GypsyNz
Member
- Joined
- Oct 3, 2011
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- 147
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- Age
- 53
- Location
- New Zealand
- Members Ride
- Vy Wagon Ls1 & Vn Wagon
Thought i might as well throw up a thread on my Vn Wagon - Had it for about 8 months now, found it sitting on a guys front lawn where it'd sat for 2 years after he got a company car. Cost me a fair whack of coin as the guy didnt want to part with it but i was determined lol.
Being a 6 seater column change one it was exactly what i wanted, guy had spent a bit of coin on lowered suspension & some ugly 17's otherwise she was pretty standard.
Took it in for a warrant of fitness check which it passed 1st pop so i new then i'd found a good one, didnt plan on doing anything major to it but things kind of evolved over the last few months. Think i've had 4 or 5 sets of alloys on it, had a vr clubby style front kit on her for a while to.
Put a cold air intake on the 3.8 & a set of headers & full 3 inch system that really woke the old girl up but that caused the trans to crap itself so that's when things kinda got a bit carried away.
Pulled the motor n trans out & thought id flick some paint in the engine bay whilst it was out, that meant the engine needed painted but would need gaskets done. Got offered a 3.8 out of a rat rod at a good price with lower k's so ended up buying that painting it up & chucking that in, had all new gaskets so made life easy as & goes a lot better than the original....
Whilst all that was going on a got a vr wagon in to wreck with a mint front so thought id have a crack at swapping that over which worked well, easy as to change over, had a genuine hsv plastic front bumper & grille to go on then i got offered the Statesman so that's where shes at now getting all converted over.
I've got a full new interior in the shed to go in her to, recovered seats roof lining & carpets...
Well i'll chuck up some pics of when i 1st bought her then some along the way till now......
Being a 6 seater column change one it was exactly what i wanted, guy had spent a bit of coin on lowered suspension & some ugly 17's otherwise she was pretty standard.
Took it in for a warrant of fitness check which it passed 1st pop so i new then i'd found a good one, didnt plan on doing anything major to it but things kind of evolved over the last few months. Think i've had 4 or 5 sets of alloys on it, had a vr clubby style front kit on her for a while to.
Put a cold air intake on the 3.8 & a set of headers & full 3 inch system that really woke the old girl up but that caused the trans to crap itself so that's when things kinda got a bit carried away.
Pulled the motor n trans out & thought id flick some paint in the engine bay whilst it was out, that meant the engine needed painted but would need gaskets done. Got offered a 3.8 out of a rat rod at a good price with lower k's so ended up buying that painting it up & chucking that in, had all new gaskets so made life easy as & goes a lot better than the original....
Whilst all that was going on a got a vr wagon in to wreck with a mint front so thought id have a crack at swapping that over which worked well, easy as to change over, had a genuine hsv plastic front bumper & grille to go on then i got offered the Statesman so that's where shes at now getting all converted over.
I've got a full new interior in the shed to go in her to, recovered seats roof lining & carpets...
Well i'll chuck up some pics of when i 1st bought her then some along the way till now......