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Hope these help.
3:35 LH Torana.
7:16 Mopar. (Chrysler/Valiant Charger)
8:48 LX Torana Hatch.
9:16 FB Holden Sedan.
10:10 FC Holden Sedan (Pulling in).
LJ Torana passing.
11:44 Leyland P76
14:33 HR Holden
14:46 LJ Torana
16:20 1959 Cadillac
17:46 MG Midget?
19:56 Chrysler Regal
Good list. Except at 10:10 I would say a 57 Chev four door.
Edit meant to say 56 but a phone typo.
17:46 possibly a Triumph Spider?
10:10 was a 56 chevy
@@johnd8892 Spot on.
@@BassMatt1972 Could be. Would have to check the rear lights??
Wow! This is a surprise! Thanks for featuring my video on your channel! I appreciate it! Apologies to the Chrysler fans and all viewers for calling out that Leyland P76 as a Chrysler. My English teacher back in high school had one and I did know this car. But I must admit, having been away from Australia for 20 years has jolted my memory with some model cars and for some reason, as I saw this car, I immediately thought Chrysler. Thankfully I have awesome viewers in the know with their great feedback that correct me and this helps me to get better at identifying. Tomorrow 29 December, at roughly 1.30pm Australian Eastern time, I'll be posting a walkaround video on my channel of these same cars and more cars Aus, US, Euro, JDM, Rotaries, etc, that were in the parking lot at Greenway, Wetherill Park. So for those interested you can get a closer look at them. Once again a massive thank you Ian (IWrocker) for featuring my video on your channel! I highly appreciate it buddy! Keep up the great work! All the best with the growth of your channel! And I wish you and all the viewers a Happy New Year!! Cheers, George.
I don't know if anyone else picked up on that 57 quip, spoto a 57 Chevy although I think Max's was a 55
What colours your car man? It's green. Greens nice. Good video, cheers
@@kevinneeder661 it's a 57 Chevy. It has the fins on the back. Check out this clip from the movie. th-cam.com/video/XCATORYdJ5c/w-d-xo.html
How cool is that. Your famous George 😃, cool Chanel mate! Thanks for the time you take making them.
@@falconx5744 Ian (IWrocker) found the channel! Yes real cool stuff! Thanks buddy. I'll see you soon. Can't wait to review that lovely Ford Falcon XY GT of yours!!
It's great to see the Americans appreciating and enjoying the Oz car scene. Thanks Mr GT for sharing the Sydney car meets.
I'm a Holden guy , but I've gotta say that yellow Ford was just jawdroppingly beautiful.
I worked with an American motor head (petrol head) from Virginia and we spoke about cars often. He said that when he was younger and still in VA, he and his buddies (mates) honestly believed that the US was the only country in the world to have a car culture and more specifically, a muscle car industry. He met an Australian girl (sheila) in the US and they decided they'd live in Australia because of our wages and holidays. If they lived here, he could go home to see his family but if they lived in the US, she would never see her family. Anyway, when he arrived here he saw Falcons, Monaros, Toranas, Chargers, etc. and couldn't believe his eyes. He wrote to his friends at home, telling them that the US doesn't have a monopoly on muscle cars. As an aside, there are more hot rods in Australia per head of population than in the US.
Great story Man!!!
You'd be pleasantly surprised that Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Norway, Finland, the UK, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, and, surprisingly, Japan, all have muscle car fans as well. Also, South Africa, Germany, the UK, Argentina, Brazil, and Canada all have their own unique muscle car entries as well. Moreover, a lot of people do LS swaps on the Chevrolet (Brazil) Opala SS.
@@paxhumana2015 You mean my American friend (and probably most Americans) would be.
In nsw we now have “international” style plates, so we have the American style ones on the 57 chev and we also have Japanese, European and a few others as well
Also where this was filmed is 5 mins down the road from where I grew up
On top of the local (plain as well as a number of designs) and Euro plates that all states do, the eastern states (Tas, Vic, NSW and QLD) also do US, Japanese styling as well. The territories however do not do any of the special designs (that I could find at least).
Huh.... Hey Brett, you don't happen to have a younger brother named Dean do you............
@@Dolf260z yes I do
Good old Greenway
I love that this really shows the awesome car culture in Australia, some people just love cars.
