long time no video of other peoples cars, ,y boss has purchased this rare VP Senator for a steal so i thought id do a video on it before it even gets washed
There's a siiiick white VP senator in WA thats being cut up from front to back for a balls to the wall twin turbo 383ci build with a 4-link 9" rear end... and I kinda love it haha.
VP is hands down best Holden looking and I've driven! My dream car since i was 7 was a vp now im 15 and have a VP Berlina LX, Simmons, Fresh paint and all done up!
@@MindieJ hey the old 5Ls aren't that slow lol I've wound my fair share off the clock 😂 My 3rd car was a vp ss and once we had it to around 240 250k lol tacho was at 5500 rpm in 4th, we hit 220 at 4krpm 😂 The dumb shit u do at 19 🤦♂️😂
@@MindieJ I had a VPSS manual. It was quick enough by 90s standards, especially with headers, exhaust and 3.45 gears! I’ll never be able to find out what it would feel like now - way out of my price range!
Love it mate! Can't wait to see it all cleaned up! My uncle had a red VP Clubby with those wheels for ages - only had 80k on it when he traded it in for a VZ Clubby (which he still has). That old 180kw 5L sounded fantastic back in the day! Pretty sure you are right about the spare being a yellow five spoke too. Cheers 👍
A friend of mine picked up a 92 Calais HSV enhanced full options except no sun roof, has a full kit as well from factory, Great cars More VP and 5lt content is never a bad thing
Back in the late 90's, i bought a HSV enhanced VQ Stato. Had it for all of 10 days before i got t-boned by a drunk driver in Tamworth. Even though i am a Ford man, have always had a soft spot for the later VN- VR Commys; best mate at school, his old man ordered a VR 5.0 Executive in a blue colour, probably my favourite ever
This is the senator there were 5000i senators too. About 150 of them mostly in senator quartz purple. They were all auto like the vp gts (said to have trans upgrades) and have a 200kw engine with bigger cam and head work i think. Plus group a 328mm front brakes. They had a blue interior and could be optioned with full leather and sunroof for example. There were also a handful of 5th anniversary 5000i senators which are even rarer.
@@MrDOHC1JZ I read way back they have a "recalibrated auto". Maybe the calibration was different on hsv boxes. Not sure what there is to calibrate on a non electroic box. Also read they had a 3.27:1 diff ratio. They went pretty ok. Rode in a 200kw one quite a bit back in the day. Should have bought it for 8k when offered not the other junk I decided on. Yeah DAM haha.
Hi legend, yes the air box should be as you described and without the cold air induction over the shroud. The spare will be a hsv 16 x7 42p in yellow with the rectangular sticker (round stickers are vr vs) that 15 inch spare won’t fit over the front calipers. Bonnet badge is wrong as you suspected,it is the same as the wheel center cap. Guard badges are correct. Also check the garnish for small cracks as normally if the tail lights are cracked then the garnish will be too. Cluster slides are normally snapped off too (same as vq statesmen, Vp Calais) if you are looking for some. Don’t lose those factory rims either as they are now made of unattanium :). Unique to Vp hsv. My estimate is $32.700 Awesome work on the channel mate.
Mate.. really keen to see more progress Video's on this Senator, Goodluck to your boss with scoring genuine original parts.. My best mate is restoring his VP Senator, so far it's been a game of patience for the right parts and then shelling out a tonne of money for them
Great video, I remember these when they were new, your has picked up a pretty good example! The VN SV89 is one of my favourite cars of this era! Cheers Chris
Just found this video. Great looking VP! I've got a cardinal red one, build 077 from Jun 92, bought it in Jan 94. Bit tired now, needs a bit of work but was my daily drive until early 2017. The rear spoiler on this isn't the same as mine - my spoiler doesn't have the "droopy" ends over the quarter panels and the brake light is on the parcel shelf. My spare is a silver factory wheel with (I think) a 205x65 tyre.
I just got my hands on a VP clubbsport motor for my VR ute. Even have a mint HSV cluster with harness to go with. So wish I had the HSV engine covers though
Great cars. I remember manual converting a mates white senator 15 years back. It didn't have the flash front seats though. That pursuit rim to suit vp irs should have a 23p offset stamped on it.
