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CHAIRMAN I EDITOR. Ken Garner, 39 Roebuck Rd, Chessington, Surrey, KT9 1 JY. 020 8287 4932. - [email protected]

MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY l TREASURER. Guy Hardy, Cawdron House, 111 Charles Street, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire SA73 2HW. Hi all, 0164 669 2254 - cawdronhardy1 @yahoo.co.uk Happy New Year to you III, i ____ EVENTS OFFICER. Rob .; Apsey, 10 Kingsdown Way , Townhill Park, Southampton, hope it is ~ good one. -- -_- - :' Hampshire, S018 2GH 0238 049 2844 - [email protected] I'rn afraid it is a bit of thin The Register is recognised by Holden Ltd magazine this months Not much information or neenrs The Club is a member of the Association of British [3~rivers (ABD) has come through to m~, bufi I'm sure it will pick up by the Spares Co-ordinator : Ken Garner. Phone: As above. time of the next edition. For those of who aren't up- Technical Adviser (pre 1968): Patrick Hemphill. As you can see o~ page 4 to-date with you r 01787 282307 - [email protected]~uk Rob has arranged another subscription, this v~ill be the Technical Adviser (post 1968): Garry Lennox - [email protected] outing to the Ace Cafe in last edition o~ the magazine rd Club Website: http://v~~ww.holdenuk.co.uk - e-mail: [email protected] London on Sunday 23 you ~nrill receive. We are January to celebrate reviewing the membership CLUB ITEMS FOR SALE: Australia Day. I hope to see list at the end of January and HOLDEN BUSINESS Back Issues. No. 1-3 50p the Three some of you there. will remove those members No.4-Date. 50p Each. who did not renew their Holden 1948-1962 Book £8 Each. {f any of you missed out on 2004/2005 subscription Stickers (With Club Logo) 50p Each. the Vauxhall Monaro which ~nras due in May 2004. Tax Disc Holder .. when it 50p Each. first came out, Key Fob .. 50p Each. look out for C(oth Badge .. £7 Each. the new VXR which will be Tie (Blue) .. - £8 Each. avaif~ble in the UK from Regards T Shirts(S/M/L/XL) .. £6.50 Plus £1 p&p March, I believe there will be Metal Car Badge .. £10 Plus £1 p&p 150 of them available. Binders for Club Magazine (holds 12) £6 Plus £1 p&p

.4 Atl cheques payable to Molden UK Register. (In Sterling) .. ._.~.. ~" NOTE: Equivalent amounts in AUS$ and the Euro can be accepted, please contact ~~~.., the Chairman for details. Small items will be sent post free with next copy of the magazine',~otherwise please add postage. Ken

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__ ~~ ~ ,~ January &February _ ...... ___.____~ ._._ ~".._' ~______o~ ______. _ _ _ _ _ ~.o _ ... ~_ ~~~I~ a.~...... _._ ~, ...~ .._. ____.___.. __...._ ._. _ .._.. _ _ _ ~t~~_c~~~. _:.. __ G`Day Holden Fans, Happy New Year, hope 2005 is a good __ te_.-r~'~_' - year for you al! and another good year for Holdeno __ ~C ~ ~-- ~~ ~.. C~ ~ `~ ~ ~~ ~, ~ The AUSTRALIA DAY, event at the Ace Cafe on SUNDAY --_~-~_~, __~~:r1 _. _ . _ _ _._._ _ 23rd JANUARY, will be the First meeting of the year. This -- _. ~------.----. _ - - .------. -- _ _ _._. _ ,.-- __ -.-- _ _ _

_ _ _ ...... __. _ event is growing ---_A ___ ~~ bigger every year and t this time ~rvith a lot of ~ i~ 1 help from the HSV UK Drivers Club we have arranged to have Linden Special Vehicles, WF~C UK and Emotional Engineering, set up promotional r ~ stalls. Linden will also be _ _ '~"nO ~~.~1~_ _ _.'~~\.._ _~:S _ t'~-~.~..~ ~. --_ _..~ -- _O~'~__.._._ t~l ~t3 ~.i~ Ltd bringing the C~ppa Mon~ro! VVRC a Twin Turbo Utz and E- E the 2004 Valvoline British GT Mon~ro. I have also been told that Vauxhall are going to try to bring along a new 2005 Monaro.

