@@NZMOPAR Yep, I have been following your channel. I rang up about that VH hardtop for sale on trade me a few weeks back. I was gathering my finances and a few days later it sold. If someone had said to me 10 years ago I would seriously look at paying $90,000 for a Valiant 🤣🤣🤣.
Cool Kiwi welcome home if you get a chance drop in for a cooled and check out some grass roots car stuff dirt drags on the 12th 👍🏼take it easy mate 👍🏼🇳🇿🍺😎
Another very interesting vid, over in the UK we had the Vauxhall Ventora FE which is very similar to the Holden Premier but probably a bit smaller and fitted with a 3.3 litre straight 6. That Zephyr 6 is a beauty and brought back memories of my Dad’s Zodiac MK3, the fashion in the 70’s was to bolt in a Rover (Buick) 3.5 V8 but I think that American 5.0 litre trumps that !
Holden got the chev v8 in 307 and 327 for the 1968 Hk model year. The 1989 ht's went to the Holden engine in 308 and 253 with the Chevy 350 replacing the 327 in the top spec monaro . The p76 had a 4.4 liter v8 based on the Buick 215 with McPherson struts and rack and pinon steering. Anyone who has driven one would know it was far ahead of the Holden ford and valiants handing of the time. It came out just as the oil shocks hit and was never developed further . Few remain on the road as rust was a major issue
🤗 that was fun, thanks! It’s an odd feeling coming home when you been gone for awhile it’s great to be back but yet still kinda odd to reacclimate 🤪 ✌️🤙
yes the mk 3 zephyr i had a white one with red interior with the wood panels i found in a barn in 2004 decent condition very little rust perfect interior paid 200$ we had a bit of them here in denmark,,, i always kicked myself that i sold it
@1:36 is a cabover semi! (The cab is yellow.) They're still widely in use outside the USA. That Holden Premier looks a bit like a '72 Lemans without the split in the grill, when viewed from the front and side. The way the backlite and trunk tumble home to the rear bumper is similar to the Lemans too. The 308 looks a bit like a Buick without the distributor, with its aluminum timing case/cover. Didn't know Holden had their own V8 architecture. The SBF in that Zephyr looks pretty normal to me, other than that distributor - looks like a polished Holley fuel bowl hanging off of the side of it! Did Pintos get V8s there? I've heard that Ford had originally intended a V8 option on the Pinto in the USA. And the Valiant. I really like that grill - the corner lights scream '72 Chevelle to me. The Hemi is kind of a let down to see - it looks just like any other OHV I6. LOVE them Aussie/NZ MOPAR door handles too! There's a bit of '62-or-so Chrysler in the C pillar and tops of the quarter panels. Sounds like a Crotch Rocket Paradise there!!! Race track nearby? Excellent video and I can't wait for the subsequent parts. I love seeing cars I'm unfamiliar with, if they follow the pre-1980 American formula.
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 It's at the very left of the screen about halfway down, above the monochrome blue Mustang, off in the distance. The cab is yellow, and it appears to be pulling a red shipping container on a trailer. Might just be a red box trailer...
@@DanEBoyd think I see what your talking about off in the distance. I'm on my ph so can't really see it. I'll take a look on my computer when I get home
That Valiant made me dribble a little bit, I had to settle for a Ranger for budget reasons. It would be nice if you could lay your hands on a P76 to show our American friends, bit of a love hate car but I really liked them.
When I visited NZ in the early 80s, there were plenty of 1950s era cars still getting around. I remember seeing Ford Prefects and Zephyrs running around that had long disappeared from Australian roads. NZ had a bit of a reputation back then for being able to keep those old cars running.
Appreciate the non-US market classic. Building a Canadian 68 Beaumont. Came stock with chevelle body and gto interior, different grill and tail lights.
Cool Video. The Holden 253/308 engines were based on the 60s Oldsmobile V8s. Remember the Repco-Holden race 5 litre engines used in some of our F5000 cars here and probably in NZ as well.
