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Started by platinum · 27 Mar 2004 · 220 replies

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*SMITHY*Archived member
Your car is a Holden SL/Executive Commodore Sedan From the factory it was equipped with the Non-Turbo Nissan RB30E producing 114kw at the flywheel. It was produced in 1987 at the Melbourne plant with a serial number of 27969
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SirGeoArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by WOGPSI i got a calais wagon and it says berlina wagon. whats the deal with that? 8L356HL279190L Wasn't the calais wagons just a after thought when delivered to the dealers to get rid of them? could be the reason...
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aus880Archived member
calais wagons were berlina based, special code for them being a9y
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*SMITHY*Archived member
Your car is a Holden SL/Executive Commodore Sedan From the factory it was equipped with the Turbocharged Nissan 3L RB30ET producing 150kw at the flywheel. It was produced in 1988 at the Adelaide plant with a serial number of 84103
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3lturboArchived member
cant seem to get it to work on my na vl.its 8l196mg30163.
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aus880Archived member
Quote: Originally Posted by 3lturbo cant seem to get it to work on my na vl.its 8l196mg30163. I don't know where you got that number from look at the small painted underbonnet plate on your firewall above the two silver large ones, that's where you'll find the correct number to use edit: i see you're from NZ, ids may be completely different due to that
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BTArchived member
Your car is a Holden Calais Sedan From the factory it was equipped with the Turbocharged Nissan 3L RB30ET producing 150kw at the flywheel. It was produced in 1988 at the Adelaide plant with a serial number of 5xxxxx produced in 1988 lol my compliance says dec 1987 ...
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3lturboArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by aus880 I don't know where you got that number from look at the small painted underbonnet plate on your firewall above the two silver large ones, that's where you'll find the correct number to use edit: i see you're from NZ, ids may be completely different due to that yeh im assuming that would be the case,cause my other vl(another na one from oz) one worked. and thats the only 14 digit number on the tag in the engine bay.
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ottieArchived member
Your car is a Holden Calais Sedan From the factory it was equipped with the Turbocharged Nissan 3L RB30ET producing 150kw at the flywheel. It was produced in 1987 at the Adelaide plant with a serial number of 28877 worked nicely after the second attempt. mixed up the G for a 6 the first time. my bad.
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hamisgoodArchived member
Could someone help with mine, my VIN is 6L196FJ987528L but every time i put it in, it just come back with error.
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aus880Archived member
Quote: Originally Posted by hamisgood [View Post] Could someone help with mine, my VIN is 6L196FJ987528L but every time i put it in, it just come back with error. Your car is a Holden Berlina Sedan From the factory it was equipped with the Non-Turbo Nissan RB30E producing 114kw at the flywheel. It was produced in 1986 at the Melbourne plant with a serial number of 87528
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hamisgoodArchived member
Thanks for that mate.
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UNONT2Archived member
Quote: Originally Posted by 3lturbo [View Post] yeh im assuming that would be the case,cause my vlt's one worked. and thats the only 14 digit number on the tag in the non turbo's bay. its mostlikely nz assembeled mate,it will have only one tag on it on the passenges side strit tower next to the airbox
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3lturboArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by UNONT2 [View Post] its mostlikely nz assembeled mate,it will have only one tag on it on the passenges side strit tower next to the airbox cheers. yeh because the vl+t i used to have worked....seemed strange to me at the time
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NOCLUEArchived member
Your car is a Holden Calais Sedan From the factory it was equipped with the Turbocharged Nissan 3L RB30ET producing 150kw at the flywheel. It was produced in 1986 at the Adelaide plant with a serial number of 18721 This is awsome does anyone know how many vl calais turbo's where built?
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aus880Archived member
Quote: Originally Posted by NOCLUE [View Post] Your car is a Holden Calais Sedan From the factory it was equipped with the Turbocharged Nissan 3L RB30ET producing 150kw at the flywheel. It was produced in 1986 at the Adelaide plant with a serial number of 18721 This is awsome does anyone know how many vl calais turbo's where built? no, this sort or breakdown of the total number of VL's produced wasn't and isn't available
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Gas Rb30Archived member
My VL Doesn't have any plates on the firewall or anywhere. I Can see where the rivets for the plate have been drilled out and a few are still in there wtf. How can i go about making some new ones. Guess ill see if i can borrow a writing imprinter thingy for somewhere this sucks balls. :S ---------- Post added 19-06-10 at 23:25 ---------- damn this is realy F****d up
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5spdvlArchived member
Why don't you have any plates? They can never be reissued, and legally your car can now never be registered.
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r_jacksonArchived member
my works V8 calais. but says its an 88. but rego sticker says 87
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aus880Archived member
Quote: Originally Posted by r_jackson [View Post] my works V8 calais. but says its an 88. but rego sticker says 87 built late in one year makes it next years 'model'
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