From the people that have contacted myself Holden UK), Paul Spinks ~HSV-UK), Matt Hollingsworth (Aus-Mopar _ _ f~ ___ _-- - ~---..--. Muscle} and Sandy Mercer from the (Aus-Ford UK}, to say c~ they will be taking cars along, we should have around 30 cars o~ show. .J.. r -u -- ~. ~ ...,...~ Because parking spaces will be tight, Paul and I are working on a layout for the Stalls and cars. So could 1 ask ~. the people who will be bringing Ho(dens along, can you please be there by 11 am so we can get you parked up. ~.~ vJ-~~. - c~.~ -ice-~ ....~---.'~~ _ _ ~;~~~k~-c"~=~- rC~.~- __ ~- ~ ~-- At this stake there are no events planed for February, but if ,~ ~ anyone wants to attend a particular show, pfe~se let us _ _ _ __ know and we wil! post it on the Web Site. cam, c~..~-:, _ ~ . _ ._ _..______

Many thanks, .~._ Rob Apsey Events Officer. 5 c~ Your feature on the Holden EH and Vauxhall Velox PB (November) brought back memories of driving Australian government EH Hoidens in the 1960s. The department had two of them, a standard sedan very much like the one ~~', :~ 1-"L~ featured and a Special station sedan (Holden's terminology for the station wagon/estate). Both cars had the 149 engine, but neither had a heater. Lap belts were fitted to the outboard front seating positions. The sedan was a horrible light blue, much favoured by the Western Australian Government at the time — no one else would buy it. It had locally made tyres from a firm called Hardie, which later disappeared into the Firestone group, because the WA Government bought WA-made goods ~. where possible. The Hardie tyres were dreadful things. They squealed like f ~\/ ~ l ~` mot C~ C c.~.~~„ ~ ~~ ~~- ~ C= C:.~ ~;-~ i~ ~i~- ~G-'Y'~s~t-~ ~~--~ stuck pigs when cornering in the dry and had almost no wet-weather grip.

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IT has been Australia's top-selling sports car On premium unleaded, the new Monaro's since launch almost three years ago, and thanks 5.7-litre V8 can now generate 260kW of power, to its most substantial upgrade to date, the Holden thanks to new drive-by-wire electronic throttle

.~:~ Monaro is set to retain a firm grip on its crown. technology that allows the engine to match its ,.,~~•„r,r,.,. ,,., The VZ-series Monaro CV8 not only gets a outputs to the type of fuel it is using. more muscular look, frorr~tU~in bonnet scoops in a As well, there are bigger brakes —the largest newly-sculpted bonnet a d front fascia to big-bore of any production Holden —coupled with a new dual exhaust pipes, but a~ o a range of powertrain brake booster and master cylinder with Brake Assist refinements for an even more forceful launch feel, and Electronic Brakeforce Distribution. more mid-range torque.

