VR Senator with LSx454

[firebugParticipant Newcastle NSWL67 Gemini & Pathfinder Ti 550 View build HERE Member since: May 7, 2015 Posts: 89]

That paint has so much depth!

Nothing ruins your Friday more than realising it's only Tuesday...

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Heron SSV wrote:

That’s so flat, the shine is insane

Thanks, I kid you not, if you look down the side of it in real life, it’s perfect, and I mean it.  Frank took 7 months to paint it, and that was a car that was basically dent free and no rust.  At the time I thought it was overkill, but here we are more than 5 years later and its still mint.  I don’t want to jinx myself, but feel like I am finally getting back on top of it.

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[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Had a day off today, wanted to do a few little things before displaying it at Holden’s Back Home tomorrow at Peter Page Holden.  (anyone in SA if you are there drop by the car and say g’day)

Fitted the bonnet vents, I think they look sweet, the cut outs I had done in the under bonnet protector dont stand out as much as the pic.  I fitted the new washer nozzles to the bonnet, what a pita, basically they don’t fit.  In the end I had to cut off the nozzle part on the inside to get them in there.  At some stage I will try and score some genuine ones.  Also for some reason recently the wiper/indicator fuse 14, was blowing.  Did a bit of investigating and when I pulled the plug out of the wiper motor no issue.  So the wiper motor was cactus, so quick trip to a wrecker and that’s all working again.

So its all looking purdy and ready to go.  For anyone not in SA the weather is horrendous out there.  If there is a break in it I plan on taking it down tonight, but I may have to wait until morning not sure.  Not too happy about driving it potentially on wet roads but I have to get it there somehow and no way I am trailering it.  Fingers crossed.

 

[Vsl98Participant Victoriavs ute with l98 and 4l60e View build HERE Member since: September 10, 2018 Posts: 63]

Thats sex on wheels, it would be a lot of fun to drive on a wet road

Vsl98

[cava454Moderator 93 VR BT1 View build HERE Member since: February 20, 2015 Posts: 2 390]

Nice work Gary. How does the vents perform.

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Dropped it off tonight. Won’t lie was driving it very sedately.  Not sure about the vents yet Cav, but it has to help.

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

What a great show.  Super happy with how the car presented.  But also ran, started etc flawlessly.  After the event was a long slow cruise up to Holden’s factory and through, temps, pressures etc perfect the whole time.  Then on the way home gave it a couple of hits on a quiet road on the way home.  Holy shit it literally smokes them endlessly without going over 4,000 rpm.  Its just crazy fast.  Love it.  Also picked up the trophy for best second gen. Loving it.

[Judge1 FrazerParticipant new zealand1983 VB LSA MG9 6060 6 speed View build HERE Member since: February 5, 2016 Posts: 775]

That’s awesome Gary bet you had a smile when they were smoking

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Yea sure did, it’s totally unusable and ridiculous on the street. Just what I wanted 

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

I really enjoyed my self at HbH. So whilst there I decided to finally get off my butt and formally join the Commodores and Classic Holden Enthusiasts (CACHE) car club. I would like to start doing some club cruises, meeting, etc, and they seem like a genuinely nice group of fellow enthusiasts. Turns out they are doing a display of some club cars at the Extreme Auto Expo in November so I am going to display the old girl inside. Never actually been part of a formal display before so should be fun

[sands vsParticipant vs commodore View build HERE Member since: March 1, 2015 Posts: 619]

Got any close up pics where you can see the intake better in the bonnet?

 

Any of the data shows you what intake temps are?

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[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Will try to get some on the weekend.  Tbh no I didn’t think to actually see what the intake temps were before.  I can say that before after a while if I lifted the bonnet it was hot as hell under there.  It’s way better now, but I appreciate that not a very scientific measurement unit

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Thought I would bring the old girl into work, which is about a 45 minute drive.  Ran like a dream even in the heavy traffic.  Only downside was it was full-on sunshine when I left home, and then it turned a little foggy/misty.  Eng temps rock-solid, oil pressure great bla bla, zero issues.  Happy days!!

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Happiness is a new shed!!  This got delivered today, they start erecting tomorrow

Hopefully if my drafter was any good it should end up looking like this;

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Happy Erection day! 

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Any day with an erection is a positive at my age

[Judge1 FrazerParticipant new zealand1983 VB LSA MG9 6060 6 speed View build HERE Member since: February 5, 2016 Posts: 775]

How big Gary …………..the shed not the erection

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

18m X 6m

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Suesy and I were just chatting .this will give me room for 8 cars in garages, 3 under carports, and 4 outside 

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

VRSenator065 wrote:

Any day with an erection is a positive at my age

I’m older, I bought a house with a pre-existing big shed 

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