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Here's Why this 1979 Holden Commodore is the Coolest Car in Australia
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- Holden Commodore car review. Here's why this 1979 Holden Commodore is the coolest car in Australia. Car show off contest winner Jack Dore and his 1970's Commodore, car review with Scotty Kilmer. This restored Australian car includes a V8 engine and tons more. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 50 years.
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Another notable Holden car was the VL Commodore, many of which featured a Nissan RB30 straight six. Very smooth driving early fuel injected car, looking similar to this but with a slightly longer nose. Very popular cars over here, easy to work on and reliable too. You can stand up in the engine bay! :D
gotta say Scotty that was a pretty cool obscure car 👍👍
Had an 84 VK commodore
i had VC SL
Bratrin
actually the VB-VC was from an opal two door, my old man had one forums.justcommodores.com.au/threads/vb-holden-or-opel-monza.117232/
I live near the GM Holden factory in Elizabeth, Adelaide soo many commodores rolled out that place almost every day & it's quite sad to see no activity there anymore
Great reset build back better. The chinese cars are great youll love them. Thank Klaus Schwab.
They're ok
Thank you Scotty for giving us aussies some recognition :D
American here!
I have a pontiac G8 which is a rebranded holden commodore! I love this car!
Sht. Not Aussie here, but Aussies seem to have some of the greatest car shops around. I learned all my race fuel knowledge from Aussie car and boat racers. There is a lot America could learn from the land of Mad Max. My favorite shooting Channel Mark&Sam After work who own such a high end shop
I would murder my own famoly for one of those gto holdens!
I've got a 1997 vs commodore ecotec v6 brought it for 500 dollars heaps good car love it to bits skids really good :D
Pontiac car
I worked for Holdens (GMH) at the Elizabeth plant South Australia when this model came through, i was on what they called the trim assembly line, i put in the door handles and other trimmings on the left side while my co worker did the right side. Work started at 7.30am - 4pm, 40 hour week and my pay packet was pretty good. I'd knock off work and hop into my 1963 AP5 valiant and go home. :)
So you might have been the one that put the original trim on the car in this video?
Ooo - push button?
The good old days.
There's nothing quite like seeing an older model car in this condition. It's almost like going back in time.
Amen brother
One wonders if the owner has shares in Turtle wax car polish and Amorall.Worth it though.
Think I will cancel my cable,
And just watch Scotty
allready done ! Haven't Had Cable Tv for about 2 years now. i Don't Even Miss it with CZcams and u can watch free shows on cbs.com and cwtv.com and Ktla.com for news and weather also cbs.com for News and weather.com for weather. Loads of Shows to Watch for Free. Blue Bloods, Hawaii Five o, iZombie, Ransom, Bull, ncis new orleans, 60 minutes, Etc. All 100% Free. Just Be Sure u use Firefox Browser with a Ad Blocker like uBlock origin " i'm running windows 7 and it's a Wonderful thing no commercials ever 99% of the Shows i watch on cbs.com or cwtv.com
You're life will improve when you dump the boob tube. Why pay $1000/yr to watch mind-control commercials?
I only pay for Netflix, & youtube that's the most I watch.
My wife loves American Idol and The Voice.....so I hope that Scotty can sing ;)
Haven't had network television in my hose for the better part of 12 years, not looking back.
*R.I.P Australian made cars...*
_(1948 - 2017)_
@ Mr. Z - Don't you have any fucking pride? "Gee, my country's been deindustrialized and enslaved to the international globalist elite, but at least I saved a few pennies buying a Honda!"
Some day we'll drag all these cosmopolitan bankers and their puppet politicians into the streets and string them up from every lamp post, and we'll make EVERY Western country great again.
