"Shootin' The Breeze" - Old Skool Chat Thread  

HSV

Thanks guys but sadly, I'm just looking for a cheap daily for the moment as I'm upgrading both of us to new cars later on in the year.

HSV

So............

It's my birthday this Saturday coming and what better way to spend it than shouting myself a new old school daily?

If all goes to plan (fingers crossed) I will have a new daily this Friday/Saturday, something old school, damn near completely stock and in amazing condition, especially for the price I am paying for it...............

racerphill

WOOHOOOOO!!!!!
sounds goood Ben! Cant wait to see the pics.
....btw, Happy Birthday for Saturday!

HSV

Thanks mate, I think you'll like it.

Looks like the Monaro's sold too, guys flying down from Mt Isa this weekend to have a look at it.

jebby88

is your monaro the green beast with the big block motor?

HSV

Depends which one you are talking about lol

jebby88

you have two?

HSV

No no no lol.

Just whether it was mine or not you were referring to or someone elses.

Mine's a GTS/4, Barbados Green, 9" etc currently doing BBC conversion on it, although looks like I've just sold the shell, so will now put the BBC up for sale as well.

DeadSled

Sooo i picked up a bunch of HQ door trim and sill stainless trims for my HJ from the wreckers the other day, went from 10$ a trim to $5 a trim because of my mad negotiating skills. I also got two wheel arch stainless mouldings for free because they appeared bent when off the car.

Also today, from the same wreckers, i negotiated a $20 fairly good condition sun visor to the lovely price of $0. Win!

THEN.

I won a HJ-HZ sedan rust free rear quarter on ebay for a whopping ONE DOLLAR, a full set of HQ stainless for the doors and sills for $46 (which i think is pretty good) and also two steelies for under $5 from the same bloke with the quarter.

Now onto the important stuff.. i'm going to be doing Jays (74QEE) rust repairs in a few weeks when hes back from work again, and because of this he shouted me 2l of 2pac gloss white to do my roof and sunvisor white. I'm going to paint some steelies black, throw the tires on em from my gts wheels and paint white walls on and run hubcaps, do the roof white and the visor white, install the visor and will be cruising a little different for a while.

I'm also thinking of painting the body "Seafoam Green" for the nostalgia of it. Was considering the new VW Tiguan or Toureg i can't remember which, dark blue which is very nice but i think the green might be a lot cooler. Thoughts?

no more holdens

HJ-HZ sedan rust free quarter for a buck !!!

Mate has a NOS HQ rear quarter panel(Cant remember what side)
Yep never been fitted
If thats the money stuffs goin for , ill tell him to throw it in the container for a few years

Great scores by the way

Dangler

Damn! I've been searching kingswood parts and never saw any of those.. What are you typing in the search? I must be doing it wrong.

Edit: gotten better now

DeadSled

I didn't win the wheels, someone bidded over $25 for the two, i was only prepared to pay $25 for two as anymore than that is a bit rich for what they are, and considering i don't particulaly need them that badly although i will need one more when my EK is near on the road.

I think i maybe just got lucky again, although maybe they aren't worth much yet? But i sold two FB EK rust free quarters for $250 EACH a few months ago. I found this by searching HQ Kingswood as was looking for the door stainless trims, although its not a HQ quarter its HJ onwards.

racerphill

SO, Ben...where's the pics and details of the new beast????
I'm hangin' out to see it!
Is it a Holden, or did you decide on a change like I did?
Phill

HSV

Pics will be coming tomorrow or Saturday when I pick it up.

No, I have not moved to the darkside

I'm actually looking at ANOTHER vehicle as well, I'll be spoilt for choice lol.

clutch-monkey

lol..

Monaro454

holy moly... is that bloke using SU's as exhaust manifolds? lol.

clutch-monkey

i don't think so, the crossflow head he is using has something like the original ports but blanked off


so i *think* he's stuck some SU's on there to fuck with everyone, as i don't know how that would be functional

wbtonner

I was like WTF, no comment.

-Jordan-

Soooooooo I've managed to score a quite substantial promotion at my work (woo!), and in celebration I'm kinda changing up the whole plan I had with the car.

