AWD LS1 ute

[Xjas]

Neat ute but I think the price is a bit steep.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HSV-COUPE-4-UTE-AWD-CONCEPT-CAR-Maloo-Senator-GTO-GTS-Grange-FPV-Show-Drag-car-/141966587990?hash=item210dde3856:g:bpoAAOSw14xXFIP 1

[C4B]

The RIMS are miles too wide and for my liking ruin the whole look of the car.

[Devil CV8]

Didn't IJ do one of these in the last couple of years?

[IJ.]

Didn't IJ do one of these in the last couple of years?

That's it..

[black_friday]

That's it..

Geez mate if he gets anywhere near 85k (tell him he's dreaming...) that could be pretty lucrative! :shock:

[SASLS1]

The Bumpers, Body-kit and Flares paint doesn't even match the rest of the car... Tacky / Bodgy... Seriously and he's asking $85K!!!...

No exhausts in the cutouts, What The...

The ricer stretched tyre effect is a Complete Fail!!!... on this car, with such larger gaps between the tyres and the flares, why even bother...

You'd have to be on acid to pay any were near $85K for it, regardless on how much has been spent.

The proportions are all wrong.

[Micks]

As Pauline would say "why"
Why do some peeps think a motor vehicle is a sound investment? :lmao:

[whitels1ss]

The Bumpers, Body-kit and Flares paint doesn't even match the rest of the car... Tacky / Bodgy... Seriously and he's asking $85K!!!...


You'd have to be on acid to pay any were near $85K for it, regardless on how much has been spent.


I can think of many other cars which IMHO would be a better "investment" for the $85,000 asking price. :yup:

[Devil CV8]

That's it..
Thought so.

Everyone shhhh, we don't want the secret on building one of these to get out.... lol

Secret is, 1 of 2WD commodore, add 1 of AWD commodore, add a massive dose of IJ and voila your AWD commodore.

[zorro]

Didn't IJ do one of these in the last couple of years?

You mean 3 awds over about 6 months?

[SASLS1]

Just had a look on Red Book for a rough guide, a "Real" Coupe 4 is going for around $30K to $40K...

What does that tell you!!!...

I know which I'd rather have, and with $50K spare change in my back pocket...

[csv rulz]

Just had a look on Red Book for a rough guide, a "Real" Coupe 4 is going for around $30K to $40K...

What does that tell you!!!...

I know which I'd rather have, and with $50K spare change in my back pocket...
You could buy a real coupe 4 plus a new ute

[whitels1ss]

You could buy a real coupe 4 plus a new ute

You could buy a brand new Supercharged LSA VFII Maloo R8 ute & have a bit of change leftover for $85,000. :lol:

http://www.redbook.com.au/cars/research/new/details/2016-holden-special-vehicles-maloo-r8-lsa-manual-my16/SPOT-ITM-435591

[XUV]

That's it..
you shoulda taken points on sale price, lol

[CLUBRED]

That's it..

Why is he taking credit for the build then?

[IJ.]

Why is he taking credit for the build then?

I only did the AWD Mechanical conversion..

[whitels1ss]

I only did the AWD Mechanical conversion..

I would have thought that would have been the most important part of the whole thing.

[zorro]

I would have thought that would have been the most important part of the whole thing.

The 13k body kit easily is priority

[Micks]

You could buy a brand new Supercharged LSA VFII Maloo R8 ute & have a bit of change leftover for $85,000. :lol:

http://www.redbook.com.au/cars/research/new/details/2016-holden-special-vehicles-maloo-r8-lsa-manual-my16/SPOT-ITM-435591

I know which one I'd prefer! Not the the Skyhooks one either :lmao:

[SASLS1]

The 13k body kit easily is priority

Especially with its poor fit and finish and non matching paint colour.

What happened to the missing trim piece in the lower radiator air intake. You can see the two holes either side of the bumper for it...

Must of run out of there non matching silver paint, they didn't want to have a 3rd non matching silver hahaha...

[Smashfist]

Especially with its poor fit and finish and non matching paint colour.

It's silver, they don't match from factory.

[IJ.]

http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthread.php?167025-Project-Maloo

[Devil CV8]

You mean 3 awds over about 6 months?

But only 1 Maloo Ute

[Devil CV8]

I only did the AWD Mechanical conversion..

"only" you make it sound like you "only" did an oil change or changed a wheel...... It's a tad more than that

[IJ.]

