VK SL 3800
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Ive been on this forum for a while now so i think its time to share this old girl.
This is my 1971 HG Belmont ute.
Originally a 161 and 3 speed all synchro box.
My dad bought it from a deceased estate in the 80's with only 15,000 miles on the clock. He then drove it everyday until 2002 when he retired it when we bought a new VX commodore.
I got it when i was 10 and learnt to drive around our paddock in it, then when i was 15 in 2007 i convinced my rents to spend a bit of money on it so i could drive it for my Ls, wasn't too hard because they both have a soft spot for the old girl!
Dad decided that the original 161 was a little too gutless, so he bought a reconditioned 186 with unleaded head and put a baby cam in it.
We did up the interior, its no longer original but the vinyl seat were either to cold or to hot so we went with original colored cloth.
I then drove it around through my Ls and then for a couple of months on my Ps. A few minor things started going wrong a couple of weeks after i got my Ps and i was having problems with ######## mates not respecting it when i gave them lifts, i had bought the VK as a project car and i decided that it would make a far better P plate car so i deregistered the Ute and parked it back in the shed and pretty well forgot about it for then next 4 yrs.
Im currently rebuilding the box, and ive just done the brakes because they all seized from sitting.
Got a couple of little things here and there to do but it should be as good as new when im done
Have no idea about this one, it was an old slide:
This is my 1971 HG Belmont ute.
Originally a 161 and 3 speed all synchro box.
My dad bought it from a deceased estate in the 80's with only 15,000 miles on the clock. He then drove it everyday until 2002 when he retired it when we bought a new VX commodore.
I got it when i was 10 and learnt to drive around our paddock in it, then when i was 15 in 2007 i convinced my rents to spend a bit of money on it so i could drive it for my Ls, wasn't too hard because they both have a soft spot for the old girl!
Dad decided that the original 161 was a little too gutless, so he bought a reconditioned 186 with unleaded head and put a baby cam in it.
We did up the interior, its no longer original but the vinyl seat were either to cold or to hot so we went with original colored cloth.
I then drove it around through my Ls and then for a couple of months on my Ps. A few minor things started going wrong a couple of weeks after i got my Ps and i was having problems with ######## mates not respecting it when i gave them lifts, i had bought the VK as a project car and i decided that it would make a far better P plate car so i deregistered the Ute and parked it back in the shed and pretty well forgot about it for then next 4 yrs.
Im currently rebuilding the box, and ive just done the brakes because they all seized from sitting.
Got a couple of little things here and there to do but it should be as good as new when im done
Have no idea about this one, it was an old slide:
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