I'm glad plenty of fumes come out when you booted it. Means my 1989 VN APV group5i Commodore is running pretty well. And its been a daily driver forever and has just clocked over 400,000km Cars are made to be driven. Love my VN
This is the commodore of my highschool years 😍 All the boys had one. Many trips up and down the coast. Had lots of fun riding around in these. No other car drives like a commodore either. I drove a VZ for 12years and nothing I've driven since is the same.
These motors were bullet proof too. Not just an exhaust, airbox and tune like a lot later HSVs. These had upgraded block with 4 bolt mains, balanced crank, group A rods, flat top pistons, raised compression, bigger valves, heavier valve springs, crane cam, tuned length headers, and the iconic twin throttle bodies with a HUGE airbox. The SV5000, VP GTS and Senator 5000i had the same motor but without the twin throttle bodies. Instead they ran a single 90mm throttle body that was a bit bigger than the standard holden 304 one, and produced a bit less hp at 200kw and 410nm. Not sure about the VP Gts but the others ran a 4 spd t700 auto.
@@rayban5737 Yeah it definitely was by todays standards. The main idea with this motor was the strong internals to make it bulletproof for road racing categories. Just an exhaust and ECU were usually added. Stock 5l motors could be tuned with exhaust ECU etc to produce similar peak power, but the big difference was the way they produced it and the feel under foot. Stock ones were not nearly as responsive and didn't like to rev out as much.
They were making the HQ when I was born. Short and sweet review that touched on all the main points. It's plain that you hold the car in reverence and I agree, they are there to be used, not lie there, bar exceptional circumstances like the very last unit produced.
@@jeffmantle2468please get your facts right mate, look it up yourself, no it did not, the 304 want a stroker, it was actually de-stroked from the original 308 size back in 1985 to meet the group a regulation classes to get the Holden just under 5000 CCS so it could run in a lighter weight class The 5.7 stroker only came out with the vr commodore a few years later which was never used for touring car racing
Hi! I just wanted to say you are definitely my favourite power player. Seeing you kick those three yesterday at the game yesterday was AMAZING! You could practically see the determination on your face! I hope you remember this but- The other day my mum ( She's a police officer) met you in Adelaide and you had a photo and she told you it was my birthday and your response really made my day year!
the VR/VS shell was my Fav Commodore design. i would almost kill to get a 5spd 5ltr SS VR.. my mate had a VR spack with a 5 spd for a decade was a little beast.
I've had one at the workshop I work at and man they're awesome, the one I saw was a 88 with 14,500km, inside is perfect but the engines has some work done, aftermarket exhaust and a lot else has been change all improvements but severely lowering how much it's worth, still probably worth 150k.
A funny observation. A lot of reviewers when they give it a little squirt they will change gear and then touch their nose/face. Even myself I've done it LOL
Back in 2005 I was looking into buying either a VN Group A, VL Walkinshaw and a VS GTS-R. All were around 35k but my old man talked me outta buying one by throwing me 5k to put towards a new car so I bought a brand XR6 Turbo ute...looking back I wish I had bought one of these legendary Holdens
god damn thats one sexy af beast, i was 11 when these came out and and loved them from the first time i saw one, now just need to win lotto so i can buy one, lol
I was born in 1990, i remember watching brocky throw one around bathurst....... That car just lost value. Possibly the greatest car ever made by Holden.
Nothing special as they weren’t that fast as 7+ sec to 100km/h and 15.2 quarter mile, my old Nissan Maxima was quicker 6sec to 100 and 14.9 quarter mile!
Yeah, just one win in the ATCC with Peter Brock in Heat 1 at Amaroo at the season opener in 1992....Probably his Bathurst 10 shoot-out lap the most memorable part of the VN Group A's lifespan though....Does deserve it's collectors asking price though given last Group A homologation special ever produced by Holden
I wish you were correct about this winning Bathurst in 1991 as I own one of these but unfortunately it wasn't a fair fight in 1991 with these normally aspirated rear wheel drive v8 cars up against 4wd turbo Nissan Skyline GTRs... especially in the wet. Good news is I am getting mine back on the road this year. It featured in a few magazines back in 1999/2000 with the number plate BLOWER denoting the somewhat large 30lb Paxton centrifigual under-bonnet supercharger it had on it at the time to win the Horsepower hero comp down at Summernats but it twice had mechanical problems at the last minute and missed out.
Not to be rude, but the VN didn't win Bathurst. The R32 Skyline won it in '91; the 1990 Holden victory you're probably thinking of was the older VL Walkinshaw. Nice vid though, a cop in my current town had one of these and when I asked him for a ride in it, he said his wife was lucky she was allowed to step inside it!
