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[Mini-Hazel-Nut]

Bit of T cut and David`s Isopon and it`ll be as good as new, Good luck with it. 

[Mini Manannán]

Got close to overheating, a tinkling tappety noise first, then the car went all 'tractor' on me so stopped and found a holed rad 

 

 Come on Minispares! You can get it here! 

[lsto]

Snap, my rad decided to have some leakage too. Only a slight leak so can keep on top of it till the new year...

Steam out of the grill looks good though...

[ribz0]

Drove it today!!

 

The Mrs took the other toy out for a drive and we stopped for a photo shoot... heeheehee....

 

 

Fun Fun Fun.....

 

Cheers and Merry Christmas to you all!!!

[Vinay-RS]

Drove it today!!

 

The Mrs took the other toy out for a drive and we stopped for a photo shoot... heeheehee....

 

 

Fun Fun Fun.....

 

Cheers and Merry Christmas to you all!!!

what is the other car in that photo?

[Jared Mk3]

Drove it today!! The Mrs took the other toy out for a drive and we stopped for a photo shoot... heeheehee....

They look good together.

Edited by Jared Mk3, 23 December 2014 - 08:14 AM.

[Spider]

 

Drove it today!!

 

The Mrs took the other toy out for a drive and we stopped for a photo shoot... heeheehee....

 

 

Fun Fun Fun.....

 

Cheers and Merry Christmas to you all!!!

what is the other car in that photo?

 

 

A damn awesome piece of Aussie History!  I believe that it's a LJ Holden Torana and I'd guess that has a 186 or 202 engine.

[Kieranlee999]

lost my radiator cap somewhere between my house and the end of sheffield parkway D: 

[Mini Manannán]

 

 

Drove it today!!

 

The Mrs took the other toy out for a drive and we stopped for a photo shoot... heeheehee....

 

 

Fun Fun Fun.....

 

Cheers and Merry Christmas to you all!!!

what is the other car in that photo?

 

 

A damn awesome piece of Aussie History!  I believe that it's a LJ Holden Torana and I'd guess that has a 186 or 202 engine.

 

 

Looks like a Vauxhall Firenza to me...

[Vinay-RS]

 

 

 

 

Looks like a Vauxhall Firenza to me...

 

Aren't Holdens in Australia, Vauxhalls in the UK?

[Spider]

 

Looks like a Vauxhall Firenza to me...

 

 

 

It probably does, not that I know what a Firenza is!  The Holden Motor Company, based in Aust (at least in the short term!) at some point came under the GMH umbrella.  Some of the 'locally' designed and manufactured cars they did were based on various Vauxhalls and Opels, but invariably had some Aussie touches eg, that Model Vauxhall you've mentioned no doubt was only availabe as a 4 cylinder in the UK (and Europe??) however I seem to recall that some remodelling of the firewall and floor pan was done here and most were fitted with 6 cylinder engines. There was a 2 door variant known as the GT-R, basically the Cooper S variant of this Model Torana, it was raced and rallied with tremendous success, it even took the place of the Minis in the Police Highway Patrol. I've driven a couple of these cars and right off the factory floor, they were pretty quick, but would also swap ends in the blink of an eye.

 

Some more here

 

http://en.wikipedia....i/Holden_Torana

 

The factory even toyed with a V8 (350 chev engine I think) version in this body, while this never went in to production, it was a popular conversion. The later Toranas (also likely Vauxhall or Opel based) were a little bigger, these were available in everything from 2.2. litre 4 cylinder up to 5 litre V8s

Edited by Moke Spider, 23 December 2014 - 11:22 AM.

[Mini Manannán]

Ah... Didn't see...  Didn't notice the poster is from Perth...  It'll be a Holden Torana (never heard of a Torana) there, that'd be a Vauxhall Firenza here...  I was mostly right!

[ribz0]

Hi all...

 

Yep.. you are all right... Its a Holden 1970 LC Torana... It began from a vauxhall version and there are many similar cars here in Oz with 4 cylinders in them... it has a 186 in it now but a 202 with triple webbers to go in soon... (the mini put that all back a bit..) 

 

This has been in my wifes family from new... it was her grandmothers and we have had it for about 18 years now... Looks a bit different now after I did a bit of a resto on it...

 

Glad you like it and yes... they look great together!!!

 

Cheers

[megamini_jb]

Started stripping it for a full rebuild. Looked decent on the front end, not when started poking lots of work ahead

[The Clubby Hubby]

Sent it for mot fingers crossed 😃😃