Cool car, the VP Senator, I was lucky enough to drive a new one, a quartz grey 5000i version. I was pretty young and had a stock HQ 253, so the difference was pretty amazing lol PS- that upper airbox lid is probably VSII (same design, but plain) Leads from memory were Packard ?
Absolute stunner of a car, keen to hear more about it! I can’t imagine what he paid, prices are wild for these things lately... I bet he got an awesome deal though if it’s from out in the country! 🤙🏻
I was selling them new as I was classed as a HSV specialist. I miss those VP’s the most. Years on I was driving 150k company cars, we traded one almost identical to this done250,000 klms. I drove it for three months.
Mate I sold My White 5litre Vn executive 2 weeks ago, it was in storage for 9 years and I got it full rego and was super clean, I sold it for 23k and people commenting saying I was dreaming. nice vp !!
You will always get two different price ranges on face book, the high price from other owners and the low price from the people wanting to buy. That’s a Vs air box set up. I got a genuine VP 5L service manual that has info on the ignition leads, I’ll try dig it up
Well it's really going to suck not having any content and seeing any of the clean up on the car since it isn't yours unfortunately. Hopefully your boss will let you do some of the work on the car if so then you will be able to do a few videos on it fingers crossed cheers mate and good luck
Your boss sounds like he is going to drop some serious cash to refurbish this car to ‘factory’. The air box looks like a VS V8 Series 2 one. Front guard badges are correct.
ThAt looks like the correct spare some came like that and some had a sv5000 wheel painted in yellow best bet to contact hsv they should be able to give you a build sheet or order information Wheels should had the black plastic covers over the wheel nuts as well
About a year ago one of these in red went for 90k it had only traveled 80km though it would have been the lowest km vp senator in Australia garentteed it looked amazing like you stepping into a time capsule if I had the money I would have paid that price the car was absolutely perfect
@@MindieJ I can see your point were all different though arnt we the bloke obviously only bought the red vp senator as a investment and just to look at there are alot of car people like that I no of a vs gtsr 1996 that also has very low km on it not quiet 80 but not much more and still has all the stickers protective seat covers floor mats on it as well when it originally got delivered by truck to the dealership in 1996 can't wait to see what your boss does to the vp senator
You can say that bloody again every 1980 Plus 2 about 1990s or close to 2000 have skyrocketed in price it is god damn ridiculous even parts it is just shameful and to see that a lot of the guys are selling parts of these cars and then once they're done with the cars after all the gear is gone it just gets crushed so soon there won't be any cars to restore because they're going to be all bloody gone
Mid flaps are from the factory man, guard badge is correct, maybe just check the location, and if he wants everything original might as well put the auto back in.
Why is utube only recommending this now lol,my fvourite vn and the vp models- are tuff lookig and definitely handle better than the vr-vs models, badge on bonnet does look like it could come forward more, Im guessing anywhere between 22-30k
92 had some strange options as vr and vp over lapped. might have even been 93. looks like the airbox and otr plastic is from a vr vs seats look vr but again could have been in that changeover. console looks factory but for an auto. stereo and door speaker pods after market thats about all im confident in saying nice rig
Wow 😳 only 201 made and nearly 30 years old, there would be lucky to be 80 of them left and I’d say between $80k-$100k but I’d say he got it for a steal. I’m very very curious to know what it was purchased for but it would have to be in that region being so rare.
That surprises me mate. Rare, Holden gone, good nick and so on its price is only going one way and that’s up... another 15/20 years and the price will be scary haha
My old man had a VP Club Sport from new. The spare was exactly the same as the other 4 wheels (not painted yellow). Dunno if it was the same for the Senator though.
Probably stored in an uninsulated shed. Heat cycling does a number on foam. Also depends on how the previous owners treated it. 80k of bolster bashing (people who crush the bolster getting in and out) will do more harm than 300k of careful ownership.
