V6HQUTE Ute Build

**V6HQUTE** · 11-09-2011, 07:32 AM

yeah mabey hz, if they put the hz dash into the hq instead, thatd be my pick, prem front 350/4speed nice

**TwoTees** · 11-09-2011, 07:58 AM

Originally Posted by V6HQUTE

heres the tailgate im going to reskin it, guy near harevy bay qld presses them, same thinkness as genuine, i dont want any tiawanese rubbish, there is nothing on the ute that is non genuine and hopefully wont be

Hi V6HQUTE,

It is great to see an attitude like this! Especially from a young bloke. Agree! Much better to repair/recondition solid original stuff rather than buying reproduced rubbish. You certainly have the skills to do this.

Keep the photos coming!

Chris

**wbute** · 11-09-2011, 08:01 AM

Originally Posted by RodneyHZ253

This reply is to WB's post i messed the reply with quote thing somehow
Off coarse you nearly got it right HZ were the best of the series hq to wb after HZ Holden went on cost cutting exercise and left the rear sway bar off and of coarse kept the 308 for statesman not that i'am not happy with 253's personally and of coarse didn't produce sandman's in wb's

Ah, trying to corrupt the young hey Rodney.
Sway bars were deemed a waste of time as they only added weight and were a con job to sell HZ. A 253 with a quadrajet produced more HP/CI than a 308......:Chin:..... and so the 308 was assigned to Luxury Cruise Ship (Stato) duties.
As for WB sandman....... um........... Worlds Best sold them selves without need for a sticker kit........ could be treading on thin ice there so disregard that comment. WB was not at fault for bean counters not offering Sandman option. You cant blame the cars for decisions made by accountants?
Yet more proof, every original owner of WB traded them in on the "modern" Subaru Brumby. Seen many Brumbies on the road lately? WB's are everywhere still.....they are just so precious the owners cant dare take them out of sheds.
So undeniable evidence I say.

**playwme** · 11-09-2011, 08:33 AM

Originally Posted by wbute

Ah, trying to corrupt the young hey Rodney.
Sway bars were deemed a waste of time as they only added weight and were a con job to sell HZ.

And a 5 poster bullbar reduces weight on the WB? I suppose it's almost a necessary item to try and hide the hideous front end.

Yet more proof, every original owner of WB traded them in on the "modern" Subaru Brumby. Seen many Brumbies on the road lately? WB's are everywhere still.....they are just so precious the owners cant dare take them out of sheds.
So undeniable evidence I say.

Looks like you're supporting our side of the arguement with this statement. You're saying every owner traded in their WB's? I see plenty of Brumbies around here. I've had 3 of them. Unfortunately when I'm short on cash the Brumby is the first to go. They fetch big dollars, are easy to sell and the buyers don't even try to haggle you on the price.

**V6HQUTE** · 11-09-2011, 06:22 PM

here you go guys the link to my build on aussie v8 and the ute i have been looking ats a sandman
http://www.aussiev8.com.au/ases/4.0....n-rebuild.html

**ambientgoat** · 13-09-2011, 07:05 PM

I think your other thread has lost the road at speed and is off in the weeds somewhere, likely bogged.

Hopefully we can direct some attention back here;

You're doing an amazing job to this ute, I wish I could weld like that. I would have been to scared to even start the project with that hole in the tray.
Keep us posted on the progress. I really look forward to seeing the outcome.

Goat

**V6HQUTE** · 14-09-2011, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by ambientgoat

I think your other thread has lost the road at speed and is off in the weeds somewhere, likely bogged.

Hopefully we can direct some attention back here;

You're doing an amazing job to this ute, I wish I could weld like that. I would have been to scared to even start the project with that hole in the tray.
Keep us posted on the progress. I really look forward to seeing the outcome.

Goat

yeah it has gone off track a bit, theyll sort it out between them selves eventually lol, cheers mate, when we bought the ute i never really thought much about the hole other than to fix it, i havent got any recent pictures, ive just started cutting the hq cowl bonnet lines of and welding it hz ones, i wanted to leave it but dad and the pannel beater, said just to do it, so ive done one side and the other will be done on the weekend, ill keep the hq bonnet lines( the bit i cut out) in the shed, just for a rainy day

**playwme** · 14-09-2011, 06:34 PM

The HQ bar you're chasing, is that to put on the ute? I've got a full length bar that came off a van somewhere but I'm in Canberra which might be a bit far for you. Got any good HQ sedan bootlids (without the hump)?

**V6HQUTE** · 14-09-2011, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by playwme

The HQ bar you're chasing, is that to put on the ute? I've got a full length bar that came off a van somewhere but I'm in Canberra which might be a bit far for you. Got any good HQ sedan bootlids (without the hump)?

yeah im chasng a hq wagon one, that doesnt need rechoming or similar, depends what conditon its in, im whating on some money and sending a complete sals diff to melbourne, i havent got any q bootlids, ive got a hz, i could probally track down a q one for you from my parts guy next time i see him