Losh's VR Ute build thread

[Fu Manchu]

I’m wishing the best outcome possible, you suddenly find a donor car or better still, a 5ltr ute. Then keep as many parts as you can so if something happens, it’s all there. Doors. Bumper support, trims etc.

Definitely talk to the car.

 

[Skydrol]

There was also another video I can’t find where some aussie was using a chain and tractor to do a series of short sharp pull on the front bar to straighten things out

Then there is @Fu Manchu‘s post which contains a couple of videos on a later model commodore home repair here

Be inspired... be very inspired

I straigtened a Pontiac Grand Am in the same way. I told the owner that might not look pretty but will be driveable. Tied the car to a big tree and gave it a couple of tugs, pulled the front end out.

 

[losh1971]

I straigtened a Pontiac Grand Am in the same way. I told the owner that might not look pretty but will be driveable. Tied the car to a big tree and gave it a couple of tugs, pulled the front end out.

Did you just chain it and jolt it in reverse, with some slack in the chain?

 

[Chuckmeister]

Did you just chain it and jolt it in reverse, with some slack in the chain?

Geez this brings back memories of working in a panel shop in my early 20's (30 years ago ) where my boss pushed a 4wd that had been stoved in the front end...chaining it to a timber power pole and doing just that. Its a good way of getting out the bulk of a major accident. I'm just glad the pole never came down lol Obvious refinements happened in the shop

 

[Deuce]

don't forget to do burnouts n silly stuff for the fond memories.

How many threads have you gone looking for burnouts in?

 

[Immortality]

I straigtened a Pontiac Grand Am in the same way. I told the owner that might not look pretty but will be driveable. Tied the car to a big tree and gave it a couple of tugs, pulled the front end out.

LOL, my old man did the same with an old Ford Cortina that had a minor nose to tail prang.

 

[Skydrol]

Did you just chain it and jolt it in reverse, with some slack in the chain?

Technically yes, however, use comon sense. Try a few tugs and increase a bit at the time. However, if you floor it and drop it in gear and you leave the front end chained to the tree and the tray across the street, post some photos.

PS. Use the base of the tree and find the biggest one, a bush will not do it.

Again, the use of common sense is paramount.

 

[Skydrol]

LOL, my old man did the same with an old Ford Cortina that had a minor nose to tail prang.

And that is the true definition of a shade tree mechanic

 

[Fu Manchu]

 

[Skylarking]

^ that’s the YouTube video i couldn’t find as mentioned earlier

Rob makes it look easy