Yeah depends on how fat the previous owners were too. I bought a vz maloo with 60k and they have serious heavy duty foam on the bolsters and it was rekt down to the bracket. Its like the guy used to spend the whole duration of the ownership stamping on it with his feet or something
@@bgillett76 modded doesn't seem to make a difference I've noticed, seen wildly done up vn ss for 45k and a dead stocker for the same. It's stupid, tbh for that money I'd rather go buy a mustang 😂 I'm just hoping it's a zf 6 speed and not a t5 in this...
@@MindieJ I doubt it. I remember these cars when they came out and all the one's my mates had all a painted yellow wheel same as those on the SV 5000. Perhaps there was a handful with the steely but I can put money ALL the ones I came across had the painted alloy. I found it strange at first but it was what it was. Whoever you spoke to at HSV is wrong.
@@MindieJ I’d have to agree, the fog lights don’t look right. The lenses look too clear, factory ones have lines in the lens like the headlights. They haven’t been available new for years and when I got my pair they were $1000 second hand. They were only fitted to the senators and the VQ carprice.
Those seats, console and steering wheel are stock factory items. They weren't options. That's why these cars were always stolen. Mainly for the wheels, interior and steering wheel. The rest was junk.
@@MindieJ The one for $40k had 200,000km on it! I wouldn't pay that much.. covid tax has thrown the price of 2nd hand Aussie built V8s up.. I just paid $25k for a 2008 black XR8 with all options in showroom condition and only 54,000k and I thought even that was a little over priced
I bought a brand new 1993 HSV Club Sport (Series 2 VP) in Dove Silver. It was such an awesome car & back in the day it turned heads everywhere it went. I only kept it for a few years, it was impeccable & HSV bought it back off me. I can’t really comment about the interior on the Senator & also heaps changed back then from that model to the series 2 VP. My seats were much nicer than that & Ive got photos of every inch of it (overseas). If I had that with me I could Show you exactly what the badges, wheel caps & airbox on them looked like because the chubby’s airbox, badges etc were the same. Back in those days the SS Cmmodes were running around in 160kw series 2 VP SS Commodes with the Auto box & I had the clubby with the 5 spd manual & it absolutely thumped away from the SS. It only had about 180 or 185kw & 400nm? Barrels of fun & the wheels on the Clubby in 1993 were much nicer than that senator….so we’re the seats, they had cloth/leather inserts. I’ve still got the Certificate for the car somewhere. The 5.0 litre was 👌🏼 mint
There's a siiiick white VP senator in WA thats being cut up from front to back for a balls to the wall twin turbo 383ci build with a 4-link 9" rear end... and I kinda love it haha.
That’s more my style
VP is hands down best Holden looking and I've driven! My dream car since i was 7 was a vp now im 15 and have a VP Berlina LX, Simmons, Fresh paint and all done up!
Very nice! good work getting your dream car so early in life
Look up the the VH SLE, two tone paint with the 308.
@@MrVice123456 my cars @vpberlina on insta
Found you
@@tidyvp aye 😂😂
I learned to drive in my dads vp commodore loved driving it to school used to race my friends love the 5 litre sounds
the sound is great, the speed not so much haha
@@MindieJ vn update next week your a legend Chris fix of 🇦🇺
My guess $28k
@@MindieJ hey the old 5Ls aren't that slow lol I've wound my fair share off the clock 😂
My 3rd car was a vp ss and once we had it to around 240 250k lol tacho was at 5500 rpm in 4th, we hit 220 at 4krpm 😂
The dumb shit u do at 19 🤦♂️😂
@@MindieJ I had a VPSS manual. It was quick enough by 90s standards, especially with headers, exhaust and 3.45 gears! I’ll never be able to find out what it would feel like now - way out of my price range!
Love it mate! Can't wait to see it all cleaned up! My uncle had a red VP Clubby with those wheels for ages - only had 80k on it when he traded it in for a VZ Clubby (which he still has). That old 180kw 5L sounded fantastic back in the day! Pretty sure you are right about the spare being a yellow five spoke too. Cheers 👍
Nice one!
A friend of mine picked up a 92 Calais HSV enhanced full options except no sun roof, has a full kit as well from factory, Great cars
More VP and 5lt content is never a bad thing
will try my hardest to do more on this car
Sweet as. Never thought much of them when they were new but like most things a couple of decades make them special. Nice to see zero dislikes.
ugly is the new cool
@@MindieJ tell me bout. 60 F100 me and AU ute daily. Love your channel man good stuff.
