For Sale? Or Wanted? FS Price/Amount 10,000 Open to Swap? No State VIC Short Description for title? Factory Calais Turbo Manual Genuine Turbo Motor? A8? Yes Transmission? MANUAL Currently Registered? Yes REGO/VIN Number? 12 months reg Contact Info Other than this Forum? [phone removed] Description This is a genuine factory manual Calais Solid blue duco in need of TLC (some rust which is currently being repaired) 12 months reg +/- 225,000 k's The car appears to be standard throughout Offers around $10k considered Please contact Kube

sorry got some bad news for you the VIN plate indicates it's a N/A Calais (8X196) , if it was factory turbo Calais it'd say 8X198 the body and option ID plate 'says' factory SI manual turbo but check out the rivets though on that plate, it looks very much like they are 'new' non genuine esp the lh one in the pic therefore it's dodgy and certainly NOT a factory calais turbo manual car

wooteish. With that being said ill offer you 10 dollars.

lol - nice offer Petros. so does the LW5 code not count for anything??

Ouch that hurts, poor bloke

Quote: Originally Posted by Alto [View Post] lol - nice offer Petros. so does the LW5 code not count for anything?? not really when the car may be a bitsa it's a case of which tag or tags really belong to the car, if any I haven't even checked the paint code

Ok cool. Thanks for your efforts. My brother in law won't be happy at all.

Paint code matches. Dark solid blue

Lol, let us know how your brother in law reacts when u break the news (that is if he doesnt already know) Better yet... Tape it for us!

Does this prove anything otherwise??? the VIN plate number appears to match the body number on the compliance plate. Thoughts?????

i ran the vin number 8X196GL222208L 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 22208 so weird unless the to silver plates have been changed along the lines somewhere in its life but needless to say very odd

just looked at this again and noticed that the number on the painted VIN plate actually seem to match the body number on the body and option plate it's almost as though the VIN plate was incorrectly stamped as a n/a calais body however the rivets on the body option plate still look non orig can you post up the full actual chassis number that's stamped on the lhs strut tower

Quote: Originally Posted by aus880 [View Post] just looked at this again and noticed that the number on the painted VIN plate actually seem to match the body number on the body and option plate it's almost as though the VIN plate was incorrectly stamped as a n/a calais body the boys in the factory must have double dosed on the bong that day Quote: Originally Posted by aus880 [View Post] can you post up the full actual chassis number that's stamped on the lhs strut tower I'll look into that. thanks for the advice.

Chassis number is a match. Time to follow up with holden directly. Does anyone have a contact??

Mate does that have a standard vl turbo exhaust on it? If so would you be will to swap for a 3"? Thanks mate

Quote: Originally Posted by ngogas [View Post] Mate does that have a standard vl turbo exhaust on it? If so would you be will to swap for a 3"? Thanks mate no thanks

can anyone else lend some expertise on why the numbers might look a little odd???