Dedrok Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 As the title suggests I am selling the beloved 1 Tonna ..... this will be hard to let go. Offering up here 1st if anyone was interested, looking at 10K or Pinball equivalent swap. 1978 Holden HZ 1 Ton ute Worked 308 5 Speed Supra box Rear Disc brakes GTS Dash Custom Interior Power windows Lower Grille (not fitted) http://vpforums.org/imghost/110/tonna001reduced.jpg http://vpforums.org/imghost/110/tonna002reduced.jpg http://vpforums.org/imghost/110/tonna003reduced.jpg http://vpforums.org/imghost/110/tonna004reduced.jpg http://vpforums.org/imghost/110/tonna005reduced.jpg http://vpforums.org/imghost/110/tonna006reduced.jpg So time to go and get the polish out and start cleaning it. Any questions, just ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railways Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Never, ever thought I'd see the day:o She sure looks nice and shiny. Was it always Black?? Would've thought the Caprice would have been nudged out 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sade_Rock Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 and it comes with a pin.... bargain :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dedrok Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share Posted July 5, 2015 Never, ever thought I'd see the day:o She sure looks nice and shiny. Was it always Black?? Would've thought the Caprice would have been nudged out 1st. The Caprice is going out the door too Jeff, everything must go! . And yes I keep telling you , has always been black. Oh, yes. Pinball not included. Sent from iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarky351 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 You'll regret it mate :-( Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GORGAR 1 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 That looks very nice is it a factory 5 litre? GLWS :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Moderator WOKA Posted July 5, 2015 Super Moderator Share Posted July 5, 2015 Nice ute.. What work has been done to the motor..? Any idea of the diff ratio.? Umm.... So many questions - so much want.. JBL's too.. So old skool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dedrok Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share Posted July 5, 2015 You'll regret it mate :-( I know, but have bigger regrets than that to deal with at the moment. :( That looks very nice is it a factory 5 litre? GLWS :) Was a factory 253 auto. Nice ute.. What work has been done to the motor..? Any idea of the diff ratio.? Yellow Terra Race Rockers Bored to 60 Thou Slight cam other stuff that I cant recall only done about 15,000 Kms since rebuild Diff is 3:55 (not LSD) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angs1957 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Great looking ute, GLWS they are getting harder to find in that condition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slevbro Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Oh no not the Tonna!!!!! It is great to move a pin with.GLWS, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicoleStanley Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Great looking, they are getting harder to find in that condition now a days.. What other work has been done on this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Getting off topic of the sale, but did you choose the motor upgrades? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dedrok Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 Great looking, they are getting harder to find in that condition now a days.. What other work has been done on this... Was pretty much a ground up rebuild out of the original tonna that was a 253 auto, a 2nd tonna as spares and a HX Statesman. Used all the best bits from 3 cars. Full HZ GTS and stato dash with all Statesman interior, except for the Torana SLR seats- they sit lower than the Stato seats. Made up the wiring for the interior lights from a statesman harness, so has 3 in the roof, 2 in each door and 1 in each foot well. 5 Speed Supra box conversion, lowered, custom interior - black diamond cloth on red cloth, custom alloy tray and guards, urathane bushes through the front end, full 2K black chassis, chrome under the bonnet (brackets, brake booster, bolts, clips, latches, etc), extractors, 2 1/2" stainless single exhaust and muffler, 4 wheel disc brake set up. Getting off topic of the sale, but did you choose the motor upgrades? The motor I originally put in was from yet another statesman .... was an ok 40 thou 308 and had some kick, but was a bit tired. Needed a rebuild and wanted to keep it 40 thou but had a bit too much wear so needed to go out to 60 thou. I did choose most of the upgrades and had a heap of parts that I had bought years earlier, so used what we could. The heads needed to be changed to take the roller rockers, didn't want a lumpy cam as it was more of a daily run around carrying pinballs about the place. So was mainly a tidy up with new bits, full strip down and rebuild and then some slight upgrading. Ended up putting my old vacuum 4 barrel holley on so that I could control it and mostly only use 2 barrels. A nice mechanical 4 barrel would give it extra kick, but that would only tip machines off the back. Was Dino'd up after the initial run in, quite a few years ago now, but still gets along nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 She sounds as good as she looks.......with minimal weight on the rear end she would be easy to let slide. I was curious as to the roller rockers being fitted, pressed steel rockers whilst not 100% identical to each other still work fine with a mild cam. But as you had them lying around, why not use them. Yeh, nothing like fully opening primaries then trampin' open the secondaries on a mech 4 barrel. Nice adrenalin rush :) GLWS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rygar Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Now that's one impressive machine that anyone would be proud to own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dedrok Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 Bump Listing this again next month before i do a Melbourne trip in it for one last cruise. Will chuck up some more updated pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mckie1 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Amazing HZ. My first car was HZ Kingswood with three on the tree [emoji23] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhank Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Sweet i am a die hard mopar man but i have a soft spot for old holdens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dedrok Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 Sad day people. The Tonna has left the Building. Sold. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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