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Waiting for the passenger door belt to arrive and then I’ll drop by. I’m expecting to see the car still sitting in the corner in primer though.

As much as I want the car back now it sort of suits me. The garage is full of building material for a development I’m working on in Huskisson, NSW.

Waiting for the passenger door belt to arrive and then I’ll drop by. I’m expecting to see the car still sitting in the corner in primer though.

As much as I want the car back now it sort of suits me. The garage is full of building material for a development I’m working on in the Huskisson, NSW.

It should be a clean SLE.

SLE355, not sure how good the NOS door belt will look compared to the rare spares ones but going off what’s on the car already with the rare spare they look identical. Just hoping they fit properly too.

Managed to find a brand new NOS VH SLE Front Passenger side door belt! This part is pretty much non existent. Paid an absolute mint for it but I guess the best time to buy something is when you find it. (haven’t had buyers remorse yet but I’m hoping the wife doesn’t find out.)

I don’t know why but Rare spares sell the Drivers side, and LH and RH…[Read more]

It’s almost black. I’d say a very very dark grey. I can take a photo of it out in the sun if you like.

I actually bought 3 of these grilles as I’d been looking for ages for them thinking they were hard to come by. As it turns out, there must have been a shipment of them come through and they’re everywhere on ebay. Glad I’m not the guy that paid…[Read more]

How reliable is a trimatic to turbo adapter plate. Is anything prone to breaking with mild power?

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How reliable is a trimatic to turbo adapter plate. Is anything prone to breaking with mild power?

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Might have to. I wanted the overdrive gear for highway driving with 3.9 diff gears.

The VH grille is from ebay. They look very good.

No good with the bumper molds. Tried a number of places and they all couldn’t guarantee they would turn out the same as standard.

No progress on the car since I last wrote. Car is sitting in the shop still waiting paint. Can’t really rush the guy as he’s doing me a favour but I’m itching to get it back.

Have managed to get newly chromed bars,…[Read more]

Nope. Still sitting at the body shop waiting for paint. body and panels are all ready but the workshop has been smashed with insurance work so my car has taken a back seat. Can’t complain though. It’s a mates panel shop and he’s doing some good work for a discounted price, at least it’s getting done.

I told him that I need the car back by end…[Read more]

Door jams are getting done too. They need to finish them off as well as the side skirts and pillars then off to spray.

With the molds, I’ve been told I need to talk to a rubber extrusions manufacturer.

I’ve run into a few troubles in getting the chrome bar molds made. The company I first spoke to that was going to do the job have now said they don’t have the proper equipment to make them., this is after visiting them and showing them the rear mold. The molds need to be made by an extrusion process so I’ve gone back to finding someone that can…[Read more]

Nice. Good to see another VH restore in progress. Going through the same thing at the moment with a SLE 253.

I figure that the minimum order would cover enough for 100 bars. Have to still talk to a manufacturer to confirm.

I thought about going with a different blue (AC Cobra blue).

Still tempting but I think I’ll stick with the original colour down to the original pinstriping and door molds.

I’ve also spoken to a rubber manufacturer about making the VH SLE bumper rubber molds.

I was told it can be done but there’s a minimum 500 mtr order. That would equate to a cost about $150-$250 per bar. Not sure if that includes the mounting clips though.

It’s a lot of $$$ for me to hand over to get them made so not sure if it’s feasible yet.