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WAS SHOWN A VL CALAIS AT THE WEEKEND , GUY SAID IT HAD ALL THE PAPER WORK WITH IT , WHEN I LOOKED AT THE HANDBOOK IT HAD AN ASSY DEALER STAMP AND ABOVE THAT NZ DEALER STAMP ?? WITH THE DETAILS FILLED OUT WITH NZ REGO NUMBER , IT ALSO HAD THE BUILD SHEET ( WHICH MATCHED THE CAR ) AND WAS AN " EXPORT " BUILD SHEET . ( I COPIED THE BUILD SHEET IN CASE SOMEONE WANTED IT ) MARK. |
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Hi, didnt the VL's come in the 2 litre motors,it had something to do with the tax on them? cheers
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They had the 2L option, as well as the regular 3L.
They were assembled in Oz, and exported across the ditch.
I'd be very interested if you could email me a scanned copy or photo of the broadcast sheet: commodorenut (at) gmail (dot) com
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THE VL IM TALKING ABOUT IS A V8 ONE , 2 & 3L VL'S WERE MADE IN NZ AS WELL AS AUSSY ( 2L WAS EXPORTED TO OTHER PLACES AS WELL AS NZ ) , MARK |
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Some 2 litre 6 cyl cars were also sold here, I was working at GMH near the end of the VL run and we had a cancelled export order, all cars I think maybe 100 or so had to have the fuel tanks changed as the filler neck was for leaded size fuel nozzles, these had to be swapped to be sold here for unleaded use.
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WELL , WE IN NZ ALSO ENDED UP WITH A CANCELLED EXPORT ORDER IN 1993 WITH VP CALAIS FITTED WITH 2.6 DUAL RAM STRAIGHT 6 , VR HAD JUST GONE ON SALE WHEN ONE ARRIVED AT OUR LOCAL DEALER VERY ODBALL , BUT IT GOT SOLD !! ANOTHER ORDER COCK UP HERE WAS A BATCH OF ( THINK IT WAS VX ) POLICE CARS , THEY WERE ORDERED THUR GMNZ BUT SOMEONE FORGOT TO TICK THE " AUTO " BOX ON THE ORDER FORM ! SO IN TIME THIS BATCH OF WHITE POLICE SPEC HOLDENS TURNS UP AND THEY ARE ALL MANUAL ! POLICE DO NOT WANT THEM , THEY WANT AUTO'S ,THESE CARS WERE SENT TO DEALERS FAR AND WIDE AND WERE ALL SOLD TO THE PUBLIC , WHILE THE POLICE HAD TO WAIT FOR MORE CARS TO BE BUILT !!! MARK. |
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Thanks for the email Mark.
Are you on the north or south island?
I have a mate near Nelson who you'd get along very well with - he's a VL fanatic. |
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I WAS IN NELSON AT THE WEEKEND , I LIVE IN BLENHEIM WHICH IS ABOUT 1.5HRS FROM NELSON ...MARK. |
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I'll forward your email address onto him, and you guys can make contact that way.
He recently moved house, and had internet dramas, so I'm not sure how soon he'll be back online.
He's actually a bit further up than Nelson - Motueka (spelling?) but it's only a small place - so he's always described it as near Nelson for those who don't know it. But I guess you're close enough!
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