drewVHSS
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- '83 VH SS, '79 Green VB SL '92 S2 VQ Caprice
DrewVHSS's 1979 Malachite Green VB SL Commodore
I've been on here a while now and a few of you guy's have already seen my VH SS at the last Bathurst cruise so I thought now i've got the Green VB registered and on the road as my daily that I'd make a thread on it.
I bought it earlier this year at Rutherford next to the Caltex Servo.
I'd driven past it sitting parked up in the prev owners front yard for over a year and the more i saw it, the more i wanted it. Probably only because i'd never seen one in this colour for years.
$800 got me a completely unmolested car, right down to the still working factory harrison Air-Con and still working factory AM radio.
202 Red 6
Traumatic
3.08:1 Open centre drum rear
Manual Steer
It needed two strut tops to pass rego i was told... yeah right!
Two strut tops later, panhard bar bushes, upper trailing arms, re-wire heater/demister, replace exhaust manifold gasket and file out all the pitted holes on the exhaust manifold to make it seal and she finally passed a blue slip.
I decided if i wanted a cheaper car to run for work, I had to have another early girl commodore (the SS is still my playtoy!)
Car is still near stock so far, each weekend I've been doing little bits and pieces to tidy it up, so far:
Replaced the carpet (old one full of holes and can't stand that baby crap yellow!)
Chucked a cheap sports wheel on it (original had gone soft and i got sick of hitting my knees on it every time i got in the car)
Future mods:
Drop in all the VL running gear from my old VL i wrecked a few months ago.
Re-trim the interior
Tint
Not sure what dash i want to use yet, either redo the vb dash or put in a VK dash.
Get around to sorting out the paint and body work
Lower it
Definately get rid of that AM Radio and put some decent sound in!
Before anyone has a go at me about the upcoming RB30 conversion, i thought about it long and hard and decided: I have a V8 already but the SS has suffered at the hands of ppl who park next to me....., so I wanted a cheaper to run car just for work and running about that I wont get heartbroken everytime some moron backs into it! The VL running gear cost me nothing and it's better than spending money to mod what's already in the VB.
My old VL has donated a great rb30 motor and box for the vb with genie extractors, 2" sports exhaust, reco head, 3.45:1 LSD Disc rear, Power steering (the VB's a bit hard to park with it's manual rack) and lowered hd suspension.
The disc rear will be going in this weekend along with a 1" master and maybe if i have time VLT front rotors and calipers i've had sitting in a box for ages.
I've been on here a while now and a few of you guy's have already seen my VH SS at the last Bathurst cruise so I thought now i've got the Green VB registered and on the road as my daily that I'd make a thread on it.
I bought it earlier this year at Rutherford next to the Caltex Servo.
I'd driven past it sitting parked up in the prev owners front yard for over a year and the more i saw it, the more i wanted it. Probably only because i'd never seen one in this colour for years.
$800 got me a completely unmolested car, right down to the still working factory harrison Air-Con and still working factory AM radio.
202 Red 6
Traumatic
3.08:1 Open centre drum rear
Manual Steer
It needed two strut tops to pass rego i was told... yeah right!
Two strut tops later, panhard bar bushes, upper trailing arms, re-wire heater/demister, replace exhaust manifold gasket and file out all the pitted holes on the exhaust manifold to make it seal and she finally passed a blue slip.
I decided if i wanted a cheaper car to run for work, I had to have another early girl commodore (the SS is still my playtoy!)
Car is still near stock so far, each weekend I've been doing little bits and pieces to tidy it up, so far:
Replaced the carpet (old one full of holes and can't stand that baby crap yellow!)
Chucked a cheap sports wheel on it (original had gone soft and i got sick of hitting my knees on it every time i got in the car)
Future mods:
Drop in all the VL running gear from my old VL i wrecked a few months ago.
Re-trim the interior
Tint
Not sure what dash i want to use yet, either redo the vb dash or put in a VK dash.
Get around to sorting out the paint and body work
Lower it
Definately get rid of that AM Radio and put some decent sound in!
Before anyone has a go at me about the upcoming RB30 conversion, i thought about it long and hard and decided: I have a V8 already but the SS has suffered at the hands of ppl who park next to me....., so I wanted a cheaper to run car just for work and running about that I wont get heartbroken everytime some moron backs into it! The VL running gear cost me nothing and it's better than spending money to mod what's already in the VB.
My old VL has donated a great rb30 motor and box for the vb with genie extractors, 2" sports exhaust, reco head, 3.45:1 LSD Disc rear, Power steering (the VB's a bit hard to park with it's manual rack) and lowered hd suspension.
The disc rear will be going in this weekend along with a 1" master and maybe if i have time VLT front rotors and calipers i've had sitting in a box for ages.
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