DAN'S REBUILT 1983 HOLDEN VH COMMODORE | AUSTRALIAN CLASSIC

[@craze6813]

Dan is really your classy sort of bogan. Really seems like he knows a lot.

[@aldocarr3653]

My first car was 1982 vh auto with the 3.3l strait 6 , it was smooth quiet light , i planed to drop a fully worked 4.2 l v8 in it , but a truck rear ended me and rode it off, great build beautiful car good job mate.

[@stevebloke5455]

Holy crap this brings back memories, had a 82 vh in red, 202 blue yella terra head, camed, extractors, holly carb, and duel fuel with sprint gas set up/stainless tank, toyota 5 speed manual and a 2.5 inch exhaust, vs statesman mags.. GOD i miss that car...... wish id never sold it. sounded just like yours when opened up. imo the vh has got to be the best looking commodore. thanks for the vid and the memories....... CHEERS.

[@AussieArvos]

awh thanks steve! means alot man, Dan absolutely adores this car and its pretty easy to see why! thanks for the message!

[@riversonthemoon]

My dad had a VH when we were growing up. A Vacationer, too, but blue. Brings back a lot of memories looking at that interior. Excellent job on this. Hold on to it. They’re appreciating really quickly.

[@Autoholicqld]

Sick car. Never change it

[@munnsie100]

I love how stealthy this build is. Fantastic how you haven't bastardised the exterior, nor the interior. Especially what you've done with the shifter!

[@AussieArvos]

Dan has done a fantastic job with this car!

[@tomnewham1269]

I agree with what Charlie M had to say about your build. I had a silver VH and I totally regret that I sold it. Thanks for sharing.

[@southerndiy1]

Nice one, brings back tons of memories for me. My dad had one identical but not a Vacationer when I was a kid almost 30 years ago. 173 with the 5 speed manual

[@budgiebudgen139]

man i miss my first vh 202, couldnt kill it! now i have a injected 5ltr vh... but i still want another worked 202 there so much fun and easy to work on! love it dan

[@huleeyaxerssius7]

You don't see many VH's around anymore, let alone one that looks pretty stock like this. Which is always nice to see, though this one's got a bit more kick to it. So a nice little sleeper it is too, do wonder how it is doing nowadays & hopefully still looking stock like this, with it being pretty close to 3 years since this video was done.

[@peterkirgan2921]

Absolutely bloody gorgeous thanks dan

[@mitchellboyd5256]

Ah the sound of an old 202 😁 I miss my VK, this VH is class 👍

[@MAte925]

I've always liked the styling of vh!

[@RussellBooth1977]

My brother had my grandfathers old 1983 model Holden VH Commodore towed down from Mullumbimby in New South Wales to the Newcastle area where we live by my dad after his funeral in 2017 because he said that my brother could have it after he died. It's a metallic green colour & it does need a lot of work done to it,the odometer stopped at 329,000 kilometres, the rear brakes don't work, the rear main oil seal is leaking very badly & the doors while they have been replaced on the passenger side due to rust they have rust in them now & there's a bit of rust in the car up on the rear. My grandparents who are both deceased now got a mechanic & body shop at Murwillumbah to replace the doors,cut the rust out of the body, respray parts of the car & replace the clutch,it still has the original 173 cubic inch blue six fitted although it leaks oil as I mentioned & it has had its EGR valve pipes cut off then silver soldered at the cylinder head & an EGR valve block off plate has been fitted because their local mechanic couldn't find another EGR valve for it, the hoses & vacuum switches are either all broken or missing,it has had the struts, shock absorbers - springs replaced in it as well. I am not sure if it will pass a Blue slip inspection without all of that anti pollution control gear fitted but yours seems to have been passed without it. It's just at Newcastle someone who I went to school with was driving right through Kooragang island which was where all of the people in the Newcastle area who drag raced their cars was getting pulled over by the cops 30 years ago because they had a big crackdown on drag racing. Well,he was driving a Ford Escort which was standard but it had no anti pollution gear fitted & he was made to put it over the pits where the engineers went through it,he was issued a defect notice for not having that emission control gear installed in the car. He wasn't even drag racing,he just happened to be passing through. The police also pulled over a VH Commodore because it looked nice,it had tinted windows !

[@jameslawrys4wdadventures316]

love the content love to see more of your awesome cammed 202 dan!

[@adamblundell6402]

Haha this channel is shaping up to be awesome. Very very nice VH mate. "She loved it. Yeah she loved it" hahaha

[@AussieArvos]

Cheers Adam, Bloody legend!

