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The export WB thread got me thinking (workin without tools, aye).
Anyway, does anyone know of any early left hand drive Holdens that have been brought home, FB to HK etc.
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Sorry to hijack this thread...........
OR obtained parts overseas from exported Holdens?????
Ie went to wrecking yards in Fiji, et al??????
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in SA there is a LHD HR special I beleive it was brought over from Hawaii many years back, I think it was blue/white roof.
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theres a LHD VX in the holden muesuem in echuca, its also modified to run on leaded fuel, reason being it was from a batch that was sent to dubai and they only have leaded petrol over there
i also remember a LHD HQ in a magazine years ago, dont remember much about it though
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my understanding is that the HQ never left a factory (here or anywhere else) in LHD....
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Sorry Dave, from what I remember the HQ was designed for RHD only because it had to have integrated air con and GMH could not afford to design & build the car in LHD.
The VT was the next LHD design, even though all the Commodores originated from a LHD platform, the cost factor probably ruled it out.
The FB was the first LHD and I think the HK was the last, not 100% with that but cant recall reading about LHD HTs & HGs.
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iirc the car was in a street machine mag and the owner converted it for something different
it was different alright, but for the wrong reasons
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As 80569K has said there was no HQ built in LHD. As a matter of fact there were no LHD HQ to WB or VB to VS.
GM-H built LHD Holdens from FB to HG & then built Toranas LC to UC in LHD to fill the export gap.
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this was not a factory built LHD, i never said it was, only that i seen it in a mag, from what i read the owner did it to be different
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although not LHD HQ export was huge with built up cars -14,558 and complete knockdown cars -72,290 sent abroad.
Check the back of Holden Heritage books for export figures , LHD/RHD cars not seperated in numbers.
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