{"id":41,"date":"2020-05-14T11:15:20","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T11:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2026-04-18T13:11:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T13:11:58","slug":"hz-holden","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hz-holden\/","title":{"rendered":"HZ Holden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hz-holden\/hz-holden-specifications\/\">HZ Holden specifications<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hz-holden\/hz-statesman-specifications\/\">HZ Statesman specifications<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hz-holden\/hz-monaro-specifications\/\">HZ Monaro specifications<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hz-holden\/hz-holden-part-numbers\/\">HZ Holden part numbers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hz-holden\/10-facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-hz-holden\/\">10 Facts you may not have known about the HZ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hz-holden\/hz-holden-common-issues\/\">HZ Holden common issues<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hz-holden\/hz-holden-paint-codes\/\">HZ Holden paint codes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hq-holden\/hq-hj-hx-hz-holden-buyers-guide-what-to-look-for-when-buying\/\">HQ, HJ, HX &amp; HZ Holden Buyers Guide: What to Look for When Buying<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hz-holden\/complete-hz-holden-restoration-parts-checklist\/\">Complete HZ Holden Restoration Parts Checklist<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hz-holden\/hz-holden-trim-levels\/\">HZ Holden Trim Levels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hz-holden\/when-the-hz-holden-and-statesman-were-released-australia-in-1977\/\">When the HZ Holden and Statesman were released &#8211; Australia in 1977<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hz-holden\/hz-holden-vs-hx-holden\/\">HZ Holden vs HX Holden<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The HZ Holden replaced the HX Holden in late 1977. It would be the last of the \u2018H\u2019 series Holdens which started back in 1965 with the HD Holden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cosmetically, it would be yet another minor change, with many being unable to tell the differences between the HZ and the HJ, which came 2 models earlier back in 1973.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The biggest change with the HZ? The introduction of Radial Tuned Suspension, or RTS. This upgrade drastically increased the cars performance on the road, especially under speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon wp-block-embed-amazon\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Holden HZ Sandman Limited Edition (1037PCS)\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"580\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com.au\/kp\/card?asin=B0FZVYC746\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It remained as the signature ride and handling package up until the introduction of Independent rear suspension, introduced nearly 15 years later with the VP Commodore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Possibly the most noticeable change to new car buyers at the time was the increase in standard equipment offered with the HZ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4cqplxi\">HQ HJ HX HZ Repair Manual<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the Belmont model variant deleted and the Kingswood became the base model. Equipment levels received another upgrade a year into the production run in 1978.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the HZ production run the Australian buying public saw the VB Commodore introduced. The VB Commodore, introduced as a \u2018mid size\u2019 car as opposed to the \u2018full size\u2019 car the HZ qualified as. The VB hit car showrooms around the country in November 1978.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The WB replaced the HZ in 1980.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the HZ being phased out in favour of the smaller Commodore, there was still an expansice model line up that included three sedan variants, three wagons, two 2 door coupe utilities, two panelvans, one cab chassis utility and one 2 door coupe. The sandman was also available as an optioned up ute or panelvan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like the 3 previous models, the longer wheelbase Statesman sold alongside the HZ during its production run. With the HZ, the last station wagon model was sold by Holden in the \u2018Full size\u2019 class, until the VN Commodore in 1988.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HZ Holden specifications HZ Statesman specifications HZ Monaro specifications HZ Holden part numbers 10 Facts you may not have known about the HZ HZ Holden common issues HZ Holden paint codes HQ, HJ, HX &amp; HZ Holden Buyers Guide: What to Look for When Buying Complete HZ Holden Restoration Parts Checklist HZ Holden Trim Levels [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":584,"parent":396,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Australian Holden - HZ Holden - Australian Holden<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Australian Holden - HZ Holden Statesman\/ Monaro\/ Sandman (1977 - 1980). Information, facts and specifications for the WB Holden\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hz-holden\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Australian Holden - HZ Holden - Australian Holden\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Australian Holden - HZ Holden Statesman\/ Monaro\/ Sandman (1977 - 1980). Information, facts and specifications for the WB Holden\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hz-holden\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Australian Holden\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-18T13:11:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/australianholden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/HZ.jpg?fit=560%2C314&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"314\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/index.php\\\/australian-holden\\\/h-series\\\/hz-holden\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/index.php\\\/australian-holden\\\/h-series\\\/hz-holden\\\/\",\"name\":\"Australian Holden - HZ Holden - Australian Holden\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/index.php\\\/australian-holden\\\/h-series\\\/hz-holden\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/index.php\\\/australian-holden\\\/h-series\\\/hz-holden\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/australianholden.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/HZ.jpg?fit=560%2C314\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-14T11:15:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-18T13:11:58+00:00\",\"description\":\"Australian Holden - HZ Holden Statesman\\\/ Monaro\\\/ Sandman (1977 - 1980). Information, facts and specifications for the WB Holden\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/index.php\\\/australian-holden\\\/h-series\\\/hz-holden\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/index.php\\\/australian-holden\\\/h-series\\\/hz-holden\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/index.php\\\/australian-holden\\\/h-series\\\/hz-holden\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/australianholden.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/HZ.jpg?fit=560%2C314\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/australianholden.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/HZ.jpg?fit=560%2C314\",\"width\":560,\"height\":314},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/index.php\\\/australian-holden\\\/h-series\\\/hz-holden\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Australian Holden\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"H Series\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/index.php\\\/australian-holden\\\/h-series\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"HZ Holden\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Australian Holden\",\"description\":\"Specifications and Information\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Australian Holden\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/australianholden.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/48-215.jpg?fit=1024%2C768\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/australianholden.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/05\\\/48-215.jpg?fit=1024%2C768\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":768,\"caption\":\"Australian Holden\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/australianholden.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Australian Holden - HZ Holden - Australian Holden","description":"Australian Holden - HZ Holden Statesman\/ Monaro\/ Sandman (1977 - 1980). Information, facts and specifications for the WB Holden","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hz-holden\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Australian Holden - HZ Holden - Australian Holden","og_description":"Australian Holden - HZ Holden Statesman\/ Monaro\/ Sandman (1977 - 1980). Information, facts and specifications for the WB Holden","og_url":"https:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hz-holden\/","og_site_name":"Australian Holden","article_modified_time":"2026-04-18T13:11:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":560,"height":314,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/australianholden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/HZ.jpg?fit=560%2C314&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hz-holden\/","url":"https:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hz-holden\/","name":"Australian Holden - HZ Holden - Australian Holden","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hz-holden\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hz-holden\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/australianholden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/HZ.jpg?fit=560%2C314","datePublished":"2020-05-14T11:15:20+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-18T13:11:58+00:00","description":"Australian Holden - HZ Holden Statesman\/ Monaro\/ Sandman (1977 - 1980). Information, facts and specifications for the WB Holden","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hz-holden\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hz-holden\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hz-holden\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/australianholden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/HZ.jpg?fit=560%2C314","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/australianholden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/HZ.jpg?fit=560%2C314","width":560,"height":314},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/hz-holden\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Australian Holden","item":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"H Series","item":"https:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/australian-holden\/h-series\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"HZ Holden"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/#website","url":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/","name":"Australian Holden","description":"Specifications and Information","publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/#organization","name":"Australian Holden","url":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/australianholden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/48-215.jpg?fit=1024%2C768","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/australianholden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/48-215.jpg?fit=1024%2C768","width":1024,"height":768,"caption":"Australian Holden"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5208,"href":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions\/5208"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/australianholden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}