Sorry Holden_man, I think I need to come to your defence here.
To be Honest, before I became a Ford man, I was deeply entrenched in the Holden camp.
My first car was a baby poo brown VB commodore, 202 4 speed. This was stolen and used in an armed robbery and written off. I loved that car.
Next came a two tone blue over blue VC SLE 5.0lt. Got T boned and written off.
Along came a maroon over silver VHS SLE 5.0lt. I went through a wild patch with this one. L34 engine 2500 stall converter, 9" diff etc. This thing was crazy, and I got rid of it before it killed me.
A touch of maturity overtook me and I bought a white VR Berlina v6. Grandpa car, but looked much better after some suspension and VP GTS rims.
Traded that on a..............Astra. Enough said.
Then along came a runout Widetrack Jackaroo Nullabore. Great 4x4 very much under-rated. I kept this for 10 years until it copped the full brunt of the Melbourne Christmas Day storms. Write off.
while I had the jackaroo, I needed a cheap runabout, so instead of a small hatch or similar, I figured a HZ panel van would fit the bill. It had an asthmatic 179 on gas. 120 kph flat out! But I loved it.
I had plans to completely rebuild the van, but when I started doing research on part availability, I changed my mind, and went with a 66 Mustang. Since then, I haven't looked back.