Lucky i remembered to check this thread haha... I'll get pics up today... He swears its December 85 dated on the tags... Its not a convert as he got it for too good a price for someone to want to sell a car that has had all that work done. EDIT: Just phoned him for pics and he'll be home in 1/2 hour or so so they'll be up nice and snappy!

like its a big deal anyway lol... just makes it a 23 year old family car rather than a 21 year old like most others... not as desirable as a SII imo...

Yeah no big deal at all i just thought it was weird and so did my mate so i thought i'd post up and see what the go is. But in rareness wise is still rare then a vlct :P

in rareness wise, if it were a VLCT and plated 85 it would be even better, could even go as far as saying it would be one of the first ever built...

Gold jacket Green jacket who gives a shit

Pic as promised Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by Avenged7X in rareness wise, if it were a VLCT and plated 85 it would be even better, could even go as far as saying it would be one of the first ever built... not likely the turbo engine wasn't released straight away it was held off until after the release of the entire range of body shapes and all the initial drive / modern motor / wheels reports

Quote: Originally Posted by SIroller not likely the turbo engine wasn't released straight away it was held off until after the release of the entire range of body shapes and all the initial drive / modern motor / wheels reports i realise that, i was just saying that if it were then he might actually have somthing special

rareer if it was a vlc wagon. where is the first built VL?

Can't be special car is getting stripped. I'm going to drill the tags out for memorabilia sake anyway... So does anyone know how early they were made?

its not an lw5 so its not turbo what cluster did it have in it

We already established it wasn't turbo.. its factory n/a auto.. Has its original S1 cluster in it with 300thou +

could be a rare prototype?

Rare prototype would be the White/Silver VL Calais I seen in a 1985 magazine with a VK dash in it!

Quote: Originally Posted by Avenged7X i realise that, i was just saying that if it were then he might actually have somthing special i thought you should know better!! lol there might well be an 85 turbo though... test mule maybe? doubt turbo test mules still exist probably used in crash tests...

I've actually seen 2 VL's with the date-stamp Dec 85. Within the same week actually, at the same wreckers. Actually spun-out for a while after seeing them, and I eventually came to believe my eyes were just playing up on me that day. Didn't think I actually seen what I thought I had seen. ...But, you proved me wrong... Atleast my vision is good lol, better than what I thought.

Well i thought i'd wack the VIN in the Vin Calculator and it is now VERY interesting. Quote: Your car is a Holden Calais 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 Adelaide plant with a serial number of 91938 Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

A pre production car with 1986 code by the sounds of it.

Yeah have sent all the details to commodorenut on streetcommodores.