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Daniel's HZ Panelvan

The story of my Van starts in early 2000, when it was becoming apparent that my HJ Caprice had a terminal case of cancer. After much searching I found a van in Diamond Creek. It was stock, 253 M20 and 10 bolt, but it had no rust. The paint was 6yrs old at the time and was pretty faded but it was a clean looking car. It stayed this way for about 7 months, then it started..... I fitted the 308/T400 from the Statesman and lowered it. I also fitted the Statesman front. About 6 months later I fitted the 9inch from the Stato and the wire wheels from it too. It stayed like this for about 4 years, then I bought the 454. At the same time I fitted the big brakes and the Rally wheels. I'm always adding to it (aren't we all) but paint is one thing I really want to do, but being broke I will have to learn to do it myself and I can't have the car off the road because it's a daily driver, so who knows when that will happen.

Here are some specs:

Engine Specifications:

7.4L Big Block Chev (454)

Engine Misc.:

• Dual plane alloy intake
• Crane roller rockers
• Mild Crane cam
• Oval port heads
• Mickey Thompson alloy rocker covers
• Chev HEI dizzy with full MSD kit

Brakes:

• Hoppers Stoppers front brake upgrade, 300mm slotted rotors with twin piston PBR sport calipers
• HZ Statesman rear discs with slotted rotors
• C3 Corvette 1 1/8inch bore master cylinder

Fuel & Tuning:

• Twin Impco gas mixers on common plenum using 780cfm Holley square bore base
• Twin B2 converters

Exhaust:

• Pacemaker Tri-Y extractors with 2in primaries
• Twin 2.5in exhaust with Redback mufflers and 2 10inch hotdogs
• Flamethrowers of my own design

Drivetrain:

• Turbo 400 with stage 2 B&M shift kit and manualised first gear
• Ford GT 9in LSD with billet steel hat and 3.0:1 gears

Suspension, wheels & tyres:

• Lowered Pedders springs (2.5in)
• Pedders sport gas shocks
• Genuine 15x8 Corvette rally wheels
• Tyres are 235/60x15 front, 265/50x15 rear

Interior:

• GTS dash with white dials
• Custom Fibreglass dash facia
• Custom wetsuit material door trims with embossed flame design
• Woodgrain wheel
• Autotechnica racing seats
• Full length headlining
• B&M Quiksilver shifter
• Pioneer CD player
• Sony amp
• Sentrek amp
• Phillips 6in splits (front)
• VDO/Dayton 6x9s (rear)
• VDO/Dayton sub

Exterior:

• Hornet mid size bonnet scoop (YUK!!)
• Half-moon headlight shields
• Tinted tail-light covers
• Statesman twin headlight front
• Full width rear bumper
• Statesman Caprice front bumper with over-riders

- Daniel

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