Cool
Posted: Sun Sep 27, 15 1:32 pm
I like the look of this 
Yeah they are quite cool cars
just so so few about
Dave
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 15 9:09 am
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 15 3:05 pm
Monster scoop 
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 15 11:36 am
Gippsland GPRS used to be demons for that kinda thing.
Think the company folded though
Think the company folded though
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 15 12:52 pm
What is it? 
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 15 3:03 pm
a VH Hardtop,a rare beastGJUK wrote:What is it?
Didnt know gippsland had folded Dave,had some speaker pods from them,took an eternity to get here but pleased with them,had a lot of family problems i believe
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 15 7:33 pm
It's funny how things change with time though.Minty wrote:a VH Hardtop,a rare beastGJUK wrote:What is it?
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You see the hardtops and panel vans quite a bit these days for sale.
I'd love a basic 215 three-on-the-tree VH, J or K - try and find one of them these days!
I think that as time moves on, people tend to save the more unusual ones. The more "common" cars end up in the bin, and before you know it they are gone.
I'm partial to a Rover Commerce (the van-variant of the Rover 25) or a Bedford (early Astra) van (the early Astravan) - both cheap workhorses of their day. Finding one now though? Tough ask.
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 15 7:52 pm
That Sir, is a stunning car!!! I love the shape and simple lines....beautiful! 
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 15 9:44 am
well they seemed to have been o0ff and on for so long I'd assumed they'd gone this timeMinty wrote:a VH Hardtop,a rare beastGJUK wrote:What is it?
Didnt know gippsland had folded Dave,had some speaker pods from them,took an eternity to get here but pleased with them,had a lot of family problems i believe
i'll do a bit of aussie ebay and see
Dave
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 15 10:25 am
http://www.gprsmopars.com/
Car is quite nice from the front but looks like someone put to much in the trunk. Really don't like that droop to the rear.
Car is quite nice from the front but looks like someone put to much in the trunk. Really don't like that droop to the rear.
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 15 11:05 am
does my bum look big in this?
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 15 8:35 pm
I like that...it reminds me of a shrunk down C body Fuselage car...early 70s Newport etc....lovely shape
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 15 10:57 am
that was the idea with the 4 door version at least
a luxury car for diplomats, Managing directors and well to do country gents
basically a three piece suite on wheels
the 2 door as above was forced upon the Australian management by the US as a car for the young and care free people
the aussies knew the market, knew it would not be a success as the market for big huge cars was decreasing, and hence designed the charger, in isolation hidden from the US bosses, using as many panels from this as possible
the press/tooling for the bootlid on this was used with half a sheet of steel to make the charger boot lids.
charger was supposed to be a niche car
it accounted for something mental like 50% of production in the first year
mind they still only made about 45000 of them in 10 years
so you can imagine how rare the 2 door hardtop above is they only managed 3 years of them
Dave
a luxury car for diplomats, Managing directors and well to do country gents
basically a three piece suite on wheels
the 2 door as above was forced upon the Australian management by the US as a car for the young and care free people
the aussies knew the market, knew it would not be a success as the market for big huge cars was decreasing, and hence designed the charger, in isolation hidden from the US bosses, using as many panels from this as possible
the press/tooling for the bootlid on this was used with half a sheet of steel to make the charger boot lids.
charger was supposed to be a niche car
it accounted for something mental like 50% of production in the first year
mind they still only made about 45000 of them in 10 years
so you can imagine how rare the 2 door hardtop above is they only managed 3 years of them
Dave