Very nostalgic,
and a sensible design. We miss Holden here too believe it or not. They built that, and Flair ranges (cookers), ovens. Fridges too. Dandenong was a large plant. The rail transit stop was called General Motors. There is a Holden parts distrubution hub there now, as well as a logistics hauler co., and next door a Toyota parts wharehouse, and a heavy truck one, either Izuzu, or other. So was Fishermans Bend, in the Melbourne harbor area. The street is/was named Caprice avenue along the Holden main offices. Toyota was also there, and earlier AAM, which built ckd AMC cars. Then there was the Woodville plant in Sydney, which built Holden HQ through HZ cars. It's now a Westfield shopping mall. I'll have to look up whats been done with the Elizabeth South Australia plant which bult the final Commodore, Pontiac G8's, and
bow tie SS., then the Cruze.
Our police force still has some Holden badged Chevy Caprice's in it's fleet. After Ford dicontinued the Crown Vic interceptors, the fwd Explorers were frying front wheel hubs, cv joints, and turbo's left and right. So they were glad to get a rear drive car. I still see some Chevrolet SS's too, also V8 h.o. Commodore's rebadged. Some owners have even added Holden emblems. If they are military personell, they can get them, and many other things we can't. One had a U.S. Army served license plate.
Of course the rear driven American Caprice V8 interceptor ended production in 1996. The state troopers had many. Now Chargers, Challengers mainly, or Chevrolet Tahoe trucks, and a few Camaro's and Mustangs.
The local police also have a few new F 150 trucks unmarked. The Exploeres have mainly been shifted to light duty patrol work.
