$1mill and a box of rocks

[Gohn 62]

this is not technically anything to do with a 205GTi.. or a 205...

but it is a car,

and I reckon peugeot would have a few similar stories of its own

 

back before the banks erased all manufacturing in australia for having to pay a living wage, (its just a quarry now with some food production and rife exploitation)

American carmakers Ford and GM used to hoover up public funds to build some local made bangers here

 

this is one of the General Motors Holden cars built in 1985, a V8 Holden Commodore VK(model) SS(the fancy go fast badge)

its a homologation version where 500 or so were produced so they could race them in the local series on the weekend

somewhere along the line these versions got called a Blue Meanie

in the picture you can see Peter Brock who won a bunch of races and acclaim from fans

unfortunately, fame is a fishbowl/lonely place and his grip on reality loosened

instead of just lending his image and letting the builders do the cars,

Brocky decided he could engineer well as drive and would become involved in design hisself,

witness the POLARISER

a plastic lunchbox full of rocks was stashed under the bonnet somewhere, which made the car better somehow

several tupperware parties later, the local media kind of quietly agreed to all just ignore it,

lest it become a properly global embarrassment, and anyway the cars sold fine

(compared to the local billionaires and bankers brocky was grounded)

 

cut a long story short,

a Blue Meanie that was previously owned by Brocky just got sold at auction

$1,130,000 AUD

 expensive rocks

 

and there's a link here to few other photos of it if you like snot green interiors and american donks:

https://www.drive.com.au/news/peter-brocks-own-1985-hdt-vk-ss-group-a-set-to-be-the-most-expensive-aussie-car-sold/?utm_campaign=syndication&utm_source=smh.com.au&utm_content=article_2&utm_medium=partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 26, 2021 by Gohn

[Thijs_Rallye 86 4 Cars]

Looks al lot like an Opel Senator A.

[SRDT 146]

It's basically a mix of Rekord/Senator re-engineered for local roads and local L6/V8 engines.