Such a narrow minded view. Every country that manufacturers cars gets government assistance. Other wise the likes of Germany wouldn't be making cars. Plus there was a return on that government assistance. This government wouldn't support the auto industry Leaving in to the free market, But is putting up over 3.8 billion dollars to make weapons for export to kill and mame people. I know where I'd like to see tax payers money go
What are you on about? Nothing to do with the Jews
Still have no idea what you're on about
Guys, the problem is not the tax dollars going to them, the problem is that GM lied. They took our 3 billion then fucking closed down anyway. They were paid to stay but left anyway. THAT is the waste of money, not the fact they were given enough that the cost of making these cars meant that everyone could have had one for almost free and not $40k. They already had their "global plan" in place and being executed, (it should have been obvious back when the craptiva was being sold here), it didn't matter how well manufacturing was done here, they wanted every country to be importing and selling the same thing from what is the garbage of euro trash vehicles.
I know very little about the Holden brand but your car is absolutely gorgeous. It's nice to see people like you and Neil Smart spend all that time and money to restore a car that otherwise would have been used and discarded.
Kenneth White Holden is owned by General Motors.
In Europe this car was made by Opel Germany. Obviously it was called Opel Commodore. It was based on the Opel Rekord and more luxurious.
@Shane, The Rekord was made before the VB, as was the Opel Senator, Holden Australia's die press plates where actual a mix of the (Post design - in production) Opel Senator front cut and the (already released) Opel Rekord, with a lot of panels just straight up being imported and just assembled here.
Yeah that is where it started, but the Opel mule Holden used, literally fell into two parts on some testing here. Quite a bit was done to strengthen the car and adapt it to a local drivetrain. While some cosmetic pieces like the doors and some trim were interchangeable, not much else was in the end between the Holden and the Opel. As the years went on, less and less fit, until the clean sheet design with VE Commodore.
Actually there was back in the late 60s and early 70s a model called Opel diplomat that had a chevy v8 it had the same body as the kapitän and admiral models. The diplomat was the top of the line opel model of those three. you can google it to find out more about it
Wow, I swear when I first looked at it I thought it was an Opel Rekord e1, but with an e2 facelift. It is really a car in mint condition, just love 70s and 80s cars! This real classic piece of Aussie history seems to get a lot of love and does not stay hidden in a garage for most of it's live, they use it for what it was meant to be. Awesome!
Holden used the Rekord from the A-pillar to the rear. The front is Senator/Viceroy. The Australian engines wouldn't fit in the Rekord and they wanted to use a big radiator and rack and pinion steering.
Over all there was about 40000 changes to meet Australian conditions. The only down side is they didn’t have the money to to put a redesigned six and GM USA would let them have the V6 till 1988 when the vn was launched
Any early Commodore gets a thumbs up from me.
Had a VB SL/E exactly the same, except in white, from 1983-1988, the only MOD, a sunroof, it was fun to drive, reasonably reliable and Kicked Arse, I do miss it, it was a seriously fun car to burn rubber in, very easy to fix.
Hi Scotty i thought you might find this interesting given this weeks car my father worked for Holden in the late 70s and early 80s he made the bumpers and did the spot welds for the chassis rails on these cars he was told he made up to 70 percent of the bumpers for this model that where made in the Adelaide plant as he did all overtime available in order to pay his mortgage i currently drive a 1990 vq Holden statesman 5.0 runs like a champ 👍
Did he pay off the mortgage and is the home still in the family?
yes and yes the overtime paid off🙂
Whata troopa :)
Holden had plants several cities back then. Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane all produced the first Commodores.
+Gregory Harmann I think you're referring to 'tack' welds to hold things in place. resistance spot welding is what makes up the majority of welds holding a car together
Wow this car looks like it could keep going for at least 50 more years awesome!!
Damn shame we don't get cars like this one in America,nice small to mid size,v8 powered and by the looks a car that looks simple to work on,very nice indeed,thanks for the post.
I had the station wagon version of this. Didn't pass rego due to some rust in the roof. I sold it for $600 in 2006. God how stoopid can you get??
Foxbody?
Jose Sanchez that is a late 70s model, they ended up being massive and by the way that v8 in the older models had about 130-140hp
My friend bought one brand new in early 1980. He was only 19yrs old and we had fun in it that's for sure.
I miss his exiting “rev up your engines” intro that he used to do 😞
Abdul Rashid He still does it. Just not for Show Off Sunday.
