The worst Kingswood. Bad brakes. Bad handling. Puny engines.
@billjackson47034 ай бұрын
Too bad we can't have such good outward visability in todays cars, would make them safer with the blindspots.
@yiannisdanatzis28894 ай бұрын
The next model Torana ended up being bigger in size in order to compete against Chrysler Centura and Ford Cortina?
@MrFister845 ай бұрын
They shouldn't have.
@rocket78able10 ай бұрын
One of the best looking Holdens ever. Handled like a bucket of bolts. My dad had an orange one, bought new in 1971.
@darren2514fv Жыл бұрын
Just after the 1972 Bathurst win
@wallyoff Жыл бұрын
I had one.... What a mistake, after that horrible experience I went to Japanese made cars and never looked back.
@flamingstag2381 Жыл бұрын
it was the ( AUSTRALIA 6 ) GM bought them out and so got the inline straight 6 cdlr patent
@erikleypoldt8275 Жыл бұрын
Was this 85? What does SL stand for?
@theytwatcher950 Жыл бұрын
Dad told me Kingswoods were at the 1972 Non-Aligned summit in Sri Lanka for the dignatries. I think this was a very good car and he said that these stood out to him when he was a child waving a flag to the cars
@area51isreal71 Жыл бұрын
The last of the real Statesman's. The WB was a fitting tribute to saying hooroo to what started in 1971 as the HQ.
@timfordfalconxf7714 Жыл бұрын
Even as a ford man. The HQ was one of the best cars we made hands down. SO was the HJ even the Hx and so on
@LewiDoesMusic Жыл бұрын
Who here still owns a Holden and knows that Holden will always be Australia’s car
@WascallyWabbitt4 ай бұрын
By this stage the whole kit and caboodle was owned and ran by the yanks. Best kept secret in motoring history.
@Nibby122 жыл бұрын
GMH wanted to build a modern revolutionary car to replace the HQ series and the Kingswood. But they built the Commodore instead.
@uglypeopleshollywood2 жыл бұрын
Go better
@uglypeopleshollywood2 жыл бұрын
Go better
@uglypeopleshollywood2 жыл бұрын
Go better
@uglypeopleshollywood2 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@O_OTT_82 жыл бұрын
my mum had one of these back in the days
@Ollie_skate5003 жыл бұрын
WOW that’s old
@keithmanning65643 жыл бұрын
I used this at the start of a yr12 high school graduation video, it turned out to be the funniest of the day. Thanks mate for uploading this, it's a great hit of nostalgia from before I was born.
@holdenfan85323 жыл бұрын
They dont make em like they used to. In holdens case, they just don't make 'em.
@Flying_GC3 жыл бұрын
leader of luxury? Putting Lipstick on something from the 70s wasn't luxury.. The Fairlaine/ LTD weren't amazing either but a dam site better than this monstrosity.
@paultodd2375 Жыл бұрын
You’re a comedian mate
@sutherlandA1 Жыл бұрын
And the ZJ Fairlane was oh so 80s with leaf sprung rear suspension?
@paultodd2375 Жыл бұрын
@@sutherlandA1 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
@area51isreal71 Жыл бұрын
No they weren't. They looked like Falcon's by that stage. The ZH Fairlane at least looked different to an XC Falcon.
@jontaylor45113 жыл бұрын
we inherited a camira, bit of a lemin really. heavy steering, no power, issues starting it that nobodh could fix
@Zomsky3 жыл бұрын
Love how this is an “official” Holden KZbin page and nobody in their team even bothered to check what year it was from (let alone what years they built Camira)...
@albanypeeks37223 жыл бұрын
Holden get ur act together start building cars again or supply old parts dayumm I need parts for my VH commodore guys
@RussellBooth19773 жыл бұрын
Yes & Holden built the VN Commodore for that reason - Australians wanted a larger car. I found that driving a VL Commodore sedan was o.k. when I've been single but my VY SS Commodore has a lot more room in it than they do for a family sedan than the earlier cars did. I'm not sure what the General did with the ZB Commodore but I think it's the same thing again as that !
@cj-fh4nx Жыл бұрын
The ZB would be the same a renaming the Camira. At least the VB kept the same drivetrain.
@jimmartin97043 жыл бұрын
There world class standards was in my old man's 1974 504 Peugeot, as standard equipment not paid options 12 years earlier
@jimmartin97043 жыл бұрын
@Don dunstan No argument there
@franzchong58892 жыл бұрын
@@jimmartin9704 I was not a fan of those instruments.the ones we saw from vb/vc/vh models and even the uc torana and hz kingswood/gts range a few years earlier were better.I recall with my dad and brother sitting in 1990 in a 82 or 83 VH series Commodore Taxi and it was better.
@hstd660411 ай бұрын
Peugots are ugly as sin
@canusdominici3 жыл бұрын
Absolute woeful engines with no effort to adapt properly to ADR27A. My aunt had a new HX Premier that stalled out on the Harbour Bridge. She never went back to Holden. It's as though Holden wanted to die then.
@fordlandau3 жыл бұрын
The water proofing was not up to driving in waterfalls.
