Check out my South African Commodore!

[andrew.stofberg]

Hi guys

Here's a photo of my '83 Chevrolet Commodore 3.8L. It's got the GM 230cu. in. straight six motor and 350 Turbo Hydramatic box in the same Opel body as your Holden VB series.

[Wagon_Wheel]

Thats crazy man, got any more pics?
Interior/engine etc???
Good stuff

[VH commodore]

woah i didnt know they existed i knew bout opel commodores and reckords and stuff but not a chev commodore! i guess you learn something everyday. i wish mine had a 230ci might have a little more poke over the 202. looks clean man

[greenfoam]

More pictures please I would have thought these were by Holden since Holden have been sending cars to South Africa for a long long time. But it it's got a Chev 6 in it,well that's just weird

[andrew.stofberg]

You could get these as either manual or auto with either the 230 or the 250cu.in. motor. I read a road test of the 4.1 auto the other day, and they say that it really hauled ass!

[andrew.stofberg]

You could have these cars as Chev Rekords, with Opel 1900 or 2300 (not sure whether Chev or Opel) 4 cyl motors, as Chev Commodores with the 230 or 250 cu.in. Chev sixes or as a Chev Senator with the 250 motor and auto box. I'm sorry we didn't get the V8's! You don't perhaps know what motor the small V8 was? Was it an internally shrunk version of the 308?

[phat_com]

250Ci six!!!! that would be crazy i could have lotsa fun in one of those puppies "i just want one"

[Reaper]

250Ci six!!!! that would be crazy i could have lotsa fun in one of those puppies "i just want one"

Go buy a Falcon then. There are millions of the buggers with 250 cross flow motors. Magnificent things for moving taxi's from a to b.

Reaper

[greenfoam]

You could have these cars as Chev Rekords, with Opel 1900 or 2300 (not sure whether Chev or Opel) 4 cyl motors, as Chev Commodores with the 230 or 250 cu.in. Chev sixes or as a Chev Senator with the 250 motor and auto box. I'm sorry we didn't get the V8's! You don't perhaps know what motor the small V8 was? Was it an internally shrunk version of the 308?

The 253 is exactly the same as a 308 but has a smaller bore (pistons, I seem to remember it runs the same pistons as the 202 six) the rest of it is the same as the 308

[Jo3_Blo]

Just saw this in a google sesh at school.

Pretty cool. A 230 straight six with a turbo 350........why didn't we get these! Want one for my WB.

[Cyph3r]

Go buy a Falcon then. There are millions of the buggers with 250 cross flow motors. Magnificent things for moving taxi's from a to b.

Reaper

Ya thats about it, Who'd wanna drive a fecking ford anyway

Dood try throw up some more pics Thats sic (^_^)

[TUF UTE]

lol killer ...

[david308ci]

WHAT! I thought commodores where 100% aussie?

[Jo3_Blo]

Not entirely......

[TUF UTE]

who cares where its made ... honestly

[Kadett-Rekord]

Here on this page are more pictures of South African, German and English Commodore.
The page is only available in German, but you can use Google translate fine.

Senatorman

You can also all "siblings" of Commodore see, Monza, Senator, and Rekord.

The Commodore and the Rekord are almost identical, only the Rekord had a 6 cm shorter front and only 4-cylinder engines.

Both were in Germany from August 1977 were built.

[Jo3_Blo]

Some interesting pics there mate. Cheers.