@@bradgotch thanks mate appreciate it
I’m definitely keen on seeing the progress of this car!
will try my hardest
Back in the late 90's, i bought a HSV enhanced VQ Stato.
Had it for all of 10 days before i got t-boned by a drunk driver in Tamworth.
Even though i am a Ford man, have always had a soft spot for the later VN- VR Commys; best mate at school, his old man ordered a VR 5.0 Executive in a blue colour, probably my favourite ever
oh thats heart breaking man
Better off getting in contact with a HSV club rather that asking all the experts on here lol
always good to get the comments section going
This is the senator there were 5000i senators too. About 150 of them mostly in senator quartz purple. They were all auto like the vp gts (said to have trans upgrades) and have a 200kw engine with bigger cam and head work i think. Plus group a 328mm front brakes. They had a blue interior and could be optioned with full leather and sunroof for example. There were also a handful of 5th anniversary 5000i senators which are even rarer.
@@Dan-rg7jj good info
@@Dan-rg7jj all the HSVs had the same box, no better for the 200kw. But the HSVs boxes had upgrades over the Holden
@@MrDOHC1JZ I read way back they have a "recalibrated auto". Maybe the calibration was different on hsv boxes. Not sure what there is to calibrate on a non electroic box. Also read they had a 3.27:1 diff ratio. They went pretty ok. Rode in a 200kw one quite a bit back in the day. Should have bought it for 8k when offered not the other junk I decided on. Yeah DAM haha.
Hi legend, yes the air box should be as you described and without the cold air induction over the shroud. The spare will be a hsv 16 x7 42p in yellow with the rectangular sticker (round stickers are vr vs) that 15 inch spare won’t fit over the front calipers.
Bonnet badge is wrong as you suspected,it is the same as the wheel center cap. Guard badges are correct.
Also check the garnish for small cracks as normally if the tail lights are cracked then the garnish will be too.
Cluster slides are normally snapped off too (same as vq statesmen, Vp Calais) if you are looking for some.
Don’t lose those factory rims either as they are now made of unattanium :). Unique to Vp hsv.
My estimate is $32.700
Awesome work on the channel mate.
great amount of info thanks man appreciate it
Not a bad looking vehicle for a Holden.. Nice note too
5L's do sound good
Mate.. really keen to see more progress Video's on this Senator, Goodluck to your boss with scoring genuine original parts.. My best mate is restoring his VP Senator, so far it's been a game of patience for the right parts and then shelling out a tonne of money for them
we dont need to source much stuff thankfully, just a genuine gearknob which is going to be pricy
Great video, I remember these when they were new, your has picked up a pretty good example! The VN SV89 is one of my favourite cars of this era! Cheers Chris
im also a sucker for an SV89
Just found this video. Great looking VP! I've got a cardinal red one, build 077 from Jun 92, bought it in Jan 94. Bit tired now, needs a bit of work but was my daily drive until early 2017.
The rear spoiler on this isn't the same as mine - my spoiler doesn't have the "droopy" ends over the quarter panels and the brake light is on the parcel shelf. My spare is a silver factory wheel with (I think) a 205x65 tyre.
You should have a look for the build sheet, under the carpet usually. It can be used to decipher the cars original build specs, to some degree..
full interior is coming out today so we'll see whats under there
Very keen to see this car come back to its former glory
time will tell
I just got my hands on a VP clubbsport motor for my VR ute. Even have a mint HSV cluster with harness to go with. So wish I had the HSV engine covers though
Great cars. I remember manual converting a mates white senator 15 years back. It didn't have the flash front seats though. That pursuit rim to suit vp irs should have a 23p offset stamped on it.
Cool car, the VP Senator, I was lucky enough to drive a new one, a quartz grey 5000i version. I was pretty young and had a stock HQ 253, so the difference was pretty amazing lol
PS- that upper airbox lid is probably VSII (same design, but plain)
Leads from memory were Packard ?
