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[xu2308]

Gene Cook owned a Green L34, and painted it Black and raced it in Tassy and on the mainland.
Gene L34 was in Somerset for years and years, there are storys it was rapped and wrecked,

[A9X34]

Cool Mark, i thought it would of had a different owner by now, whats the Tassy Connection with your A9X ?????
only Racing A9X Hatch that i know that was in Tassy, was Garth Wigston Roadways A9X Hatch

Hi the guy i bought it off was living in Tas at the time but has since moved to Qld. The car saw some road use in Vic before going south and i still have the plate that is in the photo.

[xu2308]

ok cool it was in Tassy at some stage

[A9X34]

Gene Cook owned a Green L34, and painted it Black and raced it in Tassy and on the mainland.
Gene L34 was in Somerset for years and years, there are storys it was rapped and wrecked,

I'm not familiar with Gene Cook but there was a Gary Cook who raced the citizen watches torana's and commodor's

[xu2308]

Gene Cook bought the Bryan Thompson Yellow LC V8 Torana and painted it Black and raced it in Tassy, had some very fast times
at the Tassy Track, Gene Cook lived in Longford and owned Gene Cook Car Sales (Car Yard) in Longford for years and years, he great friends with John Goss and Ian Tate and Harry Firth and the HDT Boys.

[hungus76]

I believe that at one stage the Hatch was also owned by A9X Club of Australia's Tasmanian State Secretary, Leigh Harvey.

I remember him showing me that very magazine article at his house when I took him for a spin in my L34.

[xu2308]

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Gene Cook with his V8 Torana, was the EX Bryan Thompson Yellow V8 Torana

[A9X34]

I believe that at one stage the Hatch was also owned by A9X Club of Australia's Tasmanian State Secretary, Leigh Harvey. I remember him showing me that very magazine article at his house when I took him for a spin in my L34.

Yes was owned by Leigh Harvey then Scott Goodman who i bought it off.

Edited by A9X34, 22 April 2012 - 04:26 PM.

[A9X34]

 Cooky.jpg   28.6K   6 downloads Gene Cook with his V8 Torana, was the EX Bryan Thompson Yellow V8 Torana

Yes now i know the car. After Gene Cook it was owned by Brian Potts in sydney, we are in the same factory complex. Brian removed the steel gaurds a put a full fiberglass front on it. Don't know where it went when Brian sold it but could find out. Brian found out that was the 1st or 2nd production gtr and was won by Judith Durham of the Seekers before it became a race car

Edited by A9X34, 22 April 2012 - 04:23 PM.

[xu2308]

Never knew the Gene Cook LC V8 Torana was the Car that Judith Durham from the Seekers drove around, i wonder if Cooky hummed Georgy Girl in the car while he was racing lol

A9X34
would be interesting if the Car was still around these days

[retired308]

dtrain, this is at the silverdome show around 1989-90.  go5000 2 001.jpg   52.34K   10 downloads

[retired308]

this was at tarmak dragway 1990 4.56 diff, 90/10 shocks, les heintz clutch, 26x10.5 slicks.

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[retired308]

another meet street trim 1991

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[retired308]

LH0034 also at tarmak 1990 did 14.2 full street trim with 15inch wheels and 2.78 diff.

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[retired308]

Was this yours as well?

no girlfriend at time, this was an l34.

[xu2308]

dtrain, this is at the silverdome show around 1989-90.  go5000 2 001.jpg   52.34K   10 downloads

Yes them Gold Wheels on the Beast, GO5000 Looked the goods with them wheels and sounded awesume back in the day, only heard afew very
Hot V8 Torana's and GO5000 was one of them, Peter o Keith's Black SLR5000 is a very Hot Beasty Torana in Tassy, and a guy in Roseberry had a
Black A9X 4-Door with a hot 308 V8, Soapy Holland from Roseberry owned it, i believe the Black A9X 4-Door is in Hobart. these days

[retired308]

xu2308 yes it sounded very good, driving it about everyday was hard on the ears, but loved every minute of it, booked for excess noise once in 13 years of daily driving the streets. did get some abuse from neighbours, and it mucked up tele reception driving past,.

PJs was a tough beast, and a bloke here had a slr5000( black one) that had a john brookfield 3 inch exhaust and side pipe on it that was really a 308 at its best too
. the white l34 above was also very nice to listen too a 3"side piped street car, wonder how long we would last nowdays?.

[xu2308]

yeah i worked with PJ on the Hydro in the Carpenter shop, and he had a Black SLR5000 with a hot donk back in the 1980's, then i moved from the carpenters shop
to the Kitchens, where i came across the Chef with the Barbados Green L34 later on.
PJ used to take that Black SLR5000 to tarmac back in them days, he sold it and bought a 308 V8 Red HJ or HX Statesman

[xu2308]

There was a yellow L34 that came to Queenstown, it had race seats in it and a Muchie 4 Speed, i am sure the number plates were close to the White L34
in the pic above (LH0034) was that car painted yellow later on ??????

[retired308]

no mate lh0034 was white when we bought it from melbourne its still here painted orange now.

[xu2308]

I rang a mate up, i was wrong it wasent Yellow, it was a Orange Colour, abit like Lone o Ranger Orange but abit darker, he thinks it had
BMW type front seats, i thought it had Race Seats in it.
Lee Wallace owned it here in Late 1980's say 1988-1989 or early 1990's etc, so it might be the White Car that is Orange now

[retired308]

hi mate no the car came from melbourne in 1989 white and stayed white until mid 90s. had a 10 bolt large salisbury disc brake rear in it too.