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Morton's blue VN Executive

Morton

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So here we go again. A new (old) car (shitbox).

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THE CAR:

1989 VN Executive sedan
V6 Manual
Calais mockup (ughhh)
Lowered, abused, dirty, broken...
Shitbox.
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THE COST:

1x gearbox
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THE PLAN:

Outright rally thrashcar.
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Pictures to follow as soon as my camera recharges.

Wish me luck.




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TARBO


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yZoH

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Looking forward to seeing this tomorrow, Should be some fun.

Cheers
Mat
 

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this should be interesting.. subscribed !!
 
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The general idea is as follows:

A sturdy, reliable rally car for me to learn in, and for mates to have time trials in. Strengthened chassis and suspension mounting points, good dirt suspension setup, and lots of night time driving lights :)

Have some pics. This is the starting point of the old girl - long ways to go yet :)

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Not bad for next to nothing.

Plan is to transplant my VQ Statesman interior + seats + roof lining in place of the busted mis-matched rubbish in there now.

QUESTION: Does anyone know whereabouts in the VN/VP/VR range an engine number VH1183998 would have fallen? I'm guessing it's not around 1989 when this car was made :)

More pics tomorrow as I break out the spanners and tear it apart.
 

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Can I also point out that I DO NOT approve of that HIDEOUS statesman rear end :p

Not one bit!!
 

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Hey mate, looks good, 89 models didn't have the S2 engine lucky its got that in it, there so much easier to work with, Not sure where it would come in on the year but its not the original haha like the majority of them. good luck with it cant wait for the updates.
 

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Engine is end of Feb 1991 with a serial number car of approx L492591
 

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Get out your heat gun and start ripping out that sound deadener, No excuses, I know your good for it lol

Or you could try the dry ice way of removing it?
Looks like it has vn ss's so thats a good base since there 7" wide :D....... Cant wait to see how awesome this thread becomes :)
 

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Here we go again...
 

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