RACE5L
Solid cammed
Been a while since posting a ride on here, so here goes 
After owning a few VH's it was time to find a 2tone blue over silver factory 5L 382 pack. I had been hunting on and off for over 2yrs but never found one close enough to good enough, especially for the prices being asked in Sydney for rough examples.
One afternoon whilst waiting for an eBay auction to end on an SLX, I was hunting on gumtree when this one come up in the side suggestions near Adelaide. After making a quick phone call to make sure colour and 5L were legit, a deposit was made and within half an hour the towcar was packed with a mattress and all equipment needed to do a 3,000km round trip, and a trailer was picked up, and I was ready to leave Sydney. One little issue, that SLX was won on eBay, so I picked it up and dropped it home before heading off.
I left Sydney on Sunday at about 1.30pm and picked up my 13yo son on the way so he could experience the road trip. We got to SA around 1am with 3 fuel stops at Wagga Wagga/Hay/Mildura and tried to sleep in the car. Due to light rain, this was not going to work for long as the car got low on oxygen pretty quick, so we stopped for an hour there, and stopped for another hour just before arriving in Mannum SA. I was stressing about being there on time, but didn't factor in the time difference, so we were and hour early. The car was as advertised, started and drove which made things easy, so it was paid for, test driven, and strapped down within half an hour and we were on the return journey. We made it home at 11.30pm Monday night with pretty much the same fuel stops with the vow of never attempting 3,000kms with one driver in 34hrs again lol.
Here's a pic from Sedan South Australia
The guy I bought it off had owned it for 12yrs as the second owner. During this time, he had it resprayed, worked the engine, removed the air con and swapped the traumatic for a Supra 5speed. The interior was a little tired but fixable and the tint was starting to lift. The plan is to restore it to factory spec and fit a set of rims with the only deviation being options available via Brock in the day. More pics to come, here is one of the first resto purchase
Pics from original ad:
After owning a few VH's it was time to find a 2tone blue over silver factory 5L 382 pack. I had been hunting on and off for over 2yrs but never found one close enough to good enough, especially for the prices being asked in Sydney for rough examples.
One afternoon whilst waiting for an eBay auction to end on an SLX, I was hunting on gumtree when this one come up in the side suggestions near Adelaide. After making a quick phone call to make sure colour and 5L were legit, a deposit was made and within half an hour the towcar was packed with a mattress and all equipment needed to do a 3,000km round trip, and a trailer was picked up, and I was ready to leave Sydney. One little issue, that SLX was won on eBay, so I picked it up and dropped it home before heading off.
I left Sydney on Sunday at about 1.30pm and picked up my 13yo son on the way so he could experience the road trip. We got to SA around 1am with 3 fuel stops at Wagga Wagga/Hay/Mildura and tried to sleep in the car. Due to light rain, this was not going to work for long as the car got low on oxygen pretty quick, so we stopped for an hour there, and stopped for another hour just before arriving in Mannum SA. I was stressing about being there on time, but didn't factor in the time difference, so we were and hour early. The car was as advertised, started and drove which made things easy, so it was paid for, test driven, and strapped down within half an hour and we were on the return journey. We made it home at 11.30pm Monday night with pretty much the same fuel stops with the vow of never attempting 3,000kms with one driver in 34hrs again lol.
Here's a pic from Sedan South Australia
The guy I bought it off had owned it for 12yrs as the second owner. During this time, he had it resprayed, worked the engine, removed the air con and swapped the traumatic for a Supra 5speed. The interior was a little tired but fixable and the tint was starting to lift. The plan is to restore it to factory spec and fit a set of rims with the only deviation being options available via Brock in the day. More pics to come, here is one of the first resto purchase
Pics from original ad:
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