HSV Manuals

[silly old fart]

I'm considering buying a 2003 HSV (5.7 V8)that's a finance repossession. The price looks good - £10k. Problem is there's no manuals with it. Anyone know how I might get hold of them, or who might lend them so I can copy them?

[WPUK]

silly old fart said:

I'm considering buying a 2003 HSV (5.7 V8)that's a finance repossession. The price looks good - £10k. Problem is there's no manuals with it. Anyone know how I might get hold of them, or who might lend them so I can copy them?

Hi, I won't call you by your email name. I am assuming you are UK based and not an Australian with insomnia. Not sure what 2003 means, whether that is model year or calender year. Is it a VX2 or VY1 and is it a Clubsport or Clubsport R8.
If HSV have them in the marketing cuboard and I used trip over loads of these, I can get one for you. Could you give me a chassis number please, I could tell you the history then up to the point it left Australia? If you have a local Data Dots dealer/reader, the chassis number is also all over the genuine HSV parts/wheels underneath and you can authenticate the vehicle. I don't have one of these here yet.
Phil.

[silly old fart]

Hi Phil
Thanks for that - I'm in the UK. I decided to use that name because I'm 58 years old, so should know better than to yearn for high performance cars. I haven't yet seen the car, but it was registered in 2003 in the UK. I will need to view the logbook. It has been described as the equivalent Chevrolet Lumina, whatever that is! Anyway, if I do go ahead I will no doubt be back in touch. My email is [e-mail]

[WPUK]

Hi
I may not be able to help in the way I thought. A Chevrolet Lumina is a Holden based car not a HSV so we would not keep records of these cars. I could follow up some contacts at Holden but it might take a little longer. Please make sure the seller is not asking for a HSV premium in the price. HSV has never sold a Lumina in its model line up.
Phil.

[raggyman]

Sounds like a good deal.. would be good to know which one this one is..

[ringram]

Chevrolet Lumina, if its the 5.7L engine is the LHD middle east version of the Holden Commodore SS model.
Basically same driveline, but different suspension/brakes/intake and exhaust. Probably only 230KW or there abouts depending on model.
All the same mods should fit though.

Actually South Africa sells the RHD as the lumina too if Im not mistaken so it could be your box stock SS Commodore. Would that be the silver one on ebay?
If so I emailed the bloke earlier to suggest it wasnt an HSV and was actually the basic Holden SS model.

Edited by ringram on Wednesday 23 January 21:59

[silly old fart]

Shame!! Having checked back I have now ascertained that the car in question is NOT an HSV. It's the "standard" SS. Still a nice car, but not the real McCoy.
Thanks you guys for wising me up on that one. I drove an earlier model SS a few years ago and thought that a real HSV would be the dog's proverbials. I was just idly browsing Autotrader when I came across this one, so got all excited. Now you can understand the reason for my nickname!!!

[central]

Sorry to hijack the thread, but is it the car at the bottom of page 1?

http://www.tittyhomotorcompany.co.uk/13650/stock.h...

[ringram]

I know a guy who sold his 2000 SS about a year ago for £8k
It has lower power, weaker brakes, smaller tyres, softer suspension, stock shifter compared to the real mckoy HSV.

[SS HSV]

ringram said:

I know a guy who sold his 2000 SS about a year ago for £8k
It has lower power, weaker brakes, smaller tyres, softer suspension, stock shifter compared to the real mckoy HSV.

If you're reffering to mine which was bought from Steve it doesn't have stock power nor standard suspension. According to Steve it makes the same power as the HSV due to the fact it had headers, a full big-bore system and a remap with maf bypass; hence the name for SS HSV even though it is indeed an SS, and it was two years ago or is there another one in existence that I don't know about?

[silly old fart]

Yes, it's the one at TittyHo - guy there admitted it's the SS, not the HSV. Problem was, as it's a repo there was no V5 or handbook