Don operated this Limo as a vehicle for hire for 7 years in Auckland, New Zealand, before retiring. He sends this description:

First a little history, the Chevrolet family to which my limo belongs were made in Australia by GM. Almost identical body shells were released also as Holden Statesman, Statesman De Ville, and Statesman Caprice. My Limo started out life as a four door sedan. It was one of the first vehicles stretched in New Zealand to create a Limo, about 1978-1979. Structurally they did a good job, stretching it four feet, bringing it to a total of 22 feet overall. Although they did do the interior in red velour, the bar area was a joke and it was an awful colour of grey. It was used for hire, however it was not very successful. I purchased it in 1992, in a very sad state, and commenced rebuilding it and developing it into what it is today. One of the first things I did was to paint it white. Then while refurbishing various parts of the running gear as required, I added the scoop and the gills in the guards. I also redesigned the bar areas, and rebuilt the suspension, upgrade the electric's and added a sound system.

Currently it is running a 308 ci litre block, stroked to 355 ci with a forged steel crank. The compression has been raised and the heads are worked to "Trans-Am Light" specs and then big valved with titanium valves. It runs a 750cfm four barrel carb, with a K & N filter. High volume oil pump, dual 120 amp alternators, dual batteries, electric fan cooling of the radiator, air conditioning and headers and collectors to a free-flow exhaust. The engine produces 400BHP at the flywheel. The headlights have been converted to halogen, and 50 w fog lights added to the rear for reversing. The suspension consists of custom made coil springs front and rear, bilstien shocks in the front, front sway bar increased to 30 mm, rear sway bar added to match, gas over air Monroe shocks with the ride leveller systems control from the drivers seat. All suspension bushes have been replaced with nolathane units. The Transmission is a GM Turbo 400 unit, which has been reconditioned and shift kitted. It drives a two piece drive-shaft with American universals through a hanger bearing. The diff is a original Salisbury LSD with disc brakes, however we have cut the diff head out and replaced it with a 9 inch 4 spider LSD Banjo head. The windows are tinted to local laws, and we had to remove the privacy window to comply also. I have stayed with the red colour velour, grey vinyl, and carpet, the seats have all been custom rebuilt. The dash board has been upgraded to a GTS version with a full complement of gauges. The vehicle is dual fuel and runs on either LPG or petrol. The sound system is an Alpine 7618e head unit with a six stack CD in the glove box. This feeds to a Alpine graphic EQ, which then feeds out to the amps. The main amp is a Kenwood 140w RMS per channel four channel and it drives the 6 x 9 3 way speakers in the rear shelf that is rebuilt using custom wood, and the two component speakers in the B pillar. The second amp is a 250 w RMS Kenwood and it drives the 15 inch sub woofer wedged in behind the drivers seat.

The windows are of course electric, and the wing mirrors are camaro pod mirrors and are electric also. There are two drop in tumblers in the bonnet to lock it securely and the whole Limo is protected by a mongoose alarm system, incorporating central locking, window wind up, shock sensors, and an Invisible beam plus unit. The Invisi beam projects a field outside the vehicle warning people away before they reach the Limo. It has a three stage voice warning before triggering the alarm, which activates both voice and siren warnings, and disables the vehicle.