Absolute stunner of a car, keen to hear more about it! I can’t imagine what he paid, prices are wild for these things lately... I bet he got an awesome deal though if it’s from out in the country! 🤙🏻
thanks mate, more to come soon
I was selling them new as I was classed as a HSV specialist. I miss those VP’s the most. Years on I was driving 150k company cars, we traded one almost identical to this done250,000 klms. I drove it for three months.
great cars, which dealer were you at?
Reckon he paid round 13 and with tidy up and few original bits and pieces worth double that or more way prices are going , love ya work bud
I reckon they have a yellow sv5000 rim that’s what my dads Senator has
im thinking the same
Yes,Yellow 16x7 47P SV5000 style rim. Not an actual SV5000 rim,same style called the family wheel.
Mate I sold My White 5litre Vn executive 2 weeks ago, it was in storage for 9 years and I got it full rego and was super clean, I sold it for 23k and people commenting saying I was dreaming. nice vp !!
most people are very out of touch with todays ricing
Hi Ryan was that In Perth by any chance ?
You will always get two different price ranges on face book, the high price from other owners and the low price from the people wanting to buy.
That’s a Vs air box set up.
I got a genuine VP 5L service manual that has info on the ignition leads, I’ll try dig it up
haha yes the evaluations in the comments are anywhere from 8k to 50k
Would have to be in the 28-35k range concidering the prices of vs ss and hsv’s, this is older and less production numbers
huge profit on its way then
I really want to see videos of this getting a tidy up
very hard when i dont own the car
Well it's really going to suck not having any content and seeing any of the clean up on the car since it isn't yours unfortunately. Hopefully your boss will let you do some of the work on the car if so then you will be able to do a few videos on it fingers crossed cheers mate and good luck
@@johnoloveshis89vnformulavf49 as I said in the video I will do videos on the car but not the whole process
@@MindieJ i know mate it's a little bit bloody hard when it's your boss's car especially when you have your own job to do I do understand mate
Please follow this clean up
Nice, not sure if anyone else has said that 9/10 times the build sheets are under the carpet, generally under passenger front footwell.
correct, interior is coming out today
and above the roof lining too i believe
@@MindieJ awesome, there is one on eBay now for 90k
The factory ignition leads were Packard brand. They are a grey colour with white writing. My vp still has them and they have never been replaced.
thanks for the info
Your boss sounds like he is going to drop some serious cash to refurbish this car to ‘factory’. The air box looks like a VS V8 Series 2 one.
Front guard badges are correct.
shouldnt cost too much maybe a couple of K thats it
@@MindieJ is he going to leave it manual or convert it back to factory auto?
@@bigal878 nah will just leave it manual
Air box is wrong. Should have the 4 or 5 45 degree lines on the top. I think it was only the VN that has SV on it.
Same love these cars good to see them getting the love again
90's HSV's are definitely the hot topic at the moment
Your boss sounds like a awesome guy! Aha...best HSV in my opinion for the 5 lt are the VP
he has good taste, also owns a concourse XE ESP a GTF and a genuine XY GT
previous owner played the market perfectly. Buying it 18 years ago at rock bottom and selling at peak now.
I had a vn 5L Calais like 7 yrs ago, struggled to get 4500 for it, now can't get one under 30k 😔
previous owner sold it too cheap haha
Loved the body kit on these!
Me too!
Me three
ThAt looks like the correct spare some came like that and some had a sv5000 wheel painted in yellow best bet to contact hsv they should be able to give you a build sheet or order information
Wheels should had the black plastic covers over the wheel nuts as well
Thanks for the info John 👌🏼
My dad picked one up for 6k in 2001. It's crazy how much they're worth now since holden closed down.
Yeh they’ve gone insane
I reckon it would be worth about $30,000 Mindiej and will you be doing more videos with this specific car?
will try to, hard when it doesnt belong to me
These vids/cars are what get me up in the morning! 😍
Glad you like them!
That airbox lid is off a vs 5l. Out of all the non hsv airbox it's the best one. Resembles the sv one with the stripes
good to know thanks Karl
Can you make the next video wearing nothing but the vest?🙈🙈🙈
hahahaha ask Hanan
Wohoooo! Ride it my pony me 🕺🏼
love the rumble of the v8 look forward to more content of the vp
thanks mate
U can get the build sheet from holden, it will tell you what options it was given at point of build
hoping to find the build sheet under the carpet somewhere
Should be under the passenger carpet
Love the videos - which trimmer do you use?