Gregory Timmons i know he still does it but not with cars. He sais it while you see a tachometer on the screen instead of the car which makes it less exiting. Thats what i meant
Yeah I just saw the one with the stingray...more exciting than the current Toyota one 😊
Excellent restoration!
Nice VB.
I also own a VB, however the base model. No aircon, no power steering etc... only 200 000 Ks on the clock, and completely unmolested. Still original motor and box.
Wayne sorry for your loss.😔
I have one, Opel Commodore GS/E Coupé 1975, straight six with injection, aut, and 165hp. Nice car.
Many Australians think the Commodore is an "Aussie" icon... just is not the case.
@@Warpedsmac do some research before you comment
@@HakoPseudo Indeed!... It was done first hand. Many sales reps who drove many miles swapped the 1979/80 Commodore for ANY OTHER CAR because the driver's seat was not in line with the steering wheel...a disaster for long distance driving....no I believe I will simply continue to enjoy my ancient Lexus LS400...err... I mean V8 Toyota Camry masquerading as a luxury vehicle....thanks for the advice fetous. RIP Australian cars (Rust In Pieces)...
@@HakoPseudo He is right you know, the Commodore is not an Australian car from origine.
Its an Opel
In South Africa they were known as an Opel Rekord, also badged as a Chevrolet before that- all part of GM. My Grandfather had one, unfortunately his wasn't the V8!
Great car in lovely condition, thanks for sharing!
This has to be the best show off car yet plus video footage was amazing to watch what a fine example of a good strong car
I have a pontiac G8 (Holden Commodore)
Its crazy the kinds of things that come stock on commodres!
Glad you like it mate. Pity we couldn't have exported more to the US it may weel have saved Aussie production.
Marvin De Bot I wish they would have actually just sold holdens as holdens lol.
I blame GM for holden closing.
Just to add to your comment about the G8 Pontiac/Commodore. . The version you have isn't the std of what we got here in Aust, i worked in the gmh line at the time and it (your G8) is equipped with much more gear better trim levels, big Brembo brakes, motorised tilt headlights , mph dash etc lol. Our 'go fast' HSV is the nearest top spec we built (basically a V8 SS with a flash tune and body kit) but was still a lower spec than your car. UK got the same model from HSV and then wound it up more thru their VXR tuning factory. The weirdest thing was the USA model was better and the same price as our base V8, even with import duty it would be cheaper to bring one back to Aust. ..except the LHD bit! I'm not a Holden person but that resto looks spot on , top job 👍
Gregory Harmann you know more than i about recent holdens, i left gm about 10yrs ago and that's where my knowledge stops on Commodore lol. But hey, all things come to a end and i knew gmha was doomed back in 2005. .just a matter of time and govt hand outs to save them. .cheers
A crazy thing is some Commodores a few years ago had a corvette engine taking over 600kw
I love the styling, especially for 1979. Looks like Australia didn't have the ridiculous bumper safety standards on cars that the US did over here and you could get bumpers that were proportionate to the car. It looks like it has some German design influence too especially from the rear. Japanese sedans seemed to borrow heavily from this style in the '80s. Really cool car. Thanks for sharing.
heymisterderp I think the last steel bumper on commodores was the vh model(1983?) but the steel was flimsy shit. The last proper Aussie car with real steel bumpers was the CM Valiant which ended in august 1981 due to being sold to Mitsubishi to keep Chrysler US afloat.
This makes me happy.
My first car was a 79 VB Commodore Wagon...
My dad bought one of these cars back when they first came out (traded the HR Holden) and I can remember it was a very smooth car to drive and somewhat refined compared to what had come before it. Ours was the 6 cylinder auto version, blue in colour. I drove it a lot when I first got my licence and I was allowed to take girls out in it (say no more!). The build quality was terrible when we got it as I remember compiling a long list of faults to be presented to the dealer to be fixed under warranty. I believe they did sort these out though. From memory the car was extremely reliable and taken on many long trips. My Mum sold it in the late eighties after Dad died and I'm not sure what happened to it after that. Thanks Scotty for featuring this article and bringing back some great memories of some classic motoring (and other things!).
