GypsyNz
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- Oct 3, 2011
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- Location
- New Zealand
- Members Ride
- Vy Wagon Ls1 & Vn Wagon
Thought i'd chuck a thread up on this, yes i no it's a wagon but that's me a true wagon nut lol. This is the 3rd one i currently own.....
There's a bit of a funny story with this, a guy bought it a couple of years ago to put in the demo derby. There was a wiring fault at the coil which is how he came to own it, he got that sorted but through circumstances wasn't able to enter it in the derby luckily. I run a wanted add on an auction site over her for these to wreck for bits for my vc project so he got in contact, $300 & it's your's so i thought about it & thought why not. Bought it sight unseen, grabbed a trailer & shot out in the sticks to where it had been under a tree for 2 years. Wished i took some photos of it cause it was that filthy you couldn't even see out the windows on it, chucked it on the trailer & headed home. Stopped & got some gas for it on the way, so got home through a battery in it & away it went mint as.
Got it up the drive & even though the plan was to wreck it it looked that bad i had to wash it & it looked shocking lol - funny thing was under all the crap & spider webs etc was a real clean tidy rust free wagon. So that through a spanner in the works, thought about it but no way i could wreck it so this has turned into project number 2. So at pres i'm cleaning it up & converting it to a 2 seater, will be loosing the outer rear door handles & cleaning up the tailgate as well. Also converting it back to a Vk windscreen & rubber to get rid of the Vl water trap in the front, will update the pics as i go. Just making a template for the ply floor out of carboard at pres.......
There's a bit of a funny story with this, a guy bought it a couple of years ago to put in the demo derby. There was a wiring fault at the coil which is how he came to own it, he got that sorted but through circumstances wasn't able to enter it in the derby luckily. I run a wanted add on an auction site over her for these to wreck for bits for my vc project so he got in contact, $300 & it's your's so i thought about it & thought why not. Bought it sight unseen, grabbed a trailer & shot out in the sticks to where it had been under a tree for 2 years. Wished i took some photos of it cause it was that filthy you couldn't even see out the windows on it, chucked it on the trailer & headed home. Stopped & got some gas for it on the way, so got home through a battery in it & away it went mint as.
Got it up the drive & even though the plan was to wreck it it looked that bad i had to wash it & it looked shocking lol - funny thing was under all the crap & spider webs etc was a real clean tidy rust free wagon. So that through a spanner in the works, thought about it but no way i could wreck it so this has turned into project number 2. So at pres i'm cleaning it up & converting it to a 2 seater, will be loosing the outer rear door handles & cleaning up the tailgate as well. Also converting it back to a Vk windscreen & rubber to get rid of the Vl water trap in the front, will update the pics as i go. Just making a template for the ply floor out of carboard at pres.......