Cool

CRAIG · Post by **CRAIG** » Sun Sep 27, 15 1:32 pm

I like the look of this

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Mon Sep 28, 15 9:09 am

Yeah they are quite cool cars

just so so few about

Dave

Minty · Post by **Minty** » Thu Oct 01, 15 3:05 pm

Monster scoop

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Fri Oct 02, 15 11:36 am

Gippsland GPRS used to be demons for that kinda thing.

Think the company folded though

GJUK · Post by **GJUK** » Fri Oct 02, 15 12:52 pm

What is it?

Minty · Post by **Minty** » Sat Oct 03, 15 3:03 pm

GJUK wrote:What is it?

a VH Hardtop,a rare beast

Didnt know gippsland had folded Dave,had some speaker pods from them,took an eternity to get here but pleased with them,had a lot of family problems i believe

CLPete · Post by **CLPete** » Sat Oct 03, 15 7:33 pm

Minty wrote:
GJUK wrote:What is it?
a VH Hardtop,a rare beast

...

It's funny how things change with time though.

You see the hardtops and panel vans quite a bit these days for sale.

I'd love a basic 215 three-on-the-tree VH, J or K - try and find one of them these days!

I think that as time moves on, people tend to save the more unusual ones. The more "common" cars end up in the bin, and before you know it they are gone.

I'm partial to a Rover Commerce (the van-variant of the Rover 25) or a Bedford (early Astra) van (the early Astravan) - both cheap workhorses of their day. Finding one now though? Tough ask.

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Sat Oct 03, 15 7:52 pm

That Sir, is a stunning car!!! I love the shape and simple lines....beautiful!

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Mon Oct 05, 15 9:44 am

Minty wrote:
GJUK wrote:What is it?
a VH Hardtop,a rare beast

Didnt know gippsland had folded Dave,had some speaker pods from them,took an eternity to get here but pleased with them,had a lot of family problems i believe

well they seemed to have been o0ff and on for so long I'd assumed they'd gone this time

i'll do a bit of aussie ebay and see

Dave

latil · Post by **latil** » Mon Oct 05, 15 10:25 am

http://www.gprsmopars.com/

Car is quite nice from the front but looks like someone put to much in the trunk. Really don't like that droop to the rear.

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Mon Oct 05, 15 11:05 am

does my bum look big in this?

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Tue Nov 24, 15 8:35 pm

I like that...it reminds me of a shrunk down C body Fuselage car...early 70s Newport etc....lovely shape

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Wed Nov 25, 15 10:57 am

that was the idea with the 4 door version at least

a luxury car for diplomats, Managing directors and well to do country gents

basically a three piece suite on wheels

the 2 door as above was forced upon the Australian management by the US as a car for the young and care free people

the aussies knew the market, knew it would not be a success as the market for big huge cars was decreasing, and hence designed the charger, in isolation hidden from the US bosses, using as many panels from this as possible

the press/tooling for the bootlid on this was used with half a sheet of steel to make the charger boot lids.

charger was supposed to be a niche car

it accounted for something mental like 50% of production in the first year

mind they still only made about 45000 of them in 10 years

so you can imagine how rare the 2 door hardtop above is they only managed 3 years of them

Dave