Faults:

Had a bit of rust in the top of the front left door. I had to cut this out, patch it up then repaint it. It took a bit of effort, but well worth it.

General Comments:

The HR is the best model of holden I have ever driven. When I got the car it had the original engine and powerglide trans. The height of the car was standard and had a heap of body roll. It was too slow for me. So what I decided to do was upgrade the engine first, so I put in a 202 cubic inch blue motor, but this didn't make much of a difference, so I put in a Chev 350 cubic inch and then rebuilt the powerglide and changed the old column shifter and put it on the floor, topped with a B & M Pro Rachet shifter. The engine is topped with a 850 Holley. The body roll was a problem so I dropped the car on its guts, approximately 4 inches. From there I replaced the original mags with Drag way Indy's, 13 x 10 inches on the back and 13 x 8 inches on the front and outfitted them with Yokohama performance tyres. The original interior was kept as it was in perfect condition, red leather. Once the rust was cut out I resprayed the car in the original colour of 2 pack white. All the badges have perfect chrome and all panels are extremely straight. So overall the car still looks like an original, but under the bonnet its far from it. A seriously tough street machine.

Faults:

Motor is fairly worked so its had a couple litle problems, Lifter, HeadGasket, couple of diffs and axles. crank, cam, head, induction (450 Holley), extractors.

General Comments:

Kills v6 commodores. Gearbox converted to a supra 5 speed. handling is a bit hard 205/60R13 Front and 225/60r13. pedders lowered springs in the front and 2inch lowering blocks in the rear.

Faults:

Auto transmission finally gave up the ghost 3 years after I ran it dry!

Window winder broke in 1996!

Doors going a bit rusty.

Very little else.

Has been more reliable than new/modern cars I have owned.

General Comments:

Great old car.

Lots of personality.

Reliable as hell.

Very quick off the lights.

Lots of body roll - fun with the bench seat!

Steers like a barge!

Faults:

The engine mountings broke whilst doing donuts and sent the fan through the radiator.

Slips out of 3rd gear at high speed cruising.

General Comments:

Been in the family since new.

I've taken it places my friend can't get his Landrover through!

More comfy than my HZ ute.

Faults:

Just some oil leaks.

Engine mount cracked, I had to replace it.

A little bit of rust.

General Comments:

The car is very powerful, it puts out 114 brake horsepower and smokes it up very nice.

The interior is very comfortable, however the seats need to be reapolstered.

Faults:

Brake booster failed - replaced easily.

One headlight failed - both replaced.

General Comments:

The HR Premier is a fabulous car - unkillable and a pleasure to drive.

I've taken it to Sydney and Sale with no trouble at all.

I love the Premier bucket seats (very comfy) and the quarter-vent windows.

The Powerglide 2-speed auto transmission is a constant surprise ...to other drivers - it takes off like a bat out of hell.

Faults:

At 32000 miles the axle came out going around a corner too fast, the result was the car spinning out hitting a guard rail in the rear corner of the car..

Damage cost around $1200.

General Comments:

The car has been modified, 5 speed gear box out of a Toyota, 202cu motor, heavy duty suspension, the car corners very well. It's a very quick HR, I've owned it for over 18 years, it was my first car and have done over 100 thousand miles in it.. Externally the car looks original, terquise with a white roof.. 6in rims and hubcaps..