"only" you make it sound like you "only" did an oil change or changed a wheel...... It's a tad more than that

Thanks, just wanted to be clear what part I had a hand in and yeah not much harder than an oil change ;)

[Smashfist]

IJ could do an AWD conversion in his sleep.

[edelbrock1]

Followed this build from the start. It was his "dream car", one that he had always dreamed of owning. Now he is trying to flogg it off and make a quick buck. Doesnt sound like a dream car to me.

He claims you couldnt build this thing for less than 6 figures. IJ must have charged him $50K for him to come up with that number. From what I saw, nothing of quality went into the build. Cheap Maloo. Junk Cross8. Everything else was cheap 2nd hand. I do note that he quoted all new price in the ad.

For me, the whole build would have been well under $50k.

But the clincher for me was the final line of the ad..

*Please note if you contact me for advice on what I've done so you can replicate this vehicle please understand that I wont assist you*

He is quite happy to pick everyones brains and use people up to get the car done. But turns into an arsehole if he ever has to return the favor.

Not like it was a difficult build anyway. The hardest part IJ did in his spare weekend.

[zorro]

Also for those who been around for awhile have a think who build the ute, IJ aside.... Guarantee my left nut it was built way way wayyyyy below what you think it was

[Devil CV8]

Thanks, just wanted to be clear what part I had a hand in and yeah not much harder than an oil change ;)

I thought of you when Canberra pickles had a stat write off Adventra LX8 go through along with a repairable Adventra CX6, although it wouldn't have taxed your skills at all...

[185iboy]

Just had a look on Red Book for a rough guide, a "Real" Coupe 4 is going for around $30K to $40K...

What does that tell you!!!...

I know which I'd rather have, and with $50K spare change in my back pocket...

Silly me thought I just got a bargain for $84k.

Geez you stay away from forums for a while and come back to see this sort of crap, hate threads. I'm surprised you lot haven't attacked peoples ride threads because they picked the wrong colour air freshener. How do you value an AWD HSV Maloo in pretty good nick? I'd say most people would do vehicle + parts + body + labour + rarity = price. I'd say all together it's 60-70k. He's obviously added a little cherry on top.

SASLS1 obviously you've never taken a look at a Quicksilver coloured car or a Coupe4 in real life because you'd realise Holden/HSV can't get the paint and panel fit right either. Always a different colour from plastic bumpers to the metal. It also doesn't take a genius to work out the car wasn't finished in the those photo's and was missing a few parts.

[whitels1ss]

Silly me thought I just got a bargain for $84k.

Geez you stay away from forums for a while and come back to see this sort of crap, hate threads. I'm surprised you lot haven't attacked peoples ride threads because they picked the wrong colour air freshener. How do you value an AWD HSV Maloo in pretty good nick? I'd say most people would do vehicle + parts + body + labour + rarity = price. I'd say all together it's 60-70k. He's obviously added a little cherry on top.

SASLS1 obviously you've never taken a look at a Quicksilver coloured car or a Coupe4 in real life because you'd realise Holden/HSV can't get the paint and panel fit right either. Always a different colour from plastic bumpers to the metal. It also doesn't take a genius to work out the car wasn't finished in the those photo's and was missing a few parts.

I think you are going way over the top mate!

Would you seriously pay $60,000 for that thing?

Hey, don't get me wrong, it looks like a great build & quite a nice car but
it's certainly no prize winning concourse show car & a lot of the parts were obtained from damaged, old, high klm scrapped cars.

To be honest I laughed when you wrote he was adding a "cherry on top" because the fruit I was thinking about when I read the advert
was a pineapple & it wasn't going on top of anything.

Hey I have seen other posts on facebook and a thread on another forum which has been much harder
& far less restrained on this advert than what's in this thread, everyone is looking it as a joke.

[A PSYCHO]

I'd say most people would do vehicle + parts + body + labour + rarity = price.

1. you never get back what you put into a build $$$ wise.

2. 'rarity' doesnt apply to something built at home in a shed. only factory rare releases etc.

[SASLS1]

Silly me thought I just got a bargain for $84k.

Geez you stay away from forums for a while and come back to see this sort of crap, hate threads. I'm surprised you lot haven't attacked peoples ride threads because they picked the wrong colour air freshener. How do you value an AWD HSV Maloo in pretty good nick? I'd say most people would do vehicle + parts + body + labour + rarity = price. I'd say all together it's 60-70k. He's obviously added a little cherry on top.

SASLS1 obviously you've never taken a look at a Quicksilver coloured car or a Coupe4 in real life because you'd realise Holden/HSV can't get the paint and panel fit right either. Always a different colour from plastic bumpers to the metal. It also doesn't take a genius to work out the car wasn't finished in the those photo's and was missing a few parts.


