1983 Holden Commodore VH SL/E 3.3 petrol from Australia and New Zealand

Summary:

Best commodore ever made I love it

Faults:

Starter motor, replaced it.

Thermostat housing, replaced it.

Ignition column, the starter wouldn't engage, I wired it for button start.

The standard carburetor auto choke was rubbish, replaced Cary with a 425 Holley with a red line 2 torquer manifold ported and polished.

Had a small amount of rust on the passenger side door, fixed.

General Comments:

I bought this car for $700 and I will never sell it this is my favorite model car.

This car is immaculate apart from the rust.

It came with the reconditioned motor only done 35,000 it's extremely fast with the induction modifications, outruns the new v6 motors.

It came with side-skirts and a spoiler.

It came with 14 inch 3 spoke mags.

It came with new brakes, wheel bearings, power steering unit, tires are new 215's.

It came with a mo-mo sports steering wheel.

The interior is immaculate also.

There is nothing wrong with it, nothing even small.

I am still trying to figure out why the guy sold it. Especially so cheap.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 17th September, 2003

1983 Holden Commodore VH SL/X 3.3 petrol from Australia and New Zealand

Summary:

Biggest bargain on earth, cost me $700 and it's basically flawless

Faults:

The car leaked water, easily fixed.

Thermostat was jammed, removed it.

Starter motor warn, replaced.

General Comments:

This is one awesome car I intend to do up and keep forever.

The 202 has tonnes of power since I chucked on the ported torquer manifold and Holley 425 2 barrel I outrun vt's now.

The interior looks and feels great.

The exterior looks awesome and the back end is SL/E with a spoiler and the car has side skirts.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 17th September, 2003

1983 Holden Commodore SL 202 petrol from Australia and New Zealand

Summary:

Fantastic for a 20 year old car

Faults:

Air Conditioning switch needed replacing

Blower Motor for the heater/air conditioning replaced

Distributor drive gear needed replacement due to wear

Both front struts wore out

Head Gasket replaced at 279000 kilometres

Gearbox wear (main reason for selling the car)

General Comments:

Overall, a great car for its age and extremelely reliable for most of the time I had it. Took me on many long trips without missing a beat the whole way. A credit to GMH. My only compliant with it was that it was heavy on fuel (even on the highway, where I would be lucky to get 450km out of a tank)

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 8th May, 2003

1983 Holden Commodore VH Sl 2.85L from Australia and New Zealand

Summary:

A cheap, fantastic, dream machine

Faults:

I bought the car for $375 through the trading post. It had a bit of rust, which has been filled in with bog and painted and needed new tiers and that's all the was wrong with it.

General Comments:

This car is fantastic. Get it on the highway and it sits on 130kmph anywhere. Great power, handles like a dream for a big car and just keeps going. I am getting about 9L per 100Km on the tank and just love the car. It quite happily pulls a 1 tonne boat and I will never sell this car.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 26th November, 2002

1983 Holden Commodore VH 173c.i. 6 cylinder from Australia and New Zealand

Summary:

It is the H! Enough words said!

Faults:

Alternator seized, probably because the fan belt was adjusted too tight!

General Comments:

It is the first car I have owned, but I'd consider it as one of the best I will own.

Since purchase, I have fitted a sports exhaust, CD stacker, mags, SL/E tail lights, chrome engine parts, VK mirrors and indicators, sports steering wheel, gear knob and pedals.

It also has been lowered just past legal limit.

It goes quite fast considering all it has is a race cam, exhaust and high compression head.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 12th November, 2002

19th Nov 2003, 19:08

Gday I have a VH wagon with 2.85 L six cylinder in it. How much did the racing cam cost you? where did you get it from?

Are you happy with the 2.85 litre engine? do you know whether you can stick a 202 head onto this engine?

1983 Holden Commodore VH 253 from Australia and New Zealand

Summary:

Buy a real car, not a rusted hunk of junk

Faults:

Everything.From ball joints to gearbox to engine.

You name it's gone wrong.

General Comments:

Bad on fuel, ugly appearance, disgraceful handling. All round disgusting.

I now own a Mitsubishi Cordia GSR Turbo, and to everyone who owns a commodore..."buy a cordia"...you won't regret it. Powerful car with excellent handling and a brilliant appearance.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No

Review Date: 4th August, 2002