Readers’ Holden cars tribute

Street Machine readers show us their Holdens past and present to mark the end of local manufacturing

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IT has been an emotional few days for Holden fans, with the last-ever locally-built Commodores rolling off the production line on Friday. We asked our Facebook audience to show us their Holdens past and present to mark the occasion. Here we present just a few of them, including some living overseas:

ANGELO ROBERTO

My matching-numbers, unrestored LH SL/R 5000

BARRIE HENDERSON

This was my HQ, sold a few years ago. It was a great car

BROCK CENTORRINO

My 1956 FE Holden, love driving this thing

CAROLYN AND BRETT

This is a 1975 model, originally a manual 253 – now a stroked 308, Super T10 four-speed and Truetrac diff

CHRIS SESSIONS

My FJ and E3 Senator and my daughter’s VR Calais 5.0-litre

CRAIG BURGESS

I met my future wife when she was driving this! I knew she was the one and we still have it today

CRAIG NYSSEN

Not shiny like most of yours, but still love her the same!

CRAIG MARRIOT

My Holden VK with 355 stroker, TH350 transmission and a 9-inch with 4.11s

DANIEL INWOOD

My HX Premier, still driving it every day

DAVE HATTON

This is getting slowly restored, will be powered by a 304 and five-speed

DEBBIE STOKES

My UC Torana, currently undergoing a rebuild

DENNIS WYERS

Wish we still had it! The photo is from around 1962

DERECK JACKSON

This is the one I have in the USA and I have two more Holdens in storage in NZ

DONNA GLYN-JONES

The red VK is being rebuilt currently, the blue was written off when I stopped for a red light & the speeding car behind me didn’t

EVAN DAWE

My dad’s sports sedan he raced in the 70s

GLEN CHRISTIE

This is a V8 VL I had back in the day. The old girl had a red motor in it, with ported heads, big cam, extractors, went very hard. I still miss it 20 odd years later

JAE EDWARDS

My 1978 VB, I’m the second owner and it sits in my garage looking pretty

JAMES CRAIKE

My first Holden a TE Gemini

JARROD TILLEY

My VL after I resprayed it in the first year of my apprenticeship. God i miss it

JENNIFER PRICE

Our original HG wagon that has been in the family since Pa bought it off the showroom floor

JET PNA

Here is my HG Holden wagon, with its original owner, Mr Alex Mooney. Boht champions in my book

JOANNE BOULD

My 1980 WB ute, still have it

JONATHAN BAUMANN

My two and yes, my HQ was in Street Machine!

JOHN BEGLIN

My HK, with 350 Chev, TH350 and Ford 9-inch. Almost 50 years old and still cruises like a dream

JOSH LAR

My Gemini, one of many that I’ve owned by far the best one I’ve had

MATHEW SCHMIDT

My 1985 VK wagon, my first and current car

JUSTIN ANDERSON

My friend Andrew Mclean’s old HD with 350 Chev power – sold 10 years ago

KRIS DENNISON

My Gen F Maloo with her older sister, the more refined EH

LIAM TRISOGLIO

Low and slow daily drive, 202 that never dies

LUKE MILLER

My old HQ Belmont, dressed as a GTS clone and with 350 Chev and TH350 auto

LUKE JAMES

My VL Calais turbo – I miss the old girl

MARK ASHMAN

My 1962 EJ Premier sedan. I paid $3,300 for it in 1995 and traded it in in 1996 for $4,000 for a Honda Civic!

MARTY HEAGNEY

My 1979 HZ SL with 253 in Nocturne Blue. It was stolen and I still miss her

MATTHEW OWENS

Found this picture of my VC Commodore wagon I use to own. I sold it to buy a van which I needed at the time, unfortunately the car was written off by the guy I sold it to. It was an SL/X in Firethorn Red, with a 308

MATT PAUL

My wis’s VF Calais-V six-litre with Walkinshaw exhaust system. Such a beautiful car to drive. This was on our way to Queensland last September. I kept forgetting I had the camper on the back you didn’t even notice it

MIKE KOVCIC

This is my 1987 BT1 VL, with LV2 High Output option – the last of the Brock-improved V8s

MITCH KELLER

My old WB back in the late 90s

NATHAN RYALL

This is my 1988 VL Calais, thanks Mr Holden man

PADDY HOWELY

Both along way from home – Dublin Ireland! I’ve got a 308-powered HQ and a VU HSV Maloo R8

PAUL AND DEBRA

A former CDT Isuzu race car, the shell built by Holden at the Acacia Ridge plant

PETER CRUMBLIN

This old girl seen more country and rough roads than most four-wheel drives

PETER WATSON

My beloved 253-powered HT Premier wagon with matching trailer, about to leave Gippsland for Perth

PETER ROLFE

My WB van, with a 202 and 3-speed on the tree. Was an awesome cruiser

JOHN WARD

I have owned this FB Holden for 17 years and a VE Commodore, which I bought this year, here in the UK. Not back for a Pom!

RICK WELCH

The day I called Larry Larson out

RUSSELL LAWRENCE

My ute – 100 percent home built

SEAN PATTERSON

My LC GTR Torana, at the 10th anniversary of May in the Widebay this year

SEBASTINO MIANO

My HZ GTS, had to sell it so I could get married

SHANE BIGGS

Just loved my HZ GTS. I foolishly sold it 16 years

ANTON KRAUS

This is my genuine L32 SL/R Torana that I have owned for 7 years and did a full nut and bolt resto. It stays with me for life

MATTHEW MCBRAZEL

Not mine but my father’s FC that he raced in the 70s – they had printed team shirts reading: “Old Holden’s Never Die – they just go faster.”

GREG TAYLOR

My WB Kingswood ute in the early 80s and my cousin’s old HJ van in Robe SA

ANTHONY CHIE

My van has a factory WB Caprice front end – apparently one of three made

WAYNE ELLISON

Built by Holden but not a Holden, a 1940 Chev truck!

GLENN BROWN

My LC Torana, my wife’s VE SS and my son’s VL

AL ROCKATANSKY

My old HT Kingswood with a factory-fitted 307, Powergliude auto and LSD

CHRIS BOGGS

My VB 253, all-original and optioned up to SL/E

JUSTIN FERGUSON

Way back in 1992. Couldn’t have been happier at the time

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