I have N/A 4cyl, Turbo 4s and 6s and V8s in the driveway.
I saw some interesting car culture when I was in Russia. Here is a sound system competition I saw at a race meeting at the Kazan Ring (a nice looking Hermann Tilke designed layout) th-cam.com/video/Kk3P_dLU8oU/w-d-xo.html
I am now a 61 year old mum from Australia who still loves a hot car. I would totally go to watch this. Loved them when I was yOung and had an XU1 Torana which I owned in my 20’s. Loved dragging off guys at the lights. It never leaves your blood. Still turn my head if I hear that beautiful rumble.
Man i love car meets in Australia, there are some beautys.
he was quoting the aussie classic car movie "running on empty" when he said spotto a blown 57 chevy. even had the right accent for it.
"Some sort of ute" at 5.40 is a 1966/67 HR Holden.
9:17 "cool color" is a 1959-1960 FB Holden,
9:20 is most definitely a US Dodge Charger. It wears about 50 square feet more sheet metal than our Aussie Charger.
The last one, white sedan turning left, was a 1976-77 CL Valiant. Almost identical to the last model Valiant built here, the CM built from 1978-81.
only 50 square feet. i was chatting to a mate about it and he recons there would be enough difference between the Aussie and the US charger that enough steel left over to build another Aussie charger. lol.
5:40 *HD Ute*
At the 11:45 mark was a Leyland P76. A car ahead of its time....
7:20 is basically a Mopar.
its an Aussie charger.
9:40 is an american charger
@9:40 Being left hand drive is a clue.
This is the part that had me most confused otherwise good to see.
At 11:45-11:47 That was the best car in the world at the wrong time. The Leyland P76
The ESP was the deluxe version of Dicks Greens Tuff XE Falcon, Scheel seats, fancy wheels, not the ones in the video, two tone paint, sports steering wheel, and I think they may have had a suspension upgrade as well. ESP was supposed to be modern equivalent of a GT but had no real performance mods, mainly just cosmetics.
Grey car with all the plastic spoiler bits was a Walkinshaw VL Commodore, he took over where Brock and HDT left off.
Blue Group A SS was a Peter Brock special.
Next blue car with the big gold wheels was an RX3.
Black car with the power was a Valiant Charger, that's why you liked it. lol.
Blue 2 Door Torana, just before the white 4 door.
Yes, US Charger.
Yellow LC/LJ Torana, Brock won Bathurst in an XU1 version that had triple carbies on the straight 6.
Lime Green Leyland P76, 4.4L V8 and you could fit a 44/55 Gallon drum in the boot with a bail of hay.
HD/HR 65/66 Holden with the blower.
Was the beautiful car with the fins a Cadillac?
Either a Datsun Roadster as raced by the other Pete Brock in the US, or an MG which the datsun was copied from.
White Chrysler by Chrysler with L plates and no lights right at the end.
Stellar comments thank you
Xd esp got suspension and steering, xe was like you said a Fairmont with scheel seats two tone and a pinstripe.. wheels were nearly like the Fairmont but machined flat and gold anodised.. xd also got red instrument lights, pinstripe, silver instrument cluster, globe wheels, scheel seats and sev marchal spotlights same as the Ferrari 340.. both had blacked out stainless
Xd esp about 20minutes just after the 57 chev
Oh and the xa was one of the first Aussie fords to become popular in America.. yellow one just like that one in an Australian bananas ad back in the 70s, I'm fairly certain they took one over as part of the promotion
Nice to see that Leyland P76 go past (the guy called it a Chrysler). Ian, you missed a nice Torana Hatchback prior to those 2 sedans, and the car when you asked for some help was a Torana sedan, LH I think, but no rear spoiler.
In NSW you can option a personalised plate in US or Japanese styles
reminds me of when I was a kid and car-spotting was so much more fun than it is now because there were far cooler cars than what is being sold new these days
Awesome vid, we just had a massive classic car cruise on the 26th down in Adelaide (well down at the bay at Glenelg and along the esplanades) must have been 150 plus classics cars out! So much fun to watch. Certainly can appreciate all the dollars, blood, sweat and tears put into these beauties!
