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My Mongrel Vp ute

The_Monk

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Hi y'all

I figured i'd been bothering people on here long enough that i might as well post up some pics/info on my vp abomination.

In the story that follows you will see why i call it a mongrel :p

I first got the car in '05 as a column shift auto, brown vinyl equipped, high top canopied vp ute which was passed onto me by my dad when my old magna decided to be a magna and stop forever.

Step 1 was to get rid of the hideous canopy.

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Then I bought myself a $300 VP S pack and gutted it, stealing a swarm of parts to try and get rid of the base model crap. Put the FE2 in and the interior, also converted it to floorshift at the same time.

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Got myself some wheels that didnt look like they fell out of a scrap metal bin and she actually started to clean up alright.

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Then due do engine explosion it got parked in the shed, sourced a motor and a manual conversion and what should have been a couple of weekend job turned into 11 months of changing ideas, frustration, laziness and lack of motivation.

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Eventually with dad threatening to sell my beloved bitsa if i didnt finish it, it emerged as a multi-coloured mongrel with a vs front composed of many different commodores and no longer on gas.

This is after a brief run in with my good friends at the gisborne TMU <_<:(

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And now after all this time, a project that will never be finished.

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Mod list as it currently sits:

Engine: Buick 3.8 V6
-Ported Heads
-Reground cam
-SC14 Charger around 3-4 psi (.2-.3bar depending on the day)
-Monza FMIC (getting fitted this weekend)

Driveline: T5 5 speed, VS 3.08 LSD

Interior:
-VP Calais trims
-VQ Stato Seats
-VP S pack dash + console
-Electric windows and mirrors

Brakes:
-VT Twin piston brake conversion
-DBA Gold cross drilled + slotted rotors

Exterior:
-VS Calais front
-Hard lid
-VE SSV rims
-Colour coded bumpers

Suspension:
-VP S FE2
-Monroe Shockers

I'm sure there is more i've forgotten and more still to do!

Future plans at the moment are to fit all the things i have sitting here:

-VS SS lip + skirts
-Climate control
-Cruise control

etc etc etc.
 

Turd Ferguson

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Troy approves, of everything except the VR front.
 

Morton

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OMG - you deleted the column shift?!?! :eek:

Otherwise, awesome work - very tidy :)
 

STEALTHY™

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Awesome work getting rid of the column shift lol


Needs more pics, like interior finished etc.
 

Renno

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Looks like quite a bit of time and money has been spent on this ute!

Looks good mate, but please for gods sake clean the engine bay!
 

The_Monk

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I hated the column shift with a passion :p

I'll get some more pics soon.

Oh and clean the engine bay isnt a big priority, thinking about a 5L for it at the moment, got one lined up cheap so the bay will get cleaned up when the motor is out.
 

Ado

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Bout bloody time .
 
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The_Monk

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So i bought my ute a friend,

A FRIEND THAT WILL BE RAPED AND STRIPPED because my ute is actually a vicious cannibal. :p

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Should be fun in the ute :D
 
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