =P

looks good though. cannot wait to see what else is done to this (*hint* taillights *hint* =P )

kepe up the good work

what lights would you be thinking off always open to sudgestions.....first commadore so no idea what swaps with what lol

[crabby]

seeing as it was nice weather over the weekend it was a perfect time to do some painting

so i had some rocket red left over from the 308 i am building for the torana and decided that it was the right color to go with but it was more like i had it already lol

here is the old



and the new






also got rid of the air box

[crabby]

couple of pics of the 308 for the torry

[VS 5.0]

Big improvement on the engine covers...look good.

Plus give us some info on the 308 & the torry...any more pics ????

[HSV5L]

308 looks great. The engine covers look 100 times better