MEGA-RARE JDM!! 1974 Isuzu (Holden) Statesman Deville - 1 of 246
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- I was CERTAIN that I'd never get to see one of these GMH-sourced, V8 powered Isuzu sedans, BUT I DID!! This car, believe it or not, was on the bucket list, and it's a very short list with just 4 entries. There's a whole lot in this video; DO NOT MISS A FRAME. Also, there's a whole lot to read about the car on my first ever WasabiCars Blog post: wasabicars.com/...
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HQ Statesmans were sold in Mexico as the Chevrolet Caprice. Made in Australia in LHD & fitted with a different (mexican made) front cone which had (from memory) Vertically stacked rectangular headlights.
Off topic, several thousand EH Holdens were sold in the US.
I reckon this is my most favourite video on UA-cam. I pop by every now and then to give it another watch!
I saw a Valiant Charger in a Japanese catalogue (still have the picture) with the fender mirrors, would love to see one of those.
Qotd: I was on my way home from school today when I saw an R32 gtr pulling out of a McDonald's parking lot, which is a rare thing in Canada. Man did that make my day. I have always loves skylines and I've seen so many videos of them on youtube. But seeing one in person (for me) is just unreal.
Awesome video, when I was in College (high school) this fellow named Brad had a yellow HQ Monaro, and everyone thought it was the fastest car in history, he was definitely more popular because of that car!! I am excited because I have just secured a job in a new career.
Luke Collins Nice, on all fronts. :)
名前だけ知って居りましたが画像を見たのは初めてです。ワサビさん、ありがとうございます。
ホールデンが日本に入って来たのはマツダロードペーサーだけと思っていました⁉️
コレと似た生い立ちの三菱がクライスラーを作ってた？売ってた？のがあった様な…🤔
Fantastic. The seats are marvelous. This and a Roadpacer could make a fine pair of machines. Wow.
A thing that did make me excited was the six months I had of owning and driving a 2003 Honda Insight five-speed. It was a really fun car, comfortable, great to drive, and I still get excited seeing one on the road. (Mine was totaled in a car versus car collision. I was fine, albeit quite angry to lose the car...)
im loving this, as a lad who grew up in elizabeth S.A. and have a manual 5.0 SS, the holden stuff in Japan is so good to see
Looks like the reversing lights are an add on for the JDM. Australian HQ's never had them. Reversing lights as seen on the Mazda Roadpacer video are also add-on items.
They are standard South East Asia Ford and English European Union Mark I Escort and Cortina reversing lights. My grandad New Zealand assembled 1971 1300 Escort Delux two door had them.
The Statesman was badged as a Chevrolet in Singapore in the early 70s.
Yes, the Chevrolet 350. Very cool. Thank you
I used to see some HQ's around town when I lived in the bush, now to be honest I don't see many at all. I will be excited when I travel to Japan!
Ben Nice. It's a truly mind-blowing place to visit.
You and me both, I love these statesman, they had if I remember base, caprice and Deville variants. Believe it or not I would be stoked if I seen one of these if the US, that are such a stately car,I love that interior. Lets see these were solid as Daewoo in Korea
Chevrolet in South africa, Mazda, and Isuzu so I should see one here,hopefully
What would make me that happy? Getting back my HZ Pseudo-Monaro station wagon. She was fitted out from new with a lot of Monaro options, as well as the power rear window, one-tonner rear springs, a lovely 308 engine with M-21 four-speed manual gearbox and gold Cheviot turbine rims. She was a plain-wrapper chocolate brown all over, and had such a smooth engine, I could drive her out from under my parents' bedroom at 4am to go to work and she wouldn't wake them up. I wish I still had her...
Oh, damn. That sounded like a cool as hell car. These things happen though, don't they? How long did you have it, and how long ago did you part with it? Did you ever spot it again in the wild?
@@wasabicars I know where it still is. I had it from '97 to '99. The crankshaft in the engine snapped just before no.5 bearing. If I'd had the tools and a place to work, I could had pulled the engine myself and rebuilt it *sigh* sadly, I didn't. I sold it to a slightly-older gent who wanted it to use as a tow-car for his tricked-out HZ GTS drag car, so he put a new engine in my/his wagon, and he's had it ever since. The body was and is still pristine, he's just upgraded the engine and gearbox when he's needed to. I wish I still had it, but there's no doubt he's treated the old girl with lots of TLC and beautiful BHP options.
