Check out my South African Commodore!

andrew.stofberg · #1 17-09-2007, 11:25 PM

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 · #2 18-09-2007, 12:20 PM

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

VH commodore · #3 19-09-2007, 09:08 PM

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 · #4 19-09-2007, 09:13 PM

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 · #5 25-09-2007, 05:04 PM

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 · #6 25-09-2007, 05:30 PM

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 · #7 02-10-2007, 05:11 PM

250Ci six!!!! that would be crazy

i could have lotsa fun in one of those puppies

"i just want one

"

Reaper · #8 02-10-2007, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by phat_com

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 · #9 02-10-2007, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by 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?

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