I'm probably the only person around here who has never owned one. Bought a rusty VK for the engine and 5 speed once but sold it on for a hundred bucks.
I lost interest in new Holdens when the Commodore came out. It just wasn't a real Holden to me. Shame about what they did to the auto industry here but. The world is run by dickheads.
I never really owned a Commodore either. I had VY and VZ Holden utes and Crewmans and a V2 CV8 Monaro, none of which are Commodores. Like you I have bought Commodores for bits like VH and VK 308 and a VC 3.3 4spd, but the cars themselves went to scrap. I did buy a VC 2.85 4spd once for $200 to see me through for a month when my HJ Ute was totalled, and drove it until the Insurance Company paid up. But I swapped it and $2000 for a HK GTS327 and a HK Kingswood sedan, so I don’t count that VC - it was a means to an end like a hire car.
Don’t forget either that real Holdens didn’t end when Commodore appeared. VB production started in 1978, and the Holden lineage that started with 48/215 through the F’s, E’s , and H’s continued right through VB, VC, VH and well into VK as the WB Holden. Holden did continue the lineage with later utes, coupes, cab chassis and stuff like Adventra but they were based upon the same platform as the Commodore sedans and wagon as we all know.
Edited by yel327, 11 December 2019 - 10:25 AM.