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when they still only hoped to have a cheap, reliable V8 that would be seen by the public as better than a 6, to someday sell in a future car.

Yes there is. The title is what the VB IMPROVED upon before the VB, way before in 1965 Holden built that 308 in 1965 and made incremental improvements to it and learned from it and that informed their VB choices. The engines in 1978 benefitted from all that Holden learned in 1965 and right up to...

No I chose not to mention them as inexpensive V8's was what Holden was working on in 1965. The only reason for my post. "They were well aware that their engine lineup in 1965 could not compete, especially with Ford, in the years to come."

The Holden photo and chart are what Holden was developing in 1965 Read the title of the post which made it clear if read (and understood) Over the next 12 years Holden improved upon what they built in 1965 They were well aware that their engine lineup in 1965 could not compete, especially with...

You're saying a 1965 Commodore?

Thank you krusing. Previously I had remarked on early Holden engineers finding inspiration from BMW's. As the article shows, Opel had learned a thing or two already from BMW. Making an 1970's Opel into a large 4 door Holden was a long and arduous process, really started in 1965. Holden had GM...

https://www.whichcar.com.au/features/history-of-the-holden-commodore-part-one-vb-vc-vh-vl

Thank you. I got no such consideration at the beginning of this thread.

Please revisit post #125 I did not repeat the thing YOU said which was wrong That was a post by vs 5.0 (#125) He quoted your post to me and I responded. You write: OK so to have a conversation with a sensible person, I seriously thought that Fulcrum Suspensions or the other company-name which...

Lies Damn Lies and Statistics Thank Mark Twain

PPS https://richardlewis.org/holden#:~:text=A%20history%20of%20Holden%20Cars%201948-1984%201%2048-215,Holden%20...%208%20EH%20Holden%20...%20More%20items The early pictures clearly show the rear leaf springs I was refering to. Incremental improvement is a wonderful thing.

PS The QA 1 Chrome Molly 1 3/8" HOLLOW front bar is inferior to the Nolathane 1 3/8" SOLID front bar because it is too soft in its roll resistance. Mostly the attempted balancing is with either a 1 1/4" solid rear bar or a 1 3/8" hollow rear bar, which both have the same roll resistance. Only...

My previous posts prove this posts is dead wrong. Uninformed and ignorant of the reality. Embarassingly wrong. And some great sway bars like the 1 3/8" solid bar I referenced in my posts. More than anyone can count of USA made Caprices / Impala's went to the middle east and Nolathane was...