Seriously!!!... The way the ad was written was complete gibberish, you can write all the bs in the world, people just look straight thru it... People aren't stupid...

No one would pay that kind of money for a incomplete car. The first cop you drive past in it, you'd be defected for the wheels on the spot, so useless...

As for colour mismatch, factory or non factory, it still looks like ass regardless...

Gee look, the ad has been taken down, and now he's trying to flog off the front bar minus all its trim pieces for $2k...

So much for the rarity, no one wants its...

[edelbrock1]

Still for sale. Just hidden away. Hoping for a sucker.

http://luxuryautomotosale.com/node/686

[edelbrock1]

This 'bad boy" "show stopper" is up for Sale again.

http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz186/edelbrock1/Bad%20Boy_1.png (http://s826.photobucket.com/user/edelbrock1/media/Bad%20Boy_1.png.html)

[Micks]

Won't waste my time either :lol:

[SASLS1]

This 'bad boy" "show stopper" is up for Sale again.

Hahaha....

9 months later... $15K price drop to $70K... Still Nobody wants it... Wonder why... Must be that rarity previously mentioned in post #30... :lmao::lmao::lmao:

Coupe 4 currently on Redbook...



*Private Price Guide
$29,900 - $34,700


*Trade In Price Guide
$23,800 - $28,600


*Average Km
180,000 - 300,000


*Price When New
$89,950*


Link (http://www.redbook.com.au/cars/research/used/details/2004-holden-special-vehicles-coupe-4-auto-4x4/SPOT-ITM-235589)

Tell'em...... He's Still Dreaming in Lar Lar Land....:doh::doh::doh:

[JT]

Hahaha....

9 months later... $15K price drop to $70K... Still Nobody wants it... Wonder why... Must be that rarity previously mentioned in post #30... :lmao::lmao::lmao:

Coupe 4 currently on Redbook...



*Private Price Guide
$29,900 - $34,700


*Trade In Price Guide
$23,800 - $28,600


*Average Km
180,000 - 300,000


*Price When New
$89,950*


Link (http://www.redbook.com.au/cars/research/used/details/2004-holden-special-vehicles-coupe-4-auto-4x4/SPOT-ITM-235589)

Tell'em...... He's Still Dreaming in Lar Lar Land....:doh::doh::doh:

good luck getting a coupe 4 at those prices

[SASLS1]

good luck getting a coupe 4 at those prices

There only a rough guide obviously...

[whitels1ss]

good luck getting a coupe 4 at those prices

:yup: I can't imagine too many changing hands for under $30,000 each week. :lol:

[SASLS1]

good luck getting a coupe 4 at those prices

Here's is a good comparison...

2006 BMW M5 E60 Manual, New RRP $230500...

Link (http://www.redbook.com.au/cars/research/used/details/2006-bmw-m5-e60-manual/SPOT-ITM-210847)

Redbook



*Private Price Guide
$35,300 - $39,900


*Trade In Price Guide
$28,400 - $33,000


*Average Km
100,000 - 180,000


*Price When New
$230,500*



2006 BMW M5 E60 Manual asking $42K on carsales, so Totally Realistic price!!!...........

Link (https://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/BMW-M5-2006/SSE-AD-3846626/?Cr=19)

I know which I'd much rather have...

There are also Dreamer Coupe 4 owners... asking Silly / Unrealistic prices not selling every week I wonder why that is..... Its all Relative...

[SASLS1]

good luck getting a coupe 4 at those prices

Last 2005 model, Coupe 4 on Redbook...

Link (http://www.redbook.com.au/cars/research/used/details/2005-holden-special-vehicles-coupe-4-auto-4x4/SPOT-ITM-235595)



*Private Price Guide
$34,500 - $39,800


*Trade In Price Guide
$27,600 - $32,900


*Average Km
165,000 - 275,000


*Price When New
$89,950*



All three Coupe 4's on Carsales are asking $80K+ ...... So over " Double " the Private Price Guide figures... Whats that tell you...

Their All Dreaming Too..... Their phones must be all ringing off the hook, swamped with buyers... Not... Their all so far from reality, its laughable...

[whitels1ss]

All three Coupe 4's on Carsales are asking $80K+ ...... So over " Double " the Private Price Guide figures... Whats that tell you...

Their All Dreaming Too..... Their phones must be all ringing off the hook, swamped with buyers... Not... Their all so far from reality, its laughable...


