good effort. I wish i had the shed space. I picked up a 97 vs ute. Had hit a roo plus flogged. all the running gear is now fixed/replaced. Just got the body to touch up and some small annoying issues. Not going to be a show car but something to enjoy. cant take two kids to school on the motorbike so a 3 seater will do the job :)

Yep damn. Another VS lets goooooo! On another note, damn stop smoking please (unless you like to, you do you) Love how its a real deal no holding back content so much. You beauty. Good watch for Sunday.

Great project mate. If your tank gives you grief you can fit a vu ute tank in with a bit of perimeter trim, heat,dolly and hammer to the tank. These run the vt -vz style pump. The vy2 and vz tank fuel tank gauge reads the same way as vs. Vt vy1 reads backwards. I've done this in my vs ute. The vs ute tank surge swirl pot rots out and driving below 1/4 tank Ute's cut out around corners. Common problem. The vs 99 and 20000 or series 3 come with the "vt" 5.0 roller motor and have the maf sensor. Yours seems to be the vn -vs series 2 type 5.0 Either way, still going to make some good noise and paint lines up the road.

If it is indeed a genuine VS series 3 5.0, then it should have the roller cam sequential injected engine, which has totally different engine covers, intake etc.

So is this the new shop ute now? Hahahaha. Should do a full colour change on it. You know you want too. 😉😉😉👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

Nice one! 5 litre VR-VS utes are pretty popular now, interested in future uploads

Maybe its had a knock to the front 2 different front guards and the bar has calais or ss fog lights. Looks a good base. While doing the vacuuming play some music instead of having it just quiet. Anyways overall a mint project 🤙

This is going to be a fantastic project, I can’t wait to see how it turns out.

This is a bit of a bitsa. The trim and black mirrors suggest its a base model ute. From what I can see, it is not a VM prefix engine and the engine number will most likely be a VU. That means it's out of an older model (not a 99 engine). The BT1 cluster, dual airbags and ABS suggest it's an ex police ute. It looks like it says BT1 on the build plate also. It looks like it says LG2 (Ecotec) as the engine code on the plate suggesting it is a factory V6 but couldnt see it properly (LB9 is V8). Should clean up OK but 👍

Good on ya for saving the old VS, they are great utes. Ive owned two VS utes previously and am rebuilding a VG commy ute at the moment. Definately looks to be a bit of a bitsa, as others said I'd guess it was a V6 originally going by the trim etc, and not having the roller motor in it. I dont think you'll regret it if you give the whole thing a flick to freshen it up.

Good stuff mate. Iron lion all the way. Keen to see what you do with it

Very good you saved it's life. I'm doing up a black vs ute at the moment

Good shit mate , that should end up looking nice !!!

They're nice utes. In the shed now - unplanned - but move forward. Worst is in the cab, eh. I'm pretty sure you'll end up blowing paint over the whole thing if I know you at all. Those hoses are for the tranny cooling. That fuel pump was pretty bloody 2nd hand! Cheers

Nice brother, always good to get a project running!! You bought the same 4 head Chicago as I did, 150lt tank, please do an honest review of it as you go because mine as I said in a previous comment was very underwhelming!!! 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Just found this in my feed. Looks like a great project. Be interested to know where you found and picked it up from. Look forward to future content, cheers

Bro, good to see you still have the two old girls. I'll be keeping a look out for more content. Don't be afraid to add some background music. Look up iorn empier very similar to this sort of content. Maybe give you some ideas when it comes to editing. Keep it coming great job👍

It has some features of an ex cop car the dash cluster the front bumper the interior..... but they did always remove the side trims so i dont know

Vs series 3 but VR engine covers and very early hydro-700 dipsick? That poor, poor ute 😱

Thought i was talking about myself for a sec loll😂😂😂

The ignition modules give up on the 5 litres and I’m pretty sure the module turns on the fuel pump

Haha, fk that was funny, just bought another project myself today.. when you said it my misses said “that’s you” 😂 😂 Keep the vids coming, enjoying the channel.. we needed to see some of that slowmo power washing of the ute like old Puddins Fab Shop does 😂 Oh yeah I agree, try and get off those ciggys if you can mate, it’s the worst way to go when it catches up with ya 👍

14:45 do a stato front? Looks great Some action shots be gr8, even if its speed up. Your not ugly but i dont need to see you this much lol😂. Anyway bud, just some food fot thought. Thimbs up!!

those seats are police pack seats with no bolstering

Factory vs v6 ute s111. With vn/ vp motor and box.

Awesome, think i seen this one on marketplace?

great car but mate show some sort of interest smile ffs

Leave the moulds on . They’re too hard to remove without damaging them

The engine covers are on backwards