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Good work  Alex,,let's see some more !!

AL

Thanks must go to Alex for taking the time to post all these old pics...
Most of the rest are from magazine articles and and Hot Rod shows around the country,I will try and get them scanned soon.
Glad they are being enjoyed...

Cheers

AL

ED,
You should have Holden seals,as the diff housing more than likely will have the Holden tubes welded into it to suit the axles and brake asm's.

AL

Top tip SRV,
Im new to forums, & computers in general for that matter.
There's lots of good sites out there.

See you at ozrodders.

By the way, Im a SRV fan to. Seem him play at the
Adelaides Festival Theature all those years ago.
**AWESOME**

Anyway, Im still after these two steering wheels
The money is burning a hole in my pocket!

Hi ,
I may have what you are looking for,, Send me your e mail and I will send a pic or 2..

Cheers

AL

Hi,
These guys below are pretty much upto date with twin turbo kits...

Cheers

AL

http://www.ls1turbo.com.au/ttspecs.htm      
http://www.turbofast.com.au/        
http://www.hp-f.com.au/

Here's the story....

Victor sold the car back in 1983 (approx) when it was 'Candy Apple Red' to Mark Dickinson minus the motor and transmission. He then painted it flat black as is indicated here. Marh then apparently put a 350 Chev in it and according to Victor, it ran a 12.5 quarter.

It's been seen since and is painted back in the 'purple' colour that was on it when Victor originally purchased it for $5.

Correct,and I have been told by others that it is in the Cranbourne are now ??

AL

Hi Alex,
More good shots ! I think they were taken in Mt Gambier,I was there as well,but cannot remember exactly..

Cheers

AL

Yes,can be done by yourself,but hardly worth the trouble,especially if your cylinder needs reco as well.

AL

Hi,

www.hydroboost.com.au

Cheers

AL

Hi Alex,
It is the early version of the water 'ingress' inspection procedure,the second shot is of the blowers used to dry the car afterwards.

It is still done today,but the equipment is a bit more sophisticated and a lot higher pressures...

AL

Hi Alex,
They are from the Proving Ground. Those 'lookouts' are still there today. The trees are a bit higher these days that's all..

Cheers

AL

Bill Patterson used to race back then,so I guess it would be one of his cars,maybe a cooper or something like that ??

AL

Nice early shot of Bill Patterson's dealership.


Cheers

AL

Thank you,guys for the kind words about my car !

Some one from street machine rang me a few weeks ago to confirm where I worked and congratulate me on the car,I was quite busy at the time and did not quite understand what he was on about ???.As soon as I saw a copy of the mag it made sense ..

Cheers

AL

Ken,
Here are the plates from the new project and one from the wrecked out sedan I guess ? Was in a box of parts !

Are they of any interest,or just run of the mill stuff ?





Cheers

ALAN

Congratulations,that is a seriously fast 6 pack,and a very clean car as well.

AL

Yes you are correct,the rotor needs to spigot off the axle centre. An interference 'ring' would be fine.
It is common practice to do that on VT commodore front rotors to retrofit to earlier commodore hubs.

AL

About 12 years ago,I did some work on a 4/71 blown red motor (192 I think ) with twin 1 3/4 or 2" SU's in a 48 215... and I can tell you it was a nightmare to try and keep running with those carbs !!
Could not get it off idle,and into the powerband ! as I remember the SU's do not have a normal 'accelerator' pump deal making it nearly impossible to pull fuel through the blower. Never got to the end of it,and I informed the owner to go to a holley ..

AL

There is 1mm difference between commodore and HQ PCD's.
So that makes it.05mm per side of the pcd,hence wheels and rotors will interchange.. Maybe not quite right but has worked for many years now...

AL

HSV VR  GTS 215kW was the first 5.7L,and they have always been Harrop cranks until the last at VT 220 kW model.

All these blocks since VR have clearance for the crank.

Cheers

AL