Noho hou ʻo HDT Commodore ma VE Version
ʻO ka VC Commodore mua āna i hoʻolālā ai no ka hui kūʻai aku o Holden ua hana hou ʻia ʻo ia ka VE Commodore mahalo i kekahi o kāna mau mea pā nui.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Peter Champion, kekahi o nā hoaaloha pili loa a Brock a nona ka ʻoi aku o 20 o kāna mau kaʻa heihei kaulana, i ka papahana retro VC a ua loaʻa ka ikaika me ke kōkua o Melbourne's Patterson Cheney Holden.
ʻO ka mua VC-retro-VE Commodores ua aneane mākaukau a ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Champion e inoa i nā mea kūʻai aku ma nā mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe ke hoʻomaka ka hana ʻana o nā kaʻa HDT a me nā ʻāpana.
Manaʻo ʻia e hoʻomaka ke kaʻa ma $65,000, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i hoʻopau ʻia nā kumukūʻai hope loa no nā ʻāpana me nā pahu kino, nā paipu pauka, ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana a me nā kaʻa.
"Aia mākou ma hope o ka papahana me Peter Champion. Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i ke kālā he nui i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka pahu kino, a manaʻo wau ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia i kekahi mea. Ua paʻi ia i koʻu puʻuwai koʻikoʻi, "wahi a Nick Batsialas, ka luna kaʻa hou ma Patterson Cheney ma Vermont.
"Ua manaʻo wau he nui ka poʻe e makemake i kahi kaʻa e like me kēia. Ua ulu lākou me ka ʻike i ke kaʻa mua a makemake lākou i kahi mea like. "
Ua like ke kaʻa me ka VC kumu mua o Brock e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka pahu kino, HDT striping a me 19-inch Irmsche-style huila.
Akā ua ʻike ʻo Batsialas e pono ana ʻo ia a hele i ka hale kūʻai Autotechnique ma Victoria e ʻimi ai.
“Pono mākou i kahi pūʻolo leʻaleʻa e hoʻokele. No laila ua hana ʻo Autotechnique i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana a me ka hana hana, "wahi āna.
"Ua hele mai lākou me kahi pūʻolo e ʻakaʻaka iā ʻoe me ka wikiwiki ma lalo o 100 km / h. Ua like ia me ke kaʻa ʻiʻo."
Loaʻa i ka hana kahi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana, a me ke kōkua ʻana o Harrop Engineering, e ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea hana HDT-brand i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
I kēia manawa, hoʻokahi wale nō VC-retro-VC Commodore, akā manaʻo ʻo Batsialas e koi ikaika ʻia.
“Ua hoʻopau mākou i kā mākou kaʻa mua. Ua hoʻokuʻu wale ʻia. Loaʻa iā mākou nā poʻe makemake e kiʻi i ke kaʻa i ka wā e hoʻokō ʻia ai e nā hoʻomaikaʻi o loko, "wahi āna.
“Ua hoʻomaka mākou. Akā, nui ko mākou hoihoi.
“Manaʻo mākou e lilo ke kaʻa i $65,000.
"Manaʻo wau hiki iaʻu ke kūʻai aku i ʻehā a ʻelima mau kaʻa i ka mahina. Akā e kūkulu ʻia ma ke koi. ʻAʻole mākou e hoʻolālā e ʻoi aku ma mua o 500 mau kaʻa, e like me ka homologation mua no ka VC. "
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka retro VC ma ka SS-V Commodore sedan hou, a ʻōlelo ʻo Batsialas ua lanakila nā pilikia mua me GM Holden me ka hopohopo ʻole e pili ana i kahi hakakā me Holden Special Vehicles.
"He liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, akā ua lanakila mākou," wahi āna.
“Ua hāʻawi ʻia iā mākou kahi mahele Victorian a ke kūkākūkā nei ʻo Peter Champion me nā mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe. He moʻolelo nui ko mākou ma Patterson Cheney me nā Holdens wela a ua kōkua mākou iā Brocky e hoʻomaka.
"Ke hoʻomohala nei mākou i ka laina huahana HDT i hiki i nā poʻe ke kūʻai aku i nā kaʻa, hoʻokuʻu a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe. He mea kēia i loaʻa ʻole i ka poʻe kūʻai Holden no ka mea ʻaʻole pono ka nui o ka poʻe i ka pūʻulu HSV piha. "
