Street Machine Australia - May 2018

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to various parts of the reserve. “They’ll all still coming –

although the FE guys are getting older!”

We took a walk amongst Holdens of all shapes and

sizes, dating from 1948 to (almost) the present day.

Proud owners had preened their cars for the day simply

for the love of it; there was no reward except to have

their cars admired. Tubbed Toranas sat tough next to

Adelaide-spec Monaros sporting fat-and-skinny Center

Lines and reverse-cowl scoops. The FJ boys were more

about the restorations, although John McCulloch’s

survivor FJ custom sedan stood out to razz up the

establishment.

It’s still early days since GM packed its bags and

abandoned its spiritual home – after all, James A Holden

established his saddlery business here in 1856 – but if

the All Holden Day was anything to go by, the passion

amongst Holden fans shows no signs of abating. And

with plenty of young blokes rolling into the event with

VZ SS Commodores and airbagged V8 Statos, it’s

likely to stick around for some time yet.

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Debbie and Michael Mahar own two
sporty Commodores, one from the start of
production and one from the end. “We got the
VC HDT, build number 233, about 12 years ago
and gave it a rotisserie restoration, although
the interior is still original,” Debbie said. She’s
also got a VF GTS-R – also numbered 233!

Sharon Jones’s original 5.0L VK shows

a genuine 176,000 clicks and was the

family daily driver when she bought it 21 years

ago with partner Bill Ryan. “One day we put it

in the shed and covered it up, but unfortunately

Bill passed away last year,” she said. “He

took it out about two weeks before he died, so

I’ve joined a club, put it on club rego and have

brought it out today in his memory”

Having taken home Best Modified at All

Torana Day 2012 and runner-up in 2014

with his pristine, genuine LC Torana GTR XU-1,

Paul Lenigas wasn’t fazed that All Holden Day

was a non-trophy event. Aside from a colour

change from the factory Plum Dinger to Yellow

Dolly, the car is almost a straight resto, with

just a little bit of extra chrome around those

triple Strombergs

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