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Started by bluea9x , Mar 14 2012 09:26 PM

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#26 _Quagmire_

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 12:33 AM

But all HQ 25th Anniversary Premiers were 202 6-cyls, not 253 V8s

Dr Terry

you may be right....as always....
to long ago to remember the specs..might have been silver with silver roof too
i did part it out....member that but :(
got busted driving to the shops with it unregoed...so that sorta put me off fixing it i think
sold it for a ss hatch shell....and a gts hq 4 door...

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#27 xu2308

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 12:51 AM

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Owned a George Fury Special Bluebird back in 1984, how rare these are now, who knows, never see many around, so must be lol

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#28 unclefestal34s

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 06:49 AM

i had a 1973 hq monaro gts 4door factory 350 4speed muncie finespline cyan blue,delete stripes with power windows,air cond and dealer fitted golde metal slideback sunroof only 53 4speed 350s sedans...sold it to buy my indy orange hg 350 gts wasn't a good decison as i later realized hq was a better driving car..

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#29 _Dirty Deeds_

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 07:33 AM

Had the only Chamois / Tan interior A9x 4 Door.

:(

I had a genuine SLR5000 in that color combo ( bought it in 1985, sold it 1988 )

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#30 enderwigginau

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 01:30 PM

Allan, the series before that had the six nations edition which was a quietly released homologation special for the Bluebird rallycars.........

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#31 _AD_75_

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 04:26 PM

Does a 1979 4 door RS 2000 escort qualify as unusual? only a total of 2400 of them made in Australia and many destroyed over the years through rally ect..also owned a 1977 RA28 mustang shape celica with a 302 windsor..which later got written off in a headon smash.

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#32 _Growler_

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 07:08 PM

Not rare as such more unusual for oz i spose, aquired a 1969 rambler rebel 363ci sold it and bought my current trana

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#33 its Paul

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 07:37 PM

I spose this is rare, my 57 I imported from the states, 12 bolt ladder bar rear end, 454 BBC, T350 (cant remember who made it - brand) 15 inch rims 165 front & 305 M/T rear, sold it and bought the hatch.

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#34 hainzy

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 08:36 PM

Ive got a VH SL/E top 30 holden dealer special. Fully optioned SL/E with HDT running gear from the factory. (somehow..)

One of only 30 made so pretty rare methinks...

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#35 _Quagmire_

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 08:38 PM

Not rare as such more unusual for oz i spose, aquired a 1969 rambler rebel 363ci sold it and bought my current trana

shit i had a wagon version with the "dicky" seat in the back.....

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#36 DanWA

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Posted 19 March 2012 - 11:56 AM

Wouldnt class it as rare but definately unusual

85 dated VL Calais i stripped

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#37 xu2308

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Posted 19 March 2012 - 02:23 PM

Ive got a VH SL/E top 30 holden dealer special. Fully optioned SL/E with HDT running gear from the factory. (somehow..)

One of only 30 made so pretty rare methinks...

My Cousin boyfriend had one of these cars, i thought very rare at the time, he traded it on a Walky Dore.

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#38 xu2308

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Posted 19 March 2012 - 02:35 PM

Red,White and Bluebird George Fury Specials.jpg 394.17K 2 downloads

Nissan Dealer making some George Fury Specials, my George Fury Special was done by
Von Bibra in Ulverstone the Nissan Dealer.
In Zeehan there was a George Fury Special that had the full race spoiler kit on it and it
was Turbo Charged.
And there was a Red one in Burnie with the full race spoiler kit on it and it was Turbo Charged
as well, i heard that them two turbo charged ones were very special, as they made 5 of these
Nissan Turbo Charged Cars with the full racing spoiler kits i was told when i bought my Nissan
George Fury special

BluebirdBathurst.jpg 361.5K 2 downloads

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#39 _68 GTO_

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Posted 20 March 2012 - 09:15 AM

After my LJ GTR had been wrecked I went to Melbournes Cheapest Cars (87) and bought a Valiant VG Pacer, 4BBL track pack car.....for $1500

Oh how I wish I still had it

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#40 lakeside

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Posted 20 March 2012 - 12:42 PM

1 of 3, Lakeside green/ sandalwood trim, LC gtr. There were 3 sandalwood and 3 black trim LC gtr's, no xu1' s and about 14 monaro's. The colour was deleted in Jul/Aug 1970 and my gtr was built after the was deleted. Sold it due to be really stuffed and needing reshelling. Don't know where it is anymore but when I find it and it's been rebuilt I want see now they fixed it. By the time you did rebuild it the only org parts would be the tags and one inner guard.

