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Member ID: wbstyleside

Location: sydney, AU

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Vehicle Info

1983 Holden Ute

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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    • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.0/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Oct 11, 2008

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michael’s Holden Ute
“NTHAPY”

  • Currently 3.5230769230769 /5 Stars.
16 guestbook comments

Yes my car is for sale . Need to sell in order to buy first home . Have to support missus an all that crap . Yes she is making me sell it . Have plenty of parts that still need bolting on , including bug catcher , gear reduction starter motor an hei distributer . Yes it comes with a road worthy certificate . Located Sydney .

Page 1: The build so far
page 2: Random cars an bikes , car show 16 sep 07
page 3: NOT MINE ANYMORE gsxr 750 05
page 4: My new toy 2.5 twin turbo soarer . stock(not anymore)

Please sign my guestbook an tell me what you think of my car so far .

Bought this beast a little over a year ago . Came with custom paint , cd player an 2 x sony xplode speakers , also custom trim on doors , seats an floor , also a custom centre console . Bucket seat was removed an replaced with kingswood sedan seats . Engine is a 308 with mild cam upgrade an dual 2 an 1/2 inch exhaust . Trans is a holden 4speed with a 10 bolt diff (ive blown 1 , not my fault i swear). Bought from an army mechanic in Townsville who had it as unfinished project . Things needed fixing , bonnet paint fading , grill was cracked , also the RH headlight was cracked , the door seals needed replacing . wbstyleside's 1983 Holden Ute
Also rust needed to be cut out in the usual trouble spots . After everything was repaired i had a car that turned heads , sounded awesome and went pretty hard (thank god for ebay).
wbstyleside's 1983 Holden Ute
3 months later the rust came back , i took it back an had the rust removed again an this time metal plated . Guess what 6 months later the rust came back , all im gonna say is you dont get what you pay for . Dodgy mofo's .
wbstyleside's 1983 Holden Ute
Moved to sydney an my engine starts to overheat...or so i thought as my gauge was tellin me my engine was ready to pop . 3 grand later i find out there was nothin wrong with the engine , the sensor shat itself an was sending a false reading to the dash . 3 grand im never gonna get back . However with that money i also had a few engine mods done .
wbstyleside's 1983 Holden Ute
Here is the interior . The only thing i have done is buy an install an autotechnica steering wheel . It has custom trim on seats , floor an doors ...very nice .

wbstyleside's 1983 Holden Ute


This is a pic of her back up in townsville . Just after the derust an paint.

wbstyleside's 1983 Holden Ute


As you can see the powerplant of my beast , recently done engine mods include . Chrome rocker covers an breather , Redline performance manifold , cleaned the radiator an replaced all the hoses , new radiator shroud an clutch fan . I will tidy the engine up , i intend to do the work myself as i have some warranted trust issues these days . Next weekend i will put on the new airfilter an cover , its flamed an looks incredible , also chrome bonnet hinges , chrome scuttle panel an gold bonnet striker . Will upload pics as soon as there taken .
Driving down the road 1 sunny afternoon my mate in the passenger seat says to me "whats that noise , coming from gearbox ".... "um nothin" i reply ....clunk clunk kaboom . OH F@CK . Its ok i only needed to replace the entire rear diff . Seems the guy i bought it off built it wrong , wrong spacing so the diff gradually bent an scraped along the inside wall an sent shards flying everywhere , so it had to be completely replaced . I ask you this IS IT WORTH IT ... HELL YEAH , LOOK AT HER . I am a true holden lover lol .

wbstyleside's 1983 Holden Ute
Added the chrome bonnet hinges .
wbstyleside's 1983 Holden Ute
And the flamed airfilter cover
wbstyleside's 1983 Holden Ute
The gold bonnet striker , that has now been replaced with chrome 1 .
wbstyleside's 1983 Holden Ute
Pic of the engine , really dirty need to take better pics .
wbstyleside's 1983 Holden Ute
Chrome scuttle panel looks awesome .

Here are pics of the new exhaust an extractors done by liverpool exhausts on heathcote road . They did an awesome job thanks to those guys .

Ceramic coated extractors with dual 2 an 1/2 inch exhaust dumped at the diff .
wbstyleside's 1983 Holden Ute
wbstyleside's 1983 Holden Ute
wbstyleside's 1983 Holden Ute
wbstyleside's 1983 Holden Ute
About two weeks ago the clutch started to get really tight and also made clicking noises when depressing . Took to mechanic and the cable snapped . 3 weeks later it was fixed . Why it take so long you ask ? Because they put in a cheap ass clutch kit and cable that lasted literally 8 min . But lucky enough i made it home . Took the car back with the help of nrma and they fixed it again . But this time the car was violently shuddering when taking off . So what to do . Take it to a transmission specialist . Moorebank automatic transmissions was where i took it . 4 days and i had my car back on the road with no problems and jim didnt even charge me for the work required to fix the clutch issue . He got the manufacturer of the parts and the other mechanic to pay . But he informed me of a problem with the prop shaft (some dickhead , dont know who used a hammer or something like that to get the prop shaft back in and left indents inside that wasnt allowing the rear wheels to turn properly ) . He fixed that for me to . Thanx to him at automatic transmissions moorebank .

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lilnoosh1  

Posted by: lilnoosh1

02/13/2009 02:51AM

you so shoulda bought this you'll end up spending the same http://www.carsales.com.au/used-cars/private/TOYOTA/SOARER/details.aspx?R=6714926&keywords=soarer&__Nf=p_GeoLocation_String|GCLT%20-32.90789%2c151.6997%2025.9&__Ntk=CarAll&__Nne=20&__Dx=mode%20matchany&postcode=2299&__D=soarer&silo=1003&seot=0&__sid=11F673B2F1BA&__N=1216%20834%20285%20257&__Ns=pCar_PrivateSpecialFlag_Int32|1||pCar_ImageCount_Int32|1||pCar_LastModifiedDate_DateTime|1&__Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&distance=25&Cr=0&__Ntt=soarer&trecs=3

olds68  

Posted by: olds68

01/10/2009 09:22AM

5 stars

RODEOQUEEN  

Posted by: RODEOQUEEN

04/08/2008 11:07PM

check out www.holdencars.com.au have a look for all the Holden cars from AUST post some pictures of your Holden

vkgroupa3  

Posted by: vkgroupa3

01/16/2008 02:19AM

Giday! Nice Ute, well done. Thanks for your comments. Enjoy your ride!!

evilSS  

Posted by: evilSS

10/03/2007 03:01AM

tidy ute mate, cheers!!

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Member ID: wbstyleside

Location: sydney, AU