Yea it’s called jafs
There’s a 20 minute video on it
@@barackhusseinobama7515 found it th-cam.com/video/2gnQUVyJm9o/w-d-xo.html
@@beeegeeezzz yea at 1.51 my Mazda rx3 is in the vid
@@barackhusseinobama7515 nice love my rotas! 8:54 my mates Rx4 coupe and me following in my Evo x
The XA GT Hardtop you liked the most is the best looking car Ford released over here. Hardtop (coupe) and the sedan also are just bloody great!
Pleasantly surprised at the restraint showed by most drivers as they exit the parking lot here! I also love a lot of these cars (especially that light blue SLR5000…wow!), but many owners drive them like absolute knobs much of the time.
Most people don’t realise but the 2 door wrx at 10:20 is actually really rare we only ever got 399 in Australia. (I have read that 1 fell in the ocean on the way here but I have no idea if it’s actually true)
Yeah worth crazy big money now too.
I was waiting for someone to comment about this. It’s so rare.
It’s awesome seeing an American trip out at Aussie muscle cars. Great video bruz!
Yep, you were right, at 13-25 it was a Holden one tonner. love how you enjoy watching our cars and like them as much as we do.
Good to see Mr GT getting recognized in U.S.! Love his videos! Hes always out and about getting great vids of all the car shows around NSW. Great work! Happy New Year to all car enthusiasts worldwide!!
Another thing about the P76 at 11:45 is that while even now some people are still repeating the Lemon propaganda , it was so good that it led an international very testing marathon rally through Europe and North Africa . Some of the story here :
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Much more of an Australian design than the first Holden, Falcon or Valiant.
Even more recently a P76 won the Peking to Paris long distance Rally for classic cars several times to show it was not a fluke. Up against Porsches, Mercedes, BMW and numerous other more expensive cars. Some coverage :
th-cam.com/video/RgyD-uTxiwo/w-d-xo.html
Not bad for an 87 year old driver. Most 87 year Olds struggle to keep driving let alone be part of a team winning a Peking to Paris rally several times in a so called lemon car.
I hope Ian can do something about the P76.
I would like him to react to Glenn Everett Masters of Machines episode on the Leyland Force 7
That guy commentating called the car at 11:45 a Chrysler… it is actually a Leyland P76.
Not a fan of the P76… but it’s annoying hearing someone call it a chrysler
My Favs were the Ford Tudor's, Holden HR Blown and last was the 57 Chev fully sick!! Thanks for the share Ian loved it!! Running on Empty awesome movie this is why I love the 57 Chev!!
Custom plates are a thing here, we also have Japanese style plates as well. least down in Victoria.
Cool.There's a nice wide variety of muscle in that lot. The Charger wasn't an Australian model but I did see a Leyland P76.
I learnt to drive in the back streets of Townsville in my parents FB Holden - had three on the column and NO synchromesh in first. Funnily enough one of the first cars I owned was a XA 4door with three on the column but it DID have the luxury of synchromesh in first. :) Cheers.
4:53 The "Walkie" is a Walkinshaw. The "interesting blue car" at 6:35 was a Mazda RX3, rotary powered - we say maz-duh, not mahz-da.
Yeah the XA "RAREGT" was bound to get pulses racing . The year before Mad Max's. Always good looking, but these days rare and expensive.
11:50 The Leyland P76 is an interesting Aussie car, might be worth looking into - it had a promising future but got canned before real production began. Lime green though, meh.
was an rx4 not an rx3 sorry
@@ichigokurisutoffa563 it was still just an over priced Mazda bruv 🤷♂️
@@Aaron_Hanson not sure what you mean by that as a 1977 Kingswood cost about the same price($4290) and was a heavy 4 door family car prone to rusting and with a heavy 5.0l iron block engine with only a 2sp auto. And seeing the rx4 was a rotary coupe marketed as a mid sized sports car ($4950) I think your comment is based purely on your dislike for Japanese cars and zero research done to back it up.
The "Chrysler" was actually a Leyland P76, they had the potential to be a great car but there were many contributing factors which led to their demise. The Force 7 coupes are rarer than rocking horse dung.
Love Horsepower Addiction's vids.
Yes! one here in Perth was at Powercruise smoking everybody it was awesome!
