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hainzy Offline
#1 Posted : Friday, 29 January 2010 7:29:00 AM(UTC)
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Hi all.
Had this beast for a few months now so I thought it was time I got around to posting a few decent pics!

Its one of the 30 built for the top selling holden dealers of 1980. They came out with a unique 2tone paint job and interior as well as a plaque on the glovebox. Running gear was a Brock/HDT 308 and T350 gearbox. Mine still is all original apart from the simmons and it is on straight gas so the cold air intake doesnt fit on properly.

HERES SOME PICS









AND ONE WITH THE ORIGINAL BROCK AIR INTAKE SITING ON THE TOP.
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#2 Posted : Friday, 29 January 2010 9:00:51 AM(UTC)
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Now that is a car you can use the term rare on.

I did not think they were HDT also, or is the HDT stuff just put on by another owner? A bit hard to find another one to check though.

Looks very smart.

Warren
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#3 Posted : Friday, 29 January 2010 9:28:12 AM(UTC)
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Hey Paul, finally get so see some pics of this car!

The engine was basically a VC HDT spec engine built buy HDT for all 30 of these T30s they made in late 81.

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Mick
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#4 Posted : Friday, 29 January 2010 6:59:40 PM(UTC)
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Cool car dude, I dig the paint scheme.
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#5 Posted : Saturday, 30 January 2010 12:13:05 AM(UTC)
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Very nice hainzy.

There Is No Replacement For Displacement.
There Is No Replacement For Displacement.
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#6 Posted : Saturday, 30 January 2010 6:43:35 AM(UTC)
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Hi guys. Cheers for the comments. Yeh warren it is very hard to find info on them. I have an issue of Australian muscle car with a small article on them (issue 45 pg 18) and a copy of wheels magazine from march 82 with some info. Other than that its hard to get any details. But yep as Mick said they came out with the brock 308 and T350. If you want any more info Ill dig out whatever numbers you need..

It also has the brock mainfold number.



Cheers.
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#7 Posted : Saturday, 30 January 2010 7:17:31 AM(UTC)
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nice one mate, as warren said, a genuine rare car, are you still living in the same place? id love to see it in person one day
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#8 Posted : Saturday, 30 January 2010 7:17:35 PM(UTC)
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Gday dave.
Were actually moving over the next month. So im finally gunna have a decent shed!! yay! the VH is stored at my bro-inlaws, one sandman is at my sisters and the other in ringwood and the torana is in moorabin... I think il have room for three so when Im settled in and ive called all the cars in from the badlands to their new home Ill give you a call and you can come over for a drink! Cheers mate.
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#9 Posted : Sunday, 31 January 2010 6:12:25 AM(UTC)
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sounds good mate, ive still got everything outside (except for the quey) even got a ute up the driveway now, lol

not much progress on the ambo, chassis is still on the rotissire, i was going to do some work on it today but it was too hot!
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#10 Posted : Sunday, 31 January 2010 6:18:36 AM(UTC)
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Dave your lazy!...Just like me!..too hot for me too!:-)..ps nice car that one above.

Jim in Adelaide...Hindsight is bad vision!
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#11 Posted : Sunday, 31 January 2010 6:29:25 AM(UTC)
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hahaha yeah cant argue with that, i had a choice today, go outside in the hot sun and strip paint off a chassis or sit inside and drink ice cold homebrew

i sat inside and drank beer (again)
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#12 Posted : Sunday, 31 January 2010 6:59:16 AM(UTC)
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shes a sweet ride mike....

ooops hainzy..i just been watching that running on empty fillum again..
pollack and spag..haha, nice ride pissoff..lol


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#13 Posted : Monday, 1 February 2010 1:49:24 AM(UTC)
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AMC would have the article on them as they are a true muscle car under the definition, as no other VH non HDT SL/E would have come with the HDT engine. So maybe this should be added to our list of muscle cars.

It would also make it one of the rarest Australian muscle cars.

Are they all the same colour, or do they vary?

Warren
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#14 Posted : Monday, 1 February 2010 3:04:39 AM(UTC)
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All the same Warren, and the same unique trim across all of them too.
Mid last year, a local mate of mine picked one up for a couple of thousand, and plans to restore it.

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Mick
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