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[YELLAcakeu308]

ive read somewhere that most were lhd& auto.. Does that sound right?

[YELLAcakeu308]

ive read somewhere that most were lhd& auto.. Does that sound right?

[MONZA1]

Cars were sold LHD in Europe & RHD in the UK (firstly as Vauxhall Royale Coupe, then as Opel Monza). I would guess the European market would have been bigger than the UK, but haven't seen a breakdown of figures. I have been told that there were more manuals produced, but seems that more autos have survived.

[MONZA1]

do you have any pics of the interior, engine bay & boot?

Engine


Interior



(Sorry, none of boot)

[YELLAcakeu308]

wow, i have a 84 or 85 gse simmilar colour to your brock. my interior is a little darker i think. the engine bay has what seems to be a larger brake booster but no A/C.
im sort of im the process of sourcing a commodore K-frame to drop a 308 in. I have removed the 3.0L six & gearbox. does the brock have a tilt steering colum?

[MONZA1]

Brake booster/master cylinder are V8 VH/VK Commodore. Steering column is VK Commodore, so no tilt mechanism.

Colour is called Anthracite, and I would expect you have velour trim. Are they Recaro seats?

[YELLAcakeu308]

not 100% sure, il try to post some pics. does yours have a getrag or T5? im kinda hoping to either change the bellhousing of the original (6 cylinder) getrag
or try to get a getrag from a late 90s commodore 304

[MONZA1]

Gearbox is a T5G. Back then, Brock was actually the Australian Borg-Warner agent. The T5G was the only 5-speed Brock fitted to HDT V8s.

[fenz]

Bit off topic but a local guy where i live owns Brocks Red VH SS.

He bought it off Peter in about 84-85 from memory and has a personel letter from him congratulating him for buying it etc.

He also got him to sign a few things in the car when he picked it up bloody thing would have to be worth a small fortune now i would think.

[YELLAcakeu308]

this was taken after i removed the motor/ gearbox,, i was bored & wanted to know for sure they were the same stud pattern as commodore.

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[YELLAcakeu308]

Interior

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[YELLAcakeu308]

theres probally alot of silly things in this pic. if your wondering what is below the ashtray, they cassette tape storers, you push a little button & they pop open (sometimes). this would be usefull if still had my old def lepeord & AC/DC tapes.

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[YELLAcakeu308]

i wonder if i can get away without having 2 replace the steering coloum. it would be nice 2 keep the tilt steering

[YELLAcakeu308]

no but do u think i can get away with mating it up 2 a commodore rack n pinion? i post some pics

[YELLAcakeu308]

finnally found a wrecked vl with v8 k-frame.

[hanra]

But I thought Holden was Australian?

[YELLAcakeu308]

finally out

[YELLAcakeu308]

finally out

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[MONZA1]

Good to see some progress happening.