steve thay are very rare....if its a sedan,like i said ya need to see all the plates on it.

Yeah guys, they made VS aeros and Magnums. And HDT did vt, vx and vy. take a look at rarecommodores.com.au there is a ute on there, vu i think. And HDT are still going and still modding cars. They just released an upgrade for the VE.

The old HDT website had all the infor on all models from vc-current, but unfrotunatly as HDT changed hands early this year / late last year, the site has been changed and isnt up yet. However, apparently when it is back up it will have the info on all the models.

Cheers, Damo

Thanks for that info I will take a look into that site

Rob the info you posted was for VR HSV

My god do I have to include Aydiffs as well


heres what I have found so far........

HDT Special Vehicles was a Holden-backed 'hot-up' division founded in 1980 by Peter Brock. Kicking off the line-up was the 1980 VC HDT, complete with flared guards, different wheels, lowered Bilstein suspension and a bit of engine work. Flowing on from the VC was a string of Commodores - the VH Group 1, 2 and 3, ADP Pack, SL/E, HDT Improved, VK SS, SS Group 3, SS Group A, SL Group A, ADP Pack, Calais Director, Berlina and SL, VL Group A and Plus Pack, Sport and LE, Aero, Group 3, Corsa, Director and the Signature Series. There was also one non-Commodore product thrown in - the WB Magnum (which was based on a Statesman).

In 1988, however, things went very sour between HDT (namely, Peter Brock) and Holden. For a number of reasons - most notably the notorious 'polariser' - the partnership dissolved and the HDT name was sold to one Mr Joe Collorafi. Relocating from Melbourne to Sydney, Joe kept up the HDT parts and information supply and released the Series 2 VL Aero, Magnum ute and the Sport. Joe kept things running until the VR era.

In 1994, Len and Sid took up the reins and ensured new versions of the established HDT models - the Aero, Magnum and Sport - were developed for each Commodore model up to present. The VX Aero Signature is their latest release

Ok have edited first post trophy list in the fairest possible way (I think)

TOP VB to TOP VE series (holden factory) and TOP VC to TOP VE series( HSV/HDT builds) ............ fair or not???

Have also put in there 4 weeks ago a TOP 10 OVERALL (in no particular order) the best 10 Commodores entered on the day, with the highest judges scores on the day ???

Thats 70 trophies/awards on the day

sounds good steve

Not trying to feather my own nest but anything to keep us stocker fans (old farts) interested ?

Something like Best GM Factory Original (non-HDT/HSV), or am I the only one into this stuff ?
Probably wouldn't work for the newer types as you wouldn't want someone who'd just picked up their new VE from the dealer to clean up, but maybe VB-VL, VN-VS etc. or just Pre-1990 maybe.
The reason I state non-HDT/HSV is that it's in their interest to keep their cars stock for value and collectability, not so much the standard cars.

One of the shows over East had Best Stock and Best Modified for each model, but that makes for a stupidly long trophy list. I'm not really into the "everyone gets a trophy to make them feel all warm and fuzzy" thing but there are an increasing number of stock collectors popping up these days, with very nice cars.

Oh, and "Furtherest Travelled" should read either Farthest or Furthest.

^^^^^^^^^^^ What he said

Sorry guys. I worded that badly.

Rather than "Factory Original" or "Stock" what I was trying to say was there maybe room for something like Best Unrestored for cars that are still wearing original paint, interior and trim but have survived the ravages of time well thanks to their owners. They'd have the odd chip, scrape and faded bits here and there but are ones you'd really stop and appreciate if you saw them on the road. They'd never be in the hunt for a best model outright but they're in almost too good an original nick to want to touch them. It'd be a bit hard for something like that to be judged in a class next to a highly modified car with a 15K paint job is all.

Just an idea, and may attract a different crowd who usually aren't into the car scene, like the old bloke who washes his car every Sunday since they day he bought it 30 years ago for instance.

Oh, and both mine have been repainted so that counts them out by the way.

Agree with you in part Craig, but we would have to start trophy presentation a bit before lunch to get through them all.
There is a BEST DAILY DRIVE award which would cover all the above mentioned but that covers all models not each model catagory.
A BEST UNRESTORED award could be added but not for each early model catagory would just take too long to get through, I will look into a sponsored " TOP UNRESTORED" catagory.

Thanks for the heads up about farthest/furthest will change that

Thanks Steve. I hadn't thought of that one.
Best Daily Driver would be flexible enough to suit I'd reckon, and if more (any ? ) of the old originals showed up this year then things could be adjusted for next year. They're a minority I know.

FARK have a lounge room full of very impressive All Commodore Day #2 trophies, I want one hope if I win one I dont have to give them back this year

The TOP 10 awards look fantastic
The TOP GROUP/CLUB display award will need two pepole to carry it as well as TOP "MALE" and "FEMALE" entrant awards are *HUGE*
The TYRE CHANGE CHALLENGE awards and group TUGOWAR awards are nice

FARK IM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO IT NOW

Cheers

Steve