Project Coomadore Ep 2 - what have we got? | Unique Cars Magazine
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- Опубликовано: 11 окт 2024
- After dragging an early Commodore out of a wrecker's yard in Cooma, GT gives the old girl the once over to check out what he's found. Is it a good thing or are there some ugly surprises?
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Glad to see the ole 202 commy get some well deserved love
Watching that high-pressure cleaning is the most therapeutic relief 😁👌
a few other people have mentioned similar!
Glen a VC commodore in my mind is still a new car, .. Growing up with Cortina's XB & XC Falcons, the Commodore VC was and will always be a new vehicle. I remeber as if it was yesterday that the Commodore came out inb an enviroment of HX Kingwoods. love the early V series !!
yes I remember sitting in the street with my Malvern Star bike being amazed by a VB
I remember hearing a VC with the blue six whoosh by for the first ever time and thinking......WTF is that? The blue and black sixes had this weird, unhealthy sound to them. The V8's, however, sounded just the same as always, thank goodness!
@@noelgibson5956 what about the Starfire 4's. You could always hear those angry power houses coming from miles away...down the paddock with no exhaust, screaming full noise over a distant dirt pile. Airborne stalled on landing but roll started back into full crackle pop noises vacuum gauge doing all kinds of spins & flicks about quite violently
I've got a TX Gemini which I am the third owner of. Had it for about 10 years. I too did the guard off test and pleasantly surprised that I had the same outcome.
Hi Glenn. The transmission playing up could be simply just down to not having enough oil though getting it serviced wouldn't be a bad idea especially as the car has been sitting idle out in the weather for so long.
yes, that's pretty much what the problem was: low fluid
someone's spin durry on the passenger floor 😆
Miss my 5 litre VB sle,nicest driving vehicle I'd owned , just a Commodore in the early 90s. Couldn't have imagined the value,nor the failure of Holden to keep making decent cars . Oh well,look forward to your progress
Cheers Bruce! One of the reasons I like these Commodore is because even after 40 years they ALL drive quite nice
@@glenntorrens8988 mine was a limousine to a twenty something, pity I was too stupid to hold on to it, however,it went in return for a Torana lh and a sizeable chunk of money which meant more to my commander and chief than a loud(ish) Commodore. Hindsight is marvelous isn't it? I really should pull my finger out and grab something worthwhile,all the best
I know how you feel however mine was just a plain 3.3 auto VH but it had the same trim as what is in GT's VC.
@@tomnewham1269 my wife( girlfriend 1987 until married in 92) had a manual vh with a sad little 2850 blue motor, perfect panels ,bone stock vinyl interior and a set of cragars,the height of P plate trendiness.traded up to a VN eventually and then the demise of Holden started. A great pity
This is some really cool old cars 😊 a shame they have rustes away here in Norway 😢
Loving this channel keep up the good work mate
Love your style GT. Keep it up.
cheers, Gerard!
Eventhough it is the 'L' base model, it is option pack '120' (3.3 auto) which means you got, cord cloth trim, wiper dwell, driver's seat height adjuster, passenger side mirror, locking fuel cap and rear retractable seat belts.
I had a VH commodore SL which had corduroy cloth and was a 3.3 auto which I thought was unique as well. But it didn't have the other things that you mentioned that is on GT's VC.
yes, you're right - pretty much everything the SL/X had except the extra shine
@@tomnewham1269 Holden offered so many different option packs back in the day.
Keen to see the road trip video
Excellent find
The charry on the passanger floor!
Hows it going GT, looks like a solid base for a project. Can't wait to see where it ends up
ausome GT !!
All the trouble you had pulling that guard off reminds me of a VN I tried getting the RH front guard from at Northern Auto Wreckers about a month ago....after about half an hour of trying to undo fasteners that were rusted on I gave up in the end.
Perfect colour combo too. Not many VB/C’s had the light grey interior.
The old no clearcoat on the roof trick MAX
Of all the cars available in that Cooma yard, you had to go for another bleedin Commodore! It's not like you haven't done plenty of em before!🤔
Just for a change, do an old XD, or Charger, Monaro or Torana! How about an early Celica or Datsun?
Go outside your comfort zone. What you'll find will amaze you 🤠
I own seven brands of cars and until recently owned another, including two 'coachbuilts'... so yeah I'm comfy... But yeah stay in touch!
@@glenntorrens8988
Lol...... cheers bro 🤠👍
Amazing!
Lots of little rust traps over time, Glenn! Similar to E-Series Falcons, no front guard liners (except for along the top), so mud and dirt collects right where you don’t want it…
yes, the tops of the guards are a known spot. I'm surprised so many VB to VH Commodores actually survive, given the poor rust protection! It was improved in later cars; guard liners from VK and VL had galvanised sills
@@glenntorrens8988 probably testament to the quality of their dipping process.
I’ve only ever know earlier Commodore to rust only through neglect. Rare for a well maintained vehicle to suddenly start rusting.
E- servearrusting Falcons are in their own planet of flakey door handle hoewky pokey hinge torn like Natalie imbroglio...causing handel & gotta leave window dong so dough open or polvolt over & try Ghia into the other side.
Sister AU triangle headlamp planet with its good cup holder's is filling the footwell with water and the core flute isn't playing the dirt hold back tune... it jammed well in testing by ford engineers
& forklift drivers with much spare core flute & some scissors.
who had a lovely craftanoon of shape cutting & gap gaurd try-flutery.
supposed ta flute but its a core design that a kindergarten kid could improve...
Holds back the road dirt ..like a dump truck full of road material , rocks gravel sand heavy great stuff its jamming back in the arch gap ....it really affects the power to weight ratio & fuel economy. Not to mention the chickens that peck at the source of mixed gravel as it helps them to digest.
