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Hi . just working on a HQ prem in the workshop and I noticed it is frist regoed 6/75 (NZ), body # 815572-S ( I do not know what # HQ went to in Syd ) , Maybe it sat around along time here before being sold as is funny spec ? |
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The last Pagewood HQs rolled off the line at the end of September 74, with VIN H830XXX, some 15,000 bodies later. |
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I have an old HJ, 12/74....HQs definetly finished by then.
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Definitely Sept 74, HJs started in Oct 74.
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I had (and should of kept!) a HQ with a delivery date of 2/10/74, they may have stopped making them at this point but obviously still had some still floating around waiting to be sold.
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Interesting one on eBay at the moment A NZ build 8N69LCZ775127. It has a 74 engine number, but possibly assembled in NZ in 1975. Refer the rego 7T5HQ. First rego Aug 1975??? http://cgi.ebay.com.au/H...e7d&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
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Hi Rod,
Yeah, that ones a beauty. Dig the Z VIN prefix! Looks like they didnt use any blackish paint on the firewall and in the boot area, over there in Z land. I recon the number plates are pretty cool too! |
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During 1974 in NZ, the tax was changed on new cars , big cars were hit bad ! sales of big cars almost came to a halt , This is why we still had HQs thur well into 75 , I think first HJs must have started NZ ass in sept 75 ( This is when NZ paint chart for HJ colours was released ) Mark. |
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i had a hq wagon with a build date of 1973 first reg march 1975 no one wanted it as it was a production stuff up it was supposed to be a premier wagon with a power tail gate and wind up windows in the doors but was built as having power windows in the passenger doors and a manual wind up rear tail gate. so it sat in the new car holden dealers till march 75 befoe it was bought at a low price.
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looking for an ex ambulance based on the hj/x/z 2 tonner see photo
and collector of all things ambulance police fire and the odd hq to wb parts |
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Some cars just dont move, it wasnt that long ago that the Holbrook Holden dealership sold a brand spanking new VL Walkenshaw, only some 15 years after it was out of production, but still came with all the factory warranties, there is also a dealer up the north of NSW who has a brand new GTR XU1 avaliable, but just a little more than what it was worth in 73, just add a couple of extra zeros to the original price, another dealer out west NSW has a HT monaro sitting in his show room, it was the test car & wasnt sold, so techincally still new.
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Well I think I know why this prem s/w sat around so long it was chrome yellow with juniper (appears to be a very dark GREEN ) interior . It is now painted white and interior has faded to look black . Mark. |
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That answers something that has been troubling me for a while. I have an NZ built HQ statesman (hasnt left our shores) with the tags listing a 75 build date. Its all genuine, even have the original ownership papers after 13+ owners.
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