Yeah, the guy that posted the video did correct himself
Those VK commodores look damn good
11:44 is a 1973/74 Leyland P76. Build by Leyland Australia. Only 18,000 produced, the popular ones have the 4.4ltr all aluminium V8 based on the Buick and rover V8's.
Aussie number plates come in all sizes, colours and designs to compliment all styles of vehicles
Love the video, lol, I’m an Aussie watching an American watching Aussie car videos. Yep our NSW plates are typically that size with 6 letters/numbers but usually black letters on yellow background but nowadays there are many Colour options. I worked with an old fella who waited years for one of them new Monaro’s and bought when 1st released, loved it, driven once a month, he had to hide keys from his adult son when on holidays, while drunk the son found keys, reversed out driveway straight into car across road, broke his dads heart. Can you still get Pontiac GTO’s in US? The new Holden Monaro was only available for a short time. I love the old Walkinshaw Commodore.
heres one you may like. i found an xc gt coupe left under a tree that was slowly covering it. in good nik but for the flat tyres. was on a military base in a restricted area. not because its were they kept the death rays but because of unsafe old buildings. alot of old cars here at this place that were left behind when the owners were sent off somwhere.
Let me know the address I’ll go get it 👍
@@PhilippinesSunsetTravel we spent a couple of weeks there every year an it was there the 3 times i went. i did ask a guy i worked with an he reckoned it wasnt there anymore. i do have a cousin with an original bathurst 350 monaro in his garage. its got about 20mm of dust on it. the oldies are still out there.
I agree with you Ian on the yellow falcon. Beautiful.
That yellow ford falcon that you really liked is nearly the same as Eric Bana's Beast. His ends up red
Bana's was an XB that started a 6 and converted to V8
@@marksshed1100 Yep
Brett, I found Mr. GT a few weeks ago. Great channel fun he has going. Then he comes your channel. Watching a few now over the NY weekend bing watching. Great to see your channel and awesome to see Mr. GT gain more support. I spent a lot of my younger years in Sydney in the '80s. Good to see a great car scene there still going.
Happy New Year. Looking forward to more from your channel.
Also hoping to grow my channel in the new year. I may need to do more car spotting in the Midwest this year!
As long as I can remember we've had an unofficial car meet in Wollongong along the beach every Thursday night. Police tried shutting it down so many times but finally gave up haha. As long as there's respect its all good. The lads cruise around park their cars and chat. A bit of a rev now and then but nothing silly. Love the Aussie car culture just not the dickheads doing it at traffic lights. Once again love your video. Happy New year to you Ian and your family. X
I could be wrong, but that 57 Chevy could have club plates on. You can be in vintage car clubs in Australia that give special perks
Anyone seen the latest Supercheap Auto ad featuring Mighty Car Mods?
The yellow XA Falcon GT was a stunner. The XA was the most beautiful of all the factory GTs, whether the 2 door or 4 door. The doomed Phase IV GTHO was the XA.
RIP the Phase IV. another piece of motoring history forgotten and unknown by so many. i want to build a replica one day. i would also like to fly to the moon, be rich and marry a sexy woman but i guess they're probably all dreams. lol.
That greek guy has quite alot of videos like these. Most of them he names each car, you happen to pick the one vid that he doesn't name em all lol.
Also, probs check out "ross reviews", a canadian or american now living in Australia and reviews aussie cars
From Australia. Hi, at 11:46 is a Leyland P76 (technically a Bristish company) which tried to get a foothold into the Australian motoring industry. Never sold very well or for very long, but their advertising made a (true) claim that you could fit what we in Australia call a 44 gallon drum in to the boot/trunk. I never send any links to avoid any possible virus/malware issues, but I think it's safe to Google with any key words you see fit. It sounds like the car in video is V8 version. Take care. Love your channel.
Light blue one when u said u will need help identifying them was a LX torana, then white Ute was a HR Holden ute and the black one you really liked that took it really easy was none other than an Aussie chsrger
The black charger was literally right before that beautiful yellow ford
You have great taste! I built 2 of those xa coupes you love and I painted the first one springtime yellow mustang colour. It looked unbelievable. It sold in 30 minutes after posting the ad. I wish I hadn't sold it now. An xa coupe just sold for 1 million dollars down here!
