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**Pacvan** · 03-09-2011, 04:36 PM

[MENTION=119]ozbox[/MENTION]

you mention you will repaint it

same colour or something different?

**hxbunny** · 03-09-2011, 04:41 PM

Nice looking Red van in the background Ozbox

**ozbox** · 03-09-2011, 05:27 PM

[MENTION=399]Pacvan[/MENTION]...just same colour..

**commodorenut** · 03-09-2011, 10:22 PM

Looks like someone tried to do up that donor ute into some sort of a Caprice version. Did they change the front panels or is it only paint & wheels?
Speaking of wheels, those VR Caprice ones on it are one of the worst wheel designs Holden ever made!

**ozbox** · 03-09-2011, 10:30 PM

[MENTION=273]commodorenut[/MENTION] ...i dont mind those wheels highly polished...

...looked like a stock front mick but was squashed up to the towers..i grabbed it coz it was bench seat column auto which i am putting into vr as buckets pg13 me..:errf:

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and as an add to..did you know they used hq to wb handbrake ratchet with bench seat in commodore?

**playwme** · 03-09-2011, 10:35 PM

Originally Posted by ozbox

and as an add to..did you know they used hq to wb handbrake ratchet with bench seat in commodore?

That's good to know. I better pull the one out of the bench VS wagon at the farm before it goes to the crusher.

**commodorenut** · 04-09-2011, 11:19 AM

Originally Posted by ozbox

and as an add to..did you know they used hq to wb handbrake ratchet with bench seat in commodore?

Yeah I worked that out a while back when my bro-in-law had his HZ, and I noticed parts of it looked like the VG ute handbrake, so I looked further into it at the wreckers where I could compare both & realised how much of it was simply lifted & dropped into the commodore. Makes sense to take an already engineered & proven design out of mothballs & revive it.

It's interesting when they got to VR/VS, which had the long door pockets - the column auto cars had the full pod/pocket on the passenger door, but only got a short speaker pod only on the driver's door, to allow room to operate the handbrake.

VP & VG Police vehicles had door pockets as part of their specification, and T-bar cars had the full length pockets like VN Calais had, but the column cars used the short ones as fitted to VB-VL SL/E & Calais (but they were carpeted) and VC-VL BT1, in plain black plastic.

Originally Posted by HK1837

I disagree. The original wheels off that ute of Greg's have to be the worst! I have them now for a trailer. They are VP SS I think, they were on that ute from the day it left the dealer.

That's why I said "one of the worst" as the VP SS 5-blade turbine style wheels, and VR/VS HSV Tri-spokes are also right up there on my list!

**HK1837** · 04-09-2011, 10:23 AM

Originally Posted by commodorenut

Looks like someone tried to do up that donor ute into some sort of a Caprice version. Did they change the front panels or is it only paint & wheels?
Speaking of wheels, those VR Caprice ones on it are one of the worst wheel designs Holden ever made!

I disagree. The original wheels off that ute of Greg's have to be the worst! I have them now for a trailer. They are VP SS I think, they were on that ute from the day it left the dealer.