"lonely" Opel Commodore in car club

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"lonely" Opel Commodore in car club

Postby 003 Cees » 17 Feb 2016, 15:03

My neighbour has just finished his 1968 Holden Monaro. Last Sunday we took it out for a drive with our car club. I made sure to park my 1968 Opel Commodore next to the Monaro. As you can see there are striking similarities between the two GM cars [certainly from a distance]. I guess the biggest difference is the big V8 in the Monaro's favour. On the other hand I believe the lines of the Commodore to be more refined. They are both nice classics though!
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Re: "lonely" Opel Commodore in car club

Postby 001 Neville » 17 Feb 2016, 15:39

Great pics, Cees. Your Commodore looks in lovely condition too. Thanks for that.

I parked my former Rekord next to a Monaro HT a few years back at a car event, and the owner seemed quite put out that an "inferior European Opel" looked so similar to his prized HT! Made me laugh! :lol: Was tempted to point out that the Opel was likely designed earlier and would be where Holden got the idea, but was not 100% sure on those details.

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Re: "lonely" Opel Commodore in car club

Postby 003 Cees » 17 Feb 2016, 16:14

You were most likely right Neville because look at the very first Monaro concept car. You can clearly see the coca cola bottle shaped rear like the Commodore/Rekord coupe has. Holden dropped that design feature in its production cars and they went for a planer rear section. I believe the coca cola bottle shape is nicer as it typifies the sixties.
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Re: "lonely" Opel Commodore in car club

Postby 014 Phil » 18 Feb 2016, 01:49

Car looks great Cees, & certainly a family resemblance there. GM moved their stylists around the world, so there was a strong sharing of themes & styling cues. Interesting that HK had the coke-bottle hip on their sedan range, which was dropped in the HT in the lower spec cars.
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Re: "lonely" Opel Commodore in car club

Postby 002 Lindsay » 18 Feb 2016, 09:01

Even the Vivas HB and the FD series Victors in the Vauxhall range shared that shape,its a body shape i really like,heres my Ventora.
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Re: "lonely" Opel Commodore in car club

Postby 003 Cees » 18 Feb 2016, 22:09

Phil, I never noticed the difference between the hk and ht sedans. Interesting that originally the sedan had the coca cola bottle shape.

Lindsay, I understand that the Ventora shared the same chassis with the opel commodore.

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Re: "lonely" Opel Commodore in car club

Postby 002 Lindsay » 19 Feb 2016, 16:36

Thanks for that, i wasnt aware just shows you talking too others.
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