Visited Australia four years ago. Daughter lived and worked in Melbourne area. One late afternoon, while my wife and daughter ordered take out for supper, there was a vintage car show in a nearby parking lot. I sneaked out and quickly snapped some pictures. Some of these uniquely Australian car models were there--Holden Monaros, Chryslers, Fords, and a few American models. Intended to go back in 2021, to NZ and AUS, but covid changed my plans.
Super cool Kiwi!!! Showing the world what we were doing back in the 70’s and 80’s Folks from the US must be able to see where the styling cues came from ! The old HQ premier got a lot from the Pontiac of the day and the old Val dash should look familiar to Chrysler fans Keep em coming kiwi !!!
Great video! Even though it's a bit newer, the full frontal view of the Holden reminded me of a 1970 Chevelle for obvious reasons. The Valiant, to me at least, looks similar to an AMC Javelin or AMX of the time and, that bench seat in it looks VERY comfortable.
The old bench seat "6 seaters" fitted 10 on a Saturday night getting home from a house or hall party back in the day... the mk 3 zephyr was the "official car" of the black power in the 70s and 80's also in the 70s New Zealand had car less days where for one day a week a car could not be driven due to a "petrol shortage... u had to display a window sticker on the windscreen which was colour coded and had the day
Chris, I've never been to NZ- but have always loved it from what I've seen in Movies and documentaries. I'd love to visit it but know that will never happen... as life is too short, and the end really sucks, even just approaching it has its pitfalls. But thanks for sharing this vid with us, too cool....👍
I've always liked the Aussie cars. You can see the American and European influences, but they were their own beasts. The Zephyr was most surprising, for me, though.
those Valiants were old boats weren't they!! i've got 2 mk3 zephyrs waiting for my retirement for restoration!!, can you get a p76 on i bet no-one in America would have seen one of them!
When I was a teenager in the UK you could get a zepher for about £50 but the insurance companies wouldn’t touch you. Most of them ended life on the banger racing circuit.
Wow! Thanks Kiwi. I've heard so much about these old cars. But the only ones I've seen were in the classic races I've seen in videos. I'm a GM guy so that Holden is definitely my favorite. But the Mopar is also a very great looking car. It's a shame there aren't many of these old beauties left. Between rust and regulations, they've pretty much been killed off
That's awesome mate got my VH Valiant regal 265 hemi started before moving to France this year thanks to Uncle Tony's advice it had sat along time after years of welding and beating on it just needs a seal kit (can't get atm shortages) and I can finish it off ps there is a vid on my channel of its first start if any ones interested search VH Valiant Regal First Start In 15 Years 265 Hemi
1:55 I wish you would have covered that big plastic thing on the driver's side window. Is that some kind of wind/rain shield so you can have the window open with the wind and rain in your face?
Nice old VJ there, built by Todd Motors, from some parts imported from the mainland, and a fair bit of local NZ content thrown in. Interior trim completely different across the ditch. Nice popping back home Kiwi? Is that Puko raceway in the background?
From what I understand the Holden 253/308 V8 was Pontiac inspired. Water pumps are interchangeable & although the Chrysler called it a hemi 6 its not hemispherical chamber. Marketing. Thanks Kiwi ,from the west island.
Thank you kiwi. Must be wierd being in the upside down.. not only are the wheels and shifters on the b side, world spinning at 1000mph in the wrong direction worried youre gunna fly off, youre also upside down on the bottom of the earth.... How do you do it? Probably have seen this before i posted it too since its already tomorrow (tues) afternoon over there...🤔
Sadly, more Hemi by name than by nature. It's slightly rounded, but the valves are canted by a few degrees. More a marketing exercise, and Chrysler using their trademark.
Fantastic. I've always liked Australian cars at least some of them. Hello there for homemade convertible I think it looks sharp in the white underneath the hood really makes it pop. The holden I've always been fascinated by them. The little blue valiant has nice lines but I can picture as a two-door. I guess the two-door things more of an American thing in the four-door seems to be popular throughout the world. Have an enjoyable trip look forward to another video.
