The club now known as the HSV Owners Club Of Victoria (Incorporating HDT) held its first meeting on the 25th of February 1986, at the Light Car Club in Albert Park, when a group of about sixty Brock owners got together to share their love of the factory backed performance Commodore, being built at the time by Peter Brock’s HDT.
Club magazines from 1987 onwards promote the HDT Owners Club versus Ford Motor Sport Club meetings held at Calder. These early events were attended by Peter Brock and Allan Moffatt. Other early events also included the 1993 and 1994 24-hour events at Winton. The club came second in 1993 and won the 1994 event. We still conduct very successful meetings at all of the major circuits in Victoria, and still with the FPV/XR Ford Club. Show and Shine events have also been high on the agenda. One of the first was at the Sandown 500, and the club continues to provide an outstanding display each year at the Sandown V8 Supercar event and the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park. Other significant events have been staged, such as the concourse events at Como House in 1991 and the World Trade Centre in 1992 and 1993, and the 10th anniversary celebration at Sandown in 1996. The club is no stranger to charity events either, with the Children’s Hospital day at Sandown in 2003, show and shine events in support of Very Special Kids, and our biggest charity event each year, the Good Friday Show in support of the Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal at Southbank which attracts around sixty cars and raises thousands of dollars. An even bigger undertaking is the staging of the Nationals. The club has conducted the Nationals in ’86, ’87, ’95, ‘98, 2001, 2005 and 2010. What now sets this club apart from other car clubs is that we are the official HSV Owners Club in Victoria. As we did all those years ago with HDT, we enjoy a close relationship with HSV today and promote their cars at every opportunity.
