Well done RdS, looks great.
Cheers.

There Is No Replacement For Displacement.

thanks fellas... appreciate the nice comments. :)

ended up getting the wheels back from the powdercoaters too. soo smooth and nice, and silver all over :)
couple pictures (sorry if its a bit repetetive/boring)




and compared to the 14X6s.. you can see the extra step/width in the lip..


gonna do the blackouts on them shortly. no rush though - they wont rust anymore. :)

thats all for now.

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thanks mate... cheers for the support. :)
suppose i will be putting it in a few carshows. probably wouldnt want to get it judged though - would hate for someone just to point out anything ive done wrong. plan is to drive it to every car show possible though.. and ive gone to All Holden Day the last couple years, so chances are youd see it around!

..got to get it finished and regoed first though. orig wanted it done by monaro nationals... until i found out that was 250 or something to enter?!

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ive been as lazy with updating this as i have been with working on the car.
not much has happened since dec last year!
got it back from the auto-elecs, and all good. now had lights, indicators, cranked over, etc. all good.
didnt do much from chrismas 08 to now though.. very busy with work, and other projects..!

sifted though the last 11months of pictures for ones of the GTS.
..uuh, got another glovebox:


dash frame was broken where the bonnet release pulls though. didnt realize the first time until all the dash was in and i was trying to put the bonnet release in! had to get another one from the wreckers and swap it in.

got some trim rings for the 14x6s.. just looks good. still got the 15x7s though..

some more money for rare-spares...


photos of the car from that point, maybe june this year..







measured and cut the spoiler holes. ill put it on once the gaps are done and its on the road.

then finally got a new dash facia and a radio. i shouldve bought one years ago.. hell, i shouldve got one when they were still in the cars at the wreckers. the holden AM radios are wanted now.. :(
the facia is a reproduction one, and suprisingly decent. the decals came off a guy on ebay, and got extra of the same for the console lid. top quality, and turned out nice. bit fiddly to put on though!




shame about the little tear in the seat cloth. gives me an excuse to get a couple metres of new herringbone later down the track though.

thats it for now i think.. interior is pretty much done.

the to do list is now very short, pretty much just:
- put new carb on
- fluids in and start it..
- take it to a panel shop to get all the panel gaps done better. if i keep trying, therell be no paint left!
- roady, pits, and reg.
thats all ive needed to do since maybe july, and i just cant get around to it! ..ill see how i go.

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cheers. :)
the rear spoiler ends i have are held down by two bolts into the spoiler, and two nuts on the 2 studs that come out of the spoiler. they werent there till after the bodywork since i wasnt sure whether to spoiler on or not... the bootlid is easily replaced, but guards will need to be filled again and touched up if i want it off.

on a different note, anyone know whether there was any type of factory floor-mat available when these were new? i want some mats, but before i go get some generic black ones from kmart, ill see if i can do better!

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allright, update time.
as of december (early last month), i finally got the car started. moved under its own power for the first time in years... for once i didnt have to bust my back pushing it around!
also replaced the coffe-pot part of the column.. again. im so glad i did, as its finally right and smooth. ignition is all great, and it wasnt as hard as i remembered!
finished painting the 15x7s a while back..

..and got some tires for them the other day. got some 225/60 R15 Toyos. very nice..

then on go the Repro billet centre-caps, and Repro Black plastic end nuts;



tried one on. going to put the rest on once the cars all finished getting fiddled with; kinda dont want them marked. hopefully get them redwalled by then too.. ;)


started putting alot of stickers on too. fun..





in even BETTER news. just got the car all tuned so it runs right. needed help, as im a tad clueless with it all. set the timing right, and carby sorted, so it idles nice and smooth now. so happy with it. bit rattly and whiney at the moment, but hoping thats got something to do with sitting dry for almost 4years... hope it will just smooth itself out a bit and quieten down. :)
couple pics from today:




running the stock exhaust at the moment..

its just there till it goes through rego. then ill get a nice one made up. its a bit ugly.. and sounds a bit nuffy.






anyway, thats almost it!
gonna organize an Unregistered Vehicle Permit tomorrow, and get the last few parts done:
- drive it to a/the panelbeaters and get the panels all adjusted.
- drive it to a mechanic to get a roadworthy done.
- get rego
- get 15x7s on, and exhaust and lowering springs/shocks in.
- enjoy. :p
hopefully all done in the next month or so.. since UVPs only last 30days! will be atleast 2weeks anyway though, as the custom plates i ordered today have to get made.
..and thats all assuming it goes through a roady fine!

sall for now. :D

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Beautiful job RDS and a real credit to you. I see that you used the vinyl decals on the dash fascia though so a word of warning, dont leave your car locked up in the sun for too long.

Back in the 90s I did up a HJ ute for work, the silver GTS fascia was pretty scratched and at the time I preferred the look of the woodgrain style. I purchased some good quality 3M woodgrain vinyl adhesive and spent most of a day cutting it out and fitting it to the dash and console, it looked great and several people thought the dash was original. After a year or so however the vinyl began to shrink and crinkle up due to the heat from the car being left in the sun, once this happens it looks like crap.

This time around with my Sandman van I had the silver on the dash paint matched, masked up the dash and painted it. Took longer to mask it properly but at least I wont be re-doing the dash in a couple of years.

i didnt think it was possible to look much nicer than it did at last update, but you sure showed me..also i thought you were going to leave it at that height for a moment until i read otherwise, good decision in my opinion..great job once again

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making a s***E noise from what sounds like the auto though. like a constant knocking/clicking, with a whirr.. but from further back than the motor? didnt cause a problem, but truly s*** sound.

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Ive got a WB ute 350, T400 with a similar sounding noise. Thought it was the diff but then realised it was only in 1st gear. Soon as it shifts to 2nd its gone. Havent had time to investigate yet.

forums been down the last few weeks eh? :( been trying it near every day!
nothing too exciting, but got the exhaust made up. absolutley stoked with how well it turned out. :)



stock manifolds cleaned up with new studs, and stock 2" dual system all the way back, with a balance pipe up the front there. pretty much how it wouldve been when the car was new, but with louder mufflers. sounds brilliant and looks great!

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