hellnback Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Hi All, Long time watcher, first time poster! Had this VK Wagon for a few years but sold it after a marriage split... Went about 6 months without a wagon and it finally got the better of me so bought this sweet granddad spec VC. Bought it unseen about 10mins after it 1st hit trademe - shipped it down to Chch, then flew up and cruised back to my home town of Gore. Was pleasantly surprised with how great the condition of it was!! Running 225 leaning tower of power, single barrel squirter through TF904 trans. Discuss... 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellnback Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 So first things first, fuck this thing is high... Caps off... Back on the ground, front wound down as well... Wow - still farking high as a kite!! Old guy that owned it used to tow his caravan round with it so it's got a thick overload spring in there too, will remove it and see how it looks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellnback Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 Chucked some wide rims on it (they're AP ones so my hub caps don't fit - also offset all wrong but I'll get my own made up) but definitely needs more low at the back to get the sill sitting level. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellnback Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 Leaning tower doin it's thang... Scrapped the wides for now... fucked one eager already! So rocking the pizza cutters - chucked some flappers on them to keep up the granddad look. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hellnback Posted February 23, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2015 Removed the forementioned overload spring - didn't take any before/during photos due to being a useless prick... But here's how it's sitting now... Chucked in some mean sounds, subs amps and pissing the cunt up! 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellnback Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 Right, so I bought these headlight grills to add more nana accessories... Went to fit them and thought fuck it I've pretty much got the whole front off anyway, I'll black out behind the grill. Annoyed the hell out of me having it body colour behind there so got straight to it! 1st coat down, next one tomorrow when I've got a bit more light. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellnback Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share Posted March 27, 2015 Finally got around to getting this shitter back together... Polishing... before... After... Decided to paint the visor as well. Did fuck all prep work cause I couldn't be arsed and was already half a 24 down... Then proceeded with a cut and polish. Crap lighting in the garage so will be interesting to see what it looks like in the daylight! Car Show tomorrow... prob should've posted this in the events bit ages ago, but oh well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellnback Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 Few pics from the above show... Ditched the headlight covers after they fell off! Have to re-attach them betterer! Heaps of pics from the show here! http://southernaussiemuscle.co.nz/Event_Pages/150328_Muscle_Mania.html 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellnback Posted September 2, 2015 Author Share Posted September 2, 2015 I thought it was about time I got the ball rolling on getting my wide rims made up. Knowing that there is bugger all room in the back of VC's I thought I'd better have a measure up to make sure I get the right offsets etc. Here's how it sits at the rear currently... Using the bumper jack so I can get my trolley jack under the bloody thing... Sitting on axle stands under the axle... In this pic you can see the inner guard lip, on the other side of this is the stainless trim, so I'm assuming it's buldgy like this to allow for the trim clips. My crude measurements... So on the pass side I get a total width of 265mm between the closest point of the inner guard and the leaf spring, and 264mm on the drivers side. I've purchased these 7" AG rims (I got them through TWL Invercargill, but it turns out they get them through Elite Wheels in Christchurch - so would have been cheaper to go through them directly). I've also got a set of 7" & 8" wide rims with the later stud pattern, so I used these to measure the total width with a tyre on them... Effectively with a 245/50 14 eager on my 7" rims I will have about 7mm clearance each side of the tyre... tight! I think I'll remove the 'trim' lip budge bit to get another 4mm-ish. Either way there's plenty of VC's around here running this combination so I'll make them squeeze under there! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellnback Posted September 2, 2015 Author Share Posted September 2, 2015 Also installed a fire in the garage... mmm toasty 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellnback Posted September 3, 2015 Author Share Posted September 3, 2015 Here's a pic of a mates VC rocking eagers... Though I think for a start I'll just roll with Matt Black rims with chrome nuts... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hellnback Posted January 26, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 26, 2016 Well finally got my wheels made up just before Christmas... Tyres fitted and balanced - went and did some domes, seems OK slight rubbing round corners but she'll be right!Hooked up van... drove 2 blocks down the road and had to turn round as both tyres were rubbing flat out. Gay. 1 white walled Eager So the consensus is, leafs too soft to tow van - put over rider spring back in and get them reset so I can keep it low & get rid of blocks. New bushes to minimise sideways movement. Re-weld rear wheels with a bit more backspace. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hellnback Posted March 30, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 30, 2016 Put wheels back on and did some skids... 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hellnback Posted July 20, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2016 Gave up on the eagers, even though I said I wouldn't! So got me some sweet 205 whitewalls. Got wheels sandblasted and painted silver. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hellnback Posted July 26, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 26, 2016 Trip to Twizel for the weekend! Looks much better with a full tank of gas and a few peeps in the back! 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hellnback Posted September 17, 2016 Author Share Posted September 17, 2016 Needs me more low... Before... New adjustable spring hangers... Old hangers... Fitted... Lowery goodness... Might wind the front down a bit more. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellnback Posted September 17, 2016 Author Share Posted September 17, 2016 It's settled down a bit more after a drive. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellnback Posted May 2, 2017 Author Share Posted May 2, 2017 Valiant's been sitting in the Garage doing nothing for the last 5 months so thought I'd better do something with it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellnback Posted May 2, 2017 Author Share Posted May 2, 2017 Now onto some quick repairs and quick flick of paint... maybe.. if I can be fucked. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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