1995 VS Commodore Acclaim - CommodoresPlus

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March 29, 2015 at 10:18 am #3539
Wombles
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Let’s just say I’ve had a better week! Haha.
Already poured a heap of cash into this. May as well keep going…
Still trying to work out why the wags won’t run either. Been car less for a fuckin week.
March 29, 2015 at 10:25 am #3541
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For sure, agree with keeping going. I wonder what the history of it is, I wouldn’t have thought there would be that much rust. Whats the saying “when you are going through hell, just keep going”
March 29, 2015 at 4:48 pm #3546
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Want this car going again… Really just Wonna fix the Wagon and sell it. Over the hassles of a 5L. I don’t have the Chinese hands to fix. I’m at wits end with it. It’s either gonna burn or gonna be sold.
March 29, 2015 at 9:54 pm #3565
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To be honest, the only thing I like about it is the note.
Actually looking at a VY II Senator. Manual. Just over 200 thou k.
March 30, 2015 at 11:06 am #3590
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Hi all, to keep Wombles thread cleaner I have created a new topic in the engine section Holden V8 vs LS discussion. Feel free to continue on in there
March 31, 2015 at 7:50 pm #3708
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Updated pic of the rust…
Told them to fix properly. My back pocket will hate that call!
Hope it doesn’t cost over 3k in total… haha
March 31, 2015 at 11:19 pm #3721
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Wombles wrote:

To be honest, the only thing I like about it is the note. Actually looking at a VY II Senator. Manual. Just over 200 thou k.

Perfect opportunity to put the 5l in the torrie !!
April 1, 2015 at 11:15 pm #3761
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Fitting the 5L in the torrie will be like fitting an aeroplane motor onto a small re plane.
April 2, 2015 at 7:34 am #3763
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Precisely !!

Anyway, back on topic. Has any more rust been revealed on the VS or is that it ?
April 2, 2015 at 9:12 am #3769
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Prob cheaper to buy another vs then to fix that rust….
April 3, 2015 at 8:29 pm #3854
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Cave, only 500 to fix it properly. Too much time has gone into this car. It’s my first car I bought too. So sentimental value is high for me…
April 7, 2015 at 9:02 am #4096
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That seems like a pretty good price Wombles.
April 7, 2015 at 10:50 am #4105
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For $500 yes. $3k no
April 7, 2015 at 7:58 pm #4193
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Went and visited it today. Still a bit to do to her. Can’t wait to get it back, have the wags fixed and sold and a new car.
April 20, 2015 at 6:43 pm #5150
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Hopefully get this back by the end of the week. It’s gonna have a clean bootlid. Bobtail got damaged and the original bootlid has a nice dint in the middle and the spoiler is warped. So looking into a new bobtail. Or bootlid with the bobtail.. Would rather genuine over the aftermarket.
April 21, 2015 at 1:04 pm #5188
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I had to swap my boot lid, so went and scored one off a car that never had the spoiler. The spoilers are so heavy that people close them fairly hard and the weight of the spoiler distorts the boot a little over time. Doesn’t matter what you do the imperfection is still there. As I say i just scored a straight one off a car with no wing, drilled the holes, had the boot lid painted then fitted it
April 21, 2015 at 7:25 pm #5224
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Bobtail weighs nothing. So that won’t bother it. Supposibly this bootlid had no holes in it so it’s a clean, straight lid. I don’t like that it has no bobtail. .
April 21, 2015 at 8:15 pm #5226
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Sorry mate I’m a bit confused, the pics at the start of your thread show a rear wing like mine, mine isn’t light. But maybe you are referring to something else as a bobtail?
April 22, 2015 at 9:09 pm #5352
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Sorry, I probably didn’t mention it along the lines, but I wanted to swap to a bootlid with bobtail. So bought a second hand bootlid with bobtail. When it arrived, it turned out to be damaged. So told the painted to paint the old bootlid. But luck was on my side and the bootlid and spoiler were both damaged. So they used the bobtail bootlid. That supposibly have no mounting holes. Am now on the lookout for a genuine bobtail.
April 23, 2015 at 8:48 am #5373
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<p style=”text-align: left;”>Have you looked what its like under the front screen as well?</p>
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