A mate of mine has one.... blue over silver hdt le calais wagon with the rear head rest's.... n/a now but i think it was turbo'd ill have a look at the plate and see

details.. model no..VL8VL35-A9Y body no.. 277930-A trim.. 151 paint.. 2F020-D build.. mar 88 eng.. LW5 trans.. MS1 axle.. GM3 resides byron bay and is for sale $12000 mob.. [phone removed] Richard up graded turbo 3 inch system.. 190k . burgundy/silver. books

Thanks for that one. Perfect. Another for the list. I'll update it as soon as I get these houses of mine sorted out.

I had a look at a VL calais wagon last week 5.0ltr but the mumber was VL8LV35-A9Y Not VL8VL35-A9Y why is that ??? was mar-88

maybe that is the code for the V8 and for the turbo it is the other way around........maybe

Quote: Originally Posted by vl 304 I had a look at a VL calais wagon last week 5.0ltr but the mumber was VL8LV35-A9Y Not VL8VL35-A9Y why is that ??? was mar-88 Sounds like a Monday car. Just a screw-up in the stamping as the VL8V part was constant throughout the whole VL series. I don't know how the option plates were stamped but someone either keyed the codes in the wrong way around if it was computerised back then, or they manually screwed it up and either didn't pick it up or couldn't be bothered. You didn't happen to grab any other details on it for the register did you ? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

nar not all of them as i just missed out on buying it it was on ebay had 39 sec left computer is not fast enough went an look at it was soooo clean an original so if you know of any that are forsale it would be really great cheers

Isn't a factory turbo or 5speed but meh has all been converted properly. Looking to get sprayed in a couple months. Sweet daily driver. i love it, all ready beat all the apprentices cars at work Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Looks quite straight Coran, even down to the original cobra alarm and with the new paint it should come up a treat. Great buy. Almost looks like my engine bay, even down to the orangey/red repainted rocker cover ! Thanks for the pics. Another one added to the list. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

found this, might have been posted already but thought id see, not to many turbo's in blue. http://www.uniquecarsales.com.au/pls/carsales/!unique_content.enquiry?current_rec=477&page_numbe r=48&vehicle_id=3581537&total_rec=4299&sort_type=1 &ucategory_id=8

Quote: Originally Posted by GENR8R found this, might have been posted already but thought id see, not to many turbo's in blue. Thanks for that one. He's had it for sale for a while now, at least since last November. Still only the second blue turbo I've got listed.

Totals finally updated in the first post. Bit of a pattern appearing. Looks like there were four batches built. 275XXX & early 276XXX numbered cars were built in Feb '88 in a Red batch. Followed by 276XXX numbered cars built in Feb '88 in Blue. Then 277XXX, 278XXX & 279XXX numbered cars in red in March '88. Finally, a last blue batch in March '88 numbered in the 280XXX series. Going by the spread of numbers they weren't sequential and were just slotted into the standard VL production run. Closest numbers I've found so far were 13 cars apart. Still require numbers from Tonken & dvs wgn if you still have the cars. Also need number and engine type from wagon01 and I can add another one to the list.

Quote: Originally Posted by SLO.BT1 i swear one nit in shepparton vic i saw a dude with his family driving a very very original looking maroon calais turbo wagon.cant remember about the headrest lived there for a fair while and havent ever seen one... i have a heap of pictures floating around would these be of use? just stuff i have collected here and there. i have a pic of a light blue v8 and i saw a pretty cruddy looking white calais wagon on the nepean down towards frankston, had a yellow and grey ffront, (wasnt a calais front, it had been smashed at some stage. also had lots of rust.

Quote: Originally Posted by SIroller i have a heap of pictures floating around would these be of use? just stuff i have collected here and there. i have a pic of a light blue v8 and i saw a pretty cruddy looking white calais wagon on the nepean down towards frankston, had a yellow and grey ffront, (wasnt a calais front, it had been smashed at some stage. also had lots of rust. Post away. Probably only interested in the blue and red ones though for this thread. All the other coloured wagons could have been HDT built cars or just mockups.

Ok, its taken me i dont know how long (plus i forgot) but here is mine Model: VL8VL35-A9Y Body No: 279178-A Trim: 151 Paint: 2F-020-D Built: March 88 ENG: LF1 TRANS: ML4 AXLE: GM2 she is no longer n/a, i dropped a turbo motor and box in, just gotta get a diff built. Its also getting resprayed soon, similar colour. Cheers guys

Thanks for that. I'll update it now. I'm pretty impressed with finding 37 out of the 200 so far. Thanks everyone. Early days yet as far as numbers go but it's looking more like total production was 75 V8's, 75 n/a's and 50 turbo's. I do know of at least two of the 37 though that won't be registered again. One blue V8 that had a massive punch in the side up for auction at a Pickles yard in Sydney and my new red n/a that will be parted out.

just bought calais 1988 turbo wagon genuine factory built turbo maroon paint eng LW5 trans MS1 axle GM3 model VL8VL35-A9Y body 281039-A trim 151 paint 2F020-D built april 1988

Thanks Nick. Welcome to the club. Yours is the youngest so far and the only April built car I have listed as yet. Any pics or history ?

SIroller that car could have been mine when did you see it

I know it's not 1988 but as it'll have been 20 years since the last factory Calais wagon when this one is released I figured this deserved a run. Worst case a 6.0 Calais V wagon is on next years shopping list, providing HSV don't do a Senator version in the mean time. I'm in love..... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.