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 thank you have a lot of fun over there. I've always thought it would be an interesting country to visit. Driving on the other side of the road in the steering wheel being right hand drive. 6 a.m. Central standard Time here now
Thanks for apologising for the 'vertical view', it's one of my pet hates as I keep wanting to put my hands up to the screen and open the 'blinds' in order to see something! You are forgiven in this case. Cool video by the way, thanks for posting.
Ok so that body style came out in 71 and the aussies made everything from scratch. The previous years were American Valiants with a Aussie front clip. The wheel base was longer and they were a bit wider so may have been close to an E body but not actually. Ya learn something every day😁👍
From one Kiwi to another - welcome home, brother! You're out in my neck of the woods, mate :) I'm not far away - Takanini for 12 years now and Papakura for 15 before that - and have had an association with Pukekohe in one way or another since about 1985, with mates living there, going to the track to race or watch racing and even for work for a few years. She's changed quite a bit in the past 10 or so, but still a lovely place to be. Pity the race track is closing down though - end of an era that one, eh. Sounded like there was some bikes racing on the track while you were at C.A.R.S. as well. I'll be there for the send-off when it happens, but gotta get a WoF on the Mini to take part as the Mini club won't let me upstage them by taking the Stag out there! Love the Prem and the Regal. You're right - you don't see many of them around and most of the ones I HAVE seen have been restored to the point that they don't get out much except on trailers for shows......which is a shame. That Zephyr is a piece of magic and all. If I were the owner I think I'd have kittens watching people get in and out in case that beautiful paintwork got marked, so she's definitely not for me! All the best
That wrong hand drive throws me hard. I am not sure I could even make my left arm work correctly to shift the thing into drive! Love the American flag on the wall! We all think of you down under folk as odd cousins we need to keep an eye on in case someone starts shit with you. They will have to deal with the crazy American cousins with all the guns!!!
Designed that way to handle the heat in aussie SBC cooked easy in the out backs 74 ford started casting their own Cleveland blocks the imported ones cracked from the heat 80 81 82 Cleveland blocks called the black motors were cast using the same material as the nascar blocks. Holden also done a black motor in the same era an aussie only 6 called a 3.3 the last of them were fuel injected before that same motor was orange 202 ci.
Having a wider cylinder bank angle, wouldn't a 308 run rough, if it didn't have an offset-throw crankshaft like modern 90° V-6 engines do? Those low-restriction exhaust manifolds, it has, are far superior to those of Chevrolet's smallblock. That 308 should move that lightweight Vauxhall/Opel body pretty well. You should pull a prank on Uncle Tony, by shipping over one of those Hemi Valiants, park it in front of his garage door, open the bonnet, lock the vehicle and then disappear, until he telephones, asking if you happen to know who's car it is
Mate has 69 Falcon Ute with 351- looking at 60- 70 k (NZ) now. Wonder if my VU Ute 2001 3.8l at 450,000 ks will ever go for that🙂@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160
Oh man this is bringing back memories Kiwi! Spent a lot of my youth in these old beauties! Had several different iterations of these classic mopars!
You and me both man😁😎👍
This is super cool Kiwi....thanks for taking the time to shoot these vids and thanks to Steve for letting you!
Your welcome sir
Sounds like Pukekohe racetrack in the background....
Yes it was😁
Welcome home Kiwi. What a stroke of luck finding a Valiant to show Uncle Tony. 😂.
Thanks! They're pretty scarce !!
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 need to come to the deep south there is a few door here
@@NZMOPAR Yep, I have been following your channel. I rang up about that VH hardtop for sale on trade me a few weeks back. I was gathering my finances and a few days later it sold. If someone had said to me 10 years ago I would seriously look at paying $90,000 for a Valiant 🤣🤣🤣.
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WooHoo a HQ and a VJ Val!!!
That was pretty cool right!!
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 Always...🙂
That Holden's back end looks familiar to a early 70's Pontiac Lemans. Love these cars Kiwi. Enjoy your vacation and travel safe.