At 8:00 My cousin owned a nice green one of those back in the day . It was a v6 but he made it look like a v8 . Sold it years ago . They are worth a fortune now
pop gave a green xb coupe away for $50 back in the 90's
Straight 6 not a V6
You should check out the old Aussie comedy the umbilical brothers, Kevin bloody Wilson, lano & woodley and the real classics fast forward and full frontal. True Aussie humour.
Eric Bana came to fame on either fast forward or full frontal. His movie "love the beast" is about his 2 door Falcon & is well worth a look
The yellow car you liked so much was a Ford Falcom XA GT Hardtop. My favourite Australian car is closely followed by the XC Hardtop.
10:49 STATESMAN!!! I had one that cream colour and I have my Dads Burgundy 1977 HX 308 V8. Louver is a "tribute" coz they were kinda like Holden factory Caddys..
11:47 P76 Leyland V8.. (UK company Leyland owned/made Austins, MGs, Jags, Rovers, Triumphs, Land Rover to name a few. It was the "British Motor Industry" company)
Ian you have it all going on. A very nice family, you love Australia and you are a car head. You can't lose. Also that blue car with the blown motor, was a Holden HR '66
Nice cars, Australia's biggest meet would be Summernats which is held in Canberra after New Years
you NEED to check out Cooly Rocks On, thats a great south east queensland beach car show!
although I live in Braddon, Canberra Australia; and do not necessarily appreciate the noise or bogans....I do hope someone sends you a link to 2022 SummerNats or the supercruise on on the 7-8 January - love your channel and the fact you seem to love and appreciate all things Australia - Happy new year to you and your family!!!
In Bondi, North Shore, Northern Beaches, Eastern suburbs, Mosman, North side of the harbour around Lane Cove & Ryde, Cronulla, Kangaroo Point, Brighton Le Sands, all have fancy cars being driven on the streets
yuppy cars lol merc and aldi n volvo lol .
@@durv13 but also ferraris and lambos
@@leaningright4534 them to lol
@@durv13 yeah
Ahhh mate, the Ford falcon GTHO phase 3 and the torana A9X, SUCH a good rivalry
The black car before that yellow xa ford just happens to be a valiant charger
I live 2 minutes down the road from Greenway Plaza. I grew up working on my brothers cars EK Holden, FJ Holden, Also, my fathers XT Falcon. My First car was an EH Holden.
I think the Black Charger at 7:20 is a guy who grew up/lives around the corner from me and if it is him I'm pretty sure it was his first car, he has had it for about 30 years.
My dad used to own an xa gt, I wasn’t expecting to see one today in this video. Glad u could experience it 😮💨👌🤣
That nice yellow ford is like what I drove when I was learning. It was new back then. But the one I drove had black top. Nice very nice
Great to see the Leyland P76 at 11:44. My father used to have one, it had an alloy 4.1 litre V8 and a boot that was large enough to take a 44 gallon drum. Very collectible now.
I miss most of the cars I've owned, when I was buying them in the early 80's they were worth peanuts. I've owned a HK GTS Monaro, an XB GT, an XRGT, about 6 289 powered XR Fairmonts, 2 SLR Torana's, all sold over the years, and now we have a 64 EH Holden wagon, a 63 EJ Holden Ute and a 66 HD Holden ute.... Love old Aussie muscle...!!! PS, loved your Bathurst stream, both of them..!!!!
the 1st 3 would fund your retirement , the price of them now is insane but as you said, worth nothing back in the day, just everyday cars that you would see driving around
That yellow two door is an XA GT Falcon 351 cu V8, the NSW police used XC falcon coupes as highway patrol cars. The wedged shaped car he called a Chrysler is actually a Leyland Australia designed car called a P76 they came in an alloy V8 or a straight six and were built to compete against the Big Three (Ford Holden and Chrysler).
This place is local, called Greenway Plaza in Smithfield/Wetherill Park (Sydney/Australia). This is a fairly small meet compared to others here.
For only a small population , we did have a lot of cool cars in oz , while some of the late model stuff was good , i`m a bit partial to the oldies , 60`s 70`s metal .
a few of the oldies i did not see represented there , still a good showing though .
You would have liked a lot of our old cars Ian .
