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- 1995 VS Berlina Wagon
Hey guys, here is my Berlina Wagon which is a daily project (Well hopefully will be). Bought it for $750 last week.
Make: Holden
Model: 1995 VS Berlina S/W
The Good:
Still trying to find it.
The Bad:
Interceptors are flaking back to bare metal.
Car has a few small dents here and there.
Front end panels appear to be warped slightly, matches the damage to my VS Exec when I hit the front of my house.
Speedo needle light appears to be blown.
Cargo area has wheel-bay gas tank, sits above floor level currently has MDF over it with carpet ontop.
Passengers seat has cig burns.
Engine runs rough on gas and wont even run on petrol.
Exhaust is spitting what appears to be unburnt liquid gas but could be petrol. (No idea here)
Exhaust weld to muffler appears to have rusted away.
Tow bracket welded to chassi (Why in quacks name would you?)
Appears to be mildly lowered but i'm leaning toward cut springs by the way it drives.
All power windows have 1 issue of another.
Front windows push door panel out when wound fully up.
Rear windows struggle to go down and up.
Antenna motor sounds like it's missing a few teeth
Climate control has a mind of it's own, when turned off it was heating half way home and than decided I was hot so put A/C on.
Clear front and side indicators using white globes (Illegal to have clear lenses without orange globes under ADR)
50% of the inner lining screws are missing, rattles more than a bloody rattle snake.
Chrome trim is peeling (The quack?)
Steering alignment is almost non existent
Wiring loom has been spliced seriously badly. (I think my German shepherd could do better)
Front speakers sound like the cone is split.
Transmission shifts are rough
Ok I could go on forever and I haven't even stripped it yet so I'll stop here and update as I go along.
My plans:
major-
Find out what it needs for RWC
Find out why it's running like ****
Reweld exhaust for now
angle grind the tow bracket off the chassi so it can pass RWC
Swap white globes for orange globes, replace rear tail lights with clear
Steering realignment
Rewire the wiring loom with solders and heat shrink.
important-
Transmission service
Replace antenna motor
Check wiring loom for shorts in the climate control
reinstall power window motors or establish why they're pushing the door inserts out.
replace rear power window motors
replace needle light
put in all the missing screws
In the future-
Repair damage to sides. (Not major, just a few golf ball sized dents that are too sharp to use suction)
Replace front end. (Bumper, Left/right guards, hood)
Senator body kit
SL's all round
Live axle LSD
Checkered steel cargo bay floor lining that also goes up and over the spare wheel. (On hinges to wheel and gas for easy access)
Respray in Gun Metal Gray or Alto Grey
respray interceptors in GM Silver and have the lip polished
Custom red & black leather interior. (May end up with red & black SS interior)
Black leather wrapped dash & center
Alpine ICS-X7 2-din H/U
Alpine Type-R SPR-60C 6.5" 2-way component fronts
Alpine DDL R170S 2-way component rears
Alpine Type-R SWR-1202 12" subwoofer x4
I'll let who ever I get to install it to worry about the amps etc
Custom single piece 25mm MDF enclosure (I'll make this myself) I really don't want to carpet it so I'm thinking I'll wrap it with fiberglass and mould it to sort of fit around the speakers like a glove, the Amp & cap area will be red L.E.D lit with a perspex front. I'll be attempting to custom design some quick release clips for the audio cable connections as well as quick release clips for the enclosure itself as I'll want to be able to remove it easily as I enjoy outdoors stuff like camping and I'll need to remove the subs easily to put camping gear in the back. Amps to power the front and rear comp speakers will probably end up somewhere under the rear seats if I can get enough ventilation in there.
It's a huge job to get this car exactly the way I want it and the moment i'm off my P's it'll end up a 308 stroked if the chassi will handle it but none of this will go ahead if it's going to cost me too much to prep it for RWC, it'll end up a parts car for my next car if i can't afford to RWC it. The entire project will never end but for just what I'v listed here I estimate 12-24 months
Please note I'm not one of those dumbasses who goes purely for looks, I also want to do performance but being my first gas car I need to look further into what I can actually do with it. If anyone has experience with performance dual fuel on the L36/ecotec motors tips and pointers are appreciated.
