Holden HZ Ute - Ireland

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Holden HZ Ute - Ireland

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Unfortunately the camera does not do justice to the colour the car is now - it does not capture the sparkle or the pop of this colour.


Bought this HZ ute in Scotland in 2014.


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Finally imported it into Ireland in 2015 and brought it up to my paint guy to get a respray which we figured would take about 4 - 5 weeks.


Off with the vinyl and should I start to worry?


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Hmmmmmm more of what lurks below the vinyl!


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Digging deeper and its not looking good!


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Will there be any vehicle left at this rate???????????


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Mike from Rare Spares Perth to the rescue with new metal!


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Starting to look a bit more factory - no holes or rust bubbles left.


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Next in line for the paint booth - end of March 2017


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Waiting for trim - April 2017


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Looking sharp. The tyres are the wrong size as these rims where bought for my Valiant S Series and the profile is smaller than the tyres that came off the ute. I was checking the look - and I like it!

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Wow !
I love that.
And quality work too. Well done :thumbright:
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Really Nice Work!!!! 8-) :thumbright:
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Post by Johnny Dart »

I like utes, but later ones, for all the rust issues on the early ones, that find a home over here.
I put 10 litres of wax oyl under the one I imported last year.
I don't think they have any rust protection to speak of.
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Post by rfullarton »

great jobs

what engine is it running ? i hope you gave her a few more horses

the slot for the automatic gear lever on the center console looks a bit weird to me .. could you source a panel with the slot .. or maybe you could put your tissues there !
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Very impressive work 8-)
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Simply superb , Aussie muscle rules. Lovely work and a great base car.
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have you guys seen the SA el camino / holden ute for sale ?
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After humping a bunch of house stuff from Dublin to Kilkenny the ute started to puff and run a bit rough. I had a "new" carb and manifold on the shelf which I purchased last year for it so I fitted that. I fitted new gaskets and vacuum hoses where needed.

I also fitted a new HEI distributor and coil. It purrs away now and drives really nice.

Excuse the canary yellow - previous owner painted EVERYTHING in this colour, slowly getting it gone.

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Does anyone know of a really good set of engine tins? The seller/provider must be willing to post to Ireland - my expensive of course.

It took me nearly 5 hours sandblasting the airfilter box so I could test out the candy red powder coat. I am thinking to leave the block black and do the rest colour matched "ish" to the body.

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Base of silver metallic powder and one coat of candy red powder - I think the colour might look good

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But I don't want to spend an eternity sandblasting the canary yellow from the old ones; the coating he used does not come off easily and as you can see sticks like sh** to a blanket in tight areas.

Once the Valiant is gone to panel and paint next next week, that will give me space in the garage to do more on the ute. I will do the brakes and re - ring and bearing the engine, and add a slightly mild cam and new lifters.

Hopefully by the time the engine goes back in the dreaded canary yellow will be all gone
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Great work,fantastic car/truck/ute,still so cool
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Very cool. Great work.
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Re: Holden HZ Ute - Ireland

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Did you finally get your engine rebuild done ?
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Great work, like that colour :thumbright:
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Nice job, a very neat ute
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Proper job
absolutely mint

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