Thread: 83' Holden WB Ute Build

Originally Posted by nqrith

did you buy that shifter on flebay

nice looking lines really comeing along well

Nah, don't have that much money to throw around at the moment lol I'm just concentrating on getting it on the road asap.. But not cutting corners at the same time!

Thanks mate! I just can't wait to take it for its first drive!

Originally Posted by gazWb

bloody hell thats a while hahaha. no idea about the rego on mine bit concerned really lol. all i no is the engine number doesnt match up with the car so i gotta get it cleared but need the rust fixed first. and its taken about 6 months just to do the rust in the cab and the front end haha. i wasnt quite as lucky as you to get it from a shed. but i guess mine didnt have a blown burnt out motor lol. not being mean hahaha

It is a pretty long time! hahaha Mine doesn't have the original engine in it, but here all you have to do is produce a 'receipt' of buying the car (that the new motor was in..) or the purchase of the motor itself.. Then they will just change the engine number in the RTA stuff..

Bugger, that is a long time for rust! Hahahaha, their both challenges that will prepare us for further projects!

lol you guys recon your gunna have trouble, my ute hasnt been registered in years and years, first thing the rta will see is a brand new ute with a efi V6, a 5 spd and diff with disk brakes from a car 15yrs newer, atleast your guys have stuff that was factory optioned

Originally Posted by gazWb

haha my engine numbers dont line up. wish mine was that easy haha. i have no receipt haha. might just buy another motor for it haha.
yeah it is a bit of time. but never done anything like this before so im learning from it lol. and yeah there will be further projects. weather there mine or for someone else. but already getting people asking me to help out with rust on there projects after seeing how mine is coming out lol

That sucks Ohh well, if you buy a new one, make sure its better than the other one!! :P lol

Thats it, the more time you spend on it the better it is, and thats the way to do it in my opinion! Do it once, do it right! I will have further projects later on, but I am for sure gonna have a run around car, because I am sick of walking haha

Thats good, people are recognising that what you are doing is good work! Haha I'm helping a fulla that was in the year above me at school.. He just bought a HZ and he is after some parts and some advice on what to do to get it running better than it is now, so I'm gonna head out there sometime soon

Originally Posted by V6HQUTE

lol you guys recon your gunna have trouble, my ute hasnt been registered in years and years, first thing the rta will see is a brand new ute with a efi V6, a 5 spd and diff with disk brakes from a car 15yrs newer, atleast your guys have stuff that was factory optioned

Hahaha lol I would do the conversion you are doing, but it doesn't seem worth it because by the time it would be done I could have a mild/nice V8 in the ute already!! :P lol

i should have just put in a ls2/6spd right from the start if id know what the panel beater was going to be like, nothing like wasting 7months, big news is coming over the next weekend or 2, big big progress news about friggin time

Originally Posted by gazWb

yeah you are right v6HQUTE (dont no ya name haha) our stuff is all original or aftermarket original i guess you could say in some cases but at the same time they do still go threw the same shit as they will on yours. im happy with the motor and drivelines. but its the body and structual work what they really crack onto with old cars. thats where im stuck up sh*t creek without a paddle lol. im body is rough as and lots of work needed lol. and yeha by the sounds of it you guys should of just gone straight for the v8 convertion from the start haha. i would do that. but the only thing is the car isnt going to take me 4 years to get on the road lol. (its 4 years until i get my fulls i found out) so no v8 for a while.

but by the time im ready thinking about a 5L EFI but nbot sure at the moment. just want a v8 block on the engine stand i can start rebuuilding over the years haha

i want to get 500rwhp out of my sedan, to compensate for the bloody v6, weather i go forced induction on a efi 5L or na LS2, ive got a v8 commy 5 spd for a 304 in the shed, dunno yet, got a few years before im looking for a motor

Originally Posted by V6HQUTE

i should have just put in a ls2/6spd right from the start if id know what the panel beater was going to be like, nothing like wasting 7months, big news is coming over the next weekend or 2, big big progress news about friggin time

Hahaha, shoulda, woulda, coulda!! :P I wish that I had done the same thing and put a LS3/6spd in mine.. Progress is good!!

Originally Posted by gazWb

yeah you are right v6HQUTE (dont no ya name haha) our stuff is all original or aftermarket original i guess you could say in some cases but at the same time they do still go threw the same shit as they will on yours. im happy with the motor and drivelines. but its the body and structual work what they really crack onto with old cars. thats where im stuck up sh*t creek without a paddle lol. im body is rough as and lots of work needed lol. and yeha by the sounds of it you guys should of just gone straight for the v8 convertion from the start haha. i would do that. but the only thing is the car isnt going to take me 4 years to get on the road lol. (its 4 years until i get my fulls i found out) so no v8 for a while.

but by the time im ready thinking about a 5L EFI but nbot sure at the moment. just want a v8 block on the engine stand i can start rebuuilding over the years haha

Myles is his name.. :P lol Fark, 4yrs until you get off your p's!!! That sucks heaps!! I have the same idea, mine was meant to be on the road before now, and I was gonna have a V8 build underway and then that could go in after I get my full licence.. Again, it will be all done by me and a learning curve for me!

Originally Posted by V6HQUTE

i want to get 500rwhp out of my sedan, to compensate for the bloody v6, weather i go forced induction on a efi 5L or na LS2, ive got a v8 commy 5 spd for a 304 in the shed, dunno yet, got a few years before im looking for a motor

I only want 300rwhp from my first V8.. Then the extra power will come later!!

only 300?? go big or go home, i only want it for a cruiser lol, probally excessive but i dont care, gotta finish my apprentiship and off to the mines, hopefully ill have the cars panel work done which wont cost much then when im on a few bucks the good shit will follow :P

Originally Posted by V6HQUTE

only 300?? go big or go home, i only want it for a cruiser lol, probally excessive but i dont care, gotta finish my apprentiship and off to the mines, hopefully ill have the cars panel work done which wont cost much then when im on a few bucks the good shit will follow :P

Yeah, only 300hp for the moment.. lol I'm more for the sound than the power at the moment! Once I start bringing in the $$$ all the good stuff will come....

make sure the 308 is a blue or black motor(wb stato and commodores, probally vh/vk i think vb possibly vc are still red dont hold me to it tho) cant put red motors in wbs, might get away with it if your real lucky but its not worth it if they wont let you put your new motor in