When you follow any HQ-HZ Holden sedan, you can't help but see the Pontiac influence.
Thanks man and thanks for watching
An upright 6 ! in Canada we only had the slant 6 . Thanks for the tour , always nice to see cars from a different country .
A wise man, a GM, a Ford and saving the best for last, a Chrysler.
Indeed😁
Cool Kiwi welcome home if you get a chance drop in for a cooled and check out some grass roots car stuff dirt drags on the 12th 👍🏼take it easy mate 👍🏼🇳🇿🍺😎
Thanks mate I'd love to!! Sadly I'm heading back stateside in like 45 mins☹️
There's definitely different cars down there that's for sure. And that Hemi 6 cylinder nice. Looking forward to your next video. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦
Thanks mate. I'll be posting it soon.
Another very interesting vid, over in the UK we had the Vauxhall Ventora FE which is very similar to the Holden Premier but probably a bit smaller and fitted with a 3.3 litre straight 6. That Zephyr 6 is a beauty and brought back memories of my Dad’s Zodiac MK3, the fashion in the 70’s was to bolt in a Rover (Buick) 3.5 V8 but I think that American 5.0 litre trumps that !
Glad you enjoyed it!!
That's cool the power steering pump being on the opposite side is throwing me off hah
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching
HQ prices just went thru the roof! 🤣🤣🤣👍
Mate, they went thru the roof ages ago😳😳
That's so awesome, brother. Thanks for sharing, and have a wonderful time with family and friends.
Will do, thanks for watching!
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 always
Holden got the chev v8 in 307 and 327 for the 1968 Hk model year.
The 1989 ht's went to the Holden engine in 308 and 253 with the Chevy 350 replacing the 327 in the top spec monaro .
The p76 had a 4.4 liter v8 based on the Buick 215 with McPherson struts and rack and pinon steering. Anyone who has driven one would know it was far ahead of the Holden ford and valiants handing of the time.
It came out just as the oil shocks hit and was never developed further . Few remain on the road as rust was a major issue
Saw a P76 down at the Beach Hop a few years back
🤗 that was fun, thanks! It’s an odd feeling coming home when you been gone for awhile it’s great to be back but yet still kinda odd to reacclimate 🤪
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It really is!
Love it, brings make some memories, there me 3 cruising down the Main Street, the Valiant is just super cool.
They all are man !!!!
Good timing just come in from the shed after doing some sanding on My 73 VJ charger first TH-cam video for the day 👌
Thanks for watching!
Uncle Tony would be all over that mopar !
Oh yeah. He wouldn't be able to get the words out fast enough😁
Damn that’s far away! Thanks for sharing! 😎
Glad you enjoyed it!
yes the mk 3 zephyr i had a white one with red interior with the wood panels i found in a barn in 2004 decent condition very little rust perfect interior paid 200$ we had a bit of them here in denmark,,, i always kicked myself that i sold it
$200 😳 Very cool that you're watching a Kiwi in the US from Denmark!!!
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it
Can we find a 265 to take back as carry on luggage for Uncle Tony???
Just be carefull with them roundabouts on Manukau Road!!!
Lol. Nice idea. Might have to try and organize one for him. Not cheap engines though....
Thanks man
Used to have a mk3 Zephyr, cool car with the column change and front bench seat.
I had a Mk3!with factory 4speed on the floor!!
@1:36 is a cabover semi! (The cab is yellow.) They're still widely in use outside the USA.
That Holden Premier looks a bit like a '72 Lemans without the split in the grill, when viewed from the front and side. The way the backlite and trunk tumble home to the rear bumper is similar to the Lemans too. The 308 looks a bit like a Buick without the distributor, with its aluminum timing case/cover. Didn't know Holden had their own V8 architecture.
The SBF in that Zephyr looks pretty normal to me, other than that distributor - looks like a polished Holley fuel bowl hanging off of the side of it! Did Pintos get V8s there? I've heard that Ford had originally intended a V8 option on the Pinto in the USA.
