Comments by "John D" (@johnd8892) on "Donut" channel.

  1. The Chevrolet/Holden SS was likely damaged sales wise by being an unintended sleeper. Lots of owners though, love the sleeper aspect of the rare SS and the benefits of that.
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  2. Holden badged Calibra in Australia too. We really wanted a Torana V8, yet another you missed.
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  3. Also ..The V4 was a mass market motor for Ford, but in Europe and mainly Germany. In the 1962 Ford Taunus then Consul. transit van, and Capri. Later used in the Saab 95,96 and 97 when Saab first moved away from two stroke engines and to the four stroke Ford V4. Possibly at Ford's demonstrated suggestion to sell motors. Was also used in the first Ford Mustang, the mid engined prototype. Was intended for mass sale in the US as the Ford Cardinal with a V4 but Ford eventually went with the Falcon and Cardinal design evolved into the Cortina and Taunus. Sizes from 1.2 to 1.7 litres for all these. UK use in the Ford Corsair and Zephyr mk 4 from the sixties as well as the Transit Van. Lots of Lancias from even the 1920s used a V4. So not just the rare cars shown. Lots of mass market cars. So even the US nearly had lots of Ford V4 Mustangs and Cardinals.
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  4. One of the early prototypes for testing that very few a familiar with. Not a good choice of photo.
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  5. XK, XL, XR, XT have lots of parts interchangeable with US versions. Helped locals build a few XT two doors that look factory built using US shells. Some with the XW and XY. Close to none from XA onwards apart from some motor parts. The 1965 XP falcon based on tooling from the 1960 Edsel/Mercury Comet with many updates.
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  6. That won the 66 and 67 championships starting with a Repco modified Oldsmobile aluminium V8 engine block developed in Melbourne Australia.
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  7. In 2008 the total numbers of Holdens started declining as the old ones were getting scrapped faster than the new ones were being sold. The first time since 1948.
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  8. Also ..The V4 was a mass market motor for Ford, but in Europe and mainly Germany. In the 1962 Ford Taunus then Consul. transit van, and Capri. Later used in the Saab 95,96 and 97 when Saab first moved away from two stroke engines and to the four stroke Ford V4. Possibly at Ford's demonstrated suggestion to sell motors. Was also used in the first Ford Mustang, the mid engined prototype. Was intended for mass sale in the US as the Ford Cardinal with a V4 but Ford eventually went with the Falcon and Cardinal design evolved into the Cortina and Taunus. Sizes from 1.2 to 1.7 litres for all these. UK use in the Ford Corsair and Zephyr mk 4 from the sixties as well as the Transit Van. Lots of Lancias from even the 1920s used a V4. So not just the rare cars shown. Lots of mass market cars. So even the US nearly had lots of Ford V4 Mustangs and Cardinals.
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  9. Also ..The V4 was a mass market motor for Ford, but in Europe and mainly Germany. In the 1962 Ford Taunus then Consul. transit van, and Capri. Later used in the Saab 95,96 and 97 when Saab first moved away from two stroke engines and to the four stroke Ford V4. Possibly at Ford's demonstrated suggestion to sell motors. Was also used in the first Ford Mustang, the mid engined prototype. Was intended for mass sale in the US as the Ford Cardinal with a V4 but Ford eventually went with the Falcon and Cardinal design evolved into the Cortina and Taunus. Sizes from 1.2 to 1.7 litres for all these. UK use in the Ford Corsair and Zephyr mk 4 from the sixties as well as the Transit Van. Lots of Lancias from even the 1920s used a V4. So not just the rare cars shown. Lots of mass market cars. So even the US nearly had lots of Ford V4 Mustangs and Cardinals.
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  10. NSU had the first rotary production car, in 1965, a single rotor Spyder sports car. https://youtu.be/yt7jlvNguGw Later NSU Ro80 two rotor four door sedan in volume production. https://youtu.be/dIfV804Kjgw Both before Mazda made better versions. Mercedes-Benz C111 originally a four rotor mid engined test bed car that determined rotaries had too many problems for production. https://youtu.be/qc4MJ06QVso
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  11. The option was there since 1966. If someone had taken it up in 66 by supercharging the previous years 1.5 litre cars just enough to win they could have had a cheaper winner. Little development cost compared to developing new 3 litre engines. But the early fifties supercharged cars were nearly forgotten. About 1951 BRM had a 1.5 litre supercharged V16 that they were perfecting before the rules changed. Turbocharging left then to pioneers like the Chev Corvair using GM experience with railroad locomotive turbocharging back to the fifties.