Sugar Bombs you are more than welcome to car thats only good for looking at and getting all frothy for other people to gaze at !! But thats the epitomy of boring, i would rather buy GOLD BITCOIN , SHARES and STOCKS than waste my money on thinking cars are ever going to be investments
@@Benjames885 dude the cars not worth it there are cars more modern handle and stop better in the commodore range more modern cars for 10-15 K that would piss all over this thing, learn the market ?? You stupid or something .
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I've had my vn for 25 years! 91 model , Series 2 , 5lt 5speed . I would never sell it ! . It's my baby !
Me too!
I'm glad plenty of fumes come out when you booted it.
Means my 1989 VN APV group5i Commodore is running pretty well.
And its been a daily driver forever and has just clocked over 400,000km
Cars are made to be driven.
Love my VN
This is the commodore of my highschool years 😍 All the boys had one. Many trips up and down the coast. Had lots of fun riding around in these. No other car drives like a commodore either. I drove a VZ for 12years and nothing I've driven since is the same.
These motors were bullet proof too. Not just an exhaust, airbox and tune like a lot later HSVs.
These had upgraded block with 4 bolt mains, balanced crank, group A rods, flat top pistons, raised compression, bigger valves, heavier valve springs, crane cam, tuned length headers, and the iconic twin throttle bodies with a HUGE airbox. The SV5000, VP GTS and Senator 5000i had the same motor but without the twin throttle bodies. Instead they ran a single 90mm throttle body that was a bit bigger than the standard holden 304 one, and produced a bit less hp at 200kw and 410nm. Not sure about the VP Gts but the others ran a 4 spd t700 auto.
Still low power output
@@rayban5737 Yeah it definitely was by todays standards. The main idea with this motor was the strong internals to make it bulletproof for road racing categories. Just an exhaust and ECU were usually added. Stock 5l motors could be tuned with exhaust ECU etc to produce similar peak power, but the big difference was the way they produced it and the feel under foot. Stock ones were not nearly as responsive and didn't like to rev out as much.
They were making the HQ when I was born.
Short and sweet review that touched on all the main points.
It's plain that you hold the car in reverence and I agree, they are there to be used, not lie there, bar exceptional circumstances like the very last unit produced.
Beast
Built during the recession we had to have. Nice car with the stroker 304(4.9) motor and 6 speed box. 70k new with only 302 built.
You mean built during Keating's recession to hitch us to China.
Stroker... Hmmmm the 304 was the standard engine capacity.
The stroker came a few years later with the vr model hsv GTS and it was 5.7 litres
@@anthonysimoes7307
The VN Group A had the stroker 5.7
@@jeffmantle2468please get your facts right mate, look it up yourself, no it did not, the 304 want a stroker, it was actually de-stroked from the original 308 size back in 1985 to meet the group a regulation classes to get the Holden just under 5000 CCS so it could run in a lighter weight class
The 5.7 stroker only came out with the vr commodore a few years later which was never used for touring car racing
@@anthonysimoes7307
The 304 came in may 85 or an extra 75kg.The Vr,S and the VN group A were stroked 4.9 motors
Hi!
I just wanted to say you are definitely my favourite power player. Seeing you kick those three yesterday at the game yesterday was AMAZING! You could practically see the determination on your face! I hope you remember this but- The other day my mum ( She's a police officer) met you in Adelaide and you had a photo and she told you it was my birthday and your response really made my day year!
the VR/VS shell was my Fav Commodore design. i would almost kill to get a 5spd 5ltr SS VR.. my mate had a VR spack with a 5 spd for a decade was a little beast.
Hey , Vn commodore didnt win bathurst in 1991 . Nissan skyline gtr won that year . Allan Grice and Win Percy won in 1990 in a vl , cheers
Came second in 91
@@brfcpol you said in your video it won that year
I've had one at the workshop I work at and man they're awesome, the one I saw was a 88 with 14,500km, inside is perfect but the engines has some work done, aftermarket exhaust and a lot else has been change all improvements but severely lowering how much it's worth, still probably worth 150k.
They first come out in 1990
A funny observation. A lot of reviewers when they give it a little squirt they will change gear and then touch their nose/face. Even myself I've done it LOL
My dream car...wish I had that motor/gearbox in my vt ss
Anyone notice the floaty suspension. Looked like a dingy in rough seas
I’ve got a VN V6 Executive and they are the best car for value
“Single pegga” classic
Back in 2005 I was looking into buying either a VN Group A, VL Walkinshaw and a VS GTS-R. All were around 35k but my old man talked me outta buying one by throwing me 5k to put towards a new car so I bought a brand XR6 Turbo ute...looking back I wish I had bought one of these legendary Holdens
Nothing wrong with The Barra forced air . 😉
hope you give your dad heaps now for what he did with 5k then and the cars now are 200k upwards usually its the women that say no
god damn thats one sexy af beast, i was 11 when these came out and and loved them from the first time i saw one, now just need to win lotto so i can buy one, lol
It’s ridiculous how much these a worth now? I remember back around 2001 you could pick one up for like 25k
I. Shocked at the prices. Just a exec V8 vn is 20-30k now
Arent they stroked to 5.7?