She was my third Kingswood wagon, btw. The first was an HQ wagon that I owned for six months, then she got stolen on me. The police eventually found her shell in a Perth wrecking yard. My second was a lovely gold-and-white HJ that I optioned out with a lot of HJ Statesman parts, including the dashboard with a wood-grained fascia and an almost-Monaro set of instruments, and WB tail-lights, for the reversing lights.
Thank you so much for telling me those stories. Always interesting to hear. Glad the brown HZ got looked after. Bummer about the stolen HQ. I'd love a HQ... Big fan
Congratulations again on your ultimate find!
I think I was just as happy and excited as you were when I spotted the Nissan Skyline GT-R V-spec BNR32 in my hometown blasting by and it took me two months to find out it is be owned by someone I actually know. After that I still haven't lost my excitement but still haven't visited the guy nor have I taken photos of the Skyline yet. That's the downside of knowing the owner: I don't feel pressure going back and taking a few photos as I can always do that sometime later...
banpeinet Nice, I hope you do snap some pics of it before he sells it.... Or, another video perhaps. ;-)
I think he will never sell such a rare car. He is far too happy with it now... Well, at least till he gets kids and finds out the V-spec isn't such a "responsible" car. :D
Oh my... That interior is just.. Gorgeous! The whole car is. Thank you for presenting this beauty to us!
QOTD: waking up to a Cosmo in the garage would surely make me happy and excited. Up to Morning Spear levels, even.
Jesse Guerrero My pleasure, Jesse. It's no Cosmo, but I hope a package arrives at your door soon.
WasabiCars can't wait! I haven't won anything in years :P
Wow. Excitable boy they all said. I don't get that excited any more.
My memory's not the best but I would have thought that was the standard back end for a Holden HQ Statesman DeVille. Certainly later models had the chunkier chrome bumpers, no lights.
Barrenger I love that HQ Statesman rear... As it turns out, those lights appear to be JDM only.
Something what would make me as happy as you are or even happier is finally buying my dream car in perfect condition, a 1990 Nissan Skyline R31 GXE sedan (White and black 2 tone) with a 5spd manual box, stock as a rock, low km and just in near show room condition. The day I find one of those and buy it will be one of the happiest days of my life.
Brandon P Nice. That sounds awesome. I hope you are saving your pennies now so you can pounce when the time comes. ;-)
What would make me off the charts happy? Well, it's not a car, it's locomotive. I have never seen my favorite loco in person. It's the ALCO PA, of which 297 were built between 1946 and 1953 and only 5 are left. It is considered by many to be the most beautiful diesel locomotive ever built. Before I die, I want to see one in the flesh.
WikdSeafood Ah, I would google that before commenting but I can't on this connection... :( I hope you get to see one. I hope you get to see one this year. :D
When I get a chance, I'll have to post a photo on Instagram.
That seat material is factory early HQ. Those funny reverse lights and fog lights are aftermarket I feel
My all time favorite "unicorn" Is the 1948 Tucker Torpedo. We have a car museum that ha one just a few miles from where I live. My girlfriend took me there for my birthday a couple years ago and she said she had never seen me so excited to see a car! =)
dead91silvia Nice! :)
Great to see someone so passionate about something ! Well done. Great car !
Thank you. Yes, very passionate. Oddly, I'm sometimes more excited about ordinary cars :)
@@wasabicars I know the feeling. I'm Irish, but living in Prague, Czech Republic. My Czech friends don't understand my interest in old Communist regime cars. But something like a 1980's era Tatra T613 is my unicorn car. I've never seen one actually driving, but know a guy who has 2 in his garden just slowly rotting ( but still in good condition). All the best and greetings from Prague !
Any HQ-HZ Kingswood/Premier out there in Japan? Would love to bring in one to my country, Malaysia
That’s a bloody wicked find mate. I’ve seen a few videos of the holdens over there and even with a rotary in them. I read through a few posts and seen that someone said they had seen a charger over there. That would be great to see
Thanks so much, Brad. Actually, I have a question for you. This video got a spike of a few hundred views. Can I ask what it was that brought you here? A Facebook page/post?
@@wasabicars I can’t actually remember but I’m thinking that it came up here on UA-cam not Facebook when I was searching for something. There is a Facebook group called Aussie cars overseas that the bloke that runs it does a wicked job of finding and recording where the Aussie cars are overseas and possibly it could have been there. I’ll go and check and let you know. Cheers mate
Much cooler then the Road Pacer!!
