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[ToRunYa]

i think someone may have been urinating in you ear, i'm sure one of the LC/LJ people will set you straight.

[Dangerous]

id love to see the letter aswell, unfortunately it has been lost at some stage. so general consensus is its crap tell him to shove it? is there anyone who is willing to say they have heard of holden doing this without being laughed at? im not big on my toranas so im just going on what im being told. i know ford deny the existence of the phase 4 GT but there are a couple out there. Maybe i was just hoping i found one of 3 cars ever built....

I have seen an LJ with a DEALER fitted V8 from new. The guy ordered the car and wanted a V8, so the dealer exchanged the 6 for a V8 before delivering it to the purchaser. He had a GMH letterhead letter stating that the modifications were performed by the dealership, and that they would honour the warranty of the car.

I have never seen, and I don't expect to see any 'genuine factory' 5 litre LC or LJs.

[Loui]

A guy I know was a Holden dealer in the 70's, he had one in his dealership to guage interest.

When the project was scrapped he bought it, but was sold off many years ago and whereabouts are unknown.

Most of the other V8's went back to the factory and had sixes fitted into them and replated.

It was a four door in tan colour I believe and had XU-1 brakes on the front

If I was you I'd get all the numbers and post them up, that should tell you, because the guys i was talking to said the plates showed it was a V8.

this bloke now owns a car yard in adelaide selling high end mercs and porches.

I could find his phone number if I looked in the phonebook I guess

Cheers

Loui

Loui

[REDA9X]

HOLDEN did build 3 cars on top of the one Harry built. One was strike me pink, one was Sebring orange, and I can't remember off the top of my head what the last one was. Several others were on the production line at the time in various states of completion, but those 3 were the only ones finished. The HDT boys had them for a while to make changes where required, but they were all returned to Holden. Ray Borret drove the last one for a while until it was used in a crash test at Lang Lang. The same fate met the other 2.

I know Bob Morris had one his race team built for a while too, it was exactly the same as the factory cars were to be. I have no idea what happened to it, but he did shock a few guys in it at the time.

Edited by REDA9X, 08 February 2006 - 05:57 PM.

[CI 0308]

What is it when someone says it is done by the dealer they assume that it is factory fitted, the dealers are owned by private individuals that agree to sell manufacturers products and cover warranty claims, just because you bought a new car off them that was pink with purple spots doesnt mean that it came from the factory like that. In the past they were always making changes to vehicles so that they got an edge over their competitors to sell that car, whether it was putting stripes on it or different wheels etc. I know that putting a V8 in a car is radical but it has been done before. In the past some dealer principles tart up a new model for them selves and sell them off when the next model comes along.

[Dangerous]

Funny how all the stories on this car centre around Adelaide like the one above.
R

That's cos we're the petrol head capital of Australia!

[ToRunYa]

adelaide has the best collection of torana's
S.A is the "torana state"

[REDA9X]

Funny how all the stories on this car centre around Adelaide like the one above.
R

That's cos we're the petrol head capital of Australia!

I wouldn't have said petrol head lol.

How is it still living in the 90's anyway lol

[ToRunYa]

^ yer well, your about right there too lol

[Dangerous]

Funny how all the stories on this car centre around Adelaide like the one above.
R

That's cos we're the petrol head capital of Australia!

I wouldn't have said petrol head lol.

How is it still living in the 90's anyway lol

Hmm, now let me see. Hmm, I'd better insert a very noticeable right here!

Adelaide ;

Doesn't rain all day like Melbourne - check
not stinky and humid like Sydney - check
has best hills driving roads next to city - check
excellent beaches on the city doorstep - check
Has arguably the best tarmac rally in the world every year - check
Best wines in the world on our doorstep -check
Best beer - check
got rid of that Pesky F1 crap, and installed a V8 Supercar and interesting support races on Australia's best street circuit - check
traffic jams - nothing like what the eastern states capital cities see - check
Over 1,000 km away from REDA9X, so we don't have to put up with him whinging - check.

Nah, I think I'll stay right here in li'l old Adelaide - us Adelaideans will just keep it a secret how good it is here.

In all seriousness RED, things are good in Adelaide

[REDA9X]

I haven't been there for a while, but when I lived there
you couldn't buy a car on weekends,
No late night shopping, (EVERY other state had it )
Had to be careful on a pushbike because people go through red lights long after it's gone red (at least the roads were better to ride on)
People drive at 80 in 100 zones and drive next to each other filling every lane so you can't pass
No traffic jams, by try getting someone to let you in GRRRRRRR
Good beaches but no surf
I will say there were lots of original old cars there, too bad about the rust
Good beer?? How would anyone there know, they had big signs up saying " don't drink anyone elses beer, buy SA's own"
To top it off, SFA happens there (except the V8 races which are awesome I will say), may as well live in Dubbo lol.

TIC Dave TIC lol