And the Valiant. I really like that grill - the corner lights scream '72 Chevelle to me. The Hemi is kind of a let down to see - it looks just like any other OHV I6. LOVE them Aussie/NZ MOPAR door handles too! There's a bit of '62-or-so Chrysler in the C pillar and tops of the quarter panels.
Sounds like a Crotch Rocket Paradise there!!! Race track nearby?
Excellent video and I can't wait for the subsequent parts. I love seeing cars I'm unfamiliar with, if they follow the pre-1980 American formula.
I'm not seeing a Cab over at 1.36......?
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 It's at the very left of the screen about halfway down, above the monochrome blue Mustang, off in the distance. The cab is yellow, and it appears to be pulling a red shipping container on a trailer. Might just be a red box trailer...
@@DanEBoyd think I see what your talking about off in the distance. I'm on my ph so can't really see it. I'll take a look on my computer when I get home
hq or quey ,, as us Aussis called them had a steel glovebox , next model 74 hj had a plastic one . correct me if im wrong KIWI.
Mate! I've lost way too brain cells to remember that.......😁
That Valiant made me dribble a little bit, I had to settle for a Ranger for budget reasons. It would be nice if you could lay your hands on a P76 to show our American friends, bit of a love hate car but I really liked them.
If he does I hope he mentioned the p76 boot was specifically designed to take a 44 gallon drum for farmers lol nice alloy v8 too
@@strangecustoms8486 Yes, huge boot/ trunk. Engine was based off the alloy Buick engine I believe
Didn't find any P76's sadly but it was a really quick trip
When I visited NZ in the early 80s, there were plenty of 1950s era cars still getting around. I remember seeing Ford Prefects and Zephyrs running around that had long disappeared from Australian roads. NZ had a bit of a reputation back then for being able to keep those old cars running.
Appreciate the non-US market classic. Building a Canadian 68 Beaumont. Came stock with chevelle body and gto interior, different grill and tail lights.
Cool Video. The Holden 253/308 engines were based on the 60s Oldsmobile V8s. Remember the Repco-Holden race 5 litre engines used in some of our F5000 cars here and probably in NZ as well.
I loved the F5000 cars we'd always watch them at Puke when they were there
Visited Australia four years ago. Daughter lived and worked in Melbourne area. One late afternoon, while my wife and daughter ordered take out for supper, there was a vintage car show in a nearby parking lot. I sneaked out and quickly snapped some pictures. Some of these uniquely Australian car models were there--Holden Monaros, Chryslers, Fords, and a few American models. Intended to go back in 2021, to NZ and AUS, but covid changed my plans.
yeah the Aussies and Kiwi's are big gearheads!!!!!
if you want to see some kiwi car shows from the deep south of NZ I have lots of them just video one last weekend
@@NZMOPAR I'll check it out
Loving the homecoming videos mate!
It was great to home and getting to make a few videos while there
That Hemi 6 looks similar to the 4.0L Jeep engine cool stuff 👍
Not sure if there's any relation.....🤔
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 No, no relation.
Super cool Kiwi!!!
Showing the world what we were doing back in the 70’s and 80’s
Folks from the US must be able to see where the styling cues came from !
The old HQ premier got a lot from the Pontiac of the day and the old Val dash should look familiar to Chrysler fans
Keep em coming kiwi !!!
Thanks man and thanks for watching!
Noted in this and other down under groupings of vintage cars that 4-doors seem to dominate.
That's true. The 2 doors just never sold as well.
Great video! Even though it's a bit newer, the full frontal view of the Holden reminded me of a 1970 Chevelle for obvious reasons. The Valiant, to me at least, looks similar to an AMC Javelin or AMX of the time and, that bench seat in it looks VERY comfortable.
You can certainly see where they looking to America for some styling cues and they were free to draw from any make. Thanks for watching
Kiwi correction, there are a lot of Canadians watching you as well
That's true!! Thanks for watching😁
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The 265 charger nearly won Bathurst back in the day if not for a very bad pit stop, wheel nut problem I think.
