The SL/E Fanatic, 2 SL/Es owner.

[SL/ENUT]

Hi all. I did have a thread on here before but, there was a stuff up, so, here is another go at this.

First SL/E, the rare one
VB SL/E, commonly called a "308" pack.
Sandlewood Beige Metallic paint
Buckskin "crushed" velour and vinyl interior
Red 308/5 litre V8
M21 4 Speed manual, Australian design and built
3.08:1 Heavy duty Salisbury diff.

It does have aftermarket wheels, Auscar Thunder Spoke rims i think.
Gabrial shocks and Lovell heavy duty "blue" springs.
Some piccys of the beast


Has low ks

Very clean velour headlining

Interior lights

And last, headlight wiper action


The other SL/E, 2T0NE
VC SL/E, a "330" pack, the base SL/E
Factory Aztec Silver, has a blue/grey top half
Carmine velour interior, faded on the seats
Blue 202/3.3 Litre inline 6
3 speed Trimatic gearbox
2.78:1 open centre 6 banger diff.

Has some stuff thats no longer factory. But, it does have the standard VB/VC SL/E alloy wheels. This will be a project of mine, it will be ages before i start on it however!.
Piccys.




Enjoy you SL/E fans.

[88GreenVN]

AARRRH yes some lovely looking VB/VC's SL/E's My dream car when I was 14 - 15 yo.

Not many made and even less on the road in good nic. Great project car indeed.

[JD]

i shouldn't of sold my sle

[shanhsv]

Im impressed.Wish mine had the 4 speed manual in it

[SL/ENUT]

Oh, i should of pointed out, that there is 100 VB SL/E 308/M21 factory Commodores built, 50 with the 2.60:1 diff and another 50 with 3.08:1 diff. So, the factory 308/M21 VB SL/Es are getting thin on ground.
Other things on the VB SL/E i might ad here.
1. The diff has been replaced, due to the old one snapping the pinion shaft inside the LSD.
2. The power steering has just been changed over. It still had the original 1979 one in it!.

One day, the VB will get a resto.

[shanhsv]

And that VB will be worth a fortune.It'll be nice if they follow the likes of the old Monaro's which are worth a pretty penny

[180sc]

it would be nice but i highly doubt they ever will but who knows in another 50 years maybe.

[SL/ENUT]

I have seen a nice, clean, rust free VB SL/E 310 pack sell for $10000 just a while ago. If it was manual, the insurance said to me, $15000 wouldn't be bad, $20000 for a low K, everything is original one.

[180sc]

10-20k is reasonable though but when you talk in the range of the old monaros there are in the hundreds of thousands. maybe in 30+ years will they get pretty high but it would need to be something as rare as yours.

[shanhsv]

i bought mine(VB) for $1000 as it is now about a year ago.
it will cost another 5-7k to bring it back to factory which will take up to 3 years once i do start fixing up the parts that cost the most.So far new paint job will be the worst at about 3k,unless its a full respray which will cost much more.After that i will to put it in shows and hopefully win an award or 2.By then 10 years should have passed making it a 40yo off the showroom condition car.Maybe most of the commodores buit before mine (all 5048 of them) would be gone making mine closer to being the oldest around.

[180sc]

keep it in good nick it will grow in value thats for sure. sl/enut's vb will be worth more than the average due to what it is, it is in good nick now and i am envious, i love the buckskin trim its way better than green( i hate green which is only thing i hate about mine) but i have to say green is better then red.

i have a question for u too sl/enut, did the vb sl/e's come out with a 6 or where they 253 as standard.

[SL/ENUT]

The base VB SL/E all had 253 standard.

[shanhsv]

I thought the 6 was an option,must of been the later VC's and VH's that had it

[SL/ENUT]

In the 80s, there was a "302" pack, a 202 powered VB SL/E. I have only seen one in my life so far, and thats gone for good.
But, due to a slight increase in power/torque and fuel economy, Holden made the VC and VH SL/E 202 standard, 253 and 308 optional.

[hsvplus6]

nice cars mate just sold an sle today and this has made me miss it already

[SL/ENUT]

Been ages since i've said anything here.

Sold them both! Nah , just joking

The VC SL/E, haven't really touched it. Needs the ignition barrel/honey pot replaced, the key part won't move. Common thing i've been told

The VB SL/E, lots here. Got some X cast heads, edelbrock performer manifold. Had a blown headgasket so replaced them with these. Made a huge difference!. Had to get a new muffler, old one broke. God sounded tough before got a new one, new tip on the end too. I decided to really detail the interior, the carpets were POS so got new beige colour. Still doing a bit of the interior.

[Calaber]

Oh, i should of pointed out, that there is 100 VB SL/E 308/M21 factory Commodores built, 50 with the 2.60:1 diff and another 50 with 3.08:1 diff. So, the factory 308/M21 VB SL/Es are getting thin on ground.
Other things on the VB SL/E i might ad here.
1. The diff has been replaced, due to the old one snapping the pinion shaft inside the LSD.
2. The power steering has just been changed over. It still had the original 1979 one in it!.

One day, the VB will get a resto.

Old thread, I realise but you revived it so I guess it's ok to respond to an old post.

I didn't realise so few 308 manual VB SL/E's were made. One of my mates bought one brand new in late 1978. He ordered it from Inder Motors at Balgowlah. It was the pale metallic blue with blue velour trim. Just after he got it, he drove from Sydney to Perth and return. I remember him raving about the low fuel consumption but I can't remember what it was. Somewhere around the high 20's (miles per gallon in those days), which was good for a carby'd 308.

[SL/ENUT]

Some recent pics to enjoy.
Freshly cleaned vinyl door trims

Cleaned up seat

Cracked floor, common in the early girls, mostly drivers side

Ready for new carpet

The rear end shot

I've repainted the following bits, name badge first



308 power plant

New beige carpet

Rare part, manual gearbox.

[DANNY8]

She's comin up pretty nice mate!

[old mate]

you dont have a spare vb sl/e grille do you?? haha.

[SL/ENUT]

The spare is on the car, the old one to far gone. Have to have a looksy around and see what i can get. Might, just might have to get a standard VB grille done.

[DANNY8]

Wat's the difference between VB and VB SLE grills?

[SL/ENUT]

VB Grille, just grey in colour really. VB SL and SL/Es, black with chrome lines in it. Last time for sale, $1000

[mr j-man]

2 nice clean cars mate good on ya!

[SL/ENUT]

Just a small vid clip of the gold SL/E. Waste of time viding the other one, missing lots of parts etc.