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Car Forum / Australian Car Forums / General Car Topics (Australian group) / June 2007Saw a Torana today
Yep an old Holden torana,LX at a guess,as a daily work horse,she was pulling a mesh box trailer. Was in pretty good original condition. Very unusal sight out this way,I am not the only one on the road. So thats my car a torana and a pretty immaculate original with hubcaps and well looked after paint HZ holden sedan. Also some friends of mine in a HT which they have had since new,which has always looked rough,they are old however and olny make a 200km trip at public holidays. That about rounds them up. Brings an era flying back. My son has just turned 18, he doesnt have much money. He bought an LH Torana for 2 slabs of beer lol Needed a sun visor to pass a RWC. 140,000 genuine k.ms. Does ok for a first car. :) > Yep an old Holden torana,LX at a guess,as a daily work horse,she was > pulling a mesh box trailer. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > That about rounds them up. > Brings an era flying back. > He bought an LH Torana for 2 slabs of beer lol > 140,000 genuine k.ms. eh? That's not much. Has it been in a shed? I'd say he got a bargain.  SignatureDon't try to reply to my email addy: I'm borrowing that of the latest scammer/spammer > > He bought an LH Torana for 2 slabs of beer lol > > 140,000 genuine k.ms. > > eh? That's not much. Has it been in a shed? > I'd say he got a bargain. They weren't that good a car interior-wise. GMH at the time was using ultra shitty plastic on things like the console and dash panels. Rubber mats were still the go. The only redeeming feature was they were slightly lighter than the tank HQ and went a bit better. The Opel engines and trans combo were abysmal cars. My FIL had one as a work car. If you left the handbrake on, the auto- Opel 4 just made a moaning noise if you tried to move off. How GMH got away with their periodic forays into shitty German and British (Vauxhall) running gear Idont know. Jason >>> He bought an LH Torana for 2 slabs of beer lol >>> 140,000 genuine k.ms. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > got away with their periodic forays into shitty German and British > (Vauxhall) running gear Idont know. It's like that story of the guy running away from the bear. He doesn't need to outrun the bear, he just needs to run faster than the second guy. Likewise, holden could make some eyewateringly bad stuff, and it sold because the competition was just as bad, if not worse. > >>> He bought an LH Torana for 2 slabs of beer lol > >>> 140,000 genuine k.ms. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > It's like that story of the guy running away from the bear. He doesn't > need to outrun the bear, he just needs to run faster than the second guy. > Likewise, holden could make some eyewateringly bad stuff, and it sold > because the competition was just as bad, if not worse. Yeah, it was a case of "well they're doing it" ie Chrysler's Centaura and Ford's Cortina Remember the Sunbird? Disappeared off the streets as fast as Skoda's Octavia. Jason How GMH > got away with their periodic forays into shitty German and British > (Vauxhall) running gear Idont know. Ah yes...like the three Opel gearboxes my Dad went through in a 186 Monaro... Marco > Ah yes...like the three Opel gearboxes my Dad went through in a 186 > Monaro... Yeah, total disgusting heap of rubbish from day one, and how the bloody things ever got past initial development testing is beyond me. All I can say is the "track test" drivers of the era must have been retired school teachers :) -- Regards, Noddy. > How GMH >> got away with their periodic forays into shitty German and British >> (Vauxhall) running gear Idont know. > > Ah yes...like the three Opel gearboxes my Dad went through in a 186 > Monaro... Yup the Opel 4 speed was a complete joke a bit like the 3.2 litre donk in the EA Falcon. SignatureRegards Dan > How GMH >> got away with their periodic forays into shitty German and British [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Marco Wow! Only three? Cheers, Andy. Hasnt been in a shed, has a 173 engine, 3 speed column shift. Nothing special but ok to learn the road rules in. :) >> He bought an LH Torana for 2 slabs of beer lol >> 140,000 genuine k.ms. > > eh? That's not much. Has it been in a shed? > I'd say he got a bargain. > Yep an old Holden torana,LX at a guess,as a daily work horse,she was > pulling a mesh box trailer. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > That about rounds them up. > Brings an era flying back. I saw an XF Falcon today. Just thought i'd let you know. > > Yep an old Holden torana,LX at a guess,as a daily work horse,she was > > pulling a mesh box trailer. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Just thought i'd let you know. I saw two Corvettes and a 911 GT3, which has made me rethink my earlier view that Canberra is a bit light on for interesting cars. Seems like people might have them tucked away in garages and only bring them out to play on weekends. This comes after last Sunday's Ferrari F355 sighting. Incidentally, the GT3 sounded like absolute sh.t, one of the worst exhaust notes I've ever heard as it went past me. Sort of a cross between crackly and farty, like a Beetle engine with some sort of fuel supply problem. Marco > > "Cyborg 0019" <jjbr...@gmail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Marco Yes, there are a few exotics getting around Canberra - I've also seen the F355 a few times and a GT3 I've seen a new Shelby? Mustang going down Northbourne and around the city a BMW M5 and a Lambo that I *think* was a Gallardo. The other thing that I *thought* I saw in the Lambo was a fluro shirt driving it - I didn't know construction labour payed THAT well. > Yep an old Holden torana,LX at a guess,as a daily work horse,she was > pulling a mesh box trailer. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > That about rounds them up. > Brings an era flying back. I think I can beat that. I drove past a HQ racer parked in a carpark of an industrial estate. I thought hey cool. And then 2 mins later waiting at a set of lights I saw a 100 series Land Cruiser go past. A 100 series with about 2 inches of body clearance. This thing was decked, and had huge rims on it, And a very sweet sounding V8. Did a bit of research from the decals over it and found the beast. Pretty individual custom. > http://livinglow.com.au/gallery/view_photo.php?full=1&set_albumName=album12&id=4 28200793732PM50421 Cheers Adam >> Yep an old Holden torana,LX at a guess,as a daily work horse,she was >> pulling a mesh box trailer. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > huge rims on it, And a very sweet sounding V8. Did a bit of research > from the decals over it and found the beast. Pretty individual custom. f.ck thats disgusting, the idiot who did that should be beaten to death very slowly. Daryl >>> Yep an old Holden torana,LX at a guess,as a daily work horse,she was >>> pulling a mesh box trailer. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > f.ck thats disgusting, the idiot who did that should be beaten to death > very slowly. i actually really like it,for the whole whoa factor. Seeing it in the skin really makes an eye turner. I'd own it if I wanted to show off to everyone under the sun hahah. And hell, it would probably be the only landcruiser in existence that can't easily negotiate a speed hump or pothole |
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