MorrisItalSLX

Me whenever someone drives past with a shite private plate:

My response to 95% of the plates in this thread:

In Australian motoring, the column shift manual died in 1984 with the Holden WB commercials and in 1993 with the Ford XF Falcon commercials.

1 hour ago, Peter C said:

And if I don’t succeed in getting the clutch bolt off, I might end up with a knackered water pump!

Fair point, it would be a commitment to completing the job!

Worth putting the impeller of the water pump in the vice given it’s getting replaced anyway?

Serck Plate!

Night time action shot:

I found a set of clear protective covers for the Hella Comet 550 on eBay to help protect them from stone chips, but mainly for extra giffer points. A set of proper Hella covers would be the ultimate giffer accessory, but I couldn’t be bothered taking them off every time I drove at night.

Today was very fruitful day for spotting, 

First was a pair of Holdens, a 1980 WB One Tonner Ute and a 1985 RB Gemini. The WB Ute is fairly common sight as a popular classic, but the RB Gemini was rare when new and very uncommon and unloved these days.

Next was this 1978 Holden UC Torana Coupe, the last of the line for the Torana. Very rare to see a Torana in such original condition, just careworn and well maintained.

But the best was yet to come, just in the next row of the car park was a holy grail spot for me.

It’s only a Rover 416i Vitesse!!!

An Australia only rebadged Honda Integra saloon, that replaced the also Australia only Rover Quintet, a rebadged Honda Quint.

An incredibly rare car that I have been looking to spot for years. This particular one is the top spec Vitesse as indicated by its alloy wheels and colour coded bumpers. It has come a long was as it is Victorian registered, which is very surprising given it is looking very shagged out.

6 hours ago, hairnet said:

So it said

Lucky to get a bed or a door or bedding (byo)

Nope

Love it

F windy tho

The white ones are even posher

 

No Lavvy?

12 hours ago, SunnySouth said:

Looks like the start of a Clarkson vs Hammond/May segment!

Just waiting for the 3rd member of the trio to arrive:

On 17/02/2024 at 21:27, HMC said:

We all know they used to like raiding the parts bin, but someone has gone one step further with the driver’s footwell mat…

From an Acclaim

Surely this needs to find its way to @captain_70s and be reunited with its namesake.

International calendars have arrived!

19 hours ago, mat777 said:

was this one of the last vehicles that came with a tape deck, too?

Toyota were very reluctant to kill off the tape deck.

From memory the last car fitted with a tape deck was the Lexus SC430 in 2010.

Another vote for the Opel wheel here.

7 hours ago, CaptainBoom said:

Apologies, i will get to this tonight and will get you a total.  Sorry about the delay.

Not a worry, payment sent through via PayPal.

@CaptainBoom You have a PM regarding international postage.

On 17/01/2024 at 19:42, MorrisItalSLX said:

I’m thinking of putting a set of fog lamps under the bumper.

For the sake of completeness, I did fit a set of driving lights under the bumper.

17 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

This would really benefit from one of those massive clear plastic wind deflectors on the driver's side.  Not a modern tinted slimline jobby, it has to be the big oversized clear one as seen on many an elderly Australian motor driven by an even more elderly chain smoking Australian with a chip on his shoulder the size of New Zealand.

Big enough for Sir’s liking?

I’ve always been a fan of driving lights. I think they look the ducks guts and are a practical accessory for the night time driver. Did I forget to mention they are as cool as penguin piss?

I picked up a set of Hella Comet 550s second hand at a garage sale for next to nothing a few months back and I finally got around to fitting them.

Wiring was done as per this diagram:

And I’m sure you’ll agree that the finished article looks the part:

Oh yeah!

Did either 206 have an internal boot release?

It wouldn’t surprise me if the base model would not have an internal release and a key instead, and a higher spec model gains an internal release instead of the key.

FE Victor

HQ Holden

FD Victor

HK Holden

FC Victor

HD Holden

FB Victor

EH Holden