I had one of these when I lived in Australia in 1999. Best car I've ever had. A majestic beast of a machine. Could cruise in comfort, or drag race a hoon on the Gold Coast strip, as the occasion demanded. Happy memories.
My old man had '72 deville. It was a fantastic car all round. Responsive, could cruise at 170kph (legal then) had full instrumentation from the factory. Michelin XAS tyres transformed the car in '74. Got my licence in '75 and was given the car to drive on the night of my 17th birthday when I got my licence. Things were different back then, even the odd burnout wasn't frowned upon too much.
The best looking Statesman I’ve ever seen was a WB with the HQ front clip. Everything leaning forward on the M4 in Sydney many years ago. Just a matt black dog of a thing, but jeeze it looked like it was how it was meant to look. Always loved the wheel base on these things, so easy to control in a slide.
Yep seatbelts certainly not introduced on the Holden. Have had several S Class fintail and flat tail Mercs and a '62 Humber Super Snipe and '69 Jaguar all with seatbelts from new. Agree on Volvo as well. Have a '73 Statesman. Cool car
@ Professor Pat Pending. And a striped down 253 2bbl andTrimatic base model for Ministerial Duty, which contined on all the HJ, HX, HZs untill the WB in 4bbl 4.2 form. The 350 was an HQ option only with Turbo Hydramatic 3 speed, removed after ADR 27 came in.
@@beagle7622 no. The 350ci engine option came with a three speed turbo-hydromatic automatic transmission. The lower engines had the tri-matic automatic transmission. Powerglides were phased out prior to the HQ Holden range being released. Tri-matic automatic transmissions were introduced with the HG series Holden's. Not sure what transmission the HG series Monaro GTS350 had as an option. Could've still been a powerglide transmission.
@@BlairSauer When did the Turbo Hydramatic get introduced. I know they were mated to the 308 engines on Statesman’s , Holdens & Commodore SLE’s. Initially the THM 400 ,that was replaced by the THM 350 in 1979 I believe.
@@beagle7622 the turbo hydramatic transmission was released with the HQ Holden. THM was paired with the 350ci engine option which was available with the GTS Monaro coupe and statesman Deville. Not sure if the LS version of the Monaro coupe had that option available as well. Don't know if the four door GTS got that option either. The 350ci engine was discontinued with the release of the HJ series. Turbo-hydromatic continued on and was paired with the 308ci engine option. Manual transmission was standard with the 350ci engine option only on Monaro GTS. Also manual transmission was standard with the 308 option on all models except statesman series. Tri-matic automatic transmission in the HJ series was available with all models with the 2850cc six and the 3300cc six and the 4.2 litre V8 engines. Manual transmissions were standard equipment on each of those engines. Both sixes had the three speed manual column shift transmission as standard. Aussie four speed manual transmission was optional on both sixes and was standard with the 4.2 litre V8 and the 5.0 litre V8 engines with the exception of statesman series and premier as well as Monaro LS coupe I think.
Safety should *never* be optional to be *added-on* to a car as an afterthought, but should come standard, *built-in* to the car. And not because of some govt. regulations requiring certain safety features to be built into a vehicle.
First car in the world to have seatbelts fitted as standard and neck rest fitted as standard. Even though the handling ws not great this Australian car lead the world in secondary safety.
You could argue that the ZF Fairlane was just a Falcon. One thing is for sure though the HQ Stateman looked a whole world away from a HQ Kingswood while the ZF Fairlane was very hard to pick from an XA Falcon. Fairlane's always looked different from Falcon's up to the ZD but the ZF blurred the lines and it was up to the ZH Fairlane to make them look really different from Falcons.
@@simonf8902 Yes it was for sure. The Fairlane hit the ground running in 1967 and built up a huge momentum that caught GMH and Chrysler off gaurd in trying to respond. Their first attempts were pretty ordinary but by 1971 they had gotten their act together. All too late, the Fairlane was well and truly established as top dog by then though. However that is not to say that the Statesman (or Chrysler) were not good cars that were the equal of the Fairlane in many areas and better in others.
Are the Qeee no pollution emission control coil springs and half inch and nine sixteen spanner is about all you will need Set for life Bring em back Please.
I had one of these when I lived in Australia in 1999. Best car I've ever had. A majestic beast of a machine. Could cruise in comfort, or drag race a hoon on the Gold Coast strip, as the occasion demanded. Happy memories.
My old man had '72 deville. It was a fantastic car all round. Responsive, could cruise at 170kph (legal then) had full instrumentation from the factory. Michelin XAS tyres transformed the car in '74. Got my licence in '75 and was given the car to drive on the night of my 17th birthday when I got my licence. Things were different back then, even the odd burnout wasn't frowned upon too much.
The best looking Statesman I’ve ever seen was a WB with the HQ front clip. Everything leaning forward on the M4 in Sydney many years ago. Just a matt black dog of a thing, but jeeze it looked like it was how it was meant to look.
Always loved the wheel base on these things, so easy to control in a slide.
