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Hoon in a Deluxe Pack
Name: Andy
Model: 1998 HSV VT GTS
Colour: Raven
Bodykit: Standard HSV
Engine Type: "Iron Lion" 5.7L Harrop Stroked 350ci
Engine Mods: Zip!
Power: Touch more than standard
Exhaust: Pacemaker extractors, aftermarket cats and cat-back
Gearbox: Getrag T56 - old school
Diff: Hydratrak 3.45:1
Brakes: Standard HSV "330mm"
Suspension: Monroe standard fitment replacements all round, standard height springs
Wheels/Tyres: 18" HSV VT GTS, or choice of 19" HSV VZ2 Maloo R8
Interior: Standard Cloth
Stereo: Standard CD Player
Other Mods: ... I am trying to undo the mods!
Build Period: Purchased January 2018
Cost: Lets not go there
Finally was in a position to buy a car I've wanted since I was a young lad, and made the commitment to purchase when the time was kind-of right. This car popped up in a handful of smaller Facebook groups as an EOI, and I made contact with the seller in Melb and got chatting over a few weeks. Long story short, car was chucked on a train and sent across the rock to Perth, and is slowly undergoing transformation back to stock standard, where it is deemed appropriate without throwing pointless cash at it.
Here we have it on the day it arrived home - Nanna approved; she even added her own little seal of approval dent with her walking stick
In the back yard after a wash - looks super great in these photos, but it does need a proper detail (you can't see the swirl marks or the cobwebs in the paint)
Here on it's first outing to Custom Cars and Coffee on a phoneworthy (movement permit). Fitted the 19s for the day to gauge reactions, think I will go back to the 18s even though I do like the 19s. I have had the image altered to delete the towball, which is definitely going.
To do:
- Motor out, find oil leaks; looks like front timing cover and oil pump
- Replace front and rear shaft seals in the gearbox
- Fit new complete clutch kit, skim flywheel
- Few odd jobs to get it ready for...
- ... registration!
- Replace the front bar with the very good spare I have, needs prep/paint
- Removal of the towbar package
- Replace the rear bar with the very good spare I have, needs prep/paint
- Find a very good rear wing with no damage/cracking, mine is cracked at the bases
- Drive the pants off it
Model: 1998 HSV VT GTS
Colour: Raven
Bodykit: Standard HSV
Engine Type: "Iron Lion" 5.7L Harrop Stroked 350ci
Engine Mods: Zip!
Power: Touch more than standard
Exhaust: Pacemaker extractors, aftermarket cats and cat-back
Gearbox: Getrag T56 - old school
Diff: Hydratrak 3.45:1
Brakes: Standard HSV "330mm"
Suspension: Monroe standard fitment replacements all round, standard height springs
Wheels/Tyres: 18" HSV VT GTS, or choice of 19" HSV VZ2 Maloo R8
Interior: Standard Cloth
Stereo: Standard CD Player
Other Mods: ... I am trying to undo the mods!
Build Period: Purchased January 2018
Cost: Lets not go there
Finally was in a position to buy a car I've wanted since I was a young lad, and made the commitment to purchase when the time was kind-of right. This car popped up in a handful of smaller Facebook groups as an EOI, and I made contact with the seller in Melb and got chatting over a few weeks. Long story short, car was chucked on a train and sent across the rock to Perth, and is slowly undergoing transformation back to stock standard, where it is deemed appropriate without throwing pointless cash at it.
Here we have it on the day it arrived home - Nanna approved; she even added her own little seal of approval dent with her walking stick
In the back yard after a wash - looks super great in these photos, but it does need a proper detail (you can't see the swirl marks or the cobwebs in the paint)
Here on it's first outing to Custom Cars and Coffee on a phoneworthy (movement permit). Fitted the 19s for the day to gauge reactions, think I will go back to the 18s even though I do like the 19s. I have had the image altered to delete the towball, which is definitely going.
To do:
- Motor out, find oil leaks; looks like front timing cover and oil pump
- Replace front and rear shaft seals in the gearbox
- Fit new complete clutch kit, skim flywheel
- Few odd jobs to get it ready for...
- ... registration!
- Replace the front bar with the very good spare I have, needs prep/paint
- Removal of the towbar package
- Replace the rear bar with the very good spare I have, needs prep/paint
- Find a very good rear wing with no damage/cracking, mine is cracked at the bases
- Drive the pants off it