Sams b11 Pulsar Panel Van Project

samwdg · Post by **samwdg** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:21 pm

Howdy guys and possibly girls if theres any? Im sort of new, been viewing the forum on and off for a year or more now and finally decided to post! Anyway heres abit bout me and my machine.

Name: Sam
Location: Port Macquarie, NSW
Year/ Model: 1983 vb11/b11 Pulsar Panel Van
Colour: Sandy Yellow
Period of ownership: since 04

Engine Mods: currently running e15 engine and redone the exhaust system from front muffler back and added a cannon

Interior Mods: all panels and door trims re-trimed with black vinyl, underfelt layed through out the whole car, added my own sound system and stuff and threw in a 3" tacho

Exterior Mods: Fitted a front bumper off an n13 astra and put 1.5" lowering blocks on the back leafs.

Wheels: Old school 14" delta monarchs

Future Plans: CA18DET conversion! Nice set of 16"s, new paint job (colour undecided), new back bumper to match the front and rebuilt dash. Glenns CA18DET n12 he use to have inspired me and i was planning to go with the e15et conversion, but another guy already done it down in tazzy so i thought id go for the next size up!

Pics: my van a few months ago

Front end, could use some more styling

Borrowed some 16's off a mate yesty too see if they would fit and how they look and its great to have your own car ramp

My dad has a van as well

The engine bay

stock e15 i droped in bout 10 months ago

interior shot

This will be my project and hopefully it will be under way soon, once i know exactly what i need and when i can source a ca18det engine, gearbox, etc...

Post by **The Renegade** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:38 pm

Yay, a local!!!!
Welcome to the forum buddy, wagon will be a weapon with the CA in it.

Did you ever get to see my car up close? Ya should've pulled me over and had a chat.

See ya round.

photoglossy · Post by **photoglossy** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 6:42 am

That front seems to work really well! Any more shots of it from a lowed angle?

Wicked car mate. Keep it sleeper eh!

samwdg · Post by **samwdg** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 8:26 am

The Renegade wrote:Yay, a local!!!!
Welcome to the forum buddy, wagon will be a weapon with the CA in it.

Did you ever get to see my car up close? Ya should've pulled me over and had a chat.

See ya round.

Thanks mate, and i did see ya going along oxley through the round about between clifton and fernhill in port, but this was months and months ago before i even knew it had the CA in it.

But yeh might need abit of help in relation of getting it to fit and run properly once i source all the parts i need

photoglossy wrote:That front seems to work really well! Any more shots of it from a lowed angle?

Wicked car mate. Keep it sleeper eh!

I like the way the front came out too, except i would have had to trim back the sides of the bar but then it wouldnt have molded to neat to the front wheel arch, so i just made the bar sit out further and adjusted the grill to fill up alot of the gap between the lights and the bar, but the stupid thing still doesnt mold to the guards properly so might just use it as a mould and get one fiberglassed that will fit nice and neat. And il get a another pic from the front at a low.

Post by **tassuperkart** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:25 am

The longer I stare at that profile pix, the more it screams UTE to me!!!!!!
IHO of course.
L8tr
E

Post by **The Renegade** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:19 am

Hey Sam, wish I could've taken you for a drive in it. Ahh well.

If you wanna come over to my joint in Wauchope really soon (like before Monday when the scrap metal man comes) you can go thru all my spares. I'l give you as much as you want for next to nothing. Things like:
My Pink Exa
3" Exhaust
Random interior bitz.
guages.
N12 Turbo guages
mmmmebbe a dash.
Seats.
Stuff.

gimme a call.

0419 440 505

samwdg · Post by **samwdg** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:35 am

The Renegade wrote:Hey Sam, wish I could've taken you for a drive in it. Ahh well.

If you wanna come over to my joint in Wauchope really soon (like before Monday when the scrap metal man comes) you can go thru all my spares. I'l give you as much as you want for next to nothing. Things like:
My Pink Exa
3" Exhaust
Random interior bitz.
guages.
N12 Turbo guages
mmmmebbe a dash.
Seats.
Stuff.

gimme a call.

0419 440 505

Sounds interesting, il wait for my old man to get home then il see if he wants to come for a look too.

Post by **The Renegade** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:08 pm

Too easy mate.
Hear from ya soon.

I'll be at a band gig from 1:30pm this arvo, but call me anyways.

kid nismo · Post by **kid nismo** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:46 am

your front end looks mean samwdg.

hmmm....do you think your b11 head lights and grill will fit the n12 pulsar?

wouldnt mine having them lights and grill fitted to my front end

Post by **Ash** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:10 am

tassuperkart wrote:The longer I stare at that profile pix, the more it screams UTE to me!!!!!!
IHO of course.
L8tr
E

welcome to the forum samwdg. it will be good to see this little beasty done with a CA18DET innit. will be a sleeper and a half!!

samwdg · Post by **samwdg** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:44 am

kid nismo wrote:your front end looks mean samwdg.

hmmm....do you think your b11 head lights and grill will fit the n12 pulsar?

wouldnt mine having them lights and grill fitted to my front end

Thanks mate,

and they should fit cause the whole front end shell and engine bay is the same as the n12, except the van has different front guards, bonnet, bumper, lights ans grill. Only prob might be that you might left with a few gaps on the end of each guard at the front where on the n12's you would normally have blinkers, but the b11 vans dont.

The lights and grill are also vertical on the vans and on the n12 there on abit of a taper too, but i dont see why you could make it fit, i had n12 lights and grill on there at one stage but didnt look as good lol.

Ash wrote:welcome to the forum samwdg. it will be good to see this little beasty done with a CA18DET innit. will be a sleeper and a half!!

thanks dude and i like ya idea of the exa ute, looks pretty sweet!

Post by **Ash** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:45 am

cheers but it's actually an ET ute and from memory i'm pretty sure Shane86 made that 1 up. looks pretty cool though hey.

samwdg · Post by **samwdg** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:53 am

Ash wrote:cheers but it's actually an ET ute and from memory i'm pretty sure Shane86 made that 1 up. looks pretty cool though hey.

yeh i realized it was an ET after i noticed the doors were abit short and the et front.

dexi_styles · Post by **dexi_styles** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:27 am

Welcome to the forum.

this car looks nice, cant wait for the CA conversion. I like these wheels....

I like the N13 Bar... was it hard to bolt on????

Android 360 · Post by **Android 360** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:44 pm

m8 dont mess around with 16s, go 17x7.5's