No
Nope
I was abt to say that guy looks exactly like Charlie Dixon, but i read the channel name. 🤣
Top ride CD. Thank god they turned up for a test drive 😂
She is a ripper snorter 🇦🇺💪
It needs 3.9 gears
I have original photos of this car it was my bosses..
Too right about Adelaide! No other roads I'd rather drive.
Love coming up to Adelaide from Melbourne b4murray bridge Hwy 8 middle of the night flying fkn grouse.Back in the day in my SLR 5000.
If you want a modified 355 VN Clubsport with GROUP A running gear on chux garage hit me up 😎
So you know nothing about this car..
Nothing sounds better than a 5L 👌🏻 nice vid Charlie, keen for the next
My dream car.
What no double Pegga
Yeah here in Adelaide you'll find them stripped down or burnt out or at u pull it
What these GROUP A VN yeah not likely only 302 group A VN were ever built and all are in collectors collections and not in the HANDS of deadshits
Bathurst winner in 91????? wtf
Beautiful car suited you Charlie
The EJ was my birth year HaHaHa......I bought an s pac wagon V6 new in1991..... It was an awesome car for it's day
Amazing
Wow good job
Um....its just an old 4 door commodore with half a tonne of plastic glued to it
yep over $100,000 piece of plastic . what piece of plastic shit do you drive .
I was born in 1990, i remember watching brocky throw one around bathurst.......
That car just lost value.
Possibly the greatest car ever made by Holden.
? vk ss groupe A
Hk monaro!
Nothing special as they weren’t that fast as 7+ sec to 100km/h and 15.2 quarter mile, my old Nissan Maxima was quicker 6sec to 100 and 14.9 quarter mile!
I was so so close to buying one about 12 years ago for 15k. Wish i did
Bathurst winner in 91 aye. Hmm the Skyline GTR won in 91, and in 90 it was the older vl group A that won Bathurst. The VN won nothing
Anthony Simoes yeah mate got that one wrong 🤦🏽♂️ my apologies 👍🏽
Yeah, just one win in the ATCC with Peter Brock in Heat 1 at Amaroo at the season opener in 1992....Probably his Bathurst 10 shoot-out lap the most memorable part of the VN Group A's lifespan though....Does deserve it's collectors asking price though given last Group A homologation special ever produced by Holden
@@AJ73 that's right.. Statistically the least successful commodore racer ever, but that had more to do with its opposition at the time
I wish you were correct about this winning Bathurst in 1991 as I own one of these but unfortunately it wasn't a fair fight in 1991 with these normally aspirated rear wheel drive v8 cars up against 4wd turbo Nissan Skyline GTRs... especially in the wet. Good news is I am getting mine back on the road this year. It featured in a few magazines back in 1999/2000 with the number plate BLOWER denoting the somewhat large 30lb Paxton centrifigual under-bonnet supercharger it had on it at the time to win the Horsepower hero comp down at Summernats but it twice had mechanical problems at the last minute and missed out.
How was it unfair , the Nissan GTR won fair and square, it was simply the better car.
Looks like a reworked chevy caprice.
Not to be rude, but the VN didn't win Bathurst. The R32 Skyline won it in '91; the 1990 Holden victory you're probably thinking of was the older VL Walkinshaw. Nice vid though, a cop in my current town had one of these and when I asked him for a ride in it, he said his wife was lucky she was allowed to step inside it!
Get your facts right, it never won Bathurst in 1991, the Nissan GTR did. No idea
Yep you are right champ, sorry about that. Got that wrong.
Great car
Not $115,000k tho
Ill say if you want grunt get a more modern commie V8 that costs maybe $10-15 K that would piss all over it and handle better
@@iamasmurf1122 very true but you don't really buy a rare collectable car just for it to be fast especially with this VN.
Sugar Bombs you are more than welcome to car thats only good for looking at and getting all frothy for other people to gaze at !! But thats the epitomy of boring, i would rather buy GOLD BITCOIN , SHARES and STOCKS than waste my money on thinking cars are ever going to be investments
@@iamasmurf1122 you obviously don’t appreciate the history of the car. Of course you can buy a newer faster no shit Sherlock
$150k now
that car didn't win bathurst, the race cars were completely different. lot of money for a vn with 127000k's
lukeb5855 learn the market
@@Benjames885 dude the cars not worth it there are cars more modern handle and stop better in the commodore range more modern cars for 10-15 K that would piss all over this thing, learn the market ?? You stupid or something .