CommodoresPlus

Well i managed to sneak this through for one wof so putting some k’s on it, shes going quite well. Lot cheaper to run than the caprice ive found. Had a Vx commodore pop up the other day with a blown bottom end, bloody tidy car ill be fixing & reselling. Bonus was & the reason i snapped it up was the 6 month old alloys on it, so the wags has…[Read more]

Cheers bud big help there much appreciated, shows the powers that be have gone mad but has to be done so ill get that sorted at some stage soon

Yeah we’ll loose the war paint & gloss her up, just found 2 parts cars in the last week so will be using all the best bits on this. Started bare metaling a new bonnet for her today

Did he confirm the need for the 2nd one on the rear half of the driveshaft? I’ve put one 5mm thick one behind the standard one, just seems overkill on the next one….

We now have Twins   Swapped my vt wagon for it, 97 series 2 5.0 caprice. Will get both painted up the same eventually, wagons now parked up for a bit so i can go through her. Picked up a 93 Vr Statesman with a bent bonnet for parts for these 2 if i ever need anything, statesmans over here in the vr vs range are very thin on the ground. H…[Read more]

Let me no what your cert guy says, its madness as far as im concerned to. Like you say we’ll have to reinforce the rrear floor pan & get a loop custom made it wont be cheap – looking into cert costs i think by the looks that’s $530. Buggers are robbing us blind haha, glad i’ve got a wof on this till the end of january i’m driving the wheels off…[Read more]

Apparenty some tool in a skyline broke the rear half of his 2 piece shaft & because of that you have to run 2 now. I’ve checked into it here in Christchurch & thats what they want, dont no how i’m going to do that yet ill have to get something custom made. One piece shafts out because of the handbrake cable, as for the front your dead right they…[Read more]

This was column change just with the v8 the trans bellhousing gave no room for the linkages so i bought the b&m shifter & fitted that – tight fit with the bench seat but it works

Well shes been a fight but as of today shes driveable at last, had to drive across town with a straight pipe to get to the exhaust shop. Only passed one cop & he had his window up heading in the opposite direction so i was lucky haha.

Had her out for a run the other day & found the exhaust was strangling her so had to be sorted, found the power…[Read more]

It is stupid but the powers that be over here now require 2 safety loops, cant see a 5.0 ever snapping a shaft but yeah has to be done to get it legal

Well shes alive & well, motor sounds healthy as to. Long ways to go yet as updating the brakes & just going through the whole wagon – got to put 2 driveshaft safety loops on it to get it certified over here which is stupid & a pain in the but. Apart from that wont be hard to get certified, got the B&M shifter roughed in to. Shes tight for room in…[Read more]

Few holdups with the old girl – got her to the start stage but no spark so had a look & found the previous owner had smashed the hall trigger plug off the back of the dizzy so off came the intake to get to it. Got a 2nd hand dizzy but contemplating buying a new one to save future issues, what really stopped me in my tracks was finding the column…[Read more]

Well shes getting closer

Got the headers on today, what a mish that was. Lower flange gaskets getting sent down overnight so i can get the front pipe section on, done all the wiring changes to run the vr trans just the power/economy switch to wire in which will be a 5 minute job. Drained the engines oil & put some cheap oil in & new filter, will…[Read more]

<span style=”color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;”>Well shes getting closer</span><br style=”color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;” /><span style=”color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;”>Got the headers on today, what a mish that was.…[Read more]

<span style=”color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;”>Well shes getting closer</span><br style=”color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;” /><span style=”color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;”>Got the headers on today, what a mish that was.…[Read more]

Well the motors in but still a ways to go, few wiring changes with running the vr trans & waiting on the chip to remove the vats. Will just cruise away with it as time allows, been messing with my new daily a bit to. Cant leave anything alone haha, just put a vz ss front on my vt wagon…..

Bit more done……… V6 out & sold yesterday so thats gone, just pulled the 8 out before so set the wags engine bay up then drop her in. Be a while yet before shes running, got to get the chip to remove the vats & probably other bits but progress is progress  

Cheers for the welcome. She’ll be ongoning always id say i can never leave it alone for long, will never be a show car but be a good weekend cruizer. I’ve been following your projects as well, some top class work there 

So thats a few shots of things over the last 2 years, just sold the v6 & auto so will start the change over at some stage soon between paying jobs. Have to get a chip to remove the vats as going to run the vr trans, be looking forward to getting her back on the road again i no that for sure