Quote: Originally Posted by GMFA18 Went for a cruise last night with another country pack BT1, found out it was 1 car behind mine on the production line. Both are RTA cars. Both were fitted out identical, his still had vic roads service sticker on the windscreen. And no the owner is never selling it. Anyone got a picture of a R.T.A specification BT1? By the way, don't you guy's call it Vicroads?

Quote: Originally Posted by aus880 The yellow BT1 found under the carport has the Vic Police maintenance sticker on its sunvisor Owner is slowly getting to work on the car, keeping it 100% orig and importantly 100% untouched So Russ you are telling us he is going to wash this car and bring it back out. Imo the photos I remember that paints going to need some work to bring it up anywhere near nice.

russ does the owner of the car port bt1 own a walky or 3 and a few other bt1's?

Quote: Originally Posted by VLT-025 yeah I had two BT1 5 litres (VH/VP) and I'm pretty certain they both had 85 amp alternators. I would think this is the norm given the extra gear they all had. Yes the taxis and police ordered vehicles came with a larger alternator for increased electrical loading. Quote: Originally Posted by INFLYT Anyone got a picture of a R.T.A specification BT1? By the way, don't you guy's call it Vicroads? You will find the bulk of yellow BT1 pack cars from vic are in fact ex RTA/vicroads cars. The yellow cars in Vic Police were for highway/country duties, or TOG. Same fit outs from what I understand. Dads one when in service had the CB, a maglite holder on the side of the console, a didital equiped speedo that sensed traffic in front of the vehicle when it was later in its service life. Roof lights changed to the magenta color in 1989/90 from memory, had mudflaps as well. All the rest was the usual std BT1 equipment. In fact its service plate was MWE 400 back then and I believe the car is still around. It was sold with documentation as the last VL BT1 in government service. Also these service tags fitted to the visors, the vehicles were maintained at Vicroads own internal workshop and were filled in by the mechanics. I know for a fact the vicroads ones were not serviced by Holden themselves.

yEP BOOST, have u got any pics of ur dads bt1 when it was in service?

Somewhere I do. I have to go through a mass of old photos to find them! He had them right through to the last of the VS V8's.

Quote: where u parked at noble maccas with this other bt1 for abit?? coz i saw 2 original bt1's next 2 eachother, both stock as, only thing is they didnt have roof plugs, and one of the number plates started with E not D both looked mint tho! Yeh that was us, both cars never had holes in the roof, both had original reg exx xxx and fxx xxx Quote: Anyone got a picture of a R.T.A specification BT1? By the way, don't you guy's call it Vicroads? Back then RTA and RTC were in the process of becoming vic roads. Both cars were owned by RTA and i only just found out they had road traffic authority down the side with amber lights? pics anyone?? BTW i'm pretty sure the service maintenance label on the sunvisor is there for cars that were being serviced by a holden dealer cos RTA cars were serviced at vic roads corp and the techs would know what items to check.

Yeah they had a chequered stripe right down the side of the car that when in RTA form was from memory a red/white chequer with an RTA emblem on the front door. When they switched to Vicroads the stripes changed to a green/white with a vicroads lettering on the front door and the bonnet. When dads one was nearing the end of its life the stripes came off it and it basically had a big vicroads magnet sign on the front door.

keep this up steve and aus880 will get u to right a bt1 book and jack may be out of a job a sc

Quote: Originally Posted by GMFA18 Yeh that was us, both cars never had holes in the roof, both had original reg exx xxx and fxx xxx Back then RTA and RTC were in the process of becoming vic roads. Both cars were owned by RTA and i only just found out they had road traffic authority down the side with amber lights? pics anyone?? BTW i'm pretty sure the service maintenance label on the sunvisor is there for cars that were being serviced by a holden dealer cos RTA cars were serviced at vic roads corp and the techs would know what items to check. They went away froma red and blue light like the police to the magenta lights that are still current in use today. The service schedule was on dads car as I remember seeing it on the visor. His car was maintained at the old Vicroads/RTA workshops at Carlton. The only time it went back to holden was when it cracked a head. The way they did it back then has changed to the way they do it now with government cars. Back then the govt owned each vehicle hence they did there own servicing or had a deal with a dealership. Nowdays all the vehicles are leased on a plan and as part of that they have to be dealer serviced to keep their warranty so they can be then on sold with a full service history. Quote: Originally Posted by MRKING keep this up steve and aus880 will get u to right a bt1 book and jack may be out of a job a sc Meh, I might go start my own Calais zomg thread. From what I can tell there is less factory LW5 plated calais floating around than original unmodified BT1's, actually BT1's in general.

I've seen a few yellow vic police bt1's originaly looking like this but never seen the yellow rta one's. Hav you got any pics yepboost?

There is a couple of pics somewhere of dads old BT1 in the background of other phots. I just have to find them.And cause the olds are divorced I dont know who has them. But basically change the color of the light bar and swap the police stickers for vicroads ones with a narrow stripe down the side and thats what it looked like!

So did police officer's drive them or rta officer's??

gee that pic gmf posted up looks like gardenvale cop shop witch is now c.i.u and is also right next to nepyn hwy

Quote: Originally Posted by GMFA18 So did police officer's drive them or rta officer's?? Both, I stated that above. The bulk of the yellow cars were RTA back then and this carried through to VN-VP. But country police stations and those considered as highway patrols were the ones that definately had the yellow cars. The police went away from the yellow marked cars as people would confuse the 2 and at that time it was easier to keep all the RTA/Vicroads cars yellow as in total numbers there were far less vehicles to worry about. You will find the bulk of Vic police BT1's were white esp later in the VL series. Actually that pic you posted with the cops standing in it. That looks like the old HWP uniform to me as normal police had a different jacket and pant combination!

So basically the hype regarding BT1's is just that, hype? If most of the BT1's were driven/used by some gutty Wog that worked for the R.T.A back in the day's, why does everyone get so excited?

the gutty wog part has not changed

mainly just wankfactor for all the muzza's out there, apart from the few OG ones still left, and the only reason theres hype over them is that its so hard to find one that hasnt been thrashed like a piece of flesh in a brothel...lol

LOL.........You should see what my brother used to do in that government vehicle. We lived on a big hill back then so if he had to move cars when dad wasnt home it used to cop a good Roll Back or 4! In reality the BT1 hype is just that....Hype. They have there place as an ex cop car. Its the same hype people have about XY GT's, people like them for there own reasons!

a members off here family member has a yellow bt1 that is ex rta, in immaculate og condition, from momery only thing thats been done to it is the head recod when it cracked but he had it rewelded so its got the same head on it