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  12. Double Overhead Camshaft. With a camshaft above both the exhaust and inlet valves. No long pushrods and valve rockers so easier to run at high speeds without breaking.
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  13. The W1 Maloo had an HSV plate with a build date of 29/12/2017. So it might have a claim to be the last Holden. But from HSV Clayton Victoria not Holden at Elizabeth South Australia. Which is the real last, or perhaps another of the four Maloo W1 cars made but not seen much yet.
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  14. Yes but Fairbanks Morse. Used in some US diesel locomotives as well as many ships . Possibly electricity generation too. Due to high efficiency. But higher maintenance too.
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  15. The rare ones are getting highly sought after now. A 2017 Maloo W1 (one of five made) is now on auction bid up to $705,000 after about 8 days bidding with 21 days to go. You don't know what you've lost til its gone.
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  16. The much more conventional 700 was really the car that saved BMW. To quote Wikipedia : The BMW 700 is a small rear-engined car which was produced by BMW in various models from August 1959 to November 1965. It was the first BMW automobile with a monocoque structure. The 700 was a sales success at a time when BMW was close to financial ruin.[5] The 700 was also successful in its class in motorsport, both in its stock form and as the basis of a racing special called the 700RS.
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  17. Also in production longer was the Turbo charged Chevrolet Corvair. I think 1962 was the year for the Corvair and Oldsmobile turbos. Not heard of other V8s. Olds version soon dropped in favour of just going with a bigger V8 and dropping the aluminium block V8. Repco Brabham used a much modified Oldsmobile alloy block to win the 1966 and 67 championships. Non turbo version much modified by Repco in Melbourne Australia.
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  18. Look up the Napier Deltic. Nine cylinder 18 piston. Used in British Railways diesel locomotives. 1650 HP by 2.
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  19. The V4 was a mass market motor for Ford, but in Europe and mainly Germany. In the 1962 Ford Taurus then Consul. transit van, and Capri. Later used in the Saab 95,96 and 97 when Saab first moved away from two stroke engines and to the four stroke Ford V4. Possibly at Ford's demonstrated suggestion to sell motors. Was also used in the first Ford Mustang, the mid engined prototype. Was intended for mass sale in the US as the Ford Cardinal with a V4 but Ford eventually went with the Falcon and Cardinal design evolved into the Cortina and Taunus. Sizes from 1.2 to 1.7 litres for all these. UK use in the Ford Corsair and Zephyr mk 4 from the sixties as well as the Transit Van. Lots of Lancias from even the 1920s used a V4. So not just the rare cars shown. Lots of mass market cars. So even the US nearly had lots of Ford V4 Mustangs and Cardinals.
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  20.  @willbattaglia145  So close to the "I just want one" slogan of Holden Special Vehicles HSV.
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  21. As did Rover and Fiat ten years earlier.
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  22. The 1969 Holden Hurricane is my favourite from the day I saw it as a kid at the Melbourne Motor Show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iezc14zdYCM
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  23. Also ..The V4 was a mass market motor for Ford, but in Europe and mainly Germany. In the 1962 Ford Taunus then Consul. transit van, and Capri. Later used in the Saab 95,96 and 97 when Saab first moved away from two stroke engines and to the four stroke Ford V4. Possibly at Ford's demonstrated suggestion to sell motors. Was also used in the first Ford Mustang, the mid engined prototype. Was intended for mass sale in the US as the Ford Cardinal with a V4 but Ford eventually went with the Falcon and Cardinal design evolved into the Cortina and Taunus. Sizes from 1.2 to 1.7 litres for all these. UK use in the Ford Corsair and Zephyr mk 4 from the sixties as well as the Transit Van. Lots of Lancias from even the 1920s used a V4. So not just the rare cars shown. Lots of mass market cars. So even the US nearly had lots of Ford V4 Mustangs and Cardinals.
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  24. Glad you gave some sort of credit at 2:55 to Jack Brabham in the photo. Winning the championship with your own car. Never to be repeated. Oldsmobile aluminium V8 based but heavily modified by Repco in Melbourne Australia.
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  25. Increasing numbers of buyers saw Holden as a car for bogans. Confirmed by bogans choice of cars that appealed to them. Yeah, thanks bogans.
