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  • #3539
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    • 1995 VS Acclaim v6. Soon to be supercharged 1995 VS Executive 5L. 1973 Holden Torana Deluxe

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    Let’s just say I’ve had a better week! Haha.
    Already poured a heap of cash into this. May as well keep going…
    Still trying to work out why the wags won’t run either. Been car less for a fuckin week.

    #3541
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    For sure, agree with keeping going. I wonder what the history of it is, I wouldn’t have thought there would be that much rust. Whats the saying “when you are going through hell, just keep going” :)

    #3546
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    Want this car going again… Really just Wonna fix the Wagon and sell it. Over the hassles of a 5L. I don’t have the Chinese hands to fix. I’m at wits end with it. It’s either gonna burn or gonna be sold.

    #3565
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    To be honest, the only thing I like about it is the note.
    Actually looking at a VY II Senator. Manual. Just over 200 thou k.

    #3590
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    Hi all, to keep Wombles thread cleaner I have created a new topic in the engine section Holden V8 vs LS discussion. Feel free to continue on in there :)

    #3708
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    Updated pic of the rust…
    Told them to fix properly. My back pocket will hate that call!
    Hope it doesn’t cost over 3k in total… haha

    #3721
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    To be honest, the only thing I like about it is the note. Actually looking at a VY II Senator. Manual. Just over 200 thou k.

    Perfect opportunity to put the 5l in the torrie !!

    #3761
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    Fitting the 5L in the torrie will be like fitting an aeroplane motor onto a small re plane.

    #3763
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    Precisely !!

    Anyway, back on topic. Has any more rust been revealed on the VS or is that it ?

    #3769
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    Prob cheaper to buy another vs then to fix that rust….

    #3854
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    Cave, only 500 to fix it properly. Too much time has gone into this car. It’s my first car I bought too. So sentimental value is high for me…

    #4096
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    That seems like a pretty good price Wombles.

    #4105
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    For $500 yes. $3k no

    #4193
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    Went and visited it today. Still a bit to do to her. Can’t wait to get it back, have the wags fixed and sold and a new car.

    #5150
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    Hopefully get this back by the end of the week. It’s gonna have a clean bootlid. Bobtail got damaged and the original bootlid has a nice dint in the middle and the spoiler is warped. So looking into a new bobtail. Or bootlid with the bobtail.. Would rather genuine over the aftermarket.

    #5188
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    I had to swap my boot lid, so went and scored one off a car that never had the spoiler.  The spoilers are so heavy that people close them fairly hard and the weight of the spoiler distorts the boot a little over time.  Doesn’t matter what you do the imperfection is still there.  As I say i just scored a straight one off a car with no wing, drilled the holes, had the boot lid painted then fitted it :)

    #5224
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    Bobtail weighs nothing. So that won’t bother it. Supposibly this bootlid had no holes in it so it’s a clean, straight lid. I don’t like that it has no bobtail. .

    #5226
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    Sorry mate I’m a bit confused, the pics at the start of your thread show a rear wing like mine, mine isn’t light. But maybe you are referring to something else as a bobtail?

    #5352
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    Sorry, I probably didn’t mention it along the lines, but I wanted to swap to a bootlid with bobtail. So bought a second hand bootlid with bobtail. When it arrived, it turned out to be damaged. So told the painted to paint the old bootlid. But luck was on my side and the bootlid and spoiler were both damaged. So they used the bobtail bootlid. That supposibly have no mounting holes. Am now on the lookout for a genuine bobtail.

    #5373
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    <p style=”text-align: left;”>Have you looked what its like under the front screen as well?</p>

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