You would be hard-pressed to find a good Holden VL Commodore for under $5000 these days, let alone a VL Commodore BT-1. However, the year is 2008, where Commodore tax wasn’t a thing, and Commodores like VLs could be sourced for a reasonable price. Jason Paterson’s brother, who had a keen eye, was lucky enough to stumble upon one in a paddock in Feilding. Twisting Jason’s arm to buy it, Jason’s brother and friend went to check it out, and were told that it had a mechanical issue. It didn’t phase them too much, as they knew what they were looking at. With a small sum — in today’s age — of $4000, Jason had himself a Holden VL Commodore BT-1. Being a southerner, Jason got a truck and trailer to tow his new prized possession back to Christchurch where he picked it up to take home to Ashburton. After getting it home, the mechanical dilemma was quickly diagnosed as a worn gudgeon pin. Despite being warned by his father not to drive it, the advice seemed to go in one ear and out the other for the 21-year-old Jason at the time.
Deciding to limp it down the road to his workplace to
