Spoke to a guy who bought his 1987 Calais turbo brand new in April 1987. It was first registered on March 30th and it's a series I.
So assuming his car was built in March I'm guessing changeover to series II occured around April or May '87
I found with my car s2 and my mates s1 is that the instument cluster on his s1 has bolder writing for the def and window wiper buttons and the odometer is bolder too???
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Originally Posted by aus880
Spoke to a guy who bought his 1987 Calais turbo brand new in April 1987. It was first registered on March 30th and it's a series I.
So assuming his car was built in March I'm guessing changeover to series II occured around April or May '87
Russell does he still have it mate?
My 87 Exec (also with the SL on the intrior) had Lumber support for both driver and passenger. And I've seen a VL with the red interior, can be seen here
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I have also seen a berlina with Power windows and a sun roof. I took it for a test drive the other day, i almost bought it 2... pitty i didnt quite have enough moolah.
by series one berlina has a body colour boot inside, black door handles and window frames, heatproof bonnet lining, vanity mirror, jesus handles..... screw it, i think its obvious that there are so many combinations there isnt much point listing all of them! haha
I have a september built 87 berlina it has black handles, jesus handles, eletric mirors, rear interior lights, electric arial.
I thinks Aus880 is correct the Series II change over was around March-May.
I did notice that the seats are more squarish for series 1 Berlinas SLs, and Execs. The series II is more rounded off with the kangaroo pouch behind the front seats.
my vl...
Nov 86' VL Berlina 5.0L
P/S, A/C, power antena, black door handles, jesus handles x4, roof handles x3, eletric mirors, power windows, rear interior lights, cruise control (broken now so gettin calais one), front seats have them pockets, vanity mirror, Lumber support (driver side), boot carpet, armrest in the backseat, tacho dash with volts, oil, etc, engine "LV2" (big valves, high compression), GU4 diff, Trimatic Auto 3 Speed, Full Centre Console with lid, and extra thingy infront of transmission
gee... i think thats it, ill go have another look
almost forgot about the central locking
o yea, its colour coded .. metalic red, with red insides
I think its S2??
anyone wanna gimme price check to please... i paid 6g was it worth it?
Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
Your car sounds identical to mine except for the cruise control and mines white with maroon interior.
heres mine:
Nov 1986 VL Berlina 5.0 Litre
P/S, A/C, Power Antena (broken replaced with normal one), black door handles, roof handles x3, electric mirrors, power windows, rear interior lights, front seats have pockets, vanity mirror, Lumber support (driver side), Boot Carpet, Armrest in the backseat, tacho dash with volts, oil, etc, Full Centre Console with lid, and extra thingy infront of transmission, engine "LV2" (big valves, high compression), GU4 diff, Trimatic Auto 3 Speed, Colour coded bumpers, central locking.
i payed $5250 for mine about 4 years ago.