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  26. Also ..The V4 was a mass market motor for Ford, but in Europe and mainly Germany. In the 1962 Ford Taunus then Consul. transit van, and Capri. Later used in the Saab 95,96 and 97 when Saab first moved away from two stroke engines and to the four stroke Ford V4. Possibly at Ford's demonstrated suggestion to sell motors. Was also used in the first Ford Mustang, the mid engined prototype. Was intended for mass sale in the US as the Ford Cardinal with a V4 but Ford eventually went with the Falcon and Cardinal design evolved into the Cortina and Taunus. Sizes from 1.2 to 1.7 litres for all these. UK use in the Ford Corsair and Zephyr mk 4 from the sixties as well as the Transit Van. Lots of Lancias from even the 1920s used a V4. So not just the rare cars shown. Lots of mass market cars. So even the US nearly had lots of Ford V4 Mustangs and Cardinals.
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  27. Missed Mad Max XB Falcon coupes for a start. The most recognisable Falcon. What was he thinking.
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  28. Lots of cars with hemispherical combustion chambers even pre World War 1. Belgian Pipe 1905, Fiat 1907 Grand Prix racer. Peugeot Grand Prix Car of 1912 and the Alfa Romeo Grand Prix car of 1914 both were four valve engines also, Daimler, and Riley were also using hemispherical combustion chambers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemispherical_combustion_chamber Genius of Chrysler was to trademark and promote the simpler HEMI name and so make may people think they invented it and were the only ones using it. Worked well for them.
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  29. Also ..The V4 was a mass market motor for Ford, but in Europe and mainly Germany. In the 1962 Ford Taunus then Consul. transit van, and Capri. Later used in the Saab 95,96 and 97 when Saab first moved away from two stroke engines and to the four stroke Ford V4. Possibly at Ford's demonstrated suggestion to sell motors. Was also used in the first Ford Mustang, the mid engined prototype. Was intended for mass sale in the US as the Ford Cardinal with a V4 but Ford eventually went with the Falcon and Cardinal design evolved into the Cortina and Taunus. Sizes from 1.2 to 1.7 litres for all these. UK use in the Ford Corsair and Zephyr mk 4 from the sixties as well as the Transit Van. Lots of Lancias from even the 1920s used a V4. So not just the rare cars shown. Lots of mass market cars. So even the US nearly had lots of Ford V4 Mustangs and Cardinals.
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  30. GMH made a local Chevrolet ute a month or so after Ford. Apparently working on them at the same time. Earlier local coach builders created ute bodies on cars as simple as Austin Sevens. But wood and fabric not steel factory versions. Fletch at Shannon's came across a NSW chev collector with a paddock full of pre war local chevs. Quite a few of them utes.
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  31. Because if you are looking for the 66 and 67 season the Repco Brabham cars dominated with cars starting with engines based on the Oldsmobile aluminium V8 block heavily modified by Repco in Melbourne Australia.
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  32. Correct. But not the super hot turbo RS versions. Road going race cars.
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  33. Only briefly mentioned the Napier Deltic. Locomotive and ship engine.
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  34. Also ..The V4 was a mass market motor for Ford, but in Europe and mainly Germany. In the 1962 Ford Taunus then Consul. transit van, and Capri. Later used in the Saab 95,96 and 97 when Saab first moved away from two stroke engines and to the four stroke Ford V4. Possibly at Ford's demonstrated suggestion to sell motors. Was also used in the first Ford Mustang, the mid engined prototype. Was intended for mass sale in the US as the Ford Cardinal with a V4 but Ford eventually went with the Falcon and Cardinal design evolved into the Cortina and Taunus. Sizes from 1.2 to 1.7 litres for all these. UK use in the Ford Corsair and Zephyr mk 4 from the sixties as well as the Transit Van. Lots of Lancias from even the 1920s used a V4. So not just the rare cars shown. Lots of mass market cars. So even the US nearly had lots of Ford V4 Mustangs and Cardinals.
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  35. And built 351 and 302 Cleveland motors into the eighties at the Ford Geelong engine plant. For local Falcons, Fairlanes and LTDs.
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  36. Because if you are looking for the 66 and 67 season the Repco Brabham cars dominated with cars starting with engines based on the Oldsmobile aluminium V8 block heavily modified by Repco in Melbourne Australia. Jack and Repco chose the Oldsmobile block because of the extra head stud.
