New car smell

[JimO]

Least you could do is find a room for that thing,any decent human being would move themselves outside and that in just to ensure it survives.

it lives inside now but is looking a bit sad, nothing a battery, some gas and air in the tyres wouldnt fix.......

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[Big Dave]

HD = Hastily designed

Holden's Disaster.

[scumdog]

Holden's Disaster.

The old man bought one of these for $2,239.

Holdens Rescuer - the HR.

[Big Dave]

My old man had an X2. I don't think he had too much trouble with it, but it was traded on a HK (I think) Premier with the Chev 307. That got along.

[scumdog]

My old man had an X2. I don't think he had too much trouble with it, but it was traded on a HK (I think) Premier with the Chev 307. That got along.

Dog of a motor is a 307
A 283 with a 327 crank.

Only worse SBC is a 305
A 327 with a 265 bore

(From memory - but anyway, both are non-performance)

[SPman]

My first car being a 1936 Austin "Big"7 - it didn't have new car smell, but an intoxicating odour of leathery upholstery, old wood, oil fumes, petrol fumes, and a distinct smell of shit from any passenger if you went over 55 mph!

Drove my bro in law's HD Premier around Sydney for a while in '69 - the drum brakes would fade to nothing between traffic lights.... 2 good slowdowns from 40 mph and there was nothing there at all!

The current Hyundai i30 diesel has the usual modern new car petrochemical aroma, but a blast of frigid air from the A/C usually clears that....

[JATZ]

The old man bought one of these for $2,239.

Holdens Rescuer - the HR.

I spent many happy hours in one of those as a kid. Dad was away at sea a lot and mum would bundle us kids into the old HR wagon and set off to Tauranga or Whangarei usually, depends where the ship was berthed. Lots of trips to the batch at Hatfields beach too, back in the days when you could stop at Albany to pick some apples from Airborne orch (?).
They traded that on a mk4 gotina *spit* which took us round the south island.
I guess they saw sense and got another Holden. A brand new Comodore s/w with a lifeless little 1900cc Still.... it was safe for a learner driver, couldn't get into to much trouble with that little power

[madandy]

My Dad was a Chrysler man and bought a Valiant Regal new in Quensland.
I dont remember the new car smell but the smell of cool air from the air conditioning and the velour upholstery I do remember!
We towed a caravan across the state line several times between jobs and I remember sharing the back seat with a large, woodgrain Sanyo Television.
Dad rode a new SR 250 to work and sometimes he'd pick me up from school when he returned home from jobs that often had him away or 2-3 weeks, he drove a Road Train. I do remember the smell of the vinyl tool pouch Yamaha supplied.
Mum used to drive me to school then onto her job at nearby, newly constructed Tarong power station. She claims to this day an indicated 125mph.

Dad never raced that car as he'd 'thrown a leg out of bed' in his last 265 Hemi!

[Big Dave]

Dog of a motor is a 307
A 283 with a 327 crank.

Only worse SBC is a 305
A 327 with a 265 bore

(From memory - but anyway, both are non-performance)

All there was prior was a warm 186.
It was the fastest stock Holden at the time. The Monaro anyway.
The 308 and 350 were still a-comin'.

[Edbear]

All there was prior was a warm 186.
It was the fastest stock Holden at the time. The Monaro anyway.
The 308 and 350 were still a-comin'.

Had a '70 HT Premier with the 308 and Powerglide. The 5lt was good for 240hp but strangled by the heavy 2-stage auto. Had to wait until you were doing 30mph in first before you got acceleration and then 80mph in top she'd take off again to an indicated 115mph.

Economy was good with 19mpg around town and 24mpg on the open road as long as you kept those 57mm secondaries closed. I dearly wanted to put a 5sp in it but was too broke at the time. Reliability was a given, just had to change the cam for a standard grind Crane, as the stock cam wore out at about that mileage.

It was mint in that nice blue and had only done about 65,000m when I sold it. Got an '76 HJ Kingswood 202 manual after that, reconned the motor as it had done twice the mileage stated, but put it on LPG and it would valve bounce in top gear with grunt that scared many a V8. Needed a 5sp as well, the stock three-on-the-tree was hoplessly geared! We also had a '71 HG Kingswood 186 which was a great car, again would have done with a 5sp, though.

[awa355]

I had a HD sw with the 179. Thought it was heaven after the old 3 phase Vanguard. First car bought was a '51 L15 Citreon. Bought it on $80 deposit. paid the outstanding balance of $280 over 18 months. 30mph up the Kaimais in 2nd gear. Girls loved the gear lever mounted on the dash.

It had a wind out front windshield. We used to drive around the country roads at night with a shotgun poking out under the windshield. Great for shooting possumns.