Nice one. You got most of them right too. The Lotus Cortina is a Ford Cortina, but it is the performance version of it (actually called Ford Cortina Lotus) which had it’s engine developed and fitted to the rolling 2 door shell by Lotus Cars so that Ford could get the Cortina a Group 2 Homologation with the tuned engine that Lotus had developed. Good cars!
Its amazing how much you know about the aussie cars in this video, i have friends that wouldnt have any idea :D
G'day Ian. 11.48 green car is a Leyland P76. Australian made and came with either a straight six or V8.
I have a Ford F6 Typhoon, a lovely vehicle and love going to our meets here in Aus. So many awesome vehicles and so much love that good into them!
you are right about most of the guesses, well done, the guy talking is from NZ not Aus, the small blue car was a rx4 rotary,
We now have Registration plates available in US Sizes and Styles to suit imports and custom cars. We can also have custom Plate numbers... ie: I have a 2011 VE Holden Thunder SS V8 Ute with the Rego Plate - VE2011... I also have a 2012 VE Holden Thunder SS V8 Ute with the Rego Plate - 2012VE.... The 2011 model is mint condition with 80,000 ks and the 2012 is mint also with 125000 ks and both are for sale... I am happy to export these to the USA if buyers want these... the 2011 is factory original with only engine modifications making 325 rwkw and the 2012 is factory original with all factory options. The 2011 is Poison Ivy Green and the price is $40k USD plus shipping and the 2012 is Phantom Grey and the price is $32k USD plus shipping. I can send photos of these cars with Dyno sheets and receipts for all work done... love your reactions to Aussie cars and trucks..
The Green one he said was a Chrysler at about 11:50 was a Leyland P76.
They are so rare now and in good condition can cost a lot.
7.18 is a Valiant Charger lol same fronts as a normal Valiant, but coupe back from a pillar,it was to compete with the Ford XA Falcon coupe and the Holden Monaro coupe in Aussie, the 4 doors before the Charger were GM Holden commodore
People can pay for personalised plates, can choose from certain designs from American to Japanese plates for a fee. If the combination of letters and numbers you want are also available you can choose that too.
In vic and nsw (possibly other states) you can get special order plates that are USA styled. You can also get Japanese style plates in vic(again not sure if other states).
Most states also offer euro style plates
Perfect if you have a car from one of those markets
I live 5min away from where that video was shot. Every 3rd Thursday thru the summer they would be at greenway plaza
I just got me a Skoda Octavia RS. For the price point this car is the most responsive, powerful car i have ever driven. It just invites/temps you to throw it around. The turning circle is absolutely amazing i swear it can turn on a dime. I really need to take it out and give into the temptation :) OH and it sounds like a muscle car, beautiful ...
The one before the yellow Ford was a Charger
And you saw a Leyland P76
The older Fords often have 351 Clevelands !
I love the XA and XB Ford Falcon Coupes with 351s and even some big blocks !
In Australia the blue 1970 GTS Monaro 11:15 is now valued at over AUS $300,000.00 at a reputable car auction house. The insurance premium would be between $7,000.00 - $10,000.00 per annum.
Hi White sedan either Chrysler CL or CM ... Holden VK Commodore fitted with Aero wheels [very similar to corvette C4 rim design back in the early eighties ]. Holden HDT also used these on a model called the Magnum Statesman and ute .
Hahah 14:33 the HR goes right Through a red Light 🤣🤣 Nice!
The third generation Monaro was exported from Australia to several overseas markets. It was also sold, in left-hand drive, in the Middle East as the Chevrolet Lumina Coupé, and in the United States as the Pontiac GTO, reviving another classic muscle car icon.
I believe they were sold in Britain as Vaxalls too, but I could be wrong.
the blue car in at 6.33 - is a rotary MAZDA, THE CHARGER IN AT 9.15 IS AMERICAN.... loving this vid Ian.. :)
12:10 American ford 1951 mercury!... I remember seeing one back in the 1980's and i was shocked on how thick the panels were on these beautiful cars!
The Chrysler before the GTO was a Valiant 770 which came with a Hemi 318. You can purchase personalised plates for your vehicle
We had the hsv gto here it was powered by a 300kw Callaway motor...was separate to the monaro also
Ian please proceed to the next level congratulations. LOL dude you now know more than me. A born and bread Westie from Sydney NSW.
