Quote: Originally Posted by DenchY 8L19 JG J114 698L Your car is a Holden Berlina Sedan From the factory it was equipped with the Holden 304 V8 producing 122kw at the flywheel. It was produced in 1987 at the Melbourne plant with a serial number of 14698 its a nov 86' model... is it s1 or s2? hmmm wernt the VL 8's a carby motor therefor being a 308?? i thought the injected motors were the 304's???

Quote: Originally Posted by Eren uhm guys mine on the car is 8L198J J*****L the build date says OCT/88 so I'm guessing "J" stands for 1989 I had to change J to H for it to work. For the letter specifying the year refers to model year and it does not line up with the calender year. I believe that Oct-Sep is how the model year works. Quote: Originally Posted by HSVPSS hmmm wernt the VL 8's a carby motor therefor being a 308?? i thought the injected motors were the 304's??? 304's started midway through the VK series in order to homologate the Commodore for International Group A racing in the under 5L category where they scored a nice weight saving for losing 4 cubic inches. Corsa

on my rego papers it says my cars year is 1987 and yet on the vin calculator it says 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 57895 does that just mean that the cars body was made in 1987 but it didnt leave the factory till 1988?

what month of 87 was it made? i think the year starts from sept or oct so a december 86 car is 87 in holdens books. if that made sense

hi, just wondering, how do you tell if its a 304 or a 308 by engine numbers, is there a difference with numbers for one to the other

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 1988 at the Adelaide plant with a serial number of 58704 Actually built in September '87, but I guess that must be the month where they regard it as next years model. Had Series 1 Seats too, but a Series 2 block!!

Quote: Originally Posted by 5spdvl 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 1988 at the Adelaide plant with a serial number of 58704 Actually built in September '87, but I guess that must be the month where they regard it as next years model. Had Series 1 Seats too, but a Series 2 block!! the car is turbo, the option plate has all turbo parts eng:LW5 trans: ms1 diff: gm3 and its got the fold on the chasisis rail where the turbo goes, (all non turbo have it strheight)

What? My car isn't turbo. Stock as a rock Berlina. HAD an ML4 trans, 3.45 open wheeler, straight N/A 6. What're you smoking?

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 1987 at the Adelaide plant with a serial number of 51222. has a turbo now and is very nice to drive

wicked... the guy i bought it off said it was a 86 Your car is a Holden SL/Executive Commodore Wagon From the factory it was equipped with the Holden 304 V8 producing 122kw at the flywheel. It was produced in 1987 at the Adelaide plant with a serial number of 23297

With the serial number, what is that counting from? 0001 etc?

Well I was supprised to learn my car was a factory calais. Something the previous owner wasnt sure on. But a non turbo version & previously automatic. But it does have 747 in the vin number Oh yea.

Quick suggestion, don't know what the logistics would be though... Would it be possible for guys who have had there cars stolen to upload their VIN numbers to this application? If someone then searches a car that has been flagged 'stolen', the searchers details are sent to a moderator that can pass details on to the appropriate people....? Just a thought.

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 1988 at the Adelaide plant with a serial number of 63346 This is really strange... on my compliance plate it said its a 1987 model...?

As stated numerous times, if the car was built from about September-December of one year, it is called the following years model. So say Sep '87 will be called an 88 year model.

Ahh, super.

Quote: Originally Posted by Dimebag I have an 86 VL. It was made in Jun/July Cant remember the exact month, i will check tomorrow and edit. But anyway, i have a sticker on inside of the drivers door frame that says something along the lines of 86 VL COMMODORE FIELD TEST Then It has a number and "DO NOT REMOVE" i was wondering if this is on every VL (i've checked on a couple of mates' cars and they dont have it and i was wondering if it was because they werent ever put there, or because they have simply fallen off. YEA MATE I GOT 1 ON MY DRIVERS SIDE FRONT PILLER I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS MY BERLINA WAS BUILT JUL87???ANI IDEAS

Quote: Originally Posted by kaino YEA MATE I GOT 1 ON MY DRIVERS SIDE FRONT PILLER I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS MY BERLINA WAS BUILT JUL87???ANI IDEAS It means that the car had to get taken back to the factory due to a fault... There is a thread on it somewhere, I can't remember where but... I've seen a VL with like 3 of them on it LOL, talk about a lemon straight out of the factory

cool

when it says It was produced in 1987 at the Melbourne plant with a serial number of 08908 where is this serial no?????