I think your right. I'll have to Google that
The old bench seat "6 seaters" fitted 10 on a Saturday night getting home from a house or hall party back in the day... the mk 3 zephyr was the "official car" of the black power in the 70s and 80's also in the 70s New Zealand had car less days where for one day a week a car could not be driven due to a "petrol shortage... u had to display a window sticker on the windscreen which was colour coded and had the day
the thing i noticed about down under cars most 4 door.
Yup, a lot of four doors, two doors were considered too impractical..........the cool factor of a two door just didn't come into it🤷🏼♂️
Chris, I've never been to NZ- but have always loved it from what I've seen in Movies and documentaries. I'd love to visit it but know that will never happen... as life is too short, and the end really sucks, even just approaching it has its pitfalls. But thanks for sharing this vid with us, too cool....👍
Your most welcome, thanks for watching
I've always liked the Aussie cars. You can see the American and European influences, but they were their own beasts.
The Zephyr was most surprising, for me, though.
The Zephyr was what I grew up with.
The Zephyr was a 100% British Ford car.
very cool - thanks Kiwi!
Your most welcome, thanks for watching
those Valiants were old boats weren't they!! i've got 2 mk3 zephyrs waiting for my retirement for restoration!!, can you get a p76 on i bet no-one in America would have seen one of them!
It's been decades since I've seen one!
Very cool. Hey I hear when you get really drunk down there the room starts spinning in the opposite direction as up hear.
When you flush the toilet the water spins the opposite way. No sh#t
@@strangecustoms8486 they make some cool cars down there the last got was a holdon
@@timothyproksch2915 i have a genuine xbgt falcon coupe you would know them as a mad max car.
Aww man I want one of those!!
When I was a teenager in the UK you could get a zepher for about £50 but the insurance companies wouldn’t touch you. Most of them ended life on the banger racing circuit.
Such a waste in hindsight......🤦
The driving on the wrong side probably would not bother me but that left hand gearshifting would sure feel weird.
It bothers you when there's someone's coming at you in your lane and you realize your the idiot on the wrong side of the road!!!😬😳
Wow! Thanks Kiwi. I've heard so much about these old cars. But the only ones I've seen were in the classic races I've seen in videos. I'm a GM guy so that Holden is definitely my favorite. But the Mopar is also a very great looking car. It's a shame there aren't many of these old beauties left. Between rust and regulations, they've pretty much been killed off
Time capsules man!! Thanks for watching
I grew up in Pukekohe, quite a nice town
It's grown a lot since I left NZ
That's awesome mate got my VH Valiant regal 265 hemi started before moving to France this year thanks to Uncle Tony's advice it had sat along time after years of welding and beating on it just needs a seal kit (can't get atm shortages) and I can finish it off ps there is a vid on my channel of its first start if any ones interested search VH Valiant Regal First Start In 15 Years 265 Hemi
Nice, I'll take a look
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 thanks Kiwi :D
Obviously he is located next to the racetrack.
Yes he is😁
That 308 kind of reminds me of a small Buick V8 in the front except it has a rear mounted distributor.
As far as know they started with a blank sheet when they designed it
1:55 I wish you would have covered that big plastic thing on the driver's side window. Is that some kind of wind/rain shield so you can have the window open with the wind and rain in your face?
Called a monsoon
@@stevenz8397 Never heard of them. Are/were the big in New Zealand or Australia? Searching brings up absolutely nothing,
Monsoon weather shield, popular with the smokers as well.
Yep popular as could get them for both sides Most cars came with them mud flaps and tow bars.
The Valiant looks like a sister to a Chevelle in front.
I can see that!
Nice old VJ there, built by Todd Motors, from some parts imported from the mainland, and a fair bit of local NZ content thrown in. Interior trim completely different across the ditch.
Nice popping back home Kiwi?
Is that Puko raceway in the background?
