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Hi, whats involved in swapping my Premier front to my HG Panel Van?
Can i just do the rad panel, or should i swap the whole front engine bay ?
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easier to change "sub / K - frame" (engine bay) to twin headlight.- which you may struggle to find.....
or fabrication work onto the single to convert to twin.
Guys in WA (because on the salty conditions) are now making 1 good subframe out of say 3 |
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dont forget the hk ones are different to hg for the gearbox crossmember
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I searched high and low for yonks to get a twin light subframe to stick on my HK Munro. Ended up buying a HK Brougham and taking it outa that (Rest of Brougham now sold off to restorer :-). Now the cook (Munro's hers) has decided that she now prefers the |
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I searched high and low for yonks to get a twin light subframe to stick on my HK Munro. Ended up buying a HK Brougham and taking it outa that (Rest of Brougham now sold off to restorer :-). Now the cook (Munros hers) has decided that she now prefers the s |
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Um, if im not mistaken, we already had a chat on the phone about this and the radiator support that im prepared to cut out for you ? (Just checked out your profile)
Ill leave you to your research mate, sorry to nose in.
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Um, if i'm not mistaken, we already had a chat on the phone about this and the radiator support that i'm prepared to cut out for you ? (Just checked out your profile)
I'll leave you to your research mate, sorry to nose in.
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whats the $$ market in the East for HK/T/G SUB frames??
single light here $500 minimum
Twin headlight, well, $800 maybe?
everything more expensive in the west.
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Dusty, ? have we met? Only one person knows that i have a HT Prem, and i dont think that you are him? Please enlighten me if it really is who i think it is..... lol...my memory isnt so good now that i am nearing my eighties....oh well....dribble yawn etc |
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Seriously $800.00 ?, and i am gonna cut a good one...NO..
Hmmm, my cars value just quadrupled :)
If i do a conversion , can it all just be unbolted and is it a very hard task? I understand i will have to replace the loom for a Prem ( got that too ) anyt |
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Might have the wrong bloke then. I was chatting to a young bloke from Melbourne about his search for a twin light panel just yesterday.
If you never been in here...http://gallery.oldholden.com/puter+illiterate/
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Might have the wrong bloke then. I was chatting to a young bloke from Melbourne about his search for a twin light panel just yesterday.
If you never been in here...http://gallery.oldholden.com/puter+illiterate/
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Wanna swap ya HG Panel van for my HT Prem ? I just bought a HT Van as my next project after the munro but it needs a lot of work :-(
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Um, not really..lol. i would actually like to get another van or three,
cant get enough of these things, and i cant afford a Monaro just yet..hehe, so my passion is the van.
Good luck with your project Van... i am sure it will look good.
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