Very qik trip to Oz... any bits needed?

[hsvgtscoupe]

literally a flying visit... off to Melbourne next Sun-Tues and will be staying in the city area, quite close to Preston Motors (formerly Sth City Holden) where they are a full HSV franchise. If anyone wants to contact them and order & pay for any smallish bits n bobs, I'll be able to swing past Monday 6th & pick them up - in fact, if you do call them, better double check they are open Mon 6th as all of Melb shuts down for the Horse Race holiday on Tues & plenty make it a 4 day weekend! Last time I popped in for Jace & Zane they were out of a few of the desired items so getting in touch early this week should make sure of stuff being there Monday week. See full dealer contact info at www.prestonmotors.com.au/loc_city.

J

Edited by hsvgtscoupe on Sunday 22 October 21:18

[BO55 VXR]

Please can you pick up a VE GTS brochure... purely out of interest..

Ta

ETA: No worries if you don't manage it

Edited by BO55 VXR on Sunday 22 October 21:13

[VXR_Daz]

Sod the brochure, I wan't the car!

[hsvgtscoupe]

on the same drugs BOSS.. already emailed them for a couple of brochures.. fingers crossed they have some left!

[hsvgtscoupe]

Ok.. slight update... They will be open that Monday & the parts manager (Dan Maybin) is happy for any direct contact from UK forum members & for his email addy to be listed here for that purpose (danielm AT prestonmotors DOT com DOT au)

BTW.. wot a classic name that sums up our daily dilema when faced with working on nice warm Aussie days... Dan May b in!

[motomk]

I have purchased/collected stuff from them before for a few of the UK guys so they know who you are! Dan seems to ring a bell.
I use a different Preston Motors up in Campbellfield as there is a massive warehouse on the back. They also have one down in Dandenong. If you get your orders in by Thursday they should be able to get anything to the South City version of Prestons by Monday. (They do have a mini-warehouse there too.) If stuff is not in stock on Friday, it doesn't normally get sent til Monday thus getting there on Tuesday.

Public service announcemet from Sir Humphrey Appleby!!

[hsvgtscoupe]

ditto on prev number plate post...

were there any takers on bits? I've now brought my flight forward to Thurs so can collect sat or Mon in Melb b4 headin back to chillyville.

(got the GTS brochures sorted BO55)

[delmeekc]

would you bring back an lsd? please maybe heavy? not sure if they do a kaaz yet or not as thought I would ask you first due to the weight. Also where abouts in the country are you for me to pick it up if you could.

[hsvgtscoupe]

delmeekc said:

maybe heavy?

maybe slighly too heavy plus is likely to act like a wrecking ball inside my case... would love to but that's gonna push me OTT. I'm in Orrrxfooord (tryin to get it renamed to Oxholden but the tree huggin council don't seem to like me much!)

Humour me & post the dimensions & weight but I doubt it's a goer.
J

[delmeekc]

ok worth a try, think it is extremely heavy as postage cost from oz is $700 sea mail, as a guage I had a pair of rear discs from the same person and they cost $150 and they were heavy.

[delmeekc]

a brochure

[hsvgtscoupe]

OK... for BOSS & DELMEEKC I have VE series brochure & special edition of Wheels magazine dedicated to the complete new Holden series. I also have two other copies of same.. 1st in best dressed. Claiming rights posted on here then I'll need all four mailing addy's sent through to julianhorsley AT yahoo.com.au

cheers
(body clock is a trifle confused - 1 day on a plane & 2 days in Oz then another on a plane is a bit harsh, not recommended)

[VXR_Daz]

Me please!