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Hi Guys.
Ill second what Warren has said, a lot of Statesman Customs with 202s & 253s. These cars are just not around any more, many were used as Hire cars & funeral cars. Like taxis, the higher milage cars are now compost.
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Hi Guys.
I'll second what Warren has said, a lot of Statesman Customs with 202s & 253s. These cars are just not around any more, many were used as Hire cars & funeral cars. Like taxis, the higher milage cars are now compost.
I'll will speculate thou |
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I have ID off 2 x HQ 350 Statesmans. One is really early Pagewood and one is a late 73 Pagewood. The early one was a T-bar but not sure about the other. Greg (ClassicOzWreck) has wrecked a few of these so might be able to answer better. Im pretty sure he |
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I have ID off 2 x HQ 350 Statesmans. One is really early Pagewood and one is a late '73 Pagewood. The early one was a T-bar but not sure about the other. Greg (ClassicOzWreck) has wrecked a few of these so might be able to answer better. I'm pretty sure h |
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your right byron but i resold that car and it is back on thye road but not as what it was...
ive wrecked a lot of column auto cars,i would say more column than t bar in hq..my ls350 is column auto..
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I have just bought hq statesman devile HQ81469 81469QL189042 350 chev,early adelaide column auto no air no elec windows i also know of a nother early adelaide hq 350 statesman the same but has elec windows.Mine was sold new in Warnabool and my mates was s
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An HQ series Statesman with a 350 V8 engine is/was very common in the 1970s. Most were loaded - in fact I almost bought a real early Amethyst/Flax fully-loaded press car that had a factory 350A engine in it. Both the Custom and DeVille had the 350 engine
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