RE: Shed Of The Week
Discussion
Road_Terrorist said:
See now this is the car they should have had in Ashes to Ashes, it's a Vauxhall (come on what British cop would have a Quattro in 1981? In fact what cop would even know what a Quattro is in 1981), it's RWD, it's a coupé, it's white. Capris have been done to death, but this is the thinking mans alternative 
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and "Fire up the Monza" doesnt sound too bad either...!.
AHHHH memories, a mate of mine actually had two of these, a red 1979 on a"V" with a lousy red velour interior and an 1985 on a "C" in white exactly like this one. Not a great sporty ride but a fab cruiser, remember a trip to Silverstone in it once to watch the BTCC, held 120 on the motorway with no fuss or drama. Massively undertuned, I'm sure you could ring serious power out of that big straight 6
johnniek said:
God another faux-hall... Bring back the S-Class.... Or a tank to run this fridge of 80's shame over...
It's not a Vauxhall - it's an Opel (not Opal either) and as a result was German built like Merc's, Porkers and BMUU'sIt does however rust like a vauxhall but hell most are 22 plus years old now
Has a strong following in the "autobahnstormers" it's a club worth joining
I'm obviously biased cos I own three of them!!!
Back when the late, great Peter Brock had his Holden Dealer Team and he was dabbling with the Commodore in the Spa 24hr etc, he spotted these Monzas, just like the shed pictured. He dropped a 5litre Holden V8 into one and wanted to sell them in Oz with the blessing of Holden, potentially it was rumoured, as a reincarnated Torana/A9X.
For some reason it never took off but I believe there are one or two HDT badged Monzas sneaking around in Victoria with 5litre V8s in them.
I reckon it would have been a dead-set winner to be honest. Shame.
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