HR Holden Premier X2 - TV commercial (1967)

Nice 1967 ad for the HR. Although not actually mentioned in the ad, you can see that the car is an X2 Prem - yum-O!

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Holden HR Premier
• X2

[jasin350z]

Who knows if the car had a heater, seat belts? I think maybe only front belts. What's the difference with the X2 over the other models?

[Conniptions886]

@jasin350z - The "X2" was a twin-carburettor engine, all the others only had one carby...

[TheFordMan888]

Holden wasn't ahead. I love the fact that these car companys always lie about thier cars!

[MrMangush]

заебись

[PepeFastCars]

So the HR was the culprit for introducing the vinyl roof on Australian cars. Also noted in this add was American westerns influencing our popular culture.

[Antifaith29]

@jasin350z about 40 HP. Othwer models had 100 and 115 HP, the x2 was ( advertised as) 140 HP

[lovemypajero]

@jasin350z The X2 had twin carbs, dual exhaust headers, larger cam, the das was a little different with the lights being changed for gauges and the wider tyres were fitted (the spare tyre well was larger to accommodate the wider tyres.) as well as a chrome strip on the dash on all X2 models. The engine number was prefexed with 186K###### .

[lovemypajero]

@jasin350z I have an original HR X2 which was one of the first 500 built and it has a factory 4 speed. It also has lap belts in the front only and yes it has a heater. It is NOT a Premier it was a special order for the Queensland Police force as a pursuit car.

[BJBTJF]

@jasin350z A mate's father owned the HD with the X2 engine. He was always fiddling with the carbies trying to balance them. No wonder they went for a 2 barrel in the HR.

[jasin350z]

Did some digging around & answered my own question.

Thank you conniptions for the quick response.

[jasin350z]

. The Holden HR was a range of cars produced by General Motors-Holden's in Australia from 1966 to 1968. The Holden HR range was released in April 1966, replacing the Holden HD series which had been in production since 1965. In additional to a revised grille, the HR featured a reworked roofline and larger rear window (on the sedans), revised rear lights (on sedans and wagons) and changes to almost all exterior body panel.

[jasin350z]

Other changes included a widened track, improved interior trim and woodgrain interior finish for the Premier models.