[@Rick-fs9wc]

Love the vid great explanation on all the work. Thanks brother. I'll keep an eye out for the car at the next nats

[@melindakoth6869]

Hey dan love your videos my dad is Rodger and he is friends with your dad and I’m ben

[@liamwindsor5854]

Melinda Koth ta ta today junior

[@dantheman7647]

Hey Ben cheers for the comment mate glad you’re loving the videos catch you soon. 👍

[@Rick-fs9wc]

She loved it 👍👍👍

[@ayrproductions]

Reminds me of the one my pop in Maryborough had. His was stolen and burned out near Avoca though. Was the same colour and everything. At the same time I had the wagon version, also the same brown, but mine had colour matched Globe Bathursts on it.

[@zacbryde8721]

Oh dahm I really want a old commodore again

[@callumfreebairn8082]

good effort mate

[@sp19822]

Friends of ours had one of these from new, it got hit by a kangaroo fairly early in it's life, but it could be repaired, the whole front section of the car was replaced and it lived on for another few years before it got traded in on a VN.

[@MAte925]

Nice job

[@freeagent8225]

A 265 in a Commodore would Ave been a great mix??

[@Nolan1055]

Fkn Hoon material right there in the engine bay 🤣🤣🤣

[@castekracing]

Hey mate love the idea of the shifter. Have you got more details on how you done it?

[@shane2026]

keep it factory love the vh had 3 off em

[@petefinn4914]

Good job Dan....If I may make a suggestion..take it as you will....I had a very similar motor in an LC torana back in the day....With the cam/exhaust combo you are using...Invest a 465 Holley, and a 4BBL Cain manifold...INSTANT 30% increase in power.....and the induction roar is INSANE....cheerz mate....

[@dantheman7647]

Thanks mate I’ll look into it

[@petefinn4914]

@@dantheman7647 yer welcome...

[@grantharrison5307]

Great car, still very factory the best way.

[@jaydee9560]

Hi Dan, awesome car mate. Motivated to get my 1980 VB on the road. Maybe a few weeks work as been parked in storage for last 13 years in NZ. What size tyres you running mate? They look nice in the rims.

[@gsimpson9247]

classy af

[@richardgrant7474]

Can yous make a video on how you did the exhaust, want to do the same with my vx

[@shannonwilliams5374]

Need more content, highway driving maybe 0-120 be awesome bring in views aswell

[@mrstinkfinger6466]

How’d you set up the gearbox I’d like to do that to mine and keep the original look cheers

[@dantheman7647]

Hey mate I took the shifter out of the floor and disassembled it then ground the grooves in the steel plate to suite Cheers

[@Kasey-cn8qu]

im thinking of buying a VH for my first car i live in aus btw what do you guys think

[@_jayw_]

So how does you exhaust work exactly with the modes

[@erikleypoldt8275]

Gr8 how he has kept it looking stock, but rebuilt the engine. Id luv to do this someday. These VH expensive to find in good condition?

[@AussieArvos]

Yeah its a sick rig!! Think you can find them for around 4-6k but yeah getting more rare

[@erikleypoldt8275]

@@AussieArvos wow ok, from car sales? Or another commodore website? Said he found it off an old bloke.

[@cobjay1712]

I’m from Maryborough

[@ayrproductions]

So am I. My pop had one that looked exactly like this one until it was stolen and burned out near Avoca and I had the wagon version for a while, also the same colour.

[@higherperspectivephotography]

Lol don't speed on the dam wall at Sugarloaf. Lost my licence in a VK there!

[@dantheman7647]

Thanks man just sounds fast not really going that hard haha was it recent I’ve never seen a camera there

[@higherperspectivephotography]

@@dantheman7647 there was a bike cop waiting at the other end for me with a radar gun. No escape.

[@MAte925]

Window sills were rust prone

[@lukequinlan7153]

I live like 5 minutes away from where your filming there Also fucken mint commo

[@AussieArvos]

Cheers Luke!

[@notbahhhdgoodsize5793]

Nice but bud bit of a waste should have out a 308 or 304 in it

[@dantheman7647]

Thanks for the comment man best part about a project car is building it how you want it I wanted a 202 so that’s what I’ve got 👍

[@notbahhhdgoodsize5793]

@@dantheman7647 I had a 202 in my vh idk man each their own but a v8 just suits the cars very well my opinion any way

[@charlesparker924]

202s are cool. Not everyone wants a v8. Ive had both in chrome bumber commodores and have just as many good memories with the ol 202 as the v8s.

[@outbacknomad9939]

Very nice got to love hidden secrets but u realy need to put the bowls 🎩 hat an balls up the back window to make it kooler please see that done. Legends

[@lukerobinson8843]

wait what holden haha there no more holden suck shit good thing i like japan cars

[@RBFR01]

those v6 202 engines are garbage, needs a EFI v8 swap

[@jut9296]

It isn't a V6 lol. And they're actually extremely reliable.