Trev's VH V8 Project

Just picked up these 2 cars today the vk is currently the better out of the 2 but i am going to resurrect the vh so i may have to get in contact with danny again up at port pirie and see if he can order me another front apron.
I have checked over both cars and i can not find any body rust at all except in the passenger side front door of the vh which is stuff all.
The vk is almost complete it was injected but the guy i bought it off ripped it off for some stupid reason anyway here are some pics & details.

Name: Trev

Model: 1982 VH Commodore Sedan

Colour: Champagne Gold & Red

Engine Type: 2.85ltr

Exhaust: Standard

Gearbox: 4 Spd Manual

Diff: 3.08 Live Axle

Brakes: Standard

Suspension: Standard

Wheels/Tyres: 14" Multispoke Delta Rims

Interior: Standard

Cost To Date $800

Future Mods: A lot beginning with making it look like a vh again










Name: Trev

Model: 1985 VK Executive

Colour: Red

Engine Type: Injected 202

Exhaust: Extractors 2 1/2" Exhaust

Gearbox: Automatic

Diff: 3.08 Live Axle

Brakes: Standard

Suspension: Standard

Wheels/Tyres: 15" SL/E Rims

Interior: Standard

Future Mods: A lot again but not as much as the VH

fark Trev lots of work ya got ya self in for,but still luv the VH and VK lol had one of each of them,insides dont look to bad,be keeping an eye on these 2,be nice to see what ya do to them.

Good on ya Trev. Always happy to see more early girls getting done up

keep us posted on ya progress



cheers
Pazz

Thanks guys theres really stuff all i need to do on the vk but this week im going to get stuck into the vh beginning with Complete Cleanout and washing the carpet

Good to see ya workin' on some early girls again Trev. Wat ever happened to the ol VKB project?

I need to give Paul Haren a ring about a few things soon, so I'll ask him about the apron and let ya know.

DANNY8 wrote:

Good to see ya workin' on some early girls again Trev. Wat ever happened to the ol VKB project?.

Its called having a girlfriend lol but since im single again i can do the things i enjoy again and this time i have the money to do it

DANNY8 wrote:

I need to give Paul Haren a ring about a few things soon, so I'll ask him about the apron and let ya know.

Thanks for that dude appreciate it

It will cost $60 for a VH apron and that's with freight as well.....only thing is, that's freight to Pirie.....he gets them from Adelaide so if ya want I'll give ya his number and u can give him a buzz and maybe ask him where bouts he gets them from, or if he could arrange for it to be sent straight to u.

OPERATION CLEAN UP

Well here is what i have done in the last 5.5 hours

VH ripped interior out and armour alled everything washed out carpet

Floor Pan



Boot



Cold Air Intake





Carpet




Interior
I have to thank the grandpa spec venitians for this one







VK



Well mum decided she'd try and polish the vk this is as far as she got by hand





So i decided to break out the buffer and finish the job





Getting dark here but hope the pics still look ok




I do still need to go over it again as i ran out of time but instead of going over it again with the cut and polish i might use a liquid polish (phew)

Some excellent progress there Trev, looks like you were very lucky with that interior.


Keep up the good work and tell mum to do more than half the job next time lol




cheers
Pazz

she never done half the job she only did half the bonnet lol

C'mon fella's fairsuccadasav, the old mare aint wot she used to be ya know, maybe i coulda done more if I hadda been tanked up on COFFEE.

SXYVR6 wrote:

C'mon fella's fairsuccadasav, the old mare aint wot she used to be ya know, maybe i coulda done more if I hadda been tanked up on COFFEE.

Yeah but ya forgot the COFFEE didn't ya Lolly

dam clean up well yer,good job guys

Wat motor ya got planned for them?

The latest update

Meet the newest member to the project clan a 253 vh parts car thanks to Adrian BLOWN R8 on hcc good bloke

Name: Trev

Model: 1980 VH Commodore Sedan (Parts Car)

Colour: Red

Engine Type: 253 V8

Exhaust: Extractors, 2 1/2" Exhaust

Gearbox: Auto

Diff: 3.08 Live Axle

Brakes: Disc All Round

Suspension: Standard

Wheels/Tyres: 15" Rims

Interior: Iffy

Future Mods: None












Bars, guards, bonnet, boot, disc rear end and tossing up whether to put the V8 in it or v6 it later down the track to save costs (rego) etc etc

LPG tank ran out in 1990

Has extractors the condition of the engine is unknown

DANNY8 wrote:

Wat motor ya got planned for them?

lol all of this has happened within a week i really am leaning towards the v8 its very tempting

Im going to try and find an injection setup for the vk and ill put it on the market see what offers i can get as the vk was just a package deal with the vh and i want the vh more than the vk

Geez mate u got more cars then us nearly. You sure it's a 253? It looks to have a 425 mixer on it, which normally only went on the 308's, and the 253 got the 300......someone could have just wanted the bigger one tho. If u do transfer the gas over to the VH, I got a tank which I got tested last year that I'm no longer using, so has just under 10 years on it. Same tank as urs I rekon.

Should definitely go the V8. If ur gonna go to all the trouble of putting a V6 in it, u may as well put an injected 5.0L in it.

Hey Trevor, if you end up with a good passenger side front door let me know





cheers
Pazz

Hi Danny not sure what motor it is im just putting the info up that i was told but you have sparked my curiosity so ill have a look at it


Pazz the passenger side door on the gold vh has a few dings in it and a little bit of rust at the bottom im going to have to use the one off the red vh sorry bud otherwise you can have the one off the gold vh for nothing cheers

Ok latest update went to u pull it and got
Passenger Headlight & Blinker
VB SL/E Front Bar
VH Grill
Dash Cluster
Taillights
SL/E Boot Carpet

All up it cost $140 which wassnt to bad
I got the vb sle bar because the rear sle bar on the parts car was off a vb vc so now the rubbers match

Ok very small update
Bonnet, boot, taillights put on the vh never had very long until it got dark unfortunetly otherwise i would have done alot more

Tomorrow i will try get the carpet back in it and interior bolted in, boot carpet in, rear bar on, cluster in

Cant wait to get an apron so i can get headlights, grill & bar in/on







this is the rear bar on the parts car


And just a few parts i bought from u pull it

hey Trev, good work mate...you are getting stuck into them arent ya

one of the photos of the gold one shows the dash cluster missing plastic etc. dont chuck it if you haven't already. I have a project i could use it for if ya dont want it


cheers
Pazz

Hi Pazz just to let you know if you want the cluster the needles on the gauges are broken but if you look at the photo of the dash missing the plastic cover it was sitting on the dashboard in the same pic if you want it its yours but i do need the larger black piece of plastic that holds the cluster in there

Well yet another update

Carpet in
Back seat in
Front seats in
Seat belt bolts and front seat bolts were oiled up and put back in
V8 Dash cluster in







Started the v8 today sounds good no knocking no smoke took a video but the camera went flat while the auto choke was still on after the battery went flat i flicked the accelerator and she slowed down to an idle