Shane Seach DEFINITELY!
A hq sedan in my driveway would make me happy too. Had a couple as family cars growing up
Wow Dan!! First the mazda roadpacer now a statesman. .. I'm shocked!! Oh this reminds me, one time in the USA I road in an Opel badged Gemini. .
I would love to see an E30 M3 as I don't think they made it to Australia.
I did get to sit in a KITT at expo 88 that was kinda special.
Devolution RC Ha! I sat in KITT then too. ;-) Had an Expo 88 season pass.
WasabiCars very cool. I don't remember much of it we went 4 times. I remember KITT for sure, the fuji pavilion and some guys skateboarding on a curved sculpture. I was only 9 :-)
Devolution RC Roadpacer,of course,but this!
Congratulations Daniel , finally found your Unicorn
Im happy for you mate .
GEMWRC S T O K E D ! :D
Gee,I knew of the Roadpacer,but not the Isuzu Statesman.308v8!!!!!!🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿😎💖
What a find indeed! And in Japan! Beautiful car. I saw one in Indonesia recently and was shocked. It was in rough condition but amazing to see. I only ever owned an HX Caprice but my favourite model is also the HQ Statesman and Monaro.
Yeah, I was just amazed. Sweet that you saw one in Thailand. You took some pictures?
I didn't sadly. It was just driving past on the island of Bintan.
Oh, well. :/
Wuzzuper bro forgot to tell you my bro lives in Tyler Texas,SO REAL JDM PARTS woo hoo! you know I'm stoked,peace.
smash ;-)
Such a lovely car! QOTD: about 3 weeks ago I seen an all original RS500 Cosworth Ford Sierra in black! I went for a day out with the family and as I was walking up the street I almost had a heart attack! First Sierra cosworth I have seen in my life and it was an RS500 in black and was all original! You just can't make this stuff up! Haha I suggest googling it considering you're a gm guy more than a Ford guy, I'm British so gm doesn't mean much here but I'm sure you understand that dude, cheers Dan! :D
drumandbassking12345 Yeah, I totally get the feeling. That's awesome. You got some pics, right? Instagram or something?
So, I googled something totally random about Isuzu diesel engines and this video came up. Of course, I had to watch it! I've been watching your videos for a couple of years, now, and I've been going back through some of the older ones. But in this video, you asked what would make us as happy as you were after seeing the statesman. Well, here's my answer. 😂 When possible, show us what the keys for some of these cars look like! I'm curious as to if the keys for this were branded GM, GMH, Isuzu, or something else. I'm a bit of a lock & key nerd... I've been collecting locks & keys for over 30 years and it's turned into me doing locksmith work as a side job. So I'm always curious to see what the keys for certain cars look like. And unfortunately with cars as uncommon as this... Google images isn't much help. :)
Hahahaha! Thank you! That is a cool suggestion. Next time I'm chatting with an owner, I'll try get them to show me their keys. I appreciate that, Josh
What would make me happy is if such cars were made available for sale now.
Oh, for sure. If that were so though, I'd have an incredibly long list. Lol
I'm getting crazy with these Holdens (and the Statesman) in Japan.Nice video as always
:)
That was worth the wait, dude. Isuzu Statesman Deville! Perhaps the BEST Isuzu ever (no, my Bellett GTR is that...!)
Bellett64 Okay, well it's the best *Statesman in Japan* then. ;-)
Japanese Car Certificate sticker says Showa 59, means 1974.
This is first herd as Japanese former multiple ISUZU Piazza/Implus owner.
Thank you. (But, 昭和59 is 1984?)
@@wasabicars Yes! Sorry, you're in Japan and you may know this.
That car looks like a 1972 Olds Cutlass in the front and a Mercury Monteigo in the back as if they merged together on the highway and blended together. Cool Car.