• ,~ ~~ `~~' - ~ d~ `~' d` '~ __ ~~ ,~.,: 'n.:~ _ ~t ~~1~/ ~ I .. _ ~~ ,.~. tig ~i . _ . ~~ ussie +American Vg z . uninc~ + Rebuildin ; bought a new A COLLEAGUE recently Pos Driver/co-driver Car Time '~ - Enc~'ne conversions VW car and was very pleased with it,~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~ Matthew Fowle%.PeterJo~y_ ~~ __ ~Peugeot 106 RaNye 3h 47m15s ;_ + Re6uildin~ until the engine suddenly stopped on 2 ~Cari Hawkinsllam Tullie _ Peugeot 106 Rallye ~3h 48m 32s LO N d V N BodysfyCinc~ a bus main road, with the dashboard . 3 M_.YDon Whitehurst/Terry Rtherton~ _Peugeot 106 RallY_ e ~Y~ ,3h~ 49m 54s ._ W~"dow Tinfin~ - y Performance Par~S " showing the cryptic error message 4 'Chris DaylRic Chalmers Mini Cooper ~~ ~y~.. ~3h 50m 06s - tndc~cfion Kids __ Citroen AX GT _ .~ ~"~~3h 50m 42s Car Enferf-ainmen~ - "EPC". An emergency call brought a _5 ~ ;Kevin Wilson/Paul Caunt^ ►n Tu►-bo + SUpercharc~ers .~~ Hounslow :Proton Satria ~~~ :3h 52m 59s __ Servicing - H;dder, Wiring ~nsfalls ~ ~ 5 helpful service engineer, complete _ _6 __ ~David Johnson/Keith _~.v__ +repairs =Mike Biss/Cath Woodman _ 'Holden Barna _ _ 3h 54m 17s ` -Shod Sh~fl K;fs with laptop. He plugged it into a socket _~~____ M.d.T __ ;.1ohn Cotton%GillCotton _ _Citroen AX GT ~'~3h 56m 37s 1 - I.G.E 1ns~arls hidden down near the pedals,then _ _8 9 ~ Craham Par-kmson/Andrew Duerd~n Vauxha(I_.. _ Astra _-_ ;3h._____.. 57m __v__~.._._. 00s - Mach Wheels + Tyre ~~.. crawled into ,_. _.~.__ ~_ _ . ~_ __ waited while Windows 10 ~Daug Brown/Alan Pettit Vauxhall Nova __ 3h_ 58m 19s Suspension . -.--F ~~- _ _.. _ . _ _ .. _ ~ ..__ _._. _ life and diagnosed the fault. 11 David Winstanley/Terri Metcalfe MG ZR _ ~ti...~..~ 3h~.,___~.. 58m __.59s +Much more . ---.--. ~ .-~_ ._v ._._._._._._.___ .~.r__ .. _._.....,. EPC,it seems,stands for Electronic -.y ~M12 ~~Robin - ' Eyre-Maunsell/Peter Scott Citroen AX GTM~ ~ ~3h 59m 31 s Pedal Control. Instead of a mechanical ~13 ~ ~ Nigel Gray/Christine JGray ~ Vauxhall Corsa ~~~~~~~~~~~~V~ ~ 4h OOm 31 s 71 Cobbold Rd_ London, I~I'W 14 95U ~ ~_ `Citroen AX GT ~ w ~~4h OOm 42s linkage between the accelerator pedal .W.v 14v.~._ ~ x~John..._ ._.__ Flynn/Richard Wise _ .____ ~__...~.. __~ .~___ ... Sirion ~:4h OOm 59s Actman/Robert Ellis Daihatsu _.._ - ._. _ -. ~- - 15 ~ Andrew .. .,.-. _.~ .~-.~.. ., _ ..._.. ___ M 1 car has an electronic .. _ ..... BC~TT4M the y_ NEAR and the engine, ...-r_r~...r.. Francis Peugeot 106 Rallye ~4h 03m 46s sensorthat detects the pedal's position X16 w~Michael Corns/Co1~r► __.~ _ __ _ ~.1amRe Turner/Graham Raeburn Rover Metro GTi ~4h 06m 16s and sends it to the engine. There had ._~.._~__~ 17 _.~~.v.__. _. __ .w _~_._.. ~._____..__... ~.._..,. «...__ ~..._ ._ ~~ _... _~~ . .~.~__w.Y . 208 4593558 / 07811553271 Grubb/Steven Grubb~Vauxhall Nova ~~,°4h~ 08m u~~~ 18si4_„_,~ 1 S ~ Malcolm-.. ----~---- ~--- ~ ------~ been a "communication problem" --~~--.-.----~ - 10fi XSi 4h 09m 02s _ ~ ~ Andy Bown/Nigel VVakeling Peugeot between the pedal and engine,the ° 4h 09m 28s _.~.____._~..~_..._~,_,..~~._.,~..__._:_20 ;Freddy Camp/Bob .. _,_.. ~_ .....M__..___ ~Rutherfard~ _. ~,~,__.__._~~_~._.n_..~.__~~_..__._--...____. ~of rd Puma~~ ~ _,_._...... :__~__ engineerexplained, which the laptop had now reset. Motors~rt NewsDecember 1, 2004 "It should be fine, but take the car to a garage for a permanent repair as soon as you can,” he advised. ~~ - - Ourcolleague agreed to doexactly =..:mss ~~ =~~-~ - ~:~ that, but for peace of mind he asked ~ ... ~ , what to do if the engine stopped again ~ , ~ ~ ~ before the car had reached a garage. ~~~~ d~~~ ~ , ~ ~ ~ "Turn off the engine,take out the ~ ~ ~ ignition key to shut down the Holden this wee<< ~ ~. ~ ~ electronics, and restart",the engineer confirmed ifi would be explained."That should do it." exporting its long- cars Feedbackhas been driving wheelbase luxury ., .