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[308 Sunbird]

Yep my 79 Z Kingy wagon would have been right in amongst Commodores (including VB Comm wagons by then)

in the showrooms competing for sales.

[StephenSLR]

One that stands out was the specially built Torana SLR XU1 police evaluation vehicle,

 

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The media botches it up again.

 

 

I think that this guy was referring to the LJ XU1s which the police used in 1972/73. They had no front or rear spoiler, so looked just like a stock LJ GTR.

 

I think he said SLR when he really meany GTR. The XU1s were pigs in traffic. which is what he described, none of the V8s were like that.

 

Dr Terry

 

Thank you Dr. Terry.

 

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[lakeside]

Yep my 79 Z Kingy wagon would have been right in amongst Commodores (including VB Comm wagons by then)

in the showrooms competing for sales.

My first car was 79 Kingswood wagon, L32, M20, factory GTS dash and sold for 78 Commodore 308 shitbox. 

[yel327]

My first car was 79 Kingswood wagon, L32, M20, factory GTS dash and sold for 78 Commodore 308 shitbox.

There were HEAPS of this sort of stuff around in the early 90’s. Every weekend within 10km of my place someone was wrecking a V8 HZ. Sports dash were common. Or you’d buy a HZ Premier wagon L31, M41, air, steer, sports dash etc for less than $1000 as it failed rego due to minor rust or cracked chassis or the like. I can remember a Prem as described, I cut it through the windscreen pillars and across the floor, used the doors and whole dash/column etc and aircon in a tonner. Engine and box, seats etc. too. Back half went to the tip. It is a shame, they were nothing cars that nobody wanted. HJ’s even less wanted, they were my favourites as they had the best 308 of them all. Used to buy HJ Premiers, Statesmans and utes, only 5.0L auto cars. Always $2000 or less with heaps of rego. Made great tow cars and wrecked them once the rego ran out. I kept the tags off most of them, crazy to look at them now and what they’d be worth complete.

[lakeside]

Found another 79 HZ wagon that was identical even in same red which was a commodore colour so the same person built that one also? 

[yel327]

They weren’t Commodore colours. It was just a new colour chart for Commodore, Holden and Sunbird. Like happened to LH when HJ was released or HJ when LX was released.

GMH probably built a lot the same for sale, that is how most were made. Very few were ever ordered by a customer, just sold from stock.

[hanra]

I’m led to believe that my car was a customer order?

[yel327]

Probably. Most were not retail order though.

[liswar2]

Nice musical tribute to Holden, including a couple of excellent XU-1 / Torana shoutouts (sorry if you’re not on Facebook)
https://www.facebook...57333718072945/

[claysummers]

I'm not (sorry)

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[liswar2]

Nor am I , but it's handy the wife is.

[StephenSLR]

Holden is an iconic brand closely tied to our national identity but how did it all go wrong for Australia's car? From the FJ, EH, Kingswood, Monaro, Torana and Commodore, Jeremy Fernandez charts the history as the end nears.

 

Free to watch on iview:

 

https://iview.abc.ne...end-of-the-road

 

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[S pack]

Pops SS beat you to it Stephen.

http://www.gmh-toran...nd-of-the-line/

[StephenSLR]

Pops SS beat you to it Stephen.

http://www.gmh-toran...nd-of-the-line/

lol, I searched this thread but not the site.

 

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[CI 0308]

There were HEAPS of this sort of stuff around in the early 90’s. Every weekend within 10km of my place someone was wrecking a V8 HZ. Sports dash were common. Or you’d buy a HZ Premier wagon L31, M41, air, steer, sports dash etc for less than $1000 as it failed rego due to minor rust or cracked chassis or the like. I can remember a Prem as described, I cut it through the windscreen pillars and across the floor, used the doors and whole dash/column etc and aircon in a tonner. Engine and box, seats etc. too. Back half went to the tip. It is a shame, they were nothing cars that nobody wanted. HJ’s even less wanted, they were my favourites as they had the best 308 of them all. Used to buy HJ Premiers, Statesmans and utes, only 5.0L auto cars. Always $2000 or less with heaps of rego. Made great tow cars and wrecked them once the rego ran out. I kept the tags off most of them, crazy to look at them now and what they’d be worth complete.

 

I agree, I remember picking this old girl up in 88 for under $1000, factory L31 auto premier. gave it a quick engine rebuild, a coat of paint and a set of wheels, beautiful car to drive, had it for a few months then sold it to a young bloke and made a couple of grand on it.

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[StephenSLR]

 

After six decades, the final Impala will roll down the line Thursday. Its many admirers will keep the spirit of the car alive.

 

https://www.detroitn...day/4830935002/

 

Another one bites the dust! What's going on GM?

 

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[Redslur]

A very sad world we live in nowadays. 

[S pack]

Ford have discontinued the Taurus, Focus and Fiesta in North America due to a decline in demand.

SUV's have taken over and we are steaming down the same road.

[grumpy xu1]

What sort of poofs buy these electric pieces of shit. I grew up around v8 muscle as a kid & i expect it as an option if i want it, why don't the government's do a lot more for the environment themselves, before forcing it on us.

[lakeside]

What sort of poofs buy these electric pieces of shit. I grew up around v8 muscle as a kid & i expect it as an option if i want it, why don't the government's do a lot more for the environment themselves, before forcing it on us.

 

They are in the coal and gas business lol

[Ice]

What sort of poofs buy these electric pieces of shit. I grew up around v8 muscle as a kid & i expect it as an option if i want it, why don't the government's do a lot more for the environment themselves, before forcing it on us.

Its called the future apparently i will be driving a V8 till the day i die

[yel327]

After having driven a Rav4 hybrid last week I’d happily have a 2500HD with a small petrol or diesel engine (like a 4-5litre V8) and a 125kW electric machine with it. But not until the next generation of batteries arrives.
At the present time fully electric cars is not a viable mass alternative - we don’t have the generation or the power networks for it.

[grumpy xu1]

Its called the future apparently i will be driving a V8 till the day i die

At least the Americans can tell their government what they expect & the government listens, although if Trump go's that could change quickly.

[RallyRed]

You blokes are dinosaurs.
I am in the last stages of developing the ultimate G/EV.
The issue with these things so far, is the huge amount of losses they all have.
Get an energy source , convert it to something else, then something else, store it, then finally use it for the intented purpose.
( e.g petrol, to electricity, to batteries to motive power via ele tric motors).
It's so old school.
I'm at the final stages of testing a vehicle that may well save the world.
I burn coal to boil water, make steam, and turn wheels. Simple.
No storage , just energy to energy.
Apparently, it was tried years ago, some pommy bloke, Stephenson or something like that, but that was before Clean Coal.
Watch this space.

Edited by RallyRed, 04 March 2020 - 08:14 PM.