Tuckers Auto and Marine in Werribee
Hey nice vid! Just wondering what do u do for work? Noticed the Honda uniform
i work at Honda hahaha
@@MindieJ as like a salesman? Or mechanic?
About a year ago one of these in red went for 90k it had only traveled 80km though it would have been the lowest km vp senator in Australia garentteed it looked amazing like you stepping into a time capsule if I had the money I would have paid that price the car was absolutely perfect
Cars like that are kind of useless in my eyes, what do you even do with it? Defeats the purpose of it being a “car”
@@MindieJ I can see your point were all different though arnt we the bloke obviously only bought the red vp senator as a investment and just to look at there are alot of car people like that I no of a vs gtsr 1996 that also has very low km on it not quiet 80 but not much more and still has all the stickers protective seat covers floor mats on it as well when it originally got delivered by truck to the dealership in 1996 can't wait to see what your boss does to the vp senator
2 years ago probably 10k now mid 30s i reckon
theyve definitely gone up
You can say that bloody again every 1980 Plus 2 about 1990s or close to 2000 have skyrocketed in price it is god damn ridiculous even parts it is just shameful and to see that a lot of the guys are selling parts of these cars and then once they're done with the cars after all the gear is gone it just gets crushed so soon there won't be any cars to restore because they're going to be all bloody gone
Mid flaps are from the factory man, guard badge is correct, maybe just check the location, and if he wants everything original might as well put the auto back in.
not going that far as to revert it back to auto, its just a clean up and flip
I bought a brand new VR club sport in 1993 and the spare tire was a stock 15inch rim .
VP and VR different
It's a wonder this car survived because nearly every Senator and Club Sport Commodores were stolen during those years.
Maybe it’s just a rebirthed Berlina 🤷🏼
Always wanted one since they were built my favourite car in the hsvs
They’re a great car
I would want to be kept updated on this looks mint, factory reset on her
will try do a few vids along its journey
They sound better than they go, but at least it's a manual
Yeh manual helps it.......slightly
Very nice. Will it be converted back to factory auto?
most likely no
Mindiej93 Hopefully it goes back to original if you can
Why is utube only recommending this now lol,my fvourite vn and the vp models- are tuff lookig and definitely handle better than the vr-vs models, badge on bonnet does look like it could come forward more,
Im guessing anywhere between 22-30k
I swear you’ve commented on my videos before, if you just subscribe you won’t need to wait til it’s suggested ❤️
Pre sure the spare should be a yellow sv5000 alloy with most likely a potenza or a pirelli p700
Getting lots of mixed opinions
92 had some strange options as vr and vp over lapped. might have even been 93.
looks like the airbox and otr plastic is from a vr vs
seats look vr but again could have been in that changeover. console looks factory but for an auto.
stereo and door speaker pods after market
thats about all im confident in saying
nice rig
console is 100% the auto one
Pretty sure theyre not Calais console at all, being a Berlina base...
And spare you've got is correct- black interceptor with yellow centre...Seats were an option in the Senator- Devonish design/ Hervey trim...
Wow 😳 only 201 made and nearly 30 years old, there would be lucky to be 80 of them left and I’d say between $80k-$100k but I’d say he got it for a steal. I’m very very curious to know what it was purchased for but it would have to be in that region being so rare.
definitely not worth 80-100k, theres one on ebay for 90k with under 1000kms on it and its been for sale for months
That surprises me mate. Rare, Holden gone, good nick and so on its price is only going one way and that’s up... another 15/20 years and the price will be scary haha
35k
Keep the vids on the Senator coming🎉🎉🎉🎉
will try my hardest to do a few vids on it along the way
What Honda dealer do you work for? I was with them for 15yrs 👍
western suburbs of VIC, 13 years this year
Hey man I think that spare is what they come with because my Vp sv91 has the same spare tire.