G-day Daniel! wow! i couldn't believe you loved this car so much, but as i said on facebook, it's very nice indeed. i wish i'll see a holden at least one time in my life, they seem very, very well made and with good taste.
question of the day: there are a lot of things that makes me happy, but one of those are getting things that remind me to past days, for example, 2 days ago i went to the antique shop street that is fairly close to my house, and there was an old japanese bicycle in really good shape, that typical cruising bike with a basket and no gears, i want it so bad, it even has all its labels in japanese and it says showa 63, so it's not so old and unfortunately it's red (i want it silver), but it reminded me to my last night in japan when i wanted to ride a bike and followed my uncle to the convenience store, and ended up driving arround to the pachinko parking lot next to the shop for several minutes and freezing myself. but anyways, finding that bike made me as excited and happy as you were with this car, i'll probably go buy it on saturday :)
taunusv4power Lol! I quite enjoy a bicycle ride myself. ;-)
WasabiCars good news! i got the bike!!! but i think is a girl bike, but who cares? all those bikes look the same as far i remember :D
Hey Dan, great video! I've never heard of the Isuzu version of the Statesman! Wow that's a pretty unique find especially in your own back yard! I can confirm HQ Statesman's never came out with those rear reverse lights here in Oz. Those tyres also look like original '74 crossplys! Lol! So what makes me that happy? I'd have to say driving either my HJ Kingy or my VH SL/E on the weekend!! :) :)
GodZilla308 Thanks for confirming that. Appreciated. :) Nice, I wish I had either of your cars here in Japan. They'd certainly turn some heads.
Hey Dan, I picked up a copy of Australian Muscle Cars magazine today and was pleasantly surprised to see this! Congrats! :)
I know your not the biggest fan Dan, but owning a perfect gen 1 MR2 Aw11b would make me that happy!
lwilton651 Nice. I hope you can make that happen.
G'day Dan'l. Sweet looking Isuzu (Holden HQ) Statesman. I agree with you regarding old-school Holden vs. newer Holdens. Perhaps the only newer Holden I'd consider would be the VB Commodore and the VH Commodore. Other than that, forget it. With quality control being thrown out the window and everything being made in Korea by Daewoo (of all car companies) Holden deserves to sink into oblivion along with every other Australian car company.
I've never seen a Holden of this vintage here in the USA. I don't know why. The way Holdens were built, for Australian roads of the time, they could've made great American cars as well. :)
+John S I agree with you. Unfortunately neither GM nor Ford seem to give a damn about quality control or their labourers working under them.
+John S I know. I remember when Japanese cars at least had style, quality, reliability. My favourite JDM Japanese cars were the Toyota Crown, the Toyota Celica, the Nissan Cedric, Datsun (Fairlady) 240-280Z and ZX, the Nissan President, and the Toyota Century.
I also remember when Volkswagen produced interesting cars, cars I'd consider driving. My favourite were the rear-engine VWs, like the VW Vanagon (as it was called here in North America.
+Jason Carpp The Australian car industry has been in decline since the 1980's. One major reason was the the then Labour senator John Button who introduced the 'Button Car Plan" Basically all tariff protection was removed from the local manufactures to allow more imported cars and this was supposed to make the industry more competitive. Some blame the unions due to the demands they placed on Holden and Ford where workers wages where concerned. EPA regulations,work cover regulations,compulsory superannuation and many more expensive overheads the companies had to pay. Don't get me wrong those aren't bad things but when you're competing to make a product against an overseas manufacturer who is not having to pay these overheads and is paying workers a fraction of what Australian workers where being paid you're not in the game. I also think Holden and Ford's perception of what Australians wanted as a family car was another reason behind their decline.They continued building cars based on the 60' and 70's ideology of what a family car was. Back then if you had a family and maybe a boat or a caravan you needed a car like the Falcon,Kingswood or Valiant. Now days with luxury SUV's ,people movers and 4WD's like Hilux,Navara, BT50 and many more that traditional family car has changed and Commodore and Falcon don't fit what modern families want. The demise of the car industry in Australia is one thing but overall since the beginning of the 1980's so much manufacturing in Australia has disappeared. It seems Australian governments believe that importing everything from overseas is better for the country.
+aussiepaul50 If that isn't unforgivable, I don't know what the hell is. Not all unions are good unions. I've heard of some unions that are simply *hideous.*
Being from the USA, I'd rather import from Australia any day than Korea.
Have U ever seen the south Korean Holden LJ Torana station wagon ,shame we missed out on that one
Seen pictures on-line, but that's it :(
Same here only seen the one picture,I never knew about the Isuzu statesman till today great vid cheers👍👍
What a great video! Thank you.
I can see why this thing is so amazing. more then just a lovely looking car I love it's designs.
QotD: to have room and the materials plus things to make for either money or just for my own pleasure. sadly the garage is filled with some ones else's things XD so, I can't really make something like a shelf for my gaming consoles at the moment. but I might come up with some more ideas to improve upon my idea anyways.
Keith Soukup That's quite sad to hear. You've got to make space to satisfy that creative urge. Do it. Do it now.