It was nice coming home for a wedding as opposed to funerals. Wish it had been longer. Yes that's Pukekohe raceway, not for much longer though
From what I understand the Holden 253/308 V8 was Pontiac inspired. Water pumps are interchangeable & although the Chrysler called it a hemi 6 its not hemispherical chamber. Marketing.
Thanks Kiwi ,from the west island.
West island? You mean the 'mainland'? 😅
I didn't know about the water pumps. The later Hemi's weren't true Hemi's ether......
The Hemi 6 is a semi Hemi.
Thank you kiwi. Must be wierd being in the upside down.. not only are the wheels and shifters on the b side, world spinning at 1000mph in the wrong direction worried youre gunna fly off, youre also upside down on the bottom of the earth.... How do you do it? Probably have seen this before i posted it too since its already tomorrow (tues) afternoon over there...🤔
Yeah it doesn't pay to think too hard about it😁😂
Man, I'd like to see that combustion chamber on that 245 Hemi head. A Hemi combustion chamber with both manifolds on the same side? INTERESTING!!
Sadly, more Hemi by name than by nature. It's slightly rounded, but the valves are canted by a few degrees. More a marketing exercise, and Chrysler using their trademark.
Its really a poly (18 degree valve angle), but you can get serious power (for its size) with a set of webers, a big cam and some head work.
th-cam.com/video/XH-K44lKPLo/w-d-xo.html 442HP with a stroker kit :)
Yeah but the gen 2 and 3 Hemi's aren't true Hemi's either. We just don't talk about that😁😂
If memory serves me kiwi, the HQ was the largest production car of about 500K
That's sounds very probable!!
I want to see an Ausie version of Large Marge.
Fantastic. I've always liked Australian cars at least some of them. Hello there for homemade convertible I think it looks sharp in the white underneath the hood really makes it pop. The holden I've always been fascinated by them. The little blue valiant has nice lines but I can picture as a two-door. I guess the two-door things more of an American thing in the four-door seems to be popular throughout the world. Have an enjoyable trip look forward to another video.
They did make a 2 dr hardtop in that body style. Cheers mate !
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 thank you have a lot of fun over there. I've always thought it would be an interesting country to visit. Driving on the other side of the road in the steering wheel being right hand drive. 6 a.m. Central standard Time here now
@@CAROLDDISCOVER-2025 it's a cool place with cool cars. I must have gotten in the wrong side of the car at least 8 times😬
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 just slide across the street like Bo Duke on the hood 😎🤣
i thought (new) jersey was a pain with emissions, but rust regulations?? i never woulda been able to drive at all.
Yes the rust rules are pretty tough. The repair rules are tough too, no patch panels allowed! All repairs must be be done at factory seams.
@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 geez. the guys making the rules must be car show judges
I bet your mate Steve wishes you brought some vintage American iron with you? Lol
Yes indeed! And parts, lots of parts😁
Can't fool me I know Kiwis can't fly!
Hey with the right mix of alcohol we can😁😂
All of them were a better design than any American car
Hoping to get a bunch more Aussie and Kiwi cars when I'm back over at Christmas this year.
Thanks for apologising for the 'vertical view', it's one of my pet hates as I keep wanting to put my hands up to the screen and open the 'blinds' in order to see something! You are forgiven in this case. Cool video by the way, thanks for posting.
Uncle Tony needs the bigger in-line 6 hemi. It’ll keep him occupied like a beagle a new bone.
LOL wouldn't though!!
Thay didn't switch over to the chevy mtor thay included it in there options
That 308 motor looks like a Oldsmobile engine!
A little but no parts interchange at all
Did you make it out before the flooding?
Just landed back state side. Was glorious weather when I left!
Tony will never find this video... he keeps searching for kiwis gum drops and lollipops
He's a problem child.....
Ae you sure old Val wasnt an E BODY KIWI ?