think the bigger spare is to suit the bigger brake option
My old man had a VP Club Sport from new. The spare was exactly the same as the other 4 wheels (not painted yellow). Dunno if it was the same for the Senator though.
getting lots of conflicting answers on the spare wheel haha
It's the right spare wheel
Reckon the Ks are genuine? I’ve never seen the foam breakdown like that on such low K car
Probably stored in an uninsulated shed. Heat cycling does a number on foam. Also depends on how the previous owners treated it. 80k of bolster bashing (people who crush the bolster getting in and out) will do more harm than 300k of careful ownership.
all depends on how you treat the car, ive seen cars with 50,000kms with screwed seat foam
Yeah depends on how fat the previous owners were too. I bought a vz maloo with 60k and they have serious heavy duty foam on the bolsters and it was rekt down to the bracket. Its like the guy used to spend the whole duration of the ownership stamping on it with his feet or something
They are supposed to have a yellow senator wheel. All I know about the VP HSVs. They are very rare
getting lots of mixed answers
Gotta love a nice Senator
theyre a great car
@@MindieJ I wish you and your boss luck getting decent parts for it !
Very hard to find these days , plus covid tax prices are off chops
Love this machine mate keep her comin
Will do Chris
sick mate dads got a mint vp clubby
I reckon High 30’s
You don’t see any out the road these days
Gotta love the sound of the old 5L firing order with the big induction roar
I'd say closer to 50/60k+ ,seen a vp gts for sale a few weeks ago for 78k lol
@@5lcalais1 crazy money , great time to own a HSV. If it was still an auto I’d agree with you. The manual conversion would of hurt the price
@@bgillett76 modded doesn't seem to make a difference I've noticed, seen wildly done up vn ss for 45k and a dead stocker for the same.
It's stupid, tbh for that money I'd rather go buy a mustang 😂
I'm just hoping it's a zf 6 speed and not a t5 in this...
@@5lcalais1 You lost me at Mustang lol ..... I’d like to see old mate put an auto back in it
@@bgillett76 nothing wrong with mustangs lol
You were incorrect about the spare wheel. It was a stocky yellow, but not the same as the wheels it has. It was a 16 x8 SV 5000 wheel painted yellow
According to HSV you’re incorrect, spare wheel in the car is correct
@@MindieJ I doubt it. I remember these cars when they came out and all the one's my mates had all a painted yellow wheel same as those on the SV 5000. Perhaps there was a handful with the steely but I can put money ALL the ones I came across had the painted alloy. I found it strange at first but it was what it was. Whoever you spoke to at HSV is wrong.
@@tonymontana897 ok
Should ask Dennis from Reserve cars. Pretty sure he had one as well.
he had about 15 haha, yeh already spoken to him
There was one at Reserve cars in Hoppers Crossing back in early 2000s, 70.000 on the clock I remember and price was something stupid like 50k
@@iRoN_ReGiMEnT yea Dennis had a collection of around 15 low KM HSV’s, all gone now
The spare will was a silver factory wheel
My boss had a blue one back in the day.
Yellow spare started later
3 different answers so far
@@MindieJ ha ha ha to be expected
Supposed to have black caps over the nuts I’m pretty sure
you are correct
And for how much did he pay well I say around the 30/40k mark
not very much
Hey mate ive got a vx ss and vy ss ute in the garage, hasnt been started in 8-9 years. What do you think will be wrong with it
Lol how am I supposed to know
@@MindieJ don’t ya work in the garage
@@christianservinis5135 i don’t have a crystal ball to know what’s wrong with your cars
Love a sennie but still think i'd prefer your exec!
me also, this isnt my sort of thing, cant really mod it it hurts the value, much rather the exec im not worried about thrashing
Sweet Dream Car!
thanks Nate
Cool car. I was wanting to see what happen with the diff... don’t tell me next weeeeeek
next weeks video haha, its already done
Should be Bridgestone as a spare
What number is the car? The number should be above the glove box.
I show both the build plates in the video
Hey Bro the Fog lights aren't Genuine nice car tho Worked at HSV plant in clayton for a many years
how can you tell?