Very cool I love this car!
AdamDiddy it is a peace of shit I had a holden it died in the middle of traffic the tow truck had to come tow it away to mechanic
Gee that's never happened to any other cars.
They were chunks
nice ride mate
0:25. Holden produced it's first motor body in 1908, and it's first complete car, a Chevrolet, in 1917, ya dope!
First Holden developed here was 1948 though. Before then they were assembling other manufacturer's cars
So nice to see one preserved. They used to be such a common sight on Aussie roads. This body style was based on two different German Opel models rolled into one. The Rekord and Senator with the front end of one and back of the other combined. Holden widened the body slightly as well.
Unfortunately the cheaper L and SL models still used the ageing and terribly pollution gear affected inline sixes, which were developed in the beginning of the 1960s and were good engines until emission standards came in 1976. Power plunged. Multi point EFI option helped it to claw back that lost power in 1984 for its last two years before the Commodore received a brilliant Nissan sourced inline six.
This car features the venerable Holden 308 V8, developed by Holden in 1968. A thoroughly reworked multi point EFI version, known as the 304, was introduced with the VN model, around 1989 and this was the V8 offering until the VT series II around 2000 and was replaced by the Chevrolet sourced Gen III alloy V8. Motoring critics said this new V8 was lacking in low down grunt compared to the outgoing 304 V8 which had much more tractable torque delivery that Australians favour. Power arrived much higher in the rev range in this Gen III V8. Oil starvation issues also reared their head due to the car driving on the other side the road and cornering harder on left turns instead of right.
It was actually Opel itself that had this car available in Europe before it came out in Australia. The Opel Commodore was available with a 4 cylinder 2.0E and an inline 6 cylinder 2.5E. Holden did widen the body a bit and made room for the V8 under the hood, because originally the car was not designed for it.
James French I'm impressed by your knowledge. The emission standards you mention were Australian Design Regulation 27 A (ADR 27A) and the worst hit were actually small cars. Compare a Mazda 1300 to a '77 323 or the Corolla which became the slowest 4 door sedan available in 1977. Surprisingly, the Honda Civic came out unscathed, simply because it's efficient little transverse engine was remarkably garbage free to start with.
Love your Content Scotty.. Sir
thanks for the support!
Can't beat luxury and a V8 burble from that exhaust! 😀👌
I had a 1979 VB sle,4.2 litre V8 manual.👍
Wow. Beautiful. I remember when these came out it was "Whaaat?! Such a beautiful car...especially the interior." Was a huge step up from the Kingswood. Thanks for sharing!
Can't wait for mechanic Monday🤓🙌🏽
What a fantastic car. Pristine example. We had similar cars here under the Vauxhall / Opel Senator name. Very classy. :-)
Andy K. UK Wasn't the Senator, that was bigger. The rare Viceroy is closest to this car.
Could be. I forgot about the Viceroy. Nice car too.
Andy K. UK It was a more luxurious version of the Carlton. The Vauxhall Senator came after the Royale which was basically an Opel Senator. Royales are also extremely rare now. Then Vauxhall started using Opel names, I think the Senator was the first one to use an Opel name. Confusingly Opels were sold over here too in the late 70s, early 80s. I don't think Holden ever made an Opel Senator/Vauxhall Royale equivalent.
Andy K. UK.
The first Holden Commodore is a stretched and widened Viceroy, and it came with two six cylinder, and four V8 options.
Great stuff. Occasionally see the odd Senator but never a Carlton or Royale now a days.
My dad and and grandpa had ex police VB and VC
commodores the same colour when I growing up. Loved them
This model commodore is getting very rare here. I live in the mid-north region of South Australia, & have seen just one of these in the last 5 years. Just an interesting piece of trivia for you people. The early commodores were designed in Germany, & based on the UC Torana/sunbird floor pan. The German variants were the Opel Viceroy, or Berlina. I know this as one of my friends were working for Holden Australia when these were first assembled here. The 6 cylinder ones had either a 2.85 litre, or 3.3 litre engine. The V-8 ones were either a 4.2, or 5 litre.