The earlier ones certainly were but I guess they may have have switched to the E body for that body style
Ok so that body style came out in 71 and the aussies made everything from scratch. The previous years were American Valiants with a Aussie front clip. The wheel base was longer and they were a bit wider so may have been close to an E body but not actually. Ya learn something every day😁👍
The dash and steering column are E body, ish.
This model zephyr is the best ford ever made
I had a factory floor change 4 speed in my teens!!
This engine in 265 was the best 6 going till ford made the barra
Agreed!!👍
Does everyone have that southern accent over there
Pretty much😁
Is that shop near the race track?
Yes! Pukekohe Racetrack
From one Kiwi to another - welcome home, brother! You're out in my neck of the woods, mate :) I'm not far away - Takanini for 12 years now and Papakura for 15 before that - and have had an association with Pukekohe in one way or another since about 1985, with mates living there, going to the track to race or watch racing and even for work for a few years. She's changed quite a bit in the past 10 or so, but still a lovely place to be. Pity the race track is closing down though - end of an era that one, eh. Sounded like there was some bikes racing on the track while you were at C.A.R.S. as well. I'll be there for the send-off when it happens, but gotta get a WoF on the Mini to take part as the Mini club won't let me upstage them by taking the Stag out there! Love the Prem and the Regal. You're right - you don't see many of them around and most of the ones I HAVE seen have been restored to the point that they don't get out much except on trailers for shows......which is a shame. That Zephyr is a piece of magic and all. If I were the owner I think I'd have kittens watching people get in and out in case that beautiful paintwork got marked, so she's definitely not for me! All the best
Cheers mate and thanks for watching
Hope you weren't coming for Summer mate. It's been cancelled!!
Man it was hot today!! Boarding the plane back state side in 30 mins
That wrong hand drive throws me hard.
I am not sure I could even make my left arm work correctly to shift the thing into drive!
Love the American flag on the wall! We all think of you down under folk as odd cousins we need to keep an eye on in case someone starts shit with you. They will have to deal with the crazy American cousins with all the guns!!!
You get used to it. Took me awhile to adjust to the stick shifts though!
As a kiwi we appreciate you guys havin our backs. Hope we dont need it again but you never know. Cheers
Same angle of the V8 90°
hmm they look different in real life, must be in the cylinder heads.
Designed that way to handle the heat in aussie SBC cooked easy in the out backs 74 ford started casting their own Cleveland blocks the imported ones cracked from the heat 80 81 82 Cleveland blocks called the black motors were cast using the same material as the nascar blocks. Holden also done a black motor in the same era an aussie only 6 called a 3.3 the last of them were fuel injected before that same motor was orange 202 ci.
Having a wider cylinder bank angle, wouldn't a 308 run rough, if it didn't have an offset-throw crankshaft like modern 90° V-6 engines do?
Those low-restriction exhaust manifolds, it has, are far superior to those of Chevrolet's smallblock. That 308 should move that lightweight Vauxhall/Opel body pretty well.
You should pull a prank on Uncle Tony, by shipping over one of those Hemi Valiants, park it in front of his garage door, open the bonnet, lock the vehicle and then disappear, until he telephones, asking if you happen to know who's car it is
How will UT survive without you? 😆
Yeah ya gotta wonder.....😉
left is left right is write
Well down under left is right and right is left so.......😉😉
308 and "Traumatic ".
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Hey Kiwi, I think your accent is a little thicker. Have a Red Lion out of the chilly bin.
A Red Lion ?? 😂. Nah I'm a DB man cuz
If you run into a mate by the name of Rick Harnett out of Aukland tell were thinking of him in Canada. Loves Fords even more than I do.
Regret selling my Chrysler 245 Station Wagon-in Bronze and LPG.
It's still around -but he wants $60k for it.🙄 (Chch NZ)
I regret selling my XB GS 302 4 speed Panel van😔. Wonder what that would have been worth ......
Mate has 69 Falcon Ute with 351- looking at 60- 70 k (NZ) now.
Wonder if my VU Ute 2001 3.8l at 450,000 ks will ever go for that🙂@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160
I think these classic cars will go even higher as the EV's take over