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Righto, thought I should spin some yarns about my Commodore on here because after reading a fair bit of threads, you guys don't seem half bad... So, I acquired the car after my late Grandfather passed away (RIP) and my Grandma had no use for it, after a chat with other family members, it was mine (I did have to pay the sum in which the local car yard offered her to my dad's request). My Grandad was the 2nd owner of the car after it was purchased as a company car from a yard brand new (I have an impressive amount of handwritten information about the car, repair, service history etc.). He used it for a daily driver for a bit before it moved to the designated caravan hauler due to the mighty and grunty 202 and 3 speed auto. Once I got the car (Start of 2012) She flew through the wof (Have over 20 + wof sheets for the car) and dad and I proceeded to drive it home to Auckland from Palmerston north, in which we discovered how uneconomical it was, especially considering dad drives a manual LS1 daily, and usually drives it like he stole it. So once I got my restricted, I barely drove it due to not being able to put gas in the bloody thing (often have run out of gas). So it sat for well over a year after failing a wof on rear window rust and after having multiple brake booster and master cylinder issues..... BUT NOW IT'S BACK IN ACTION. Anyways, onto the junk inside her trunk engine bay... - Black 202 engine (Reconditioned short block, converted cylinder head to lead free spec) - 3 speed auto - VT Brake booster and Master cylinder Also It's on VY SS Mags which I am no longer fond of and also has a SAAS steering wheel (HAHAHAHA I KNOW. But legit feels better than the normal bus steering wheel it came with). Short term goals: - Manual conversion to M76 5 speed factory spec (Have manual pedal box and clutch cable so far) - Lower with some half decent shocks (My girlfriends swifts handles so much better than this hunk of shit) - Black steel wheels, like NASCAR kind of look - Enough said - New radiator as current one leaks so bad omfg (Convert to fans??????) - Put some goodies I've accumulated over the last month - I have mismatching tail lights after some iufweieu hit me in a car park a year or so back, so would like matching ones Long term goals: -MOAR POWER Hopefully some of that list WILL HAPPEN (maybe, maybe not), but lets be honest, I'm a poor ass uni student with a girlfriend so probably not quickly. anyways, discuss my build-ups ! //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/48943-vkzacs-1985-vk-commodore/