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1vngal

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Ooooh...Nice car. Planning on making a monster out of it like your VP?? :p

Have fun with it Luke....
 

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hey guys! as promised, here's a bit of an update!

the car made it into the shed last monday, and since has had everything foreward of the front doors removed.......

i mean EVERYTHING it's down to a bit of sheet metal :p

The plan over the next week is to stitch weld some of the more important joins, in hope to make the car a bit more rigid once back on the road.

I will also be filling all the un-used holes in the engine bay (holes from gas conversion, different modifications, holes that didn't get used from the factory etc)... so the bay should be pretty smooth bar the holes that are needed :)

I've started sanding a bit already, but there is a good solid weeks work worth of sanding in the engine bay to get it to an acceptable kind of quality... so stay tuned for next weeks update :)

other than sanding and painting and welding, the whole front suspension is getting an overhaul with new bushes and ball joints and all kinds of nice stuff. (along with a coat of subframe black)

.. oh! and a brake upgrade! (vt twin piston)

so stay tuned over the next few weeks, i hope to have this thing back on all fours with rebuilt suspension and new brakes by VERY early next year.

And until next update! here's some pics!
 

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I have noted the VL magazine :), is your shed carpet full of oil yet?
 

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I have noted the VL magazine , is your shed carpet full of oil yet?

hehe the vl magazine is motivation, filled with 9/10 second vl turbos :p

noo oil :p the oil is in containers, where it belongs.... not on the floor!

but the carpet does get dirty due to wet sanding, and all the dirt that came from the guards/suspension etc....

but that's cool, there's always more hard rubbish with new and clean carpet :)
 

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if u find that your getting slack crack open a coldy

hehe that's such bad advice! I cracked a few just before, and i don't think ANY more work will get done for the rest of the night. :p
 

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be good to see this project progress. get stuck into it!
 

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mate thats nice :D and its going to be one tuff car when it has the rb in it =].... cant wait to see what this thing does when your done, if you can put a buick into the 0-100 5 sec mark then im sure you will do wonders with this thing :D:D good luck mate :D
 

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looking very similar to mine a while back, lol.
Can't wait to see what she look's like when its finished
 

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weeeeee more sannnnnding :(
 

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yZoH

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hehe I saw this beast yesterday ^_^ Can't wait....

HeHeHe Easternats =

Lukes Phoenix Turbo VN
HoZys Phoenix Supercharged VN

Cheers
MaT
 
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