Kiwi Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Holden produced a very limited edition 'Murph' series of Holden HSV Commodores with the imput of Kiwi racing driver Greg Murphy. This car is a hard driven and seriously fast 6-speed manual car, tuned to over 400kw, and about to undergo some fairly radical changes including sequential gearbox with launch control, LSX motor and a huge supercharger! Yehaa:burnout: Although very well looked after, the paint had suffered the usual scratching over years of washing and care turning the cars colour into a scratchy grey. Rectification was pretty streightforward: De-Wax Clay Severe Swirl Remover & Flex Polisher on 5 Swirl remover & Flex Polisher on 5 Fine Machine Polish & Flex Polisher on 5 Brilliant Glaze Americana x 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudiOx Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Smokin'! Nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laguna Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Holy crap I want this car. Ship 1 to America for me please!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryPolska Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Holy crap I want this car. Ship 1 to America for me please!! Make it 2 ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 That is cool Alan! The paint is PBM isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sizzle Chest Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Killer car! Another great job! Man, you guys have some cool machinery over there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osok Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Make it 2 ^ 3 please:hi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slow Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Sweeeeeeeet! What's a Holden??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share Posted September 19, 2011 Sweeeeeeeet! What's a Holden??? Holden is a division of General Motors and one of Australias biggest car makers, the Pontiac G8's you get in the States are in fact built by Holden in Australia, they come fitted with 3.6 V6 with superchargers and with the 6.3 LS3 from the Corvette, plus Station Wagon and Pickup versions. HSV is Holden Special Vehicles who build the modified versions, there is a Ford equivalent, the Australian Falcon which is available with Turbo inlne 6 and the new Supercharged Coyote 5.0 V8:burnout: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRZN Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Sweet! Holden huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAYBEN Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 looks good! Holden is a division of General Motors and one of Australias biggest car makers, the Pontiac G8's you get in the States are in fact built by Holden in Australia, they come fitted with 3.6 V6 with superchargers and with the 6.3 LS3 from the Corvette, plus Station Wagon and Pickup versions. HSV is Holden Special Vehicles who build the modified versions, there is a Ford equivalent, the Australian Falcon which is available with Turbo inlne 6 and the new Supercharged Coyote 5.0 V8:burnout: FYI, He knows who Holden is.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diggerdan11 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 After seeing that car I have decided i need to move to NZ or AU, the cars are so much cooler down under:banana: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Gorgeous work Alan!! I gotta say - WHY ON EARTH DO THEY NOT SELL HOLDEN IN THE US!?!?!?!?!?! I'd wait in line to buy one if they'd convert for sale in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Nice! Looks somewhat familiar... lol We never get the cool cars here... Boo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug123 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Nice work! - when I saw the process you were going to use, I though "THIS one is gonna shine big time" (even before seeing the photos) and, true enough, it does! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slow Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Gorgeous work Alan!! I gotta say - WHY ON EARTH DO THEY NOT SELL HOLDEN IN THE US!?!?!?!?!?! I'd wait in line to buy one if they'd convert for sale in the US. Hey Dylan, I'll sell you mine. I'm sure we can work out a fair price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GXPaycheck Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Nice job and a very nice ride! Holdens rule! You need to post those pics over on Grrrr8.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric@thompsonracing.us Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 My brother used to live in Australia, loved the Holdens, back when the Monaro was out. Essentially our latest GTO. Is it a new gearbox or just a sequential shifter? I had a dogbox w/ sequential shifter in my VW. I miss being able to mash the trottle and just pull back on the lever! That's a sick car you got to work on, keep us posted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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