MATES can be the worst influence when it comes to buying and building cars, as Michael ‘Mick’ MacGregor quickly learned when he started LS-swapping this tradie-spec HT wagon. “I have a mate with a turbo-LS CV8 Monaro, and he twisted my arm to make it what it is now,” he says. “Originally, I just wanted a cruiser!”
The Queenslander found the wagon in Victoria, buying it sight-unseen from a Gumtree listing. “I called the guy,
