chev bowties on a holden

[Highway]

but what is it with putting chev badges on a holden??

the other day I seen one with the pontiac front end, and it looks good but then it had chev badges all over it and holden centre caps on the wheels, I was like well what sort of car is this and what does this guy want!!
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well i think i found why

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDkx1...embedded#at=73

[Bushbasher]

oh no , not again.

[gtxb67]

and gt badges/stickers on fords

[In Focus]

I'm waiting for Daewoo badges to appear on Cruzes...

[FordFalconBF]

Worst one I saw the other day was Monaro badges on vz 4 door commodore on the back doors.. I couldn't stop laughing.

[Ryan]

I can see this thread lasting long.

[2011G6E]

You want to hear something really interesting?

A few years back, we had a VX Commodore Lumina, and put clear taillights on it (don't laugh, with the burgandy metallic a few touches of chrome looked very nice...).
I put the old taillights on Ebay, and two guys started a bidding war, and I ended up selling them for $120. So what, you might say?
The interesting part is that one guy was in New York and the other in Denver, Colorado. I spoke to the winner, the guy in New York, and he said that he had a then-new Pontiac GTO. It was a "done thing" to replace the Pontiac front end, taillights, and all badging to make it once again a Holden Monaro "to be different and stand out from the crowd". Apparently a lot of US owners loved the car itself but didn't really like the droopy-looking Pontiac front bar, and were ordering panels and stuff from Australia to make them look like the much more purposeful Australian Monaro once again. He sent me a pic of his black Monaro sitting on the pier with the Statue Of Liberty off in the background some distance away. If I can track it down I'll post it here.

I told him that it was a craze here to take off the Holden badges and put Chev badges on them to obviously make them look American. He thought that was a bit odd.
At least the Yanks were doing the right thing by making what had originally been a Holden back into a Holden again...what point is there putting Chev badges onto a Holden when it's a Holden and not a Chev?

I always wanted to put Buick badges on our VX, as it had the V6, which was descended from the original VN V6 which was a Buick motor anyway...

[AWD Chaser]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkeMvvm5sGA

Hitler reacts to Chev badges on Holdens

[lownloud]

Chev badges on a Holden......makes me wonder if people put Lexus badges on Toyotas?

Don't let them see this site....could open a whole can of worms!
http://www.chevrolet.co.uk/cars/

[T3man]

I like the idea - helps me to pick the genuine w @ nkers.

[DaveTE]

My favourites are the V6 commodores with the Chev Badges. Now that's the look.

[flappist]

I have always wondered why someone would buy a vehicle of any type and then try to disguise what it is.

Are they really THAT ashamed of the Holden badge.........

[AWD Chaser]

Theres no way I would be dropping the HSV badges for Chev... IMHO - There is the chev grill with badge which I think lloks good, but the actual whole chev badge on a holden I think is stupid.

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by flappist

Are they really THAT ashamed of the Holden badge.........

I like the Holden badges on my Commodore. Even thinking of going back to the original badges instead of later ones.

Originally Posted by AWD Chaser

There is the chev grill with badge which I think lloks good, but the actual whole chev badge on a holden I think is stupid.

Agreed. The Chev badge looks good, but it's stupid on a Holden IMO. My old man is looking at getting a VZ SS Ute. The first thing I told him is when he gets one it better not have Chev badges otherwise it can park out in the street.

[chrisfpv]

Hasn't this been done to death like a million times? Only good thing to come out of this thread is the post from 2011G6E. Lock and ban..

[Highway]

ban who

[wrongwaynorris]

I think I'll have to get some Mercury Badges for the EF and the FG .

[SM1DY]

I'm seeing Acura badges on Honda's now

[prydey]

a lot of people who cirtisise the opposition, are the same people who think its ok to put a bonnet bulge on a car that doesn't need it, or xr front treatment on gl/xt, etc etc

Originally Posted by bushbasher

oh no , not again

exactly.

[InfernoSR]

Originally Posted by AWD Chaser

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkeMvvm5sGA

Hitler reacts to Chev badges on Holdens

love it!

[Rodp]

Well, I guess it's been about a week since we've had a thread about why people stick Chev badges on Holdens - obviously we were due.

[Assassinbm]

I think if people just listen to the you tube links, & realise that even if this has been done to death, it will happen again, as is real conversations in the real world as well the vids are quite funny

[SSV Redline]

When I first saw the SSV sportwagon I instantly fell in love with the look. But the one thing I instantly hated ABOUT ITS APPEARANCE was that god awful big chrome lion on the front grille. The chrome lion means nothing to me. I have no allegence to Holden even though my first car was an L34 Torana. I have no allegence to Ford either even though my second car was an XB Hardtop and you may as well add Nissan to that list as my last car was a twin turbo 300ZX. So a big chrome lion on the grille is an eye sore to me and a lot of my fellow commodore owners. For as little as $40 I can replace it with a more masculine chevy/pontiac badge. Here's the rub, I replaced my chrome lion with a SSV badge and that draws a lot of positive attention.

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by Bushbasher

oh no , not again.

Yep not again.