When Linda and Chris Deuter decided they wanted to replace their HX Holden LE, the last thing they were expecting to buy was a Vauxhall. "We wanted an HSV GTO," Linda begins. "We'd just driven our HX LE back from the Monaro Nationals in Toowoomba, and even though we'd taken it easy and stopped along the way, it was pretty exhausting."
Linda and Chris have owned various collectible Holdens over the years, including SLR and SS Toranas, HJ and HX Monaro GTS sedans, a one-of-450 'Classic Edition' HZ Statesman and no less than two 1976 HX Holden LE coupes, the latest of which they'd elected to be their long-distance cruiser. Linda continues, "We're not afraid to take our cars down the road. We've driven them all over the country, but there's no comparison with a modern car." Chris agrees, adding, "The LE's got no cruise, so you're constantly concentrating on your speed these days, and the air-con in them never worked well. There was a brochure that came with them from new that said something like, 'please avoid using air-conditioners on hot days, when going up and down hills."
With a fondness for the factory fresh, modifying their LE just wasn't an option, meaning to combine Monaro magic with modern motoring, they'd have to look to a V2 or VZ Monaro or same-era HSV Coupe GTO or GTS, built from 2001 to 2006. Linda continues the story, "So we started looking at the GTOs, but they were way out of our price range," she gestures to their supercharged silver beast, parked on Turn 3 of the Adelaide Steet Circuit, "until I stumbled across this on Carsales." It was listed under 'Holden Monaro, but the text described it as a Vauxhall Monaro VXR500; one of just 18 built in that configuration and sold new in the UK.
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7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、8,500 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
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この記事は Unique Cars の May 2024 版に掲載されています。
7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、8,500 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
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Richard Barker 1988 MAZDA 626 TURBO
I acquired my 1988 GD Mazda 626 Turbo hatchback via an advert I saw on Gumtree. negotiated a sale price with the owner over the phone and transferred a deposit, sight unseen!
2005 VAUXHALL MONARO VXR500
BRASH, BLOWN AND BACK ON HOME SOIL, LINDA AND CHRIS DEUTER'S VAUXHALL MONARO VXR500 IS LUTON IN LABEL ONLY
THE NUMBERS GAME!
IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH IT'S A BIT LIKE A TATTSLOTTO DRAW IN ROB'S MIND, WITH ALL THOSE NUMBERS WHIZZING AROUND
GALLIC STAR
FROM BEING A ROPEY RUNNER, TO A WRITE OFF, TO A SHOW WINNER THIS CITROEN HAS HAD A DRAMATIC LIFE -
GADGET GRIPE
TECHNOLOGY CAN HAVE ITS ADVANTAGES IN THIS MODERN WORLD, AS LONG A ITS IN THE RIGHT HANDS
Fantastic FIXED HEAD
THE XK 120 WAS CREATED TO SHOWCASE ITS DOHC INLINE SIX-CYLINDER ENGINE THAT REMAINED IN SERVICE OVER FOUR DECADES
TRIPLE TREAT
Can anyone ever forget the 'man on a mission, Kowalski, in the original classic-car chase movie Vanishing Point as he fled the law in his pearl-white '70 R/T Dodge Challenger, leaving a trail of carnage, wounded cop egos and sadly, in the movie's final scene, an explosive fireball of Mopar car parts (or were they?).
MODERN CLASSICS - M 1000 R
BMW'S M-BRANDED NAKED BIKE SETS A NEW BENCHMARK FOR THE CLASS
MAZDA RX 1970-78
LOOKING MORE like something out of a washing machine, Mazda’s twinchamber rotary power unit, was an engine with performance to dwarf its compact size.
MAINTENANCE & PATIENCE
MAINTAINING OLD CLASSICS IS BOTH PAINSTAKING AND REWARDING. WILL ANYONE BOTHER WITH MORE MODERN MACHINERY?