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  37. Did not work as well as normal designs. Only dozens made and none after 1963. High maintenance complications.
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  38. Oldsmobile aluminium block based engines in the Repco Brabham cars.that won the 1966 and 67 championships. Engine developed by the Australian Repco company in Melbourne by extreme modifications to the Oldsmobile 215 aluminium V8 eg adding gear driven overhead camshafts to quickly develop reliable power and small profile that could be fitted into the previous years 1.5 litre engine compartment. Beat lots of more powerful cars that were too heavy, complicated and unreliable. Took quite a while for the Cosworth to get reliable. The only Ford input into the Cosworth was to finance it cheaply so their name could be put on it. No one at Ford would know how to make a winning F1 engine. Always outside smart people, like Cosworth or Holman and Moody for Le Man's cars. In 66 McLaren tried a Ford 260 based F1 engine but soon gave up. Cosworth went with a clean sheet of paper to design the DFV.
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  39. Yes. Although Brabham sign because Jack Brabham is the driver. Unique to win F1 championship with your own race team. Never will happen again. Because if you are looking for the 66 and 67 season the Repco Brabham cars dominated with cars starting with engines based on the Oldsmobile aluminium V8 block heavily modified by Repco in Melbourne Australia.
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  40.  @jasonsalyer3982  Like this Argentina Falcon drag car from a few years ago I found quickly : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhiNouWbrLI Might be a few going harder since. The other day in Australia 2048 hp at the rear wheel hubs from a Falcon Barra, but with twin turbos : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0bggIsb__A&t=54s Both cases need some skills in tuning 6 cyl cars
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  41. Holden was officially closed down on 31 December 2020. RIP Holden 1856-2020. Last few months even the dealer signage was ordered to be destroyed by GM.
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  42. Fastest four door sedan. Quite a few Sports cars faster.
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  43. Yes the Aussie XB two door coupe from about 1974 which he ignored. XA and XC models also. Motors range from 250 302 351, mostly V8s.
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  44. Also ..The V4 was a mass market motor for Ford, but in Europe and mainly Germany. In the 1962 Ford Taunus then Consul. transit van, and Capri. Later used in the Saab 95,96 and 97 when Saab first moved away from two stroke engines and to the four stroke Ford V4. Possibly at Ford's demonstrated suggestion to sell motors. Was also used in the first Ford Mustang, the mid engined prototype. Was intended for mass sale in the US as the Ford Cardinal with a V4 but Ford eventually went with the Falcon and Cardinal design evolved into the Cortina and Taunus. Sizes from 1.2 to 1.7 litres for all these. UK use in the Ford Corsair and Zephyr mk 4 from the sixties as well as the Transit Van. Lots of Lancias from even the 1920s used a V4. So not just the rare cars shown. Lots of mass market cars. So even the US nearly had lots of Ford V4 Mustangs and Cardinals.
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  45. V4 used in the very first Ford Mustang. https://youtu.be/l7mtDRNtCpQ
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  46. Tempest or Typhoon.
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  47. WW2 typhoon aircraft H24.
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  48. XK, XL, XR, XT have lots of parts interchangeable with US versions. Helped locals build a few XT two doors that look factory built using US shells. Some with the XW and XY. Close to none from XA onwards apart from some motor parts.
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  49. Also ..The V4 was a mass market motor for Ford, but in Europe and mainly Germany. In the 1962 Ford Taunus then Consul. transit van, and Capri. Later used in the Saab 95,96 and 97 when Saab first moved away from two stroke engines and to the four stroke Ford V4. Possibly at Ford's demonstrated suggestion to sell motors. Was also used in the first Ford Mustang, the mid engined prototype. Was intended for mass sale in the US as the Ford Cardinal with a V4 but Ford eventually went with the Falcon and Cardinal design evolved into the Cortina and Taunus. Sizes from 1.2 to 1.7 litres for all these. UK use in the Ford Corsair and Zephyr mk 4 from the sixties as well as the Transit Van. Lots of Lancias from even the 1920s used a V4. So not just the rare cars shown. Lots of mass market cars. So even the US nearly had lots of Ford V4 Mustangs and Cardinals.
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  50. A ute is a sedan based light truck. Australia had been making them since 1930. Well before the ranchero and el Camino US later copies of the idea.
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