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#41 hanra

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Posted 20 March 2012 - 12:46 PM

I spose this is rare, my 57 I imported from the states, 12 bolt ladder bar rear end, 454 BBC, T350 (cant remember who made it - brand) 15 inch rims 165 front & 305 M/T rear, sold it and bought the hatch.

Yes.... This is excellent!

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#42 _double ss trouble_

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Posted 20 March 2012 - 07:47 PM

I have got the 34th clubsport ever made , it's a 6/90 VN , it is from the first batch of 60 that were made to test the viability of a cheap hsv , they went on to become the highest selling hsv model .

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#43 _lxefi304_

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Posted 20 March 2012 - 08:02 PM

ive got build #01 vr clubsport

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#44 _daveml_

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Posted 20 March 2012 - 09:22 PM

Hi All,

Wish I still had this old girl now, Holden HQ STATESMAN 'CUSTOM', from memory before there was even a Deville or Caprice.

(unfortunately lost a lot of photos of Statey and others over the years, so hope these scans of old pics are ok).

Again from memory, made for the taxi market with front bench seat (fold down middle) and could get plain as 6 cylinder wind up windows or (I think) 253 on column Auto.

I lowered her and wires went on, 1978??.

Had the 1960 Pontiac LAURENTIAN in the mid 1980s (Trans Ams and Camaro as well, but this old girl I think fits in as unusual).

Ran a corvette 350 chev motor, and (can't remember now) either 11 or 12 inch rear tyres, which fitted under guards with no hassles , very quick but needed a landing strip to stop in the wet.

And just to make every body feel sad, had 6 of these NIGHTMARES in a Wedding Car Business I had in 1980s (3 Sixes and 3 V12s).

Put some more cars up when I can find Pictures of them,

Daveml.

Laurentian,,

And 2 of the dam things heading off to a wedding.

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#45 _rob350hatch_

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Posted 21 March 2012 - 09:26 AM

what about the xw in the pic?a rare car in its own right now.my ex girlfriends dad had a hq custom back in the mid 80's.they lived on a farm and it rolled into the dam when they were opening and shutting gates.it spent the rest of its life with a diesel in it.bush cures lol.it was gold with a brownish vinyl roof and i remember it sat up like an overlander with the v8 springs and the lighter diesel engine in it.it was a column shift but i think it was a manual.

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#46 _rob350hatch_

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Posted 21 March 2012 - 09:30 AM

Red,White and Bluebird George Fury Specials.jpg 394.17K 2 downloads

Nissan Dealer making some George Fury Specials, my George Fury Special was done by
Von Bibra in Ulverstone the Nissan Dealer.
In Zeehan there was a George Fury Special that had the full race spoiler kit on it and it
was Turbo Charged.
And there was a Red one in Burnie with the full race spoiler kit on it and it was Turbo Charged
as well, i heard that them two turbo charged ones were very special, as they made 5 of these
Nissan Turbo Charged Cars with the full racing spoiler kits i was told when i bought my Nissan
George Fury special

BluebirdBathurst.jpg 361.5K 2 downloads

i used to love those things theres one in the restaurant at gosford

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#47 Max's SS

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Posted 21 March 2012 - 08:18 PM

Not the rarest car but I did own two HQ SS's at one stage. The red one "fell over" 5 times one night at great speed on a country road 1 mile from home. Took a forced eight month break from work with a multiple broken femur. Was very lucky. Was so impressed with the red one I went out and bought a purple (ultra violet) one.

My oldest brother had a Commodore VB SLE 308 factory 4 speed at one stage but didn't realise until many years later only 200 were built.

Steve