Yeah, agreed, there are plenty of dreamers advertising cars for very unrealistic money mate. :lol:

But to be honest, I would still much rather buy a genuine Coupe4 for $80,000 than this ute for $70,000.
If you bought a genuine Coupe4, at least you would have some chance of getting your money back in 10 years! :lol:

[edelbrock1]

I sold my Coupe4 with 28k on the clock for $58k. Had it advertised for $65k, about 12 months ago. No one was calling. Buyers for these cars are few and far between. Mine ended up going to a collector in Perth who was going to stash it away with his other cars as an investment. So they might be advertised for $80k+ But I bet my balls they are not selling.

But I know what I would be buying if I did have a spare $70k to spend on a car. And it wouldnt be the bitsa ute.

[SASLS1]

If he'd just done the AWD conversion, and left the exterior of the car OEM stock Marloo R8, spent the money on getting the wheels made with the correct offsets, with zero mods to the perfectly proportioned OEM guard lines, it would of been 1000% better, than it looks now...

A lot more people would be interested in it, taking the current stupid price totally out of the equation...

Never been a fan of add on flares OEM or aftermarket, as they always look like an after thought IMO.


Yes I totally agree... buy the Real Deal Coupe 4... or don't waste your time with a Try Hard Wannabee, Replica ute...

[whitels1ss]

It pops up again.
Seems like nobody has been able to see the value in this gem & buy it yet. :popcorn:

https://www.motormag.com.au/news/1706/one-off-hsv-coupe4-ute

[Micks]

It pops up again.
Seems like nobody has been able to see the value in this gem & buy it yet. :popcorn:

https://www.motormag.com.au/news/1706/one-off-hsv-coupe4-ute

It's special! :lmao:

[IJ.]

https://www.motormag.com.au/news/1706/one-off-hsv-coupe4-ute

Anyone notice anything missing from the article?

[mjrandom]

The truth? Or breasts.

Likely both?

[SASLS1]

https://www.motormag.com.au/news/1706/one-off-hsv-coupe4-ute

Anyone notice anything missing from the article?

No mention of the Mechanical AWD Conversion Wizard in the article I suspect....

[IJ.]

The truth? Or breasts.

Likely both?
Boobs would have made it so much more interesting but nope


No mention of the Mechanical AWD Conversion Wizard in the article I suspect....
Bingo, I really don't get it, the article has been posted on FB a couple of time now, I mentioned that I was the builder but no response at all from Nick the first time, then I posted a few more details and the Journo asked if I'd like to contact him so he can correct it, I said it was really up to Nick to set the record straight then the peanut gallery started in accusing me of being a sook about it...

I can't think of a single sane person that wouldn't be pissed off at this after the amount of work that went into finishing the car to the point it was driveable.

In the past I've just fobbed it off as no big deal but this is the reason why I rarely build for other people and why I'm selective about who I'll take on.

[SASLS1]

IJ

There is a comment's section below the motor article, just waiting for you to "Rip Into......" that no one else has put a comment into as of yet...

Let it rip!!!...

Give it to them..........

[IJ.]

Just not worth the effort, I really don't understand why he's doing this when the entire build was posted here it's not like he can pretend he did the work himself...

2 lines of thanks would have been plenty, he seemed very appreciative here when the build was done now it's like I don't and have never existed.

[Micks]

Just not worth the effort, I really don't understand why he's doing this when the entire build was posted here it's not like he can pretend he did the work himself...

2 lines of thanks would have been plenty, he seemed very appreciative here when the build was done now it's like I don't and have never existed.

Have to put it down to xp mate, in the short time have been on this planet has come down to two types of Kents! You & I are good Kents, the other we refer to as a Bad Kent.

[zorro]

I'd expect nothing short of what you mention Ian. Blokes a shonk anyway, be best distanced from the thing tbh

[whitels1ss]

IJ

There is a comment's section below the motor article, just waiting for you to "Rip Into......" that no one else has put a comment into as of yet...

Let it rip!!!...

Give it to them..........


Perhaps someone might link the build thread & this thread in the "comments" section? :hide:

[IJ.]

Irony is this popped up as a Face Book Memory today....


Its not often you meet ppl that help you make your dreams a reality ...Id like to thank mr Ian for all his hard work putting this together ..your a rare find in the automotive world completing the task on time and on budget more importantly the quality of your work is simply unheard of ..thank you for building my dream.

[Wonky]

Irony is this popped up as a Face Book Memory today....

What a fu.ktard the dick is!! :mad: