This will probably be the last episode for a while, but in this one I visit one of my happiest places on Earth, Left Hand Utes in Denver, Colorado. If you've ever wanted a modern day El Camino or Nomad wagon, there is where to get one.
@@Trevor.OKeefewe also have crap tons of supras and skylines that you guys lust over 😂 meanwhile I get excited seeing a hellcat as we never got them, we only got camaros and mustangs never a dodge, closest we got were chrysler 300cs, dodge rams and jeep track hawks.
As an Aussie bloke, here in Aus I reckon we should all search far and wide, from the Nullarbor to the Top End, from the West Coast to the Great Dividing Rangers, from one paddock to another and under every rock just to collect as many Holden Utes as we can and send them off to the US and start a new car company from the ground up....
I'm an aussie and I have a 2009 SSV ute. I'm personally happy to see Americans embracing something a little different from the usual. I have imported a 1973 F100 from USA so can appreciate the desire for something otherwise unavailable.
He needs the Ford Falcon utes too ..with the XR series of engines . 5.0 V8 supercharged OR the mighty Barra inline 6 DOHC turbo ..That'll blow your socks off ..
The reason he can't is because with the Holdens he can use American version to scavenge the parts he needs for the LHD conversion. There is no LHD Ford Falcon he can get parts from.
@@JoshsCarCorner Thanks Josh , that's a real shame ..The Ford Falcon ute as is the car is much loved in Australia ..always will be .. On the Barra engine that Ford U.S should have used from here ..,, Watch and enjoy this ...ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hJ6O1qnMmak.html ..Your vids are great by the way ...
I’ve seen a few videos now of HSV in USA, and I am yet to see one with a Walkinshaw kit on it. And a cammed version too. Good to see the yanks enjoying these ‘thunders from down under’
@@coopsnz1 late last year I bought a white gc8 with 120,000km for 10k aud and previous owner did a full sti swap on it (25k in mods) it’s immaculate shocked how there rising in value tho tried to get a second one for 10k and it’s pretty hard
Good job Josh. I don't care for provincialism or parochialism from either side of this discussion. I just see gits who do not look at the big picture . Fact is we (Aussies) had an incredibly resourceful manufacturing base which built thousands of different model of cars over the best part of a century. Teems of brands from England, Europe, Asia and USA have been manufactured or assembled in Australia. I also acknowledge the fact that without huge investment from all of the companies offshore we never would have had this. So thank God for parent companies like Ford, GM, Chrysler and so many others. Because of this the Australian manufacturers could create some models which the rest of the world could only drool over. It is flattering to most Aussies who are into cars that you guys like our cars. We have on the main liked the American cars too. Hundreds of thousands of American cars have found their way to Australia such is the interest in your stuff. It is a great achievement that GM-H could , in the final decades of manufacture could get so many Commodore based cars off into the export market. I for one felt proud when last year while in Fairbanks, Alaska, a brand new Chev "Holden" SS sedan pulled up at a set of lights next to us. That is the furthest North I have seen a Holden.For the information of others on this page (not you Josh, as I feel yo have a good handle on the big picture) Holden never "Came to USA" (as Ryverforlyfe stated). General Motors as owner of Holdens commissioned Holden to build Pontiac GTOs, G8s, Chev SSs, Caprice police cars etc. in Australia and export them to the USA. This was great for our local manufacturing industry as in helped it last longer than it would have without it. The benefit for our American mates is that some of you got our fantastic Aussie made GM-H cars which were a blend of American, other countries and locally made parts. What I think is something to be proud of for us Aussies is that the badge which created the term "MUSCLECAR" was "GTO" and that the final GTO generation were rebadged (and engineered for USA) Holden Monaros and shipped to the USA.... So we made the last Pontiac musclecars. ...Looks like we have made the last rear drive V8 Chev SSs too.Cheers. Nick.
Your Pontiac cop cars are the Holden Statesman made here in OZ, Also that GTO silver coupe is a Holden Monaro built here too.i have for sale here in Australia a VZ SSZ Crewman Ute V8 6 speed manual 10k usd
Pontiacs did steal the production of the Monaro, maybe if Holden started making Monaro's again when Pontiac folded, they might still be around & why didn't they strengthen the chassies in the, GRM 427, the car that caught America's attention
Gorgeus, gorgeus Maloo! They should have used those when the Camaro was"taking a nap" between 2002-2010. We probably would have an ElCamino instead of the Camaro! Maybe even with it!
I worked at the holden factory here in Elisabeth South Australia for 30 years. We sent you these amazing cars for the better part of a decade! And begged to send you the ute, wagon and statesman! We where told over and over again that American buyers thought our cars were rubbish and didn't want anything to do with them. And now thanks too GM abandoning Australia we no longer have a car industry. No more Ford, GM Mitsubishi or Toyota plants. Thousands of lost jobs! God bless America.
If you were working there in March of 2006 or February of 2005, then you may have built my GTO or my Crewman. In either case, let me thank you for what you built.
@johnansell2707 These are some of my favorite cars. As an American, I’m disappointed in the fact that GM made the decision to never consider shipping utes here after Pontiac went bust. Maybe if they shipped Maloo’s, Utes, Commodores, or the Crewman here, they could have kept Holden in business. It was and is still top of my list for best anything with a v8. Thank you for building these great cars.
Josh as an Australian myself I have to say your taste in cars are amazing myself personally would love to own a VL Walkinshaw not a ute but definitely a classic
If you are putting a new front clip on the surely you're going to use the HSV front end. 1000% better than any other version. And VE series 1 HSV Clubsport wagon with 317 LS3 is where it is at!!! That black one is lovely.
How can you swap a firewall over and say you haven't affected the structure.. You would have to be mighty skillful welding these as Holdens were made from sheets of steel that were two different gauges in the one sheet.
i have a vu with 140,000kms on it. its 15yrs old and i just cant imagine how much better the newer utes are to drive. cool to see them over there. nice video man, might watch from episode 1 now
Superbogan *should. Previous owner thought it would be better lowered and with big wheels. when i got it the guards hadnt even been rolled. anyway, it drives fine. Its just a spicy little car. I mean to say "I have never driven a new ute so i have no idea if they handle better". There we go.
Good on ya mate,in oz we got the 4 door ute and they were v8 and 4 wheel drive but the older version vy vz pick n up over here for 5 to ten grand Australian
I live in state Victoria in Australia, Holdens and Chevy Holdens are everywhere, The Pickup converted Utes are my favourite:), a lot of people in Melbourne and near by countys seem to convert the pick up Utes with tray 'boots' , I prefer the open tray.I've seen a few v8 supercar 'Ute Truck' sires. The v8 supercar pickup Ute trucks are usually Holdens, and ford Falcons. There a lot of fun, my family used to own a 1970s Fprd falcon XB Pickup Ute, :),Also the VPD use Holdern Canopy converted Ute trucks :)
As far as the cars harnesses, well for a start the VE range or even the VYto VZ range of utes were exported to the UAE which is to say they are already left hand drive cars which means not much to change and also the VE range was exported to the US and the VE uste is the only car which was not exported, so buying a VE or 2006 onwards is so easy its not funny because Holden already made the left hand dash wiring looms etc, just a matter of buying a ute with the same Oe manufacturing year and swap out the items required. :) still great to see The australian Invention UTE in the US. :)
I live in Melbourne Australia & those HSV sport’s wagons are very rare here the Sedans & Ute are more common. A lot of people didn’t like the sports wagon design when it came out compared to the previous VZ station wagons had more room in the back but I like the look of the sport’s wagons
I wish Americans and especially American Ford fans had got hold of the real deal Ford Barra turbo's ...That said there is a growing bunch of fans now importing this amazing engine from Australia ..Absolute legendary powerplant ..Australia also built the 5.0 V8 and supercharged it and made a great engine even better...love your videos and your passion for GM Holden.. Sadly now Holden no longer exists ...All finished as of a few months ago , never thought that'd ever happen .
Well. Now I can move to America. It's unfortunate they have to take out the drive line though. It sounds almost like the what we have to do to get a full size pickup over here.
just heads up the "GTO" platform is a rebadged Holden Monaro and the Holden Monaro is a 2-door version of the Holden Commodore and that older ute is based off the Commodore platform.
Well fuck another great STUMBLE!! Josh's Car Corner??? Excellent video mate. Love the knowledge base, you really know your stuff, that green ute was a VE series HSV (Holden Special Vehicles) Maloo probably 20011? My first car was a 1978 HZ 1Tonner Ute. 253 4.2 ltr V8 4 speed manual. Great work Josh on this UTE story. LOve it!! How I stumbled on this video???? Looking for Holden Commodore SSV Redline engine upgrade info. I thought only older 70+ guys wore those all leather white runners.....Fucking serious, here in Australia it's the white New Balance all leather runners.....they must have a pensioner rebate on them??
+OldskoolGP he probably had a BA or BF. He will find it very hard to get registered over there. Platform is only found in AU or NZ. Any falcon XA until now would be hard to get registered in america.
Mate if you wanted to you could put the VF front end on the VE dose this guy sale all the right hand drive components? Could you imagine how much they are going to cost now that Holden are no longer making anything
HSV maloo the best ute ever built in Australia but now you buy them chop them and rebuild them just remember its not original anymore,why do think holden never wanted to send them to you
They are configured differently, they have different emissions standards in Australia. They are over 99% identical, but the less than 1% that is not the US government deems to be unsatisfactory for importation.
It may be possible, but I don't know why you would. It's already LHD. Get a G8 or a Caprice PPV here because it's the same thing, or a Chevy SS if you want a VF Commodore.
great video mate! some of the info wasn't quite right but video is still awesome. the middle east only got Monaro and Commodore sedan. outside of Aus and NZ, only the UK got the Ute with the E1, E3 and Gen-F Maloo's. The 2012 Ute is a VE Series II. VF came out mid 2013 in Aus. Be sure to check out my facebook page and the photo albums because I have a lot of stuff regarding VF II due later this year. facebook.com/holdenisaustralian
Australia has different emissions laws and their engine configuration is different and the fuel evaporative systems are completely different, so they're not allowed in as complete vehicles. US Engines must be used and US fuel systems must be used.
