TTAC AMA: I Own A Pontiac G8 With A Holden Commodore Conversion

by Derek Kreindler

Published: October 20th, 2014

ttac ama i own a pontiac g8 with a holden commodore conversion

This week’s AMA comes courtesy of reader APaGttH, who has a Pontiac G8 GT that has been converted into a Holden Commodore replica. Read on below to hear the story.

Seeing the handwriting on the wall for Pontiac, and after my one week experience with a 2008 V6 rental, I purchased my Pontiac G8 GT in May of 2009. This is an early production 2009 GT, called a 9L1 car in G8 owner lingo, built in June of 2008. The car is White Hot (or Heron White if you’re not from North America) with the premium package, sport package, and sunroof. Just 60 days after purchase, the car got shelled by a gravel truck causing over $2000 in paint, headlamp and glass damage. It was only by coincidence and blind luck that the restomod work done produced a “2010” Holden Commodore SS V-Series Special Edition. The additional modifications, and eliminating a number of GM bean counter decisions continued from there. I have drag raced, auto crossed, and lapped in the G8 and found it a very competent platform, outside of being under braked. I pulled a 13.354 quarter mile at 105.85 MPH using a Cortex tuner only on stock rubber in very damp, cold conditions at Bremerton Motorsports Park in 2009. Currently I have 34K miles and although not my retirement plan, I have no intentions of selling the garage queen. Ask your questions!

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Dr. Claw on Oct 24, 2014

Seriously cool. It's like finding out the guy a few aisles down was the one who owned the coolest car in the lot.

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Aaron.mccarthy81 on Jul 30, 2016

My question is, where in the hell did you find a giant mural of Uluru (Ayer's Rock) in Northwestern Washington state?!?

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