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Hi all,
Does anyone know if all WB utes/vans factory (not dealer) fitted with a GTS dash had a black column, wheel, and handbrake? Or could you option a GTS dash onto a ute/van and keep the tan or buckskin column etc?
I had a look at a one owner '84 WB Kingswood ute and the owner claimed that the dash was factory fitted when he bought it (but it had a buckskin column/wheel and a chrome HZ RTS badge on the fascia!).
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mine is 1984, all GTS factory.
it has the buckskin column and handbrake to match interior.
I also had a white 1983 ute, v original, in the home town from new, that was white with that lovely blue interior.
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hi Rhys
I always thought the coloured columns and steering wheel belonged to the Kingswood commercials, but obviously not! Can anyone else shed anymore light on this? How did Holden decide what colour column to use in the WBs ... was it purely based
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Thanks Adam and Frank,
A few more facts. I have an 82 WB Van with a factory fitted GTS dash, black column, wheel, and handbrake, tan interior.
I also have an 81 WB Kingswood ute, with a standard dash, buckskin wheel, column, handbrake and interior.
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Thanks Adam and Frank,
A few more facts. I have an '82 WB Van with a factory fitted GTS dash, black column, wheel, and handbrake, tan interior.
I also have an '81 WB Kingswood ute, with a standard dash, buckskin wheel, column, handbrake and interior
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it looks like that the yellow WB needle ones may be faded from red.
i need to look at more.
maybe the WB's have had less time to fade!
RHYS, i have a factory Black WB blank steering column with steering wheel and keys if you need.
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it looks like that the yellow WB needle ones may be faded from red.
i need to look at more.
maybe the WBs have had less time to fade!
RHYS, i have a factory Black WB blank steering column with steering wheel and keys if you need.
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Because the WB's were the end of the line, a lot of dealers and the factory were quite accomadating when it came to options as they wated to use up the left over parts.
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Because the WBs were the end of the line, a lot of dealers and the factory were quite accomadating when it came to options as they wated to use up the left over parts.
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