~. ~~ for over 3o years, many of them old vehicle, the Statesman/ . ~ ~ ~ . . bangers, and never once has the Caprice, to China, .. ~ mechanical link between a pedal and where it will be sold , ,~ ~ , . the engine broken. The same goes for through 250 Buic!< ,• ~ ~ ~ our colleague. Is it really progress if a dealers as the Buick v vital link breaks down in a brand new Royaum. it will come only by shutting Auto Express 8 December 2004 car and can be repaired onto the world's third- and rebooting? down the electronics ~a rgest vehicle ma r(touring car racing in fitted by Peter Brock: to This car drives very nicely. of the same enthu~7ast general and B athurst in improve the synergy of his owner for the past 14 years particular. performance models. The car comes with all original purchase receipts and has all the important With the option came Expect to pay & Shipping documents. An original General H(~ perfornlance features, stronger rods and pistons $25,000-$30,000. inciucling Motors- Holden, Service Division Work Shop the High Output for the Formula Finally, Aussie muscle 351 Cleveland V8 engine, 5000-developed 5.0-litre car enthusiasts on a tighter Manual and many spares, such as, Oil Filters, long-range racing fuel tank, 308 V8 engine, heads with budget will find the Brock- Points, Condenser, Distributor Cap, Radiator special final. drive ratio and modified ports and Larger built 1984 WB Statesman Cap, Kits for the Brake Wheel Cylinders, massive front spoiler. Clutch & valves; roller rockers, two- HILT Magnum a real Brake Master Cylinder Although the car was the piecetubular exhaust and a Fuel Pump Kit. The talking point at its antici- Carburettor subject of a full repaint headers, a modified inlet pated selling price of has recently been completely re- some years ago, all the manifold and twin-coiU around $10,000. plated &overhauled. The car has some rust in important details are twin point ignition and a The HDT Magnum was fihe front o/s wing, These are 'bolt on' and correct, I have such as the proper high-pressure fuel pump. built alongside the Brock placement a rust free spare one ready to fit. of the spare This fine example in rare Commodore and came with wheel above the differential Monterey Green (of which the fu11 HDT SS-spec V8 and the proper `Superoo' Less than 10 were built), has engine, w?~ich included This is a regrettable safe, as I'm moving back to front mudguard badges. covered just 93,000km different valves and heads. Australia and can't take it with me. X~VGT's in top condition since new, was also was This excellent white are now selling for more also dealer-fitted with the example comes with its full than MOT until Aug 05. No road tax of course as it is $45,000 and Shannons 780cfm vacuum secondary HDT-spec build sheet, but expect an hi~tnrif; vP_hICIP_ keen bidding for this Holley carburettor from instead of the model's usual well-presented and even Holden's optional High colour-coded bumpers and rarer HO model in the Output racing package. white Momo road wheels, PRICE ~4,0~0. Or reasonable offer. range, up to $50,000. Because of its originality the original owner specified Holden muscle car and rarity, Shannons expect the chrome bumpers and fanciers Contact; are equally well- the L34 to sell in the high standard mag wheels from served Robert at the December 6 $30,000 bracket at the the WB Statesman Caprice Aps~y Shannc~ns auction with a auctiu~. of the day. Events Officer superbly original 1974 Another very desirable All lots can be viewed Holden UK Register ~'orana SL/R SOQt~ L34, Holden rriuscle car going from gam-Spm this which until. the last few under tine hainrner at the weekend with the auction [email protected] months had been a one- same auction is a red 1987 from 8pm an Monday. 2 EXPRESS TF~LEGRAPH, Tuesday, November 30 2004 Jdrive.com.a~ Mobile: 07841718852. Sedan Eddie Fard ~ub~icatians~ qty L~~, Hoiden Premier 29 LyQr~~ St, I~ewstead `Jic 34~~. and Stat~on Sedan Pi~ONE 0~ 5476 2212 9/~M-5PM ~~~...IC~r i FAX 03 5476 2592 ALL ~i~URe PARTS ~~ND S~R'~ICI~~

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