Funnily enough my Dad had a 307 Premier.Originally Posted by Edbear
Uncle was a design engineer at GMH Pagewood and the old boy got the hottest units first. We had an HD X2 before it and my cousin had a bunch of XU1s and L34s later on.
One hell of a ride.
Funnily enough my Dad had a 307 Premier.
Uncle was a design engineer at GMH Pagewood and the old boy got the hottest units first. We had an HD X2 before it and my cousin had a bunch of XU1s and L34s later on.
One hell of a ride.
No taint - Premier had twin headlights.
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I"m with Jim,it's not original,someones fucked around with it putting in an engine it never had and silly wheels.It will only appeal to someone who likes bling.And it's not as good as it looks,I can guarantee it.
One hell of a ride.
Why it's only the same price as a buell. Minters are $25K Au upwards - and it's restorable if you really care.
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I'd go for the buell over the holden because the holden has a couple too many doors for my taste.
You'd want to really carefully (like get it up on a hoist, and probe at its nethers careful) look at the holden to make sure it was worth the money.
If its got a bigger motor (and I am by no means a snob when it comes to that stuff....) you'd want to make sure someone had but different brakes on it or upgraded the ones it had, and checked out the suspenders and stuff, made sure the diff and trans were good with the extra HP blah blah.
basically it comes down to whether you want a project (cars like that are never finished) or a bike you can just jump on and ride.
Then again, on a day like today, its the car EVERy time.
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where is the option for both, Ive got both.
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I plead brain fade... Of course you're right! I had a '70 HT Premier with the 308. UNfortunately it was also the last model to use the Powerglide auto, a 2-sp. The box was tough enough to use in drag racing but the two gears were hopeless on the road without at least twice the 240hp the stock 308 put out! Beautiful car it was though and I do wish I still had it!
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That's true, but there's still plenty of people in the market that believe that a bigger motor = better, so the price for the car will still go up. Just maybe not as much as an original car.
Also, sellers generally see the original cars and think their is worth as much and won't let it go for any less. Eventually someone comes along and buys it, so the rest of the market follows suit. Bit like Red Baron and the 250 market.
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I beleive they came out with a Chev engine - a plodding 307. - bitsa made from a 283 with a 327 crank.
It should haul-arse witha 383 if it has all the good bits.
Tough call but I'd lean towards the Holden IF it's as good as you say.
EDIT: And as HDC above says: too many doors, more than one each side is excessive unless it's a taxi.
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Buy the Holden.. and give it to me!!!!
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That Holden reminds me of Friday nights in Gore. Forget those belly-dragging cars with ridiculously phallic exhausts that go "cha". Young Gore guys go cruising in 1970s Falcons, Kingswoods and Valiants, mostly all genuine minters too. There are a couple of crackingly nice Hemi Pacers that do laps and a V8 XA Falcon wagon with the rear tailgate that opens both ways. The coolest of all of the Gore guys get their girlfriends to chauffeur them. They are so cool their names are Kelvin.
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Buy the Holden!
The Buell will still be available as they are not out of production or collectors pieces (yet).
The NEXT shed could be a wee bit smaller and then you could get a Buell for it....
hehehehe decisions, decisions
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