@@MindieJ I’d have to agree, the fog lights don’t look right. The lenses look too clear, factory ones have lines in the lens like the headlights. They haven’t been available new for years and when I got my pair they were $1000 second hand. They were only fitted to the senators and the VQ carprice.
Those seats, console and steering wheel are stock factory items. They weren't options. That's why these cars were always stolen. Mainly for the wheels, interior and steering wheel. The rest was junk.
You forgot bumpers grille and side skirts....All plastic, not shitty fibreglass like the gts...😉
My vp gts had the same wheels as that and the spare was a yellow sv5000 style wheel
good info thanks Craig
Vn and vp content fuck yeah
As is I would guess around the $40k mark
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm :)
Look Boss no hands ha ha 🇦🇺👍
ssshhhhhh dont tell him
If you had to guess 1/4mile times, what do you think it would run?
agree"d, not fast at all
@@MindieJ still,,,, Not bad for the era plus full size sedan. Would be a fun skid car, not that you would with a car like that.
@Jimmy Valentine wow didn't know the 5.0ltr auto, would be slower to a manual vp v6. proves how much I know. both good cars but.
Honestly not sure what it's worth , high 20s to $30,000.
Didn't even notice the vest 😄
well maybe i shouldnt have mentioned it then haha
great shape
My 2017 Mimi with 20k miles is beat up more than that car and I take care of my cars. Nice car your boss has got
haha you gotta take care of your car better man
@@MindieJ it’s not me it’s the a holes parking next to it and California sun
@@keenobservations3050 it’s even worse when others do the damage
This didnt happen to come from wa did it? If so I know the car and can confirm it being stored very securely for a long time
nah was country VIC
@@MindieJ Ah okay looks and sounds identical to a vehicle a friends dad owned for years manual converted similar ks etc
@@Swwa89 unless it was 20 years ago then definitely not this car
It's probably worth $32,000 ??. As I've seen them up to $40k on carsales.
maybe for a mint condition one
@@MindieJ The one for $40k had 200,000km on it! I wouldn't pay that much.. covid tax has thrown the price of 2nd hand Aussie built V8s up.. I just paid $25k for a 2008 black XR8 with all options in showroom condition and only 54,000k and I thought even that was a little over priced
@@mrbrad4637 200k one on Carsales will be on there for a very long time
@@MindieJ I agree it will be, wayyy overpriced..
Looks great, not a fan of the velour personally though
wouldnt be the best in the hot weather
I got a vp clubsport in manual if you wanna add to the collection
What's wrong with it how much
Its about to go get resprayed hasn't been listed yet nsw car
Haha one is enough
Well let me know how much before you decide to list it please mate cheers
I sent you a live message of two photos of a senator where the badges should be on bonnet and guard
thanks mate
Seeeee my vest
"made from real gorilla chest"
great burble
If u have bass headphones u can hear beautiful v8 exhaust notes and think car might cost $45000
Haha had to have another camera on the rear bar just to get that sound
Very nice car mate
Not bad 👌🏼
The front badge is positioned too far back towards the front window. Should be further forward.
Ps Nice Vest.
i thought it looked weird, thanks haha
@@MindieJ it looks right to me, I could measure mine if you want
I bought a brand new 1993 HSV Club Sport (Series 2 VP) in Dove Silver. It was such an awesome car & back in the day it turned heads everywhere it went. I only kept it for a few years, it was impeccable & HSV bought it back off me. I can’t really comment about the interior on the Senator & also heaps changed back then from that model to the series 2 VP. My seats were much nicer than that & Ive got photos of every inch of it (overseas). If I had that with me I could Show you exactly what the badges, wheel caps & airbox on them looked like because the chubby’s airbox, badges etc were the same.
Back in those days the SS Cmmodes were running around in 160kw series 2 VP SS Commodes with the Auto box & I had the clubby with the 5 spd manual & it absolutely thumped away from the SS. It only had about 180 or 185kw & 400nm? Barrels of fun & the wheels on the Clubby in 1993 were much nicer than that senator….so we’re the seats, they had cloth/leather inserts. I’ve still got the Certificate for the car somewhere. The 5.0 litre was 👌🏼 mint
iam thinking 20k the car has been touched no books since 80k so yeah 20k