My VN Wagon, 1991

[Insomniacs Dream]

My VN Wagon, 1989

OK so here's the story:

I've had My P's for about 2-3 months and do not have my own car yet. As my Dad has a shameful amount of cars I was driving one of his (VL Exec). We share the VL Exec now and until recently had a VN Wagon which was his daily before the VL, sitting in the yard.

So after sharing the VL for a while, I decided to ask for the Keys for the VN wagon as a project car.

So at the moment its been vacuumed and washed (2 years of sitting) and has come up pretty good, straight body and barely any rust.

A Few things in the future:

- Continue Cleaning
- He says may have Axle problem but doesn't know if he fixed it or not before parking it.
- Engine has not had a proper run in 2 years and may have a few issues.
- A bit of other obligatory **** like door jam seals, battery, tires and a bit more crap like that.
- R/H headlight has blown..
- Tires - Maybe Rims too...
- New carpet in back
- Venetians
- SL Springs cause it looks like a 4WD
- CD/DVD player or double din Carputer install.

Car is in good nick, only done 197,000.

 

[doyab]

Sounds like a plan.

 

[Insomniacs Dream]

Oh it is mate, as soon as i get my money together I'm going to start some work on this thing, Hopefully get a bit more involved with JC and come on a few cruises with you guys and your beautiful cars.

 

[Peter89]

post some pics up. will allow us to see the whole build up.

 

[Insomniacs Dream]

Bit of an update

OK so over the last week or so the wagon has been in the shed getting a bit of work done.

So far I've done:

- A rough clean all over
- All door cards pulled off and window winders fixed, lubricated and door hinges lubricated. Also fixed door opening latch which was not opening the door
- Rust in tailgate chipped off, treated, bogged and then sprayed (still needs window in)
- Replaced storage areas wooden floor, washed carpet
- Had a look at how badly the battery support is rusted and the best way to fix it.
- Cleaned some surface rust off bonnet from stone chips and from door jams.
- Fixed fuel pump which was not working, turns out it had a gummed up impeller

That's about it for now, some of the next things to do will be to put the rear window back in and seal it, put all of the door cards back in properly, fix the battery support, replace head unit garnish as Dad broke the last one (all is forgiven as he is invaluable on a project like this being a spray painter/panel beater) , check out brakes/engine/gearbox and then polish and wax for a roadie.

Here's a few pics.

The Paint is blended very well and will be even better after a proper polish.

 

[Insomniacs Dream]

Some more Pics:

Now with 'ceptors and Chrome caps and nuts

 

[NEDWOB]

getting there and good to meet you today.
with the small parts id say wreckers is your best bet if you need any more things let me know i may have them lying around somewhere.
im doing a huge clean out atm, so i could have some more things your after

 

[Insomniacs Dream]

Thanks mate, nice to meet you too and sorry we couldn't hang around to chat a little bit longer. I really appreciate the headlights, they will come up good and thanks again for the wheels. and yeah for sure, let me know if your going to be throwing some VN wagon parts out cause I'm always interested.

 

[NEDWOB]

i habe 2 spare front gaurds here in my nice blue and so on, free of charge to you

 

[Insomniacs Dream]

Thanks heaps for the offer mate, appreciate it but at the moment i have pretty decent guards and don't really have any room for spares. Thanks for the offer but i reckon some of the other guys would benefit more from them