Looks brand new
OMG , this should be in a museum .
EA Jam Lol !
Certainly aren't many of them around anymore and certainly not looking like that.
Makes me miss my old VB donk, nice cruiser.
Still got my Holden V8 Premier 1979 ♥️
Congrats on a million Subs 👍🏾👍🏾
Thanks for the support 👍
That is a very cool car wish I had one, we used to get them here in SA, but as 3.0L and 2.0L specs known as the Opel commedor. The last of the rang we got had the 3.8L motor, very cool car indeed!
Clean...
Fascinating car
And clearly very well cared for.
I had one through the 90’s and it was considered old back then . Bulletproof cars!!
Very clean!!! like the video, well done
As much as I love my country, I have had nothing but bad experiences with Holden commodores. And tbh, seeing aussies go on about them being "so australian" is annoying because they are bits and pieces of other models. I think the Australian ford falcon has been a more original vehicle in terms of design and drivetrain.
Stuey Star It's basically a German car, that was named the Opel Commodore over there. The major differences are the power plants.
Being an old car, the biggest problem with them is rust. My father had GM car from 1988 and it was reliable, except it was rusty after 10 years.
Usually the engine will be screwed before the body has significant rust here in Australia
I remember seeing one of these cars when it was 3 months old. All the body seams and edges had rust lines. And it never went near the sea.
I think early models had some problems with the struts and brakes wearing out prematurely.
1st gen Mitsubishi magna was more Aussie than most holdens and fords :)
stipitza not
This Noble effort deserves a Metal. A NOBEL PRIZE metal, astounding. Absolutely astounding!!!
Bunch of beautiful show-offs!
Great to see an australian car featured here,dont see many of the early models these days in my area (south east) melbourne,victoria :)
smellbourne
Opel designed this car and Holden made it something special. In later years, they made this car much bigger and in my opinion, they should have kept them this size.
Peter Windle.
This car is a stretched and widened version of Opel's long wheel base Senator.
I always thought they are these? www.cars-directory.net/gallery/opel/rekord/1979/opel_rekord_a1267371001b3408271_orig.html
Peter Windle.
The Opel Senator and the Vauxhall Viceroy are the long wheelbase versions of the cars shown in your pics, the Holden Commodore is bigger than the Senator and Viceroy.
You've probably noticed Peter that cars are bigger these days. Four door family sedans from 1980 are only as big as a hatch now.
what I find odd is that the traditional SUV (so called off road vehicle) got smaller and the smaller cars got bigger. - how did that happen? ;-)
I love the idea of smaller rear wheel drive cars (like older BMW's, the 77 Holden Gemini and so on, but I'm guessing that thanks to a whole new safety regulations, they need to make them different now. The BRZ/Scion/86 is a great start, but rear seat space on these are terrible. Those older rear wheel drive cars where quite comfy and practical.
Thats a masterpiece..
Finally a good quality fan video...
Hey Scotty! Why don't you do a video on rustproofing for us poor people in the North❄⛄❄
Nice car
My first car was a VB Commodore 79 i think. It was 99 when I got it. Loved that car. It had a broken speedo so lost my license 4 times coz of that. I still get excited when i see them
been watching you lately more scotty and as an aussie glad to see this one good on ya haha
A good looking car from the late 70's? That does deserve an award!
The front end looks similar to a mid-80's Ford Escort/Mercury Lynx
Dont forget the Gemini
The Ascona would make sense since it was an Opal, also GM-related.
@jerryarnold: Holden was GM
The profile looks like a Chevy cavalier/ Pontiac sunbird/ Cadillac cimarron
It's an Opel Commodore originally, which in turn is an Opel Rekord with the head lights and the grille from the Opel Senator. Giving it a more upscale exterior and it also got more powerful enines, like the 2.5E inline 6 cylinder
Nice work mate I've got an 84 maranello red Vk Calais matching numbers 308 big valve heads 286 cam. My brother in law ordered a vb wagon in 79 with 308 m21 LSD never saw another on the road with that driveline. I've owned two VC s a vs and now have two vys and the Vk. If it's a sunny day I roll the Vk out and always get thumbs up from people passing by. The classic car scene is going ft strength to strength and in years gone by the ford boys wouldn't look sideways at you and us at them but times have changed and now we all appreciate each other's cars as survivors. Keep up the good work
Interior looks clean
Nice example of an Aussie made car , thanks GMC for closing us down :-(
At least they are giving us Camaros and the new C8 Corvette.
