$1 million Peter Brock-owned ‘05’ Holden Group A Commodore fails to sell
One of the most expensive Holdens ever sold is back on the market, with a rare Holden Commodore owned by racing icon Peter Brock heading to auction less than three years after it was fetched $1 million.
Rare vehicle specialist Collecting Cars is auctioning the historical Holden for a private seller and is expecting a similar result when onlinebidding ends at 16:30 Melbourne time on Thursday 11 April.
The special car is one of 500 Holden Dealer Team VK SS Group A Commodores produced in 1985 as a homologation special to race as local regulations switched from Group C to Group A regulations.
In addition to Brock owning it, the car is number ‘05’ – Brock’s famous racing number – with a letter of authentication from John Harvey.
Harvey not only won Bathurst 1983 co-driving with Brock and Larry Perkins but was instrumental in Brock’s Holden Dealer Team Special Vehicles road car business – and later the Tom Walkinshaw-owned Holden Special Vehicles.
This example also uses an M21 four-speed manual gearbox – a five-speed manual was an option – and white versions of the standard polished 16-inch HDT ‘Aero’ alloy wheels with centre caps as was Brock’s personal preference.
The interior sees the all-important ‘05’ numbering on the glovebox-lid, as well as Scheel seats, Momo sports steering wheel and a Brock-branded cassette player.
The VK’s square instrument panel shows 79,724km on the odometer.
While the VK SS Group A was listed at around $22,000 before on-road costs from your local Holden dealer in 1985, this particular example sold at auction in May 2021 for a cool $1,057,509 plus auction fees