Dirt mud crap just continues coming under the front gaurds tops n tonka bucket like Lower Gaurd
Au rock n sand haulage.
vin tag gets so kitty litter box looking it needs a pressure wash or industrial vacuum...
It constantly looks like a childs sandpit or a Japanese garden without any bamboo? Like sand built up on the AU's pair of build vin tags... these are the unsealed grains that hitch on my falcon ride.
AU rusty booty or a
wet floor when it rains? Just wear flippers in the falcon..
& kick it!
forte cans of fish oil God knows the ford is surely doomed its going to rust or its not a genuine ford.
@@bluecent I saw plenty of irrationally and prematurely rusty ones in the 80s. But yes the pampered ones are the ones more likely to survive
Could you retrofit a VK wheel guard into the VC? Just asking as a way to prevent the VC mud issue.
yes, you can - and I have
Nice VC Glenn... should check out my Group E...
Great video of a set of wheels in Newcastle for sale if you’re interested
hey thanks but wheels are sorted!
I love the early Commodores. Such a great package in its time, somewhat let down by lack lustre mechanicals.
GT is this an SL or an optioned up L ? And is so, which option pack ?
Hi David, it's a base 'L' with a 1-0-something pack of 3.3/auto, cloth, mirror and retractable rear belts
Nice build gt. I reckon @wd40 should come on board for a bit of sponsorship for those rusty door hinges mate
Ha! Yes, I've been trying to get my people to talk to their people for a while! It is in fact worse than rust... it's a broken stay/strap unit
Its a miracle!
Cars sitting for a week unloved under a nasty old pine tree suffer more rust needle death than this old forgotten overlooked plain Jane of the junk yard.
She's got an ace body. inside She's untouched. Dusty & a little dirty but ain't no maccas fries to find under her velour buckets or below her moist yet dirty centre console.
carpets short down low... fairly neat a bonus because it shouldn't get too easy caught in your teeth.....You have selected wisely GT ...
Wish you many future doughnuts on previous owners instantly jelly reclaimed commolawn
That Grill snapped because it was smiling so hard... and her teeth was rotten because she's so sweet inside 😆 as if cleaning her isn't a labour of love.
Just like surgery on the other patient
hey.. Dr G.rill T.erminator 😃👍
ahhh..yeah, rightio!
Looks like good clean fun GT, except what you had to do for that screw.... :D
Oh, and do you have to break test everything you open and shut? Geezuz........
Yeah that drill bit was 400x the tiny screw. Yep you won that battle. 😆
Lol hope the trim made it?. Wd40 crc rp7 inox even a
jet lighter pen thingy is good to heat little screws a touch with the direct flame feathering on the screw head it takes seconds to make it play the game.
More lube less destruction of lil stainless screws.
Also use a drill with correct fit star bit .
Easier to push down & hopefully the bit bites in tightly while pushing in.
they just zip out on first trigy finger pull. If it's going to strip stop & try a few tap taps more oil even a different bit. Tap the bit in with a goanna.
Nothing worse than striping those tiny tots. & murdering them like the doctors in Paris. The small isolated town ...Ironically townsfolk pre planned & caused outsiders vehicle's to be in deadly road accidents all in order to steal car parts😃
Pre lube & let it penetrate in. Nothing worse than damaging decent parts in the excitement. They end up being the hardest bits to find in gc as a replacements for silly mistakes. Rushing for no advantage or gain esp if a part gets damaged in the process.
Also beware of Red backs & other bitey creatures.
The car will never get back on the road if you start flying around swinging from your own Webs & kissing girls upside down in the rain outside flynn's necking yard.
Might want to add rubber brake hoses and a water pump to that list
be nothing worse than getting it on the road doing hot laps of the local KFC car park and it over heating cause it's hemoraging coolant out the water pump shaft seal
yes, I added a fair bit more to that list!
that petrol set up in the engine bay is very dangerous
Two red cars
Just a random non-spam comment for ya bud.
Take the jerry away before you spray dirt into it
last rego 1999
Rego ran out 17jan 1999
Pulls car apart before even washing it? Wtf. Cooked much
Maybe the mrs is away for a few days...so he's putting it in the dishwasher?
That rinse aid really makes the windows & mirrors shine.
you're obviously new to cars; disassembly first means the car and the work area and ground/floor is dry when you're on the tools. But you do you
@@DoctorWEBB an old dishwasher is actually great garage 'equipment'!
@@glenntorrens8988 The kitchen spec dishwasher is just a fancy shiney workshop hot wash with some extra plate racking & a pull out cutlery cage made for her indoors. With its superior more powerful jet pattern that blasts everything spotless. Good enough to eat off!
As Wayne always careys on about.....give her the good tablets for that guaranteed great finish.
The cutlery tray holds bolts, nuts,lifters, pushrods, rocker gear & even filthy sockets or spanners just perfect. Kincrome be like steaming new aus made sidchrome without the wit-worths
Rocker covers fit snug in the top rack.
Heavy stuff like alternators clean up great In the bottom rack in the heat . Any chrome bits that fit will shine like new...streak free finish guaranteed.
What she doesn't know will not hurt her or you.
So be dishwasher smart. Unload the second its finished the wash.
If you get caught say the Machine was broken & you must of forgotten about those tools still inside steamy hot like new. Hopefully she dosnt spot the manifold & air cleaner assembly in the steam. Offer to unpack it if need be. Those pull out racks have wheels for fast exits easily pushed by foot across the floor out of sight with the load of Commodore fresh N.O.Washed.
A typical shit box commodore.
Yeah, exactly! Perfect for my plans
@@glenntorrens8988 Good luck with your restoration, look forward to your next RUclips.
@@shanelawther4121 a few weeks... we should have another chapter out there