@@stoopidhaters yeah that isn't enough, GMC stole every single penny from holden
And the doug score? xD
Jose Manuel. Doug, the type of guy who always waves to the camera when he is behind something. Even when from down under...
Doug is the type of guy who dresses like a tourist in his home town
Doug is the kind of guy who goes to a nudist beach, using clothes
Not enough quirks and features or amenities to get it anything above a 22 in the daily category. Weekend category blah blah
doug score haha gold
Well done Mate !
Cool car, irs about time we saw something from down under that isn’t “Mad Max” inspired.
Im literally watching this at work, i work at a holden dealership xD
Nothing much else to do because there are no customers?
Yes enlighten us asides from booking in broken commodores or doing recalls what do you do? Mind you that would be time consuming..
Gary Curtis a) i was on break b) im in parts and theres no time limit for anything and c) go buy a falcon i dont give a fuck. Why what do you own?
EXTREMEYAMUM90 appologies for my smart arse reply. I've always had holdens starting with a HK, a HG monaro, HQ one tonner. Now I drive a Ford Ranger, my thinking was at least they are Australian designed. But it seems I've literally jumped out of the frying pan into the fire! Hope all goes well for you mate.
John Johnson thats alright bud i wasnt having a go at you i was just speaking australian
2:35 "that rebuild was so expensive!"
This car was known in the U.K. (with a smaller engine) as the Viceroy. It was only sold for a few years and very few are left now. It was a more luxurious version of the Carlton which was based on the German Opel Record.
Very nice. That’s a beautifully restored commodore.
Wow! What a beautiful machine!!
MrTPoops your profile picture really goes with that comment
You have a good eye for good cars (Protege5's are the shit!!)
wait how do u know i have a p5
Im proud to be aussie
Beautiful car of this early model VB Commodore SLE.
We had these back in my home country(Trinidad and Tobago). Very popular back then.
South Africa had the Chevrolet Commodore. I don't know what engines they used.
Its a shame that Holden is no longer an Aussie car.
The Holdens and Ford Australia cars were bloody legendary. Imagine what could have been if they were still making them.
It's also a shame that this demographic of cars hasn't had any replacement :(.
Other than the steering wheel being on the wrong side, it's a beautiful car.
If you import one to the USA apparently they flip over on the roof when they cross the equator.
Beautiful car. Thank you for sharing
I had one exactly the same, color, engine the lot.. The rims were painted to match the rest of the paintwork.. 308, 4 barrel Rochester, 10 bolt Salisbury diff, twin pipes all factory stock.. most SLEs came out with a 253 engine
That is bad A@@, that was a very good decision to overhaul the motor and to Beef It Up..
I like the Norwegian nightstand with the venetian blinds.... the plush velour throw pillows make an excellent addition to the backseat area....
A beautiful car in better than new condition = poetry in motion. Your car would probably be James Bond's choice for a daily driver. Lots of style and sleeper performance. Thanks for sharing it with us! P.S. Someone at the shop did put the steering wheel on the wrong side. May want to take it back and have that fixed.
Detailed restoration. Well done Sir!
It's really sad that Australia's auto industry is now completely gone.
Too busy buying cheaper and better cars from Korea
Nearly completely gone now hope they do something decent at the grounds of the old factory :(
Thanks to General Motors
WOW! POWER BRAKES AND A/C!!
Big thing in 79"
Wow that car be looking fresh! Looks like it just rolled off the assembly line!
It's better than new
Beautiful, it was very exciting when the VB Commodore was released. I have a VH.
Never heard of it. Looks way ahead of its time
It wasn't long after this they moved to Japanese fuel injected engines and transmissions, being up there alongside Ford at the time. They were quite innovative for decades but seemed to loose touch after that.
