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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 probably the 10th set of wheels i’ve had on it in the last two years haha.
They look good & suit her well, apart from that ive got 2 statesman wreckers here now so all the best bits are going onto this. Replaced the passengers guard & door as the others never lined up right, problem solved with these. Will work my way through it so i can throw some paint on it at some stage
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
So plans to paint the wagon gloss like the statesman?
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
Hey Dave I went and talked to the cert guy and he gave me 4 pages on the drive shaft loop that is required he said that the factory one is inadequate one you add power
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. Having a clearout round here at pres so once i sort all that i’ll be back to it 
Sweet Dave I might go see the guy that’s going to cert mine , the loop will have to be oval to compensate the drop when up in the air then you have to put reinforcing in as there will be nothing strong enough to bolt to Stupid Nissan driver probably modified something now we get screwed
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 her at pres while i can.
And yes said nissan driver needs his neck wrung for all the grief it costs the rest of us
hey don’t they have a factory drive shaft loop like the vb – vl so shouldn’t need any more even if you had a one piece you only want to hold up the gear box end any way , I’m in nz as well and my vk didn’t need an extra one just used factory one !!!!!!!
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 have that factory loop but the buggers still want a 2nd one behind that. Ive already done that one so just to figure out the next.
So yeah powers that be gone crazy
Is that the standard centre console? I thought they only had them in the utes
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 steering pump was stuffed so had to replace that as well as the starter that crapped itself so its been an expensive week. Luckily dealing in holdens for a living a got a lot of mates with spares so the price was a lot better than shop prices, so i owe a few favours out there now. Cruising home from the exhaust shop i was rapt as, 2 & 1/2 inch system with 2 cobys on her so shes got a nice note. Didnt even turn the stereo on i was quite happy listening to the rumble.
Still a lot more to do but im going to drive her for a couple of weeks or so then update the brakes plus a few other things. All in all tho shes coming together well
Shouldn’t need a safety loop if it’s a 2 piece shaft. If you follow the factory setup you should be sweet.
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 this, will have to have the shifter out to put the bench seat back in. Got the shifter as far forward as i could get it but all good it works so get to keep the bench seat.
Be after New Years before i get her out for a test drive id say but be well worth the wait
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 change is a no go. Had a tuff time getting it in there with the box in the middle of the tunnel that the linkages connect to, had a good suss to see if theres anyway i can make it work but just plain no room. Major bummer as love the column change but she has to go, so started looking at options so i can at least keep the bench seat as all the seats are retrimmed. Decided a B&M Sports Shifter will do the job so going to buy one tomorrow, be easy to mount as the column change vehicles have a nice flat section on the trans tunnel. Keeping the column change dash so it will all tie in well so hopefully soon shes alive & driveable
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 run her for 20 when i get to that stage then drain it new filter & some castrol in her.Front half of the ss driveshaft to put on the wagon shaft then that should be sorted so yeah getting closer slowly but surely. Have to find some nuts to bolt the power steer plate to the head as all thats missing – so yeah hopefully by the weekend shes a runner again
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
Thats a nice transformation you have going on there, nice to have another member form NZ on here too!!
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
