DOUBLE TROUBLE

It all started back in 2004 when I changed jobs, I’d been at a business for 20 years and been lucky enough to have a company car for the whole time, I had taken up a short-term contract for a couple of months before going onto another permanent position with a car.

I needed some wheels but didn’t want to get stuck with something so I struck a deal with my oldest boy, John, who was 15 at the time and getting close to a licence. “What do you want?” I asked, and his response was a white or red Holden VL Calais.

We found a reasonable roadworthy red one within a week and at the end of the contract John bought it off me. He’s still got it and in the process of undoing all the modifications he’s done over the years, putting it back to almost standard with a turbocharger.

I’ve always had some sort of old car, with Holden HRs being the dominant model: sedans, wagons and even a Premier wagon or a station sedan to use the correct terminology.

In 2005 I had a little Morris Mini and the HR Holden Premier wagon. Two different buyers,