Here's a lovely example Josh of one of the last XR Sprints (Ford Falcon ) Massive performance via the big turbo 6 at a fraction of the cost of most ..Beautiful car ..I have the previous model ..Fantastic car to drive anywhere ..Ford USA should have brought them back to the States ..Imagine the turbo 6 Barra in a Mustang ..Would have been epic ..ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6Lu5V4olhL0.html...and you might enjoy this comparison from a few years back between the Ford and Holden in the more luxury market of the day ..ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RSEnIrrw9zI.html Thanks again for your fun vids and your passion for Aussie cars..
The owners of those UAE cars probably are taking good care of them, since I've never seen them on videos of wrecked or abandoned cars in Dubai or Abu Dhabi on YB... but who knows?
@@kristoffermangila They went to quite a few countries in the middle East. I think Saudi was the biggest single one but don't quote me on it. I would imagine the phyiscal environment would be good for avoiding rust but bad for things made of rubber etc.
When you do that, let me know! I would totally meet up with you when you're in Arizona and film the car for an episode. Keep in mind that in most US states the best fuel quality you can get is 91 octane. So if you bring over a typhoon, make sure it's not the top spec turbo engine because it won't run very good over here.
There's a "reverse engineering" of Mustangs in Australia. Some of you may have heard of the Barra 4 litre turbo that was in the XR6 Falcons, whether sedan or ute. This engine will lay waste to V8s a lot bigger than it, and the 4 cylinder and V6 options in the Mustang just look embarrassing beside it. Some have taken out the Coyote V8, put in this crazy intercooled inline 6, and noticed a severe difference in acceleration.
There's another 6 cylinder you can look up, the 250 truck engine. The F-series trucks came to Australia until the mid-80s. Early versions did have the Canadian 300 cubic inch 6, but it was a problem in Australia due to being heavy on fuel. Australian V8s had more than a few modifications to make them more powerful and more fuel efficient, but Ford Australia decided to build their own 6 for the F-series. Enter the Falcon 250 cross flow. They designed a high compression head for them. This engine has torque like a diesel, but was very fuel efficient compared to the imported 6 cylinder, and lighter due to a smaller block and an alloy head. Externally they can only be identified by the bolt pattern on the manifolds. If you want an early 80s Bronco that puts out torque like a diesel, but can also match it for fuel efficiency, this one will do it. A roadhouse I worked at years ago had an '83 F-350 as the resident tow truck. Solid reliable engine with a lot of pulling power
@@kombirat I get that. But what does a KW even translate to? Last time I heard of Kilowatts were for the election power rating of Toasters and Blenders. xD
Michael Davis One watt is the amount of energy to make a litre a degree warmer or some shit, so a thousand of those is a kilowatt. It’s a bit weird for cars to think of it like that but it’s just a measurement of energy. A newtonmetre is one newton of force pushing at the end of a metre long lever, similar to how lbs feet is defined. I probably overlooked this reply but oh well
ReTro You need to remember righthand conversions are not cheap for us either. There is a few exclusive Japanese makes that were sold in the US and Australia that used the same chassis from Japan. The Pulsars, 200's and 180's were all different in the States yet basically the same car. So theoretically speaking If we were to import a 240 from the States then convert it to RHD buying parts from Japan and local, it's not hard to see how the costs mount up
I got me a VS Holden ute i paid $1,000 for and done a fair bit of work ona`, you can have it for a million bucks........no offers! You`re right not for sale.........over! Pete 379.
Im jealous :( i dont want americans having our holdens :( it really annoys me when america claims it as there own design and make. And i wish holdens were never part of GM
Who's claiming that the cars are American? I spend the entirety of my show informing people that the GTO, G8,Caprice PPV, and SS that we receive are based on Holdens that come from Australia. I love that the cars come from Australia. They are much better than anything GM of America could come up with. I love and appreciate my car as much as any Australian would, and many of my subscribers feel the same way about their cars. And as far as wishing Americans never got them, are you going to make the same wish about the British, or the Canadians, or the peoples of Arabia? Hate to break it to you, but the cars were sold other places too, and I'm glad for that. I'm glad so many people in the world have gotten the opportunity to enjoy such amazing cars.
i am aware that you are explaining on how these cars are from australia, and how much better they are. Also aware that other countries have them too. arabia treats them like trash though. I love how you have explained these cars really well. When would you ever see american give credit to australia about these holden made vehicles ? im claiming the americans who think these amazing cars are from america. there is a tonne on facebook. also on this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z_htTUmGQW0.html&ab_channel=TheHoonigans.
What pisses me off is aussies getting on their high horse and assuming americans dont know anything about holden This josh guy obviously knows and loves holdens and you still post a negative comment Holden would not exist without gm and america has a great car culture I think its great that other nations get the opportunity to know and experience a slice of aussie car culture