I would but it isn't my stuff to get rid of XD T_T and I can't find the materials that I have any more XD the tools I can find though I have lots to use XD
Wow, thats really amazing, what a find!
Man you're lucky! The only Isuzu I have ever seen was a truck! :/
And what would make me that happy is seeing any JNC where I live. ;)
What is a Piazzo? :)
DAQUAN FROM STAPLES Oh! You mean the Isuzu DeLorean xD
Damn you're lucky to have seen in of those in person.
DAQUAN FROM STAPLES they really do! ;)
Robin S We called those the "Impulse" in the States... Had the "Piazza" name came here people would probably have called it the "Pizza".
I used to have an Isuzu truck, BTW. Bulletproof little beast.
Legion of Weirdos - with Christopher Mast I know right! I know I'd call then pizza's! :)
Moving to Japan would make me about that excited lol!!! Go get that car Daniel!!! I´d like the white SAAB in the background!
Yes! Fwd turbo genius, and v8 rwd madness in close proximity.
Celicarz11 I truly wish I could.
Is it very expensive Daniel?
いすゞが嘗て、同じGM傘下のオーストラリアの自動車メーカー•ホールデンから直輸入し販売していた、その名もいすゞ•ステーツマンデビル。
車名のエグさもさることながら、全く鳴かず飛ばずで即販売を停止した幻のいすゞ車です。
しかし、似たスタイルでこの３年後に登場したC230ローレルは、時代が求めていただけありヒットする。
Wot the hell ,I have just on my way to buy a Holden HT brougham 308 aircon . i just love it.
One of the best Holdens ever, but with the 327
Never knew the statesman was so nice on the inside is that interior full jdm spec ? , also right now , riding in a 2000gt would defintitely be super awesome an exciting , love those Toyotas !
aidan young I know the cloth is different. I don't know what other changes were made for the Japanese market.
That brocade interior is something else, I wonder what the people back home in Oz would have made of that lol...
Was already a thing in the broughams....
@@brianmaclennan561 Oh, nice. Well, it was the '70s...
2:42 maybe pedantic but I am pretty sure it technically speaking did see North America, not the USA/Canada but some of the RHD Caribbean islands like Trinidad certainly got them.
Good stuff Daniel. Gooday.
Wouldn't mind a Brock VK, or any of Brock's Holdens, actually.
Stikibits For sure. Me too.
WasabiCars Not cheap these days, I'm afraid. I'd be too worried to really thrash it.
Should have bought one way back and gotten it out my system.
Stikibits My Dada said when I bought my VK Calias that it's better to buy a nice car when I was young & single, because I certainly wouldn't be able to do it later. He was very right.
WasabiCars so true...and you can't be bothered, either.
If I had Tokyo trains in Sydney, I'd never think about cars again...except like historically or sports or whatever....just pleasure, not necessity.
I finally watched this. Giddy...well I bought my current car never having looked at one close up, so I never drove one or even sat in one. As I drove it and discovered things about it...I did get giddy and I suffered from anticipation during work because I just wanted to be out driving it. Things have settled down now...but even this experience pales in comparison to meeting and getting to know and marrying Sara. Nothing compares to that...nothing.
Wuzzuper bro woooo hooooo!30k subs I nee it back in the day your channel will blow up,hope you and the fam is great,peace and much love from the bay area.
smash Thanks, man. :)
Good find mate
Seen one with a 12 a rotary go thru the scrap yard in the early 90s in chiba
We pulled some parts of it and the engine
Kiking myself now we didnt keep the whole thing
vicvary Ah, a Mazda Roadpacer no doubt. I've only ever seen them with the HJ grille, the HX's have disappeared without a trace. Do you recall which one that one had? Also, do you recall the colour?
Thank you again Daniel. I always enjoy your Wasabi car posts. This is like wasabi on a meat pie!
Stuart Poole Ooh, there's a combo.
Might have to try it one day 😀
Wow what a great find.
Defo. It really is my most favorite car I've seen here in Japan
Wow, now that's a happy boy, lol, nice looking car that's for sure.
QOTD- i'll be as happy as you in 4 weeks time when i collect our new puppy :)
keep up the good work Dan :)
funbus Thanks. :D
I read somewhere that they had a 350 Chev bolted into it but now other sources telling me that it has the Holden 308 cubic inch V8 engine in it,the car was assembled by Isuzu in Japan,
My favourite Kingswood was the HQ model, I remember my dad & I brought one home second hand in 1980,it was a metallic green wagon which had only the 202 cubic inch in line six in it but the car shone like anything in the sunlight, at 2 1/2 years of age, I could not see over the front dashboard & it was a column shift automatic front bench seat model.
