1986'er HOLDEN in baby-blau

So Leute, nu haben Tante & Onkel auch 'nen heissen Schlitten unterm A..... Dank Dani's unaufhaltsamen Stoebern nach Autos for sale, hat es nun endlich geklappt. Fuer schmale $950 haben wir einen 1986'er Holden - Samira SL/E (Grandmum's vehicle) erstanden. Der Onkel hat sich selbstverstaendlich gleich am naechsten Tag dran gemacht, der guten "Karre" eine gruendliche Waesche zu verpassen.

Aber erst mal ein paar Eckdaten fuer die Schrauber & Autofreaks unter uns :
( natuerlich die englische Ausfuehrung )

Early history

In 1852, James Alexander Holden emigrated to South Australia from England and in 1856 established J.A. Holden & Co, a saddlery business in Adelaide. Edward Holden, James' son, joined the firm in 1905 with an interest in automobiles. From there, the firm evolved through various partnerships and, in 1908, Holden and Frost moved into the business of minor repairs to car upholstery. The company began to produce complete motorcycle sidecar bodies in 1913, and Edward experimented with fitting bodies to different types of carriages. After 1917, wartime trade restrictions led the company to start full-scale production of vehicle body shells. J.A. Holden founded a new company in 1919, Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd (HMBB) specialising in car bodies. By 1923, HMBB were producing 12,000 units per year. During this time, HMBB was the first company to assemble bodies for Ford Australia until their Geelong, Victoria, plant was completed. From 1924, HMBB became the exclusive supplier of car bodies for GM in Australia, with manufacturing taking place at the new Woodville, South Australia plant. These bodies were made to suit a number of chassis imported from manufacturers such as Chevrolet and Dodge. The Great Depression era led to a substantial downturn in production, from 34,000 units annually in 1930 to just 1,651 units one year later. In 1931, General Motors purchased the business and formed General Motors–Holden's Ltd. Since then, two name changes have occurred: the first, in 1998, changed the name to Holden Ltd, and the second, in May 2005, to GM Holden Ltd.

(to be continue)

Part two / 2 :

... wenn man dann schon mal'ne "Karre" unter'm A..... hat, will man sie natuerlich auch ordnungsgemaess ausfahren. So haben wir dann am Sonntag Nachmittag den ahlen Ofen angeschmissen und sind gemuetlich Richtung Marlborough Sounds "gecruist" - cool!
Und so hat uns der gute 86'er Holden ohne Probleme bis zur Okiwi Bay gefahren. In Okiwi Bay angekommen, machten wir einen kleinen Strandspaziergang (siehe Video), wie sich das gehoert fuer'nen schoenen Sonntag. Anschliessend chauffierte uns Dani wieder gut durch die Berge zurueck 'gen Nelson, wo es dann an den gedeckten Abendtisch ging.

P.S. Damit das "Cruisen" auch richtig Spass macht, hat der Onkel natuerlich gleich mal'ne Adapterkassette (MP3-Player) fuer 'de oldschool Soundanlage im 86'er Holden besorgt... und alle Achtung, da erleben Tante & Onkel doch glatt einen Hoergenuss der Superlative.

! let's funk'n'groove !