Imgur photo album (Images were too large to upload)
Make: Holden
Model: 1995 VS Berlina S/W
The Good:
Still trying to find it.
The Bad:
Interceptors are flaking back to bare metal.
Car has a few small dents here and there.
Front end panels appear to be warped slightly, matches the damage to my VS Exec when I hit the front of my house.
Speedo needle light appears to be blown.
Cargo area has wheel-bay gas tank, sits above floor level currently has MDF over it with carpet ontop.
Passengers seat has cig burns.
Engine runs rough on gas and wont even run on petrol.
Exhaust is spitting what appears to be unburnt liquid gas but could be petrol. (No idea here)
Exhaust weld to muffler appears to have rusted away.
Tow bracket welded to chassi (Why in quacks name would you?)
Appears to be mildly lowered but i'm leaning toward cut springs by the way it drives.
All power windows have 1 issue of another.
Front windows push door panel out when wound fully up.
Rear windows struggle to go down and up.
Antenna motor sounds like it's missing a few teeth
Climate control has a mind of it's own, when turned off it was heating half way home and than decided I was hot so put A/C on.
Clear front and side indicators using white globes (Illegal to have clear lenses without orange globes under ADR)
50% of the inner lining screws are missing, rattles more than a bloody rattle snake.
Chrome trim is peeling (The quack?)
Steering alignment is almost non existent
Wiring loom has been spliced seriously badly. (I think my German shepherd could do better)
Front speakers sound like the cone is split.
Transmission shifts are rough
Ok I could go on forever and I haven't even stripped it yet so I'll stop here and update as I go along.
My plans:
major-
Find out what it needs for RWC
Find out why it's running like ****
Reweld exhaust for now
angle grind the tow bracket off the chassi so it can pass RWC
Swap white globes for orange globes, replace rear tail lights with clear
Steering realignment
Rewire the wiring loom with solders and heat shrink.
important-
Transmission service
Replace antenna motor
Check wiring loom for shorts in the climate control
reinstall power window motors or establish why they're pushing the door inserts out.
replace rear power window motors
replace needle light
put in all the missing screws
In the future-
Repair damage to sides. (Not major, just a few golf ball sized dents that are too sharp to use suction)
Replace front end. (Bumper, Left/right guards, hood)
Senator body kit
SL's all round
Live axle LSD
Checkered steel cargo bay floor lining that also goes up and over the spare wheel. (On hinges to wheel and gas for easy access)
Respray in Gun Metal Gray or Alto Grey
respray interceptors in GM Silver and have the lip polished
Custom red & black leather interior. (May end up with red & black SS interior)
Black leather wrapped dash & center
Alpine ICS-X7 2-din H/U
Alpine Type-R SPR-60C 6.5" 2-way component fronts
Alpine DDL R170S 2-way component rears
Alpine Type-R SWR-1202 12" subwoofer x4
I'll let who ever I get to install it to worry about the amps etc
Custom single piece 25mm MDF enclosure (I'll make this myself) I really don't want to carpet it so I'm thinking I'll wrap it with fiberglass and mould it to sort of fit around the speakers like a glove, the Amp & cap area will be red L.E.D lit with a perspex front. I'll be attempting to custom design some quick release clips for the audio cable connections as well as quick release clips for the enclosure itself as I'll want to be able to remove it easily as I enjoy outdoors stuff like camping and I'll need to remove the subs easily to put camping gear in the back. Amps to power the front and rear comp speakers will probably end up somewhere under the rear seats if I can get enough ventilation in there.
It's a huge job to get this car exactly the way I want it and the moment i'm off my P's it'll end up a 308 stroked if the chassi will handle it but none of this will go ahead if it's going to cost me too much to prep it for RWC, it'll end up a parts car for my next car if i can't afford to RWC it. The entire project will never end but for just what I'v listed here I estimate 12-24 months
Please note I'm not one of those dumbasses who goes purely for looks, I also want to do performance but being my first gas car I need to look further into what I can actually do with it. If anyone has experience with performance dual fuel on the L36/ecotec motors tips and pointers are appreciated.
Imgur photo album (Images were too large to upload)
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