when i was younger the local milk bar owners bought 2 brand new green g paks for there 2 sons, i forgot all about them untill i reed this.
Torana LH G-PAK
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Posted 15 September 2011 - 08:44 PM
looking at one on the weekend hope its one that i can bring back from the dead 
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Posted 15 September 2011 - 10:44 PM
these are my two green babies, ones a real gpak but the other is a LX with the gpak stripe.
both need alot of tlc, but i dont have the time to unfortunately.
i got the gpak over a year ago and now its hanging on the rotisserie as an empty shell with no paint, im sort of stuck there as im not confident enough in my welding skills to attack the gpak
both need alot of tlc, but i dont have the time to unfortunately.
i got the gpak over a year ago and now its hanging on the rotisserie as an empty shell with no paint, im sort of stuck there as im not confident enough in my welding skills to attack the gpak
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Posted 06 November 2011 - 09:59 PM
I wonder if any Plus 4 still exist in original condition?
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Posted 06 November 2011 - 10:24 PM
Even rarer are the 4 cylinder overhead cam LC's and LJ's. See them on the old ads but never spotted one in real life.
All outakes from the ads:-
One Torana, Two Torana, Three Torana, Four...
The New Torana 1600 Overhead Cam....They're Really Groovy!!!
Hey Little Big Wheels!!!!
My mate used to have a LJ four door four banger auto. Pretty sure it had 12in wheels on it...? Was in such good original condition!!!!
If I remember rightly the rocker cover on the donk had a lightning strike on it kind of like the Opel symbol????? Not sure what capacity it was? Pretty sure it got sold to a fella who took it rallying????? Such a waste...
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Posted 07 December 2011 - 02:45 PM
anyone end up doing a mask kit for the g pack?
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Posted 08 December 2011 - 10:24 AM
There ya go complete with price quote
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Posted 08 December 2011 - 01:34 PM
I have seen mask kits available... but not lately
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Posted 08 December 2011 - 02:30 PM
Limited edition, that's the first I heard of that.
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Posted 18 December 2011 - 08:52 AM
Contact the Hunter Valley Torana Club and see who owns the green one in their club ( its on here somewhere) they had it restored and a panel shop redid the stripes......but you could just take detailed pics of a car and go to a decal maker...and get them to make a decal kit......and if you do that I'll definately buy one set.....my car doesn't have any stripes on it.
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Posted 18 December 2011 - 10:13 AM
you are a champ will be rining them first thing monday morninghttp://grafixunlimit...ana/lh_lx_uc/lh
$225 a set
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Posted 20 December 2011 - 10:28 AM
There ya go complete with price quote
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Is that guy wearing a turtle neck?
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 11:14 PM
What do you make of this one. Supposed to be one owner with original paint, but the stripes are black not blue?
http://australianmus...-lh-gpak-torana
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Posted 30 December 2013 - 12:54 PM
Only just picked up on this thread, and I realise it's nearly 2 years old, my first car was an Absinth Yellow G Pak, I bought it in late 1981 from WH Lober in Miranda (Sydney) for $5,000 (I think) I had it for a couple of years and traded it in on the same colour 77 LX SLR5000, wish I still had both of them
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Posted 30 December 2013 - 08:22 PM
The Jamaican Lime Green ones really hit my G-Spot.
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Posted 01 January 2014 - 12:19 PM
I've got my dads original g Pak at the shed at home, one owner since new. Still have all the original receipts too although we put a v6 in it in 98. That will be coming out soon and original 202 driveline going back in. It is Jamaican lime but has been resprayed without the stripes so they will be going back on too.
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Posted 12 January 2014 - 02:30 PM
Same deal for me. I have recently taken possession of my mums red gpak. She bought it new in 75 and it's been sitting in the garage or the last 12 years. I want to say thanks to the guy who did the work with graphics . I bought a set today.
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Posted 16 January 2014 - 09:50 PM
Same deal for me. I have recently taken possession of my mums red gpak. She bought it new in 75 and it's been sitting in the garage or the last 12 years. I want to say thanks to the guy who did the work with graphics . I bought a set today.
have you received these yet, and are they the ones on Ebay
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have you received these yet, and are they the ones on Ebay
Not yet, they should arrive tomorrow. I saw the ones on ebay but I went with the forum recommendation a few pages back and bought the paint mask kit from http://grafixunlimit...a/lh_lx_uc/lh#.
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Posted 30 April 2014 - 02:19 PM
Hello to all who read this post about the GPAK stripes,
The following set of pictures shows how i did them on this Mandarin & Casino model known as Junior,
The kit was purchased from Grafix Unlimited and from what i understand was traced directly from one of the Jamaica Lime cars i own purchased from Victoria.
Let me say firstly the application of the mask requires quite a lot of pre measuring before laying them down.
Ideally you would have extensively photographed yours before they were destroyed or alternatively seek out an original car with them still intact.
The kit that you can buy is great and gets you only 50% there as to getting them finished.It offers no start or finishing references at all and no lay out guide. (THIS IS WHERE YOU NEED TO HAVE DONE YOUR HOME WORK BEFORE HAND ).
Even when you are ready to lay the mask theres some thing else!!
You may have to cut the sections over the mudguards into sections as the clear plastic backing paper does not conorm to the shapes and will leave creases kinks and generally stuff it for you.
Cutting is the only soloution
Once the stripes have been laid then you can commence masking them up and applying the desired colour .
The method used here is the Clear over Base coat 2k.
Removing the mask is the best part to reveal the magical..GPAK...lettering
Next step is to clear coat over the the whole panel and block it down and buff to the desired level of shine you require. The finished job im sure you will agree here is nothing short of fantastic.
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But you need to have your whits about you doing it or it will look terrible...hope this helps all who read this
regards..DARREN GPAKING1975
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