APV 1987 VL Holden Calais 4.9L V8 ... Build No. 1 (SOLD)

APV or Advanced Performance Vehicles was started soon after Brock and GMH parted ways. About 40 mostly ex Bertie Street HDT employees under the leadership of ex HDT Director Jeff Hughes formed a short lived company to look after HDT owners and their cars and also to develop a standalone Commodore offering. Of course HSV blitzed the scene and the rest is history.

APV Build No. 1 is the car you see here. It was the APV test mule. When it appeared in Car Australia Magazine in 1988 it had covered 28,000 klms of hard testing. Originally based on an Alpine white VL Calais, it featured an APV body kit, engine tweaks, Momo 16 x 7 rims, a Momo steering wheel and of course the APV build plate in the engine bay.

Along the way, the car was repainted in Burgundy and the original engine has now been rebuilt as an injected 355 stroker with 5 speed T-5 manual transmission. The exhaust, suspension, brakes and diff have all been upgraded. The engine bay electrics have been fully rewired. The body and paint are in good condition with no rust or damage. The original Scheel interior is in excellent condition. The car will be sold with polished HSV VL Group A SS Walkinshaw wheels, a huge receipt file for most of the work done going back 20 years plus heaps of registration paperwork and some spare body and interior part.

Current owner of 10 years. Full WA registration. Perth, WA car. (Ref. 5175)