I'm certain you have it right Terry, the VS is the longest run. Not sure when the last one made was, I bought the last or second last manual available on Xmas Eve 2000 but it was 8/00 plated from memory and came from Victoria. There were still auto ute and S utes around until at least Feb 01 for sale, but it is when the final one built was completed that is important. I have a feeling it may be August possibly Sept 00. I'm sure I have seen 10/00 VU's but not certain.
Although they changed series, one car that remained unchanged in external appearance (apart from a front guard badge) for a long time was the HQ-HZ cab chassis. It rivals the VS ute in that regard, from the beginning of commercial production around 10-11/71 through to the end of HZ commercial production around 2/80 so about 100 months. But not a single series designation, however probably remained closer as a base spec from start to finish than VS did.
Another long runner was V2 from first build around 11-12/2001 through to 8/2004, not that far off HQ's run.
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