So was the "new" 1978 Commodore just an Opel in disguise?

[VS 5.0]

This user only had 3 messages, are you sure about that or did you mention the wrong member?

Perhaps he is referring to @SL/ENUT

 

[Fu Manchu]

This user only had 3 messages, are you sure about that or did you mention the wrong member?

Na. He’s an imposter. In Street Commodores days (early 2000’s) Mick (aka Commodorenut) seemed to have every factory workshop manual from every commodore uploaded to his brain. Had a knack for mixing and matching harnesses across various models. He was/is the guru of Commodores.

I have never known anyone to know what he did.

 

[Smitty]

Can it include the alternative front they had in the form of the VA?

Holden had a twin headlight version in case the new headlights were not to the liking of the Australian public. ...

true...!
I saw it, hated it!
even WHEELS mag got a photo of the VA, but NOT to be published until after VB came out

 

[Commo64]

Apparently they were going to facelift the Kingswood though this was dropped in favour of a completely new platform... That picture of the twin headlight concept provided earlier looks hideous!

 

[Smitty]

Maybe someone wants to do a proper thread about the history/development of the VB Commodore so it's on the forum for all eternity?

...
bit of mission impossible that!
lots happened .. engineering/body/design wise. It is very hard taking an existing model (LHD too) and engineering it/making
changes for another environment (in RHD) with a VERY different drive train*.

I saw a fair bit but not all of what actually happened to get VB out to the public
plus
things continued to change after its release ....

we had published recalls on tie rod ends (TRW got the manufacture wrong) and other 'fixes' NOT published like
the fix for the Harrison HVAC air con with the drain hole in the wrong place (no, condensate does NOT flow uphill) ....
and
the PBR brake failure issue. the seals in the new master cylinder on 4 wheel disk brake models didn't .. seal in emergency brake situations
they reversed themselves !

Even the floor cracking issue did not really rear its head until VC ....


*many are not aware that the whole rear floor/chassis rails/boot floor got changed because of this. You could not fit a large Holden
sized V8 Salisbury under the original Opel floor without it hitting at full compression. Solution? make the floor hump bigger but...
that affects a lot of other things as you can imagine

 

[Martbar]

I wish I could find a picture I had of a Commodore compliance plate...It was a VD Commodore....

Didn't the Adayer Sportif have twin headlights at the front?

Hey mate, your V.D Commodore compliance plate. We used to tell
jokes about this in the Holden Club. I'm assuming that it was a VC and in the stamping of the compliance plate the C looked more like a D? Cheers.

 

[Smitty]

Hey mate, your V.D Commodore compliance plate. We used to tell
jokes about this in the Holden Club. I'm assuming that it was a VC and in the stamping of the compliance plate the C looked more like a D? Cheers.

aggh... No! I have a mate with a quite clearly stamped VD plate on an actual VC 8VK69 'L' sedan
Pagewood build (not long before they shutdown... I have always wondered if some smarty up there wanted to be remembered )

 

[Martbar]

Mate you could have a lot of fun with that. What are you driving mate? I've got a VD Commodore.
Geez you'd better book it into a specialist repairer and get it sorted.
You didn't park it beside mine did you, supposedly it's highly contagious,
It costs heaps to get my VD Commodore serviced because they have to use specialized equipment. Ha ha

 

[vc commodore]

Hey mate, your V.D Commodore compliance plate. We used to tell
jokes about this in the Holden Club. I'm assuming that it was a VC and in the stamping of the compliance plate the C looked more like a D? Cheers.

Honestly that plate I saw on ebay or something similar over 15 years ago and saved it.....It definately was a D....

And yes I'd hate to have that model car