Best car Holden ever produced was the 1964 EH in my opinion, best looking and had the first of the legendary Red motor, Holden went down hill after the Kingswood
cast iron heads, pushrods, 2 valves per cylinder, Carby, Live rear axle, 14in rims. 1400kg @ 125kw from 5lt = 25kw per litre compared to say the Nissan Skyline of the day @53.5kw per litre and 200kg lighter.
But velour trim, power windows, power steering and SEATBELTS!!!!! I suppose it was appointed fairly well, but @ $12668 which was on average about 15 months pay back then is the equivalent to a $95000 car today.
Hmm will have to respectfully disagree. The EH was pretty crude mechanically and not that far removed from the first Holdens.. I'll give it to the VE. It was a big leap above anything made by Holden previously and really the first truly Australian Holden. VF was icing on the cake.
That said its always nice to see a EH on the road. :)
While Crude mechanically those early Holdens are far better looking than anything after the WB :D
Good Vid. But, a damn shame with that car to have all that engine being stuffed into that Muffler at the rear of the car. those two little exhaust pipe holes are not going to do it . that engine should have a proper dual exhaust with a crossover pipe. that would at least do it justice.
Just asking What was the purpose of the car having a dual exhaust system but not duel mufflers?
Confused
The dual exhaust it kinda has will have a improvement over a standard exhaust system, giving better performance and mileage but the reason they probably stuuf it into that small muffler at the rear of the car is probably to keep Low end torque and Quiet. the car will be significantly quieter than with a dual exhaust , but still leaving the opportunity for a Car enthusiast to Remove the Rear Muffler and extend out the the dual exhaust for People that wish to do so.
He's kept it stock mate thus the exhaust you see here. Only change is the fact it's a stainless system.
Well Thank you soo much matey!
Love my Commodore & Kingswood!
This is a great example of a nice family sedan. But I think that the Holden Utes to (especially the high performance ones) were far cooler.
Talk about a Sleeper.
No V8 Commodore is a sleeper m8
They came out with a factory v8 mate this was the top of the range model they had a 202 inline 6cly with a decent ported head and a big cam they could go harder then the V8 lol
@@bnz500 Mate, I don't think you've quite grasped the meaning of the term sleeper. It don't mean she's a slug!
I miss those old cars. they are simple and they are fun to drive. I'm really jaded with the incessant change of "new concept" in the "modern" cars. I especially more than enough of those irritating and fragile gadgets and the useless bells and whistles in these so-called "modern cars".
I was born in Sydney in 1979. To me, this car will always be modern. It was a massive departure from its predecessors. Look up the 1977 Holden Kingswood to see what I mean.
Growing up, every second car on the road seemed to be one of these, built between 1978 and 1983. Later cars used the same overall body, but the feel of the car changed somehow. The VK of 1984 was stupendously ugly and very under-developed because Holden were nearly bankrupt.
Dad had one for about 20 years! Rock solid!
Impressive, like new condition, been well loved over the years. Surprised the first owner sold it. Need to hook up with the guys MCM.
Top knotch car review experience
Wasn't a big fan til I heard it running
Thank you Scotty for doing Aussie stuff ,but, australias favourite holden car would have to be the hk Monaro gts327 1968...holdens first Bathurst victory ,an Aussie icon..that you could buy on friday race the next day...no pollution crap.. nice Commodore!!!
That surely put a smile on my face and reminded me of the '91 MB I had with a similar body style. I bet that car is a tank!
I'm gonna go there just to drive a ute.. and smuggle it back to the states
Austin A our utes are sold in very small numbers in the states by an import company over there :) Doug demuro road tested one
There used to be some blokes selling Holden Maloo Utes in the USA.
Better get in quick RIP Holden and Ford utes
Try the Falcon Panel Van. They are a you beaut Aussie ute
Scotty be using Doug de Muros titles
Im joking, don’t get triggered...
Who else smiled when he fired it up?
Great car feature, I've seen that car many times on the Sunny Coast 🙂