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HSV upgrade to the VP SS.

rallystripes

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Hi,ive just bought a VP SS with the factory HSV upgrade which i have confirmed with Holden and i am interested as to what HSV actually did to these cars.

Thanks in advance.
 

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Ive tried ringing them but they couldnt tell me anything as it was 17 yrs ago.I asked them about checking my vin but as it isnt a HSV,ie GTS,Senato,etc,they couldnt help me either.
The only thing i could get out of HSV and Holden was that i is a genuine SS that had been upgraded from factory.

Maybey i should call again and maybey get a different operator that can help.

Thanks for the reply by the way.
 

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Hmm strange. It shouldn't matter about the VIN - if its HSV Enhanced, it will appear in the HSV datbase. Have you used the link yet?

My Calais was a Dec 91 build and I gave the woman my VIN and she looked it up on her computer and gave me the details and the approx number of enhanced vehicles. A few days later I received an letter that listed the enhancements.
 

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I just entered the whole vin,clicked authenticate but nothing happened????
 

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Hmm strange. It shouldn't matter about the VIN - if its HSV Enhanced, it will appear in the HSV datbase. Have you used the link yet?

My Calais was a Dec 91 build and I gave the woman my VIN and she looked it up on her computer and gave me the details and the approx number of enhanced vehicles. A few days later I received an letter that listed the enhancements.

they told me the other day it would cost me $99 to get that letter,did you sweet talk the woman or something?
 

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they told me the other day it would cost me $99 to get that letter,did you sweet talk the woman or something?

I think thats the Cert of Authenticity that goes for $99. Back in 2004 when I rang them up, it was $50.

I told her I just needed a letter with a HSV letterhead for my insurance company (which was true, I think it was Just Car at the time).

The letter basically said that the car with VIN# XXXX is listed in HSV's database as a HSV Enhanced Calais. Below the main line of the letter they also listed all the enhancements in dot point.

Good enough for me!
 
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