It was needed because my parents had a growing family & the LC Torana was too small and clapped out at that point, it was stolen because it had the aussie GM 4 speed manual transmission which was fitted behind the 173 cubic inch six as they were a very rare & very sought after transmission by car thieves in the 1970's,the insurance companies repairer could only find a used Opel 4 speed unit to replace that one ,the Opel unit was also fitted into the Torana.
I liked the ergonomics of the HQ Holdens which were far ahead of its time in 1972 but they had to go Cadillac with its appearance in the HJ Holden so that was a bit of a backwards step in the ergonomics department I think.
I do think what GM has done in Australia is a disaster so I hope by 2021-2022 that they have the problem reversed regarding the production of Holdens,the ZB Commodore is overpriced with the latest wagon only being available with a 235 kilowatt 3.6 litre V6 engine in it for the cost of about $47,000 AUD when in the VF range a person could buy the 6.2 litre V8 SSV Commodore for about $43,000 AUD which has a 304 kilowatt power output,no one wants the liftback sedan which has the 191 kilowatt turbocharged 2 litre 4 cylinder engine in it,Opel are throwing their Insignia in the garbage in 2021 which means no more of them is going to be rebadged as the Holden Commodore,they are actually more expensive to build in Germany.
If that was a good idea in Australia I would've bolted the Nissan RB20DET engine into my VL Commodore but I went for an N/A RB30DE option instead which puts out more power than the stock RB20DET engine,many people did the RB20 swap only to be disappointed because they didn't make any allowances for lowering the diff ratio from the stock 3.45:1 ratio down to the NZ 2 litre VLs 4.11:1 ratio which the smaller 2 litre engine needs,back in 2003 I decided if I can keep the 3 litre capacity, I'll be better off,there was also an insurance loophole because the engine wasn't turbocharged & still retained the RB30 bottom end,they were reluctant to insure an RB20DET powered VL Commodore because they were classed as "heavily modified".
The stock VE-VF 3.6 litre V6 Commodore puts out more power than the new sedan at 210 kilowatts or the 3 litre V6 matches it at 190 kilowatts.
I started to like Commodores when my uncle bought a 3 year old VB Commodore in 1982 before my auntie split up with him,about 4 years later she bought a used VH Commodore with the blue 202 fitted,it felt like it had more performance than the HQ Holden as it ran the 12 port cylinder head & twin barrel carby whereas the red 202 in the HQ ran the 9 port cylinder head & single barrel Bendix-Stromberg carby,the car felt more compact although it retained the HQ's roominess inside,it was 250 kilograms lighter at 1150 kgs than the 1400kg HQ wagon which explains why the red 202 would've been a bit of a slug in the HQ compared the blue 202 in the VH.
The big improvement was when they fitted the Nissan RB30 engine in the VL,that made it a beautiful car to drive,the extra 300 or so cc's made the EFI 202 engine a bit more torquier than that engine but it was thirstier in the VK Commodore even in EFI form.
What I'm pissed off with is the fact I have a 16 year old VY SS Commodore with a non MAFless tuned LS1 engine in it including exhaust & gearing mods,it matches the performance of either the LS2 powered VZ or L76 powered VE Commodore @ 276 kilowatts of power at the flywheel (41 kilowatts over stock) ,Opel had no intentions of fitting a Chevy V8 engine into the ZB Commodore,so it has more power than any stock option available at the moment,no one is buying them even at the EOFY (end of financial year) sale so they have become the most unpopular car in Australia.
They had the 330 kilowatt twin turbocharged V6 powered option in mind but no one is even bothering with the stock N/A Commodore.
They are a cool car personally my fav is the WB statesman bc it looks much nicer
A mint condition 1983 RS-TURBO skyline would make me flip out, just the red and black two tone looks too good! haha
The Squal A car I'd love to have myself.
That's a sweet looking ride, what is the relationship between Holden and Isuzu then?
The last Isuzu I remember seeing (apart from a truck) was a Piazza Turbo about 12 years ago. Not ever seen one of those since!
will16vuk Yeah, there was a deal struck between Isuzu & GM back then. There were actually quite a few rebadged or sourced cars.