In the next few months will be getting one of these:




And one of these:




And one of these:




And some of these:




And one of these:




Annnddd then depending on how all that goes, maybe one of these:





So, yeah - pretty happy at the moment.

Monaro454

must have been a big promotion... I would have to sell my house to afford that.

will be a nice bit of gear, you will need to buy an 600+ cube engine to compliment the blower imo.

HSV

Holy overkill Batman!

clutch-monkey

goddamn..when are you bringing it round jordan?

GTRVspec95

So so jelly

Monaro454

car will handle slightly better though

HSV

So my drive today to Toowoomba to pick up the new daily was a complete and utter waste of my fucking time.

No Rust = 5 rust holes in the floors, boot spare well floor about to rust out, and body rust around the car.

Paint in "good condition" = one guard sanded and plaint cracking under the clear.

So off to look at another "rust free" vehicle tomorrow.............

no more holdens

Rust free!!!

Is that as bad as the "1 owner" adds
But then its "I bought from the first owner"
FFFFFFAAAARRKKIIN Dickheads
Its not a 1 OWNER anymore

Good luck with your search
Nothin beats drivin half way across the country to view a rust free , perfect nick car from
"Stevie Wonders used cars "

nightcrawler

Know the feeling , you get some dipshit on the phone saying its in mint condition with no rust and you turn up at his place to find some rusted out piece of shit thats had more bangs than the back door . Had this happen recently when looking at a one owner HZ , as fate had it I said no thanks mate and on the way home found a HX wagon about 2 km down the road in VGC with no rust to be found .

eh-buddy

hey man if you need floor pans shoot me a p.m i know a bloke who has the holden presses so dont worry to much about pans these fit like a glove

-Jordan-

haha, yeah, I'm pretty happy with it... besides the part where I actually have to do the work anyway.

and that's why I'm still unsure on the procharger - weighing up options whether its worth buying one to put on this engine (freshly rebuilt) or just get a crate motor with decent power considering it's already turning into a kind of frankenstein car



I'm happy to admit it, I love overkill on everything



Hopefully will be ordering this stuff in June/July and then taking a month or so holidays to put it all on, hopefully won't be too much longer after that and it'll be on the road (providing things run smoothly anyway).

Very interested to come check out those streets around you again with the new parts.



Kinda hoping it would have this effect Haven't seen many getting around like this so excited it will be different!



Might actually keep up with my mates in their imports around the curvy roads now.



Also need to pick up some new wheels to fit over the brakes, haven't really had a good look around but can get decent deals of forgeline wheels - they have some pretty nice looking stuff.

clutch-monkey

shit yes...
hopefully i'll be able to chase you around them in the mini

no more holdens

Good ole car sellers
Had this , well what would ya call him, f*kn idiot seller
Wanted 8K for this thing i was looking at
2 hour drive,get there
No battery, not clean, full of crap,shit everywhere
Couldnt even push it out , that much shit
Then he wasnt there left it for the missus to cope abuse,but i held my tongue
Then rings me next day and says "Oh whatya think"
"&*^%$#()^#@$^&,)$^#!&$&$&(^"

"OH mate buddy,pal,maybe come back for a second look"
4 hour round trip $70 in fuel
Dont think so

Rant ova,time for beeeer

HSV

Yeah cost me $75 in fuel, borrowed mates trailer and today off work to pick this thing up, so know the feeling.

Looking at another one tomorrow, hopefully a little "better" than what this one was.

GTRVspec95

http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/hrd...r/photo_01.html

572ci + Kinsler set up

wbtonner

Very jealous mate! But congrats on the promo! 2 years till I finish my apprenticeship and then I can start making the real money.

But anyway, just thought i'd leave this here since the aussie dolalr is creeping up nice and high

http://www.nelsonracingengines.com/

(Should watch the vids on youtube of his cars. 1500hp on PULP and they drive like daily's!)

Dangler

Those cars are PORN!

Selling or buying a car is a pain in the arse. Hate people trying to rip me off or finding out bad things after purchase.

Also hate timewaster buyers.. Not showing up, stringing me along with emails then vanishing..

As a free plug.. My HZ is on ebay here http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Holden-Kingswoo...=item3367d5aba1

And unlike other sellers, I'm no bullshit on the car's condition. This also applies to my Camaro for sale. No rust means no rust! Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.