BLUE GRIT
THERE are a million reasons to love the Blue Meanie: the colour, the boxy goodness, the letterbox grille and the notion that Peter Brock himself smashed Bathurst a couple of times in one. For Steve Barnes and his brother Wayne Cole, it’s about Holden’s toughest shape, nothing more.
The street machining gene is strong within Steve and Wayne’s family. “My brother Darren has an XA GT replica, while my father-in-law John has an absolutely beautiful XA coupe,” Steve explains. “My dad Ron used to be into his Yank tanks, having owned Chev Impalas and Dodges, as well as
