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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