@noelgibson59563 жыл бұрын
How many Camiras did you ever see towing something? Lol.
@noelgibson59563 жыл бұрын
I had the model after this......a VK wagon. The Trimatic in it was a piece of shit. The engine had a pinging problem once it reached operating temperature as the engine management computer was no longer operating correctly. There was a panel of switches on the dash to the left of the main gauges that operated minor things such as rear window wiper and heated rear window........and not one of them still worked! An HG Kingswood that I owned prior to the VK was a better car, but I guess it was an earlier design, and had less to go wrong.
@johnpro28473 жыл бұрын
Poor quality visuals .. this was the 70's ...not 1870's sounds like John Laws doing the voice over ?..anyway I had a HQ for 15 years ..did the job. Sold it for $400 20 years ago.
@anjasredyana34344 жыл бұрын
That’s cool i want to repaint my holden premier hq. May i know what of original paint that u used for car ? Regards from bali
@samkaur40984 жыл бұрын
My aunt borrowed my dads HX Kingswood in 1979 and was involved in a six car crash that included a truck and Toyota landcruiser of the time.The Kingswood was unrecognizable.How my aunt came out of that car alive I will never know?
@thewholls71764 жыл бұрын
Are you sure this was assembly at Holden I don’t remember any Holdens with wooden spoke wheels and fenders like that
@JKW47013 жыл бұрын
Gm and ford etc would send vehicles to Australia in parts and holden would build them and sell them you could find so many makes and models being made by holden
@mebeasensei4 жыл бұрын
Beginning of the end for Holden? Pushrod six. Crappy drum brakes? sloppy steering, poorer workmanship, fewer features. The Japanese sixes by then were OHC and better features and build - even though they looked awful. But, I suppose these cars could be modified from stock to be decent. They had a pretty decent simple and handsome style. Kind of like a more modest version of a yank tank at the time. Fit new carbs or even f.i. . Extractors. Better springs? The 253 V8 would be OK. They had front discs? I reckon, when 1977 came around, they knew the end was nigh. The Commodore was really just a compact European car and nothing like the Ford XD which was Aussie sedan size.
@sutherlandA13 жыл бұрын
The XD was just a 1966 XR platform with a boxy body grafted onto it hence the leaf springs and terrible turning circle (not good for a taxi), OK for fleets but not so for more demanding use. At least the Commodore was new and different despite its Opel origins but an 80s Kingswood would've been ideal
@franzchong58892 жыл бұрын
@@sutherlandA1 It was what Australia needed.The h Series was well past it even with the rather overdue suspension changes in the HZ and the handling upgrades.While not much bigger than say a Japanese Medium of the day such as a Skyline or things like a Fiat 132 or an Alfetta or one of those Audi 80's or 100's the Commodore could do everything they could without the dreaded arm/leg/fix/name the euro brand stories.
@amioapoo60014 жыл бұрын
We love you forever & hate Genarel Motors!
@fordlandau4 жыл бұрын
One of the worst Holdens. Emission control system was a power destroyer. Sloppy handling. Bad brakes. The HZ was rushed in to introduce radial tuned suspension and a better handling car.
@area51isreal71 Жыл бұрын
Yes for sure. How they could turn the ground breaking HQ into that disaster is beyond belief. The HX had it's good points, nice interior, light steering plus a very good finish. But it was a disaster at anything over 70 kilometeres per hour. That's when Mr. Hyde became Doctor Jekyl.
@diliff4 жыл бұрын
"... And an optional electronic fuel-injected engine"... Uhhh, optional? I'll take one with an engine thanks!
@jb75913 жыл бұрын
@@ayrproductions No, 3.3 efi was the better unit. They extensively reworked the Black motor.
@jb75913 жыл бұрын
@@RussellBooth1977 & yet efi 3.3 put out 20nm more torque than rb30.
@davidbernardi33934 жыл бұрын
I had a HX premier with 4.2 V8. Worst car I ever owned. Gutless and the handling was downright dangerous.
@fordlandau4 жыл бұрын
HOLDEN is gone completely now.
@dmg71114 жыл бұрын
Having gotten laid several times in the back of a red one of those Camira wagons back in the day, I wholeheartedly 👍 this !!!!!!!!!!!
@noelgibson59565 жыл бұрын
The HX Kingswood and LX Torana had possibly the brightest, in your face colour choices of any Aussie cars in the history of local manufacturing. Who can forget the greens, turquoises, yellows, oranges, etc? I preferred the HJ.....loved the floor mounted headlight dimmer and more powerful engines.
@m.almans20775 жыл бұрын
I love Holden forever
@rossball6475 жыл бұрын
so then the HX wheezed it's way in to infinite history.
@JOHNATHAN78785 жыл бұрын
can you win if your in the US?
@davidr43325 жыл бұрын
Oh what a night down around back in 63 she was pretty and i was free what a lady what a night , use hear this song in the back of the school bus going to school back in my days .
@ericloeschmann32585 жыл бұрын
Had extractors fitted to 202 HZ cast iron exhaust manifold looked from a tractor in 1930 rubbish noticed more power instantly car was then adequately powered