Did you ever see any of the original Holden imports to Japan? I mean the ones that were Holden badged , not badge engineered. I know they were imported in small numbers. I am of Australian origin, live in Taiwan (actually have lived here longer than in Oz and am a Taiwan citizen now). I have seen Holdens in many other Asian countries, sometimes with Holden badges (mostly in SE Asia) but I have never seen one in Taiwan even though they were once imported here and am pretty sure none are left on the roads here. I would love to have one though.
Sorry for replying so late. About 8 or 9 years ago I did see a VT Calais in Fukuoka city. Nothing older than that though. Over the years I have collected a bunch of printed material showing Holdens in Japan. How about there? Have any brochures and such?
be happy to sea a Custom Crown next to that wonderful Holden.:)
tony Wyatt Tony, do you happen to like the Kujira Coupe/hardtop? I've got a real sweet example in the archives that I could bump up the queue.
have seen a couple in UK yes a nice car.jump the queue I like.:)
man i wish these cars where sold in Canada thy really look cool
I know Hawaii had some Holdens with left hand steering, the HR is confirmed, I also know that Holden EJ was sold in Asia with left hand steering, notably in a part of Russia or some other part of Asia or middle East, it ran as taxi most of these.
The EJ was also sold in USA, I have confirmed a Ute found in a barn, and I believe that one is among the rarest and the very few left to be found today, there is no telling if there is any more of that kind of vehicle in the entire US.
It's currently undergoing resto, but maybe you can get hold of the guy, if you're stoked enough to grab hold of him.
i have hunted high and low for information about Holdens sold in Hawaii and the Continental US without any leads apart from the left hook HR that most people have already seen. Can you provide any links?
HQ Statesmans were sold in Mexico as the Chevrolet Caprice. Made in Australia in LHD & fitted with a different (mexican made) front cone which had (from memory) Vertically stacked rectangular headlights
What would make me excited is definitely buying my first car hopefully it happens soon
babas0997 Nice.
Holden also sent the Holden to Japan with no motor and they put a rotary in them and used them as a taxi not sure how many were sent
Jaysen Ballantine Oh, big fan right here! ua-cam.com/video/aDa-h3RcTkk/v-deo.html
WasabiCars thanks mate I remember that video you did now LOL.. for some reason Holden did weird things back then
Jaysen Ballantine , that was the HJ and it was called a Road Pacer
;)
Gotta love those bias ply whitewall tires!
fehquig I love everything about it. :D
What a find!!
i was in bali a few years back i seen eh ej,s still getting around in the philippines i spotted many bro v8,s
1:43 I'm not Australian but as you say.Confirmed,Dan is Red (Ford vs GM in Australia.Are you Blue or Red?,like many Ford vs GM rivalries in the world)
I feel you mate, I feel you!
The rear light clusters on those cars look the same as those on the HQ
panel vans. Surely Holden wouldn't have been that cheap with their flagship model though...
Hey? The taillights were indeed the same across the vans, utes and station wagons. :D
HG Brougham with every option in black, in showroom condition!
Hey Dan, love the Video on the Statey! I'm currently restoring a MS55 Crown to some sort of glory, would love a wasabicars sticker, how do I go about getting one?
Ps....Loving the channel!!
Cheers Matt
QOTD: I would go crazy if I was able to drive a 1st gen Honda NSX. It is my absolute dreamcar.
Niklas Neve Sørensen I hope you get one one day. :)
Seeing the old Q banger with fender mirrors is tripping me out.
+Horace P. McTitties For sure. You and me both. ;-)
do you have any videos of a second generation Nissan Violet or a Datsun Stanza as its called in Aulstralia??
WasabiCars, good for you to find this car, it is one cool looking car :). But @2:43 "Please Use Leaded Petrol" (⊙_⊙)
QOTD: It will make me very happy if I can see an AE86 in where I live.
Reduxzion Yes, leaded. I often see that and the unleaded version on old Japanese cars. It seemed a little odd to me because in Australia I don't recall there being such stickers being used across different manufacturers.
there was a really nice sounding statesman in the movie wolf creek
***** Haven't seen it. :/
Contentment: Seeing a Chrysler E39 Charger with the Hemi Straight 6 & Six-Pack Weber carburetors!
Any chance you know where there is an early 80's (80-83) Subaru Leone RX coupe? Or the safari edition?
