Tardme gone mad: the $71k HQ Holden Belmont

[F5 Dave]

Oh but the patina! Which I believe is another word for fucked paint and corroded alloy.

Gezzuz that brown is ugly and it's a friggin station wagon.

Dad had a new V8 Monaro that he ordered with a Kingswood body (family to panda to). Got front springs cut a turn off at the factory so it didn't drive down the road like a shark. Gee imagine trying to do that now. Still had to wait for it from Aussie.

Cant imagine wanting one, but some people aren't motorcycle enthusiasts I understand.

Well clearly I don't understand, but I've heard it.

I think its repressed.

Mentally calculating the bikes I could buy with that sort of coin. . . .

[Paul in NZ]

Well - its a wagon... Most wagon tail gates died early so its rare...

And its pooh brown.... with patina... OMG - a guy with a man bun died when I said that

and so it trendy...

Wait 3 years - the price will drop...

[HenryDorsetCase]

All my favourite cars have been wagons. Get a lot of mountainbike, snowboard, DIY and motorbike shit in the back of a wagon.

[Berries]

All my favourite cars have been wagons. Get a lot of mountainbike, snowboard, DIY and motorbike shit in the back of a wagon.

Put a tow bar on this - https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/use...361604431f-001

[F5 Dave]

That's why my only 4 wheeled vehicle till last year was a van for 30 years. Far more practical for moving dirtbikes, race bikes, even house contents.

[JimO]

i can imagine paying over 70k for it and having someone wipe it out and the insurance wanting to pay market value

[TheDemonLord]

i can imagine paying over 70k for it and having someone wipe it out and the insurance wanting to pay market value

To be fair, Unless the other person is driving an Artic Truck, another Kingswood or an LAV, chances are that all you'll need to do is straighten the bumper, give it a splash of paint and a polish and she'll be right, Mate*.








*In true Bogan fashion.

[scumdog]

To be fair, Unless the other person is driving an Artic Truck, another Kingswood or an LAV, chances are that all you'll need to do is straighten the bumper, give it a splash of paint and a polish and she'll be right, Mate*.








*In true Bogan fashion.

Meh, the front suspension in my hot rod pickup truck came from a HZ Holden that had been hit on the rear passenger door. Roof and rear pillar were buckles so off to the knackers yard with it.

[JimO]

To be fair, Unless the other person is driving an Artic Truck, another Kingswood or an LAV, chances are that all you'll need to do is straighten the bumper, give it a splash of paint and a polish and she'll be right, Mate*.








*In true Bogan fashion.

they arnt as solid as you think

[98tls]

Awhile back mate that owns this old shitter turned down an offer of 15k and i thought he was nuts,still running the 6,interiors fucked and its full of rust though ole mates adamant it has none gave him a bell re the wagon on Trademe and the clowns planning on retiring almost Ive no idea whats going on in the wagon listing but refuse to believe a sane person would bid 71k for the thing.

[98tls]

Put a tow bar on this - https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/use...361604431f-001

Why? rather than lowering it gently off the wharf save some coin and simply push it off.

[sidecar bob]

Put a tow bar on this - https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/use...361604431f-001

And call it Trevor (that is what TVR means)

[FJRider]

Awhile back mate that owns this old shitter turned down an offer of 15k and i thought he was nuts,still running the 6,interiors fucked and its full of rust though ole mates adamant it has none gave him a bell re the wagon on Trademe and the clowns planning on retiring almost Ive no idea whats going on in the wagon listing but refuse to believe a sane person would bid 71k for the thing.

Run a magnet over it and see how much filler is in it.

In their day ... if no rust was seen and it looked straight ... the WOF was no issue.

A mate of mine died in a 50 km/hr accident (Invercargill I think) ... he hit a power pole. One of the wooden ones. Bog (and lots of it) in all the wrong places.

It left the scene on the flatbed ... in about four separate pieces.

He had done the bog job himself.

[FJRider]

Meh, the front suspension in my hot rod pickup truck came from a HZ Holden that had been hit on the rear passenger door. Roof and rear pillar were buckles so off to the knackers yard with it.

It wont have been the first Holden part to be fitted to a Hot rod. Nor the last.

Holden's contribution to the Hot Rod community has been underrated. And seldom acknowledged. By Holden especially (that I am aware of).

[FJRider]

i can imagine paying over 70k for it and having someone wipe it out and the insurance wanting to pay market value

Out of curiosity ... what would be the expected premiums for a $70,000 car. Regardless of make. And for a car that was out of production for at least 30 years ... common body parts are now not that common ... or even available .. ???