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[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!

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[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]

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]

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.

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]

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.

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[MENTION=225]HK1837[/MENTION]...yep they sucked..:Tophat:

[HK1837]

Good for a trailer though, no-one will want to steal them!

[ozbox]

rang the panelbeater today and the side has all been welded in so i may get it back by the end of the week...best i start chasing the nrma for my cheque..slackers..:errf:

[ozbox]

so i ring the nrma claims to find out where my cheque is..and lo and behold they have it all pg13ed up and were trying to rip me for another 500 bucks and of course they havent processed it...a few calm and correct words and they amazingly sorted within 30 minutes and cheque is in the mail..supposedly..:errf:

ute now back from the beaters..not bad a quick 1 week repair...no paint tho as the rest of the paint on the ol girl aint flash..:shifty:

[Blocker]

How long does it take to process a claim? Longer than repairing a car that was written off.