Great looking car. Early memories in dad's one in the 70's. Very classy back then!
as a kid, I enjoyed going for the occasional cruise in one of these special cars!
I had a second hand one in 1984... 308 four barrel Vvvvrrroooommmmm
Thanks GMHNUT, I enjoyed that.
Yep seatbelts certainly not introduced on the Holden. Have had several S Class fintail and flat tail Mercs and a '62 Humber Super Snipe and '69 Jaguar all with seatbelts from new. Agree on Volvo as well. Have a '73 Statesman. Cool car
Had a 72 De Ville in the 1980s. 308 Trimatic console shift. Should have kept it.
The early production Statesman DeVille came with the choice of the 350 c.i. V8.
I forgot about that, Powerglide transmission too?
@ Professor Pat Pending. And a striped down 253 2bbl andTrimatic base model for Ministerial Duty, which contined on all the HJ, HX, HZs untill the WB in 4bbl 4.2 form. The 350 was an HQ option only with Turbo Hydramatic 3 speed, removed after ADR 27 came in.
@@beagle7622 no. The 350ci engine option came with a three speed turbo-hydromatic automatic transmission. The lower engines had the tri-matic automatic transmission. Powerglides were phased out prior to the HQ Holden range being released. Tri-matic automatic transmissions were introduced with the HG series Holden's. Not sure what transmission the HG series Monaro GTS350 had as an option. Could've still been a powerglide transmission.
@@BlairSauer When did the Turbo Hydramatic get introduced. I know they were mated to the 308 engines on Statesman’s , Holdens & Commodore SLE’s. Initially the THM 400 ,that was replaced by the THM 350 in 1979 I believe.
@@beagle7622 the turbo hydramatic transmission was released with the HQ Holden. THM was paired with the 350ci engine option which was available with the GTS Monaro coupe and statesman Deville. Not sure if the LS version of the Monaro coupe had that option available as well. Don't know if the four door GTS got that option either. The 350ci engine was discontinued with the release of the HJ series. Turbo-hydromatic continued on and was paired with the 308ci engine option. Manual transmission was standard with the 350ci engine option only on Monaro GTS. Also manual transmission was standard with the 308 option on all models except statesman series. Tri-matic automatic transmission in the HJ series was available with all models with the 2850cc six and the 3300cc six and the 4.2 litre V8 engines. Manual transmissions were standard equipment on each of those engines. Both sixes had the three speed manual column shift transmission as standard. Aussie four speed manual transmission was optional on both sixes and was standard with the 4.2 litre V8 and the 5.0 litre V8 engines with the exception of statesman series and premier as well as Monaro LS coupe I think.
Being able to slow down safely even after a tyre blows out, is an important safety feature.
IMHO, the HQ Statesman was the best looking car of the Statesman series, until the WB Statesman.
I know looks are a personal thing, and you are right. The WB looked just great, but I reckon the HJ Caprice was out on its own as far as looks go.
Never could completely compete with the Ford Fairlane.
And yet the lwb Holden's outlived the Fairlanes by a decade
Safety should *never* be optional to be *added-on* to a car as an afterthought, but should come standard, *built-in* to the car. And not because of some govt. regulations requiring certain safety features to be built into a vehicle.
First car in the world to have seatbelts fitted as standard and neck rest fitted as standard. Even though the handling ws not great this Australian car lead the world in secondary safety.
This is still a better car than the cheap shit imported shit boxes that we have in Australia now . What great cars we made once.
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2.31-2.36 👍
Haha lol I have one and have bought her back 2 life
not too shure where you got you're information from but volvo and Saab were fitting seatbelts as standard by the late 50s.
It’s just a Kingswood. The Fairlane killed it.
And the Fairlane was just an elongated Falcon
You could argue that the ZF Fairlane was just a Falcon. One thing is for sure though the HQ Stateman looked a whole world away from a HQ Kingswood while the ZF Fairlane was very hard to pick from an XA Falcon. Fairlane's always looked different from Falcon's up to the ZD but the ZF blurred the lines and it was up to the ZH Fairlane to make them look really different from Falcons.
@@area51isreal71 ok. But the sales speak for themselves. The Fairlane was the sales leader for many years.
@@simonf8902 Yes it was for sure. The Fairlane hit the ground running in 1967 and built up a huge momentum that caught GMH and Chrysler off gaurd in trying to respond. Their first attempts were pretty ordinary but by 1971 they had gotten their act together. All too late, the Fairlane was well and truly established as top dog by then though. However that is not to say that the Statesman (or Chrysler) were not good cars that were the equal of the Fairlane in many areas and better in others.
They were days....drink and drive, drive whilst drinking, and pulling some nasty burnouts without too much concern from cops. 350 V8 was pick.
Are the Qeee no pollution emission control coil springs and half inch and nine sixteen spanner is about all you will need Set for life Bring em back Please.
veddy good to have a cargo baddier and a padded steeeding WHeel. whats with the accent, jesus.
not too shure where you got you're information from but volvo and Saab were fitting seatbelts as standard by the late 50s.