At 9:25 it was a US market Charger and those Falcon Coupes are worth absolute blood money here, crazy prices.
Loved this. Ian, you're totally a global citizen. "Do you say Mazda or Maazda? I say Maazda" Who else would be that sympathetic to other nations' ears? I agree that that Falcon was a show-stealer. Great to see mostly Aussie and American musclecars together. I like the 71-73 fastback Mustangs, but I sometimes think that the equivalent Falcon is better looking. I'm a GM fan first, then Chrysler, then Ford. Vauxhall in the UK also imported and sold the 2000s Monaro and then the HSV, the latter sold as the VXR8. I love that Vauxhall did that. They're already RHD, so just import them from its Aussie GM cousin, swap the lion badge for a griffin, and away we go!! V8 muscle on our narrow winding roads. Spirit of the Lotus Carlton. Unfortunately in my hometown, there's a Land Rover garage with several clean Vauxhall Monaros, VXR8s, a HSV a couple of Maloos and even a 4th gen Camaro, all having had their engines and drive trains ripped out to be implanted in some crusty, rickety old Defenders. Such a shame. My heart sinks whenever I drive by. Over here, I'd love one day to own a Vauxhall HP Firenza. Only a 4-cylinder, but they really made it look special. There was a famous Repco Holden V8 powered racing car Firenza called Baby Bertha, and the South Africans turned the standard Firenza into a Can-Am V8 special which they christened Little Chev. As you can imagine, the Firenza was a pint-sized musclecar-looking machine, but perfectly in proportion.
7:32 ford XA GT, I had 4 of the XA GS versions. Pretty much full of GT gear but badged GS. My buddy had the XA GT.
18:21 we have a thing where we have different number plate styles we can choose from like USA or japan, it is called myplates
hey man love your vids! been subbed for over a year now.. I'm an XY/XA/B/C kinda guy from Perth, Aus. with regards to the grey Chevy I'm hearing the guy saying "Spotto a 57 Chevy" which is a quote from an old Aussie film called Running On Empty. 1982. about street racing.. CLASSIC.. probably quite dated now but still worth watching for all the old 70's Aussie muscle.
PLEASE get a better quality cam so you don't just look like a bunch of pixels dancing down in the corner.. cheers 🍺
The G8 is a Holden Commodore SS equivalent. The G8 GXP is an VE HSV GTS/R8 equivalent, they are based on the Opel Omega chassis (EU) which is also from the VY/etc Holdens of the 90s. It's hilarious seeing Holden doors and body on cars in the middle of rural Germany where many were used (Opel). The GM Alpha platform (Camaro Gen 5) is based off the VE/Opel Omega evolution. I have completely dismantled a later HSV GTS and have the Opel Omega/VE service manual (covers US and AU variations), lot of the parts in the HSVs are (as you'd expect) are stock Commodore parts but with added upholstery insert or different cloth or plastic coatings. You can see the original Commodore part numbers on them with HSV part # stickers added often. If they make enough of them it has an HSV part in the plastic mold.
Also you'll see the VE HSVs have different rear lights to the Commodores, it's the one part the guys who change body kits don't copy, because they are 1-2k just for the lights and at that point they may as well just look at buying a damn HSV lol.
This is definitely Western Sydney, none of this happens when on the North Shore or City areas!! 😯😀 I'm not a car person, but I enjoyed that and know more cars than I thought!
My Dad had a Ford Falcon XA station wagon, and it still looked as mean as hell with a fat back. Learned to drive in that car.
Your knowledge of Aussie vehicles is outstanding.
The supercharged oldie is a HR Holden (1967) a couple early you weren't sure was a LH Torana & a LX Hatchback SS Torana.
I'm fairly sure the Monaro & GTO were more a collaboration of GM & GMH.
Love going to car meets here in Perth. I prefer them to the drags and burnout comps. There's usually only Commodore's in the burnout comps. Yawn 🤣
Chevy GTO had 2 changes for the American market... 1. badge. 2.. fuel tank had to be moved. Australia has fuel tank at the rear, America has fuel tank mounted mid-vehicle. edit.... apart from left hand drive