The Subaru Leone (and almost every old car that isn't a Nissan...) hardly exist in Japan. I've been to going to car shows hardcore for 5 years. I've seen 3 Leones. ... THREE. As for the one you mention, not even one. Japan is THE WORST place for old cars. There are no parts for old cars either. Why? Because after 10 - 15 years they sell their cars to the auctions, but most get crushed.
Oh wow! There's some scandinavian metal in there too! I've never been into swedish cars. But I have to mention about the white SAAB 900 on the background! :) Seems hilarious.. How in the world has that car gotten in there?? :D Those were made in Finland as well back in the day actually! And right in my neighbourcity !!! :) hahah.. weird.
QOTD: Getting my nissan sunny coupe on the road.. no inspiration or time whatsoever :/
I have seen left hand drive HQ's and Toranas running around in the Philippines.
You have? Nice. I'd love to explore other Asian countries for old Holdens. That'd be a dream
Awesome car! no, I don't think the aus statesmans had reversing lights
+Michaelgtrxu1 They had reversing lights. They where in the rear indicators.
cool,even though i dont know a thing about holdens haha...also im pretty much excited righ now,tomorow is bigger skoda weekend meeting i go on tomorow,first one i go on each year :D
bosozokuGRED Awesome! How was the event?
very good,just like usally here,haha
Alhamdulillah allohuma soli ala Muhammad.... I have Holden torana years 1974 2850 cc.. I love Holden
Oh! nice
Your mission, should you accept it is to track down a ZH Ford Fairlane circa 1979 that was imported in to Japan by a limousine company I believe. Saw one in Osaka fresh off the boat around that time.
haha love your videos. good info good video and good presentation keep it up bro
What would make me that excited right now? A box of doughnuts. Which I can never have again because I'm a diabetic.
Oh. What's the diabetic compliant doughnut alternative?
I wish there was one. I can have a doughnut every so often, just not a box of them!
Greg Norman, not Jack Nicklaus...
Winston Khong No, it's Jack Nicklaus. Greg Norman did "When I come home, I come home to a Holden".:)
Definitely Jack Nicklaus
Jack Norman used to be in an ad promoting the VS I think Stato in '96,not sure think it was called an International,came with a set of golf clubs in the boot....my asshole boss got one when they were new.
Interesting that they never made a rotary variant.
I know lsuzu wernt into rotaries but its interesting that mazda marketed HJs with rotarties a few years later. I was a Holden employee and l saw several lsuzu Jackaroos in Aust be fitted with V6 Buick engines for testing. I got to drive one at the proving ground and it was much better then anything else being sold. Apparently the noise and vibration of the car wasnt acceptable and we got the underpowered 4 cyl instead... (oh what couldhave been)
Andrew, sorry it's taken a week to respond to your comment. So cool that you worked there! Well, perhaps it was just "work" at the time for you, but definitely cool to me. As for Isuzu's own rotary, they did start to develop, but it never made it to production of course. And, the Mazda Roadpacer! Yep, have seen a few actually. Search "WasabiCars Roadpacer", if you wanna check them out... Thanks for watching.
Holden also produced the HQ?HJ? based Mazda Roadpacer. Find one of those !
Thanks, Simon. Actually, I've found three. Here's one: ua-cam.com/video/Ljq-Byb-_0s/v-deo.html
I would love a Toyota 2000GT in my driveway. So I can totally understand where you are coming from Dan. :-)
tjbush2012ify ;-)
I have always been of the mindset : IZUZU .... NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER, DID I MENTION NEVER? JUST IN CASE NEEEEEVVVVVEEEEERRRRRRR!
Until now . That is a sharp looking car. A bit of a Cadillac,Oldsmobile, Buick love child thing going on but it looks really good .
QOTD : A BMW M3 in my driveway :) A REAL M3 NOT A PHONY M SERIES BADGE FOR THE COMMON PEOPLE. LOL
From the front it looks a little like a '71/'72 Pontiac LeMans. Then you turn it around to the tail and I'm thinking 1967 Mercury Cyclone.
What would make me feel that excited? Hmm... Does my comment have to be safe for work reading? :)
Legion of Weirdos - with Christopher Mast ;-)
The statesman is pretty much and Australian version of the Cadillac, thay came in the devile and caprice form too.
so does the isuzu statesman devill use isuzu engines
??
spike spiegel No, it used the same 308cid V8 engine that they used in Australia. I talk a bit about it toward the end of the video.
WasabiCars oh i typed that comment before i watched that part didnt hear that bit