VN VQ VG VP History Thread

[88GreenVN]

Have I got a L3 V6 or V8 Tacho

This may help some people on working out what tacho you have in your L3 cluster.

[88GreenVN]

Here is a very nice VN Group A racer

[bj42turbo]

Rounded wheel arch . *tries to picture it in sedan form*


This thread just has too much win!

I remember in the early 90's when I first owned a VN.
There was an article in one of the car mags about a company that was converting square arches to round.
How things change I love the look of the square arch kinda unique now.

Dazz

[88GreenVN]

I remember in the early 90's when I first owned a VN.
There was an article in one of the car mags about a company that was converting square arches to round.
How things change I love the look of the square arch kinda unique now.

Dazz

LOL fancy doing that to a VN

[Shearer]

I remember seeing an old Commodore mag with a white VN Calais with a rounded wheel arch.... doesn't seen to look right, almost bland dare I say..

[88GreenVN]

I remember seeing an old Commodore mag with a white VN Calais with a rounded wheel arch.... doesn't seen to look right, almost bland dare I say..

They were grtting converted because some people liked the round arch.

I'll stick with the sqaure arches - one of the VN's good bits

[ScoHar]

theres a fairly riced up VP Clubsport here in NZ with rounded arches, even talks it up hard saying how extra cool it is that it has rounded arches.

Anyways check out the formula holden thread I've put some pictures up from an old mag I found but can't figure out to put them in this thread too.

[88GreenVN]

May have some news on the very first VN produced. So we shall see if the L273550 tag number is the first production VN built in Feb 1988 or if there is something earlier in the time line.

Hope to find out this week.................

[Shearer]

Bring it on......

[ScoHar]

Heres the Pages I had on the formula Holden V6's


http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/...s-page0001.jpg

http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/...s-page0002.jpg

http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/...s-page0003.jpg

http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/...s-page0004.jpg

http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/...s-page0005.jpg

http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/...s-page0006.jpg

http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/...s-page0007.jpg

[Astranomical]

May have some news on the very first VN produced. So we shall see if the L273550 tag number is the first production VN built in Feb 1988 or if there is something earlier in the time line.

Hope to find out this week.................

Very nice...is it still on the road?

[88GreenVN]

Well here may well be the first full production run VN L292657 6 June 1988

[88GreenVN]

Update: The first customer car VN has 2 dates, issue date 6/6/88 and the sale date 17/6/88.

The Sale Date is the date that matches up to all the other serial number/date combo's I have

[STEALTHY™]

The date is different on every car.

My car has 01/04/93 on the plate, but holdens records list 04/04/93. The 2nd date is the sale date (obviously my car got off the floor alot quicker)

[88GreenVN]

The date is different on every car.

My car has 01/04/93 on the plate, but holdens records list 04/04/93. The 2nd date is the sale date (obviously my car got off the floor alot quicker)

The strut assembly date will match the VIN date on the VP's

On the VN's the issue date looks to be the date that Holdens put the car into the production schedule. The sale date looks to be the "estimate" date the car is finished and ready for sale.

[Renno]

Bumpage.....Just because this thread is full of WIN!!!

Before this thread was lost within the forum I thought Id see if anyone has the other 6 pages of the XX8 option upgrade.

Here is a nice XX8 VN update doc. (March 1990)

The wiring harness changes: (some introduced to production Oct 89.)

new fuse circuit grouping
headlamp fusible link rating up from 30 to 40 amp
a 30 amp engine fusible link replaced 2 links
to clear engine codes past L383309 remove engine fusible link for 10 seconds
engine cooling fan fusible link up from 25 to 30 amp
reduced harness lenght to wiper and headlamp switches
addition of PVC covers to battery and main harness connector
light over ignition lock
main wiring harness connector revised

For the Calais
mongoose anti-theft provision
power antenna loom deleted
revised MWH to body connector

licence plate lamp leads included in the body harness
auto tranny loom update
relocation of a few wires to the battery harness
ECC service info in VQ series service manual

[88GreenVN]

Just add that the engine numbers for the VN start at VH1000001.

Was said to be 1000 but I have no VH1000010.

[88GreenVN]

Here is a graph of the early pre production engine numbers (said to be 5,000 made).

So as the stock of engines were used, the mixed up engine numbers at the start of production smooth out by October 1988. From October 88 the engine numbers and serial numbers track true to each other.

So early VN can have an engine number as high as 5000 or as low as 22. A VN with a serial number of L300000 can have a very low engine number or as high as 5000.

The points on the graph between the yellow and the blue are car/engine combo's that I have recorded over the past few years. So the yellow dot directly above the blue dot is the car serial number and engine number.

[Renno]

Thought id add these images.

Took them on the weekend while visiting Mildura and a local car show was on. HSV SV90...Convertible? lol

[padrickz88]

WOW that is beautiful!

[88GreenVN]

Dont let Morton see it - or OFF will come his roof

[88GreenVN]

Also note the front seats lean in too - so it has bent mount braket on the inside rail of both front seats.

[88GreenVN]

Here is the latest find - an early mockup of a red SV5000

[Shearer]

Wow... I've seen the pictures many times in Black and White.. didn't know it was Red

[88GreenVN]

Wow... I've seen the pictures many times in Black and White.. didn't know it was Red

I now have original prints - big buggers. I can scan any size you want/can receive via email