Neville in Da Flesh

Well after a think about Wally and recent family member not mixing well I opted for another classic this time with options, didnt want a statesman but a Premier, posted a wanted add about and within in 2 days had caught a nibble

Got a txt like this, '' HZ prem wag, 106k km, 5L T400, air, ps,tint, pwr gate, GTS dash, orig and ROH mags $2500 firm''

I wasnt blown away, went to inspect that weekend wow what a time warp, been stored for 5 years, and hardly driven before then was his old mans cars, and he parked it and went OS for a bit,

I had to have a good hard think Wally or this, perfect family truck with mod cons, and classic looks, fired up after 5 years, and sounded sweet, left deposit,advertsied van and sold first day within a hour

Picked the Premier up got a pinky and drove it home, once home gave it a bath and took it down for bluey passed stright away

Tell me will our current moderns be like this in 30 years

So this is my Sports Wagon, better then my VE, Air is instant, had that old school grunt, and is the ulitmate cruiser with sleeper looks and nasty sting when need be

Fresh paint on top side and thats all it needs, GTS Rims from van on there, and dual exuast with some extractors, perhaps quad tips like the SS, and that should do for a bit

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Let me know what you guys think ok its not a pano but great family car, and as much a pano if not more then a new VY ute with canopy lol

very nice. With the gts rims it will look super. Go for some GTS mirrors as well as they make a huge difference to the appearance. Can't believe all the side moldings are still intact.

spweing the images arent showing the picture, and we cant edit on this forum,

I want the premier mirrors for both sides, the drivers is remote but love to have just a manual one for other side the same style are they out there (Greg?)

got a brand new old stock front bar with it also, thats the only bad bit of chrome, side moulding son passenger side have a few dints in them again need to replace a few things but all good

Not bad at all.... (still miss Wally..... ). Lookin good, like u say, a bit of paint, or even just a polish would soon buff it up well. The interior looks very good.... and hey, so what if it's a wagon, I used to get threatened by the Hot Rodders about a chop job on my wagon and the vanners wanted to weld up the rear doors.... - now there are some options to think about too I used to joke my wagon was a panel van with a couple of extra doors and windows.... Well done!

lol thats what i say maz a van with rear doors

Yeah I still miss wally, of course I will he lives a stones throw from my house

but to hear that V8 crank over and the power plus options are making me fel happy about the buy, if only it had wally's paint

Need to find a local shop willing to do acrylic and want it booked in asap

whats wrong with you painting it yourself then.

what a super buy welldone thats in really top nick

HZSandman wrote:very nice. With the gts rims it will look super. Go for some GTS mirrors as well as they make a huge difference to the appearance. Can't believe all the side moldings are still intact.

Yeah, I put those those mirrors on my ute this week... Make a huge difference, really sets the whole thing off.

That`s a very nice Prem you picked up there Wal. For two and half grand I`d say bargain!

Wild_Wally wrote:

I want the premier mirrors for both sides, the drivers is remote but love to have just a manual one for other side the same style are they out there (Greg?

harrisons early spares in qld used to make a left one...i actually rang them a week ago to see if they still had em but they dont...price was for the left one only$275...i bought a few off them over the years ..i do have a pair in my collection of crap but im not sure that i really want to sell them...keep an eye on ebay...btw,holden never made a left remote mirror for hq to hz...scott, i can show you how to modify broken wb statesman left mirror into non remote..plent around cheap broken because most people cant figure out how to fix them...

Thanks for the nice comments guys

Greg I might take you up on that offer

Also the painting if I had the time I would do it,

In the mean time I am working on getting bub seat in, tow bar on, and gts wheels fitted

Thanks
Wally

What size are your GTS rims again?

Odd_One_Out wrote:
Yeah, I put those those mirrors on my ute this week... Make a huge difference, really sets the whole thing off.

Do you have any pics of your ute??

No pix yet with the `new` mirrors there Agro. Got heaps of pix with the WB mirrors though...
I`m actually having second thoughts about those GTS mirrors.... You can see sweet F.A. out of them! I`m thinking about putting those WB mirrors back on...

It`s only a `replica` BTW... It`s actually a WB The ute is a big hit everywhere it goes though...
People take pix of it at the lights and videos of it on the highway etc etc

It looks good on your avatar, and it doesn't worry me if it has WB mirrors.

So Wally, how did you go with putting the GTS on?

don't worry about seeing whats behind you....It's what's in front that counts. Stick with the GTS mirrors

Wild_Wally wrote:

In the mean time I am working on getting bub seat in

Thanks
Wally

wal,i know how much you love your first born so i hope you are fitting the child seat safety bar as this is the only correct way to do it in old wagoooons....if you are and you dont like the price on a new one i just happen to have one ...ring me if you not comprehend....

neighbour has one too mate but thanks for the offer,

Will see how it goes, was going to speek with fitters today

Thanks
Wal

I`m not trying to highjack your thread here Wal but seeing it`s all non-panelvan related...

Pix for agro and HZ...

With WB mirrors...


Pic for HZ with GTS mirrors...


Some high qual pix...



The tray was painted gloss black enemal


A very nice snap of the tailgate...


All-in-all a home back-yard job done properly!

I could`nt have done it without my brother who did most of the work including spraying it (acrylic)...
I did a fair bit of it though (including paying for it)...

I got the idea to do it when I saw pix of Rustys replica`77 Sandman off fastlane.com and said to myself... I JUST WANT ONE!

Did`nt quite do my research that well though...
I never knew HZ sandman was V8 option only... Looks like a thumpin 308 will be going into it afterall... plus a set of fat-slappers all-round. I think I`ll keep the ride hieght the same though, it`s very practical.

I`ll get off your thread now Wal...

Odd-One-Out

p.s. It`s sort of prem related

Hey man that is one sweet ute. You should be proud , it looks the goods 100%. Iv'e had a few utes in my time 1Tonners also, and i still lov them. They look tops. Yours is and does look awesome well done. Just need a panno now to go with the fleet ....... Keep up the good work,.

SWEEEEEEEEEEET!!
Thanks for that.

Odd_One_Out wrote:I got the idea to do it when I saw pix of Rustys replica`77 Sandman off fastlane.com and said to myself... I JUST WANT ONE!

Got the pics of that one on my screen saver. (and now 1 of yours,Thanks)

It`s absynth yellow with brown decals...
I wonder why it was`nt a more popular colour combo because in the flesh it looks pretty bloody good!

Devilsgrip,
I used to own a HJ windowless panno for a fair while but never again... They`re just too hard to see out of the back of for me (no matter how good they look)... with the ute I can just take a quick looksie in the rear mirror or over the left shoulder and I know exactly where everthing is.

No point blacking the number plate out anymore... The ute has been well and truly snapped over Nth Bris in the last month or so it`s been back on the road and I`ll be back out driving it again in the morning

Thanks for nice comments fellas... I`m glad other people like it too.

hey, even the girls like it... it does look good, hope to see it in the flesh?? I do like the colour coded mirrors, kind of gives it a you know... je ne ce quoi...... (BTW that's french for "i don't know what".... ). Yep, like it.