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The car also has a HRT optimised engine and aside from its VP prefix holden engine number it also has a HRT number stamped HRT ##
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Should be "TEST" car, not Tedt car. Lol
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Front cover Motor magazine October 1997.
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Ah, I missed that it was an HSV. This fact probably answers most of the questions.
Firstly, in strictest sense, an HSV is not a Holden. Yes, it was built in the Holden factory at Elizabeth, but it then taken to another factory in Clayton, Victoria where more work is carried out & then it is badged & marketed as a 'different' brand. As such, HSV's press release day is a week or 2 later than the base Holden's, as is the dealer 'on-sale' date. Also not all Holden dealers are HSV dealers.
Holden's press release will list details on Executive, Acclaim, Berlina & Calais only. HSV's press release will give details on their models:- Club Sport, Senator, GTS etc.
I don't know the exact details, but HSV would need some cars to initiate their production run, so they would need some of the early Holden production to begin with. Your car is obviously among this group.
The time gap between the Holden build date & the HSV build date would vary according to the model type & whether it was a stock build or a dealer order, but yours being such an early car probably needed longer in the build process for trial fitting of many of the parts. Later cars would go thru quite quickly, but being very much hand assembled as opposed to robot built, many of the early HSV cars would be part of a learning curve.
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I had a new VT excutive wagon, picked it up on the 28th August 1997, built date was june 1997.
Was a lemon... |
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When you say it was a lemon , do you mean it had yellow paint?
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That would be a pretty rare car.
I can't recall ever seeing a yellow VT other than a taxi cab.
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LEMONS, i JUST GOT $280 FOR A DRIVE AWAY VT wagon on EBAY, rattly motor, pigs car, SOME PEOPLE REALLY LOOK AFTER THEM DONT THEY.
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Not a lemon as in yellow. It was a lemon in that it fell apart the minute I drove out the car yard. By the time I drove it home,these problem became apparent.
1) The aircon stopped working.
2) The power drivers seat stopped working.
3) The rear tailgate kept on opening.
4) Nasty differential clunk when on and of power.
5) Outside drivers door handle mechanism broke.
All this was on a brand new car. Gave me no end of grief.
Was basically a brand new s***box.
Traded it in 2 years later on a Holden Vectra V6, which was well built and gave no trouble at all.. |
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Geeze! That's full on!
Makes you wonder how many VT's have gone to the black top in the sky!
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Lots of them. They are now "stop, pull off plates and leave" cars like VN's used to be. |
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I have had a VT for the last 10 years and the only problem I have had is a fuel pump fail and a couple of plastic bits break, still has the original A/C gas in it.
Best car I have ever owned reliability wise, rather boring in every other way though. |
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