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Whats The Best Torana Hatch You Have Seen


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#351 xu2308

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Posted 25 July 2012 - 12:49 PM

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The 13k A9X that Street Machine gave away in 1987, a gmp&a shell as well that never raced

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Posted 20 August 2012 - 04:28 PM

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does anybody know whose this is and what times or specs or has been in a mag
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Posted 20 August 2012 - 07:04 PM

No but the front bar looking like a banana is annoying to look at ................

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Posted 21 August 2012 - 03:40 PM

April 03 Street Machine

Here's a pic of the car in the add.
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Permission has been granted to host the Max's SS

Win this car advertisment - MAX'S SS



Awesome!
Thanks for posting that ad,
I remember when they were building the car for the promotion.
We all bought extra tubs of max's protein to win it ,

The bodybuilder next to the car is a mate , that's Matt McLean , he was a pro bodybuilder at the time,
Max's cartoon on the tubs was Matt as well

The hatch is awesome
Great to see its still in great nick and still being cared for

Yes I have a thing for blue hatches ;)

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Posted 21 August 2012 - 03:43 PM

Thanks for the offer. I do have a copy of the Street Machine magazine. I contacted the company that gave the car away seeking some information and during the discussion I was offered the various promotional posters they used plus a T shirt. The posters now hang in my shed.

Steve



Did you talk to Keith Ellis?
He is the owner at Max's

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Posted 21 August 2012 - 03:50 PM

Probably an hour - hour and a half....(or worse depending on traffic, ha ha)



That's ok ,
We are planning a trip next year :)
Will let you know well in advance though

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Posted 18 October 2012 - 11:01 PM

Love a Hatchback or five. Best car style of the 70's.

just the 70's..... what has all this new plastic, .05mm tin covered Sh%t got on a lx hatch ??? zip..zero..nada

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Posted 23 October 2012 - 10:44 AM

mine these days

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Posted 23 October 2012 - 08:26 PM

hopefully this pic of my old SS from the 90's is now here. It was Ultra Blue!

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Posted 11 November 2012 - 02:17 PM

The Black one, i have no idea who owns it, i found the pic one day, love it, looks tough.

There was a really tough Orange LX hatch around Wollongong about 10-15 years ago, had EVL-076 plates on it. It sounded tough, and apparently went really hard, but have heard no more about it.

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Posted 11 November 2012 - 04:56 PM

Yeah that's Black Dice (Brendan) have seen it on the coast here, its a nice hatch, and built it exactly the way he wanted it. :D


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Posted 12 November 2012 - 08:32 PM

Yep that was/is the best Torana (Howard's aside) I've ever seen. Too bad he sold it just as he finished it.

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Posted 12 November 2012 - 08:49 PM

Nah Liam, he still has it, he changed the webbers a for fuel injection system, Corvette one if I remember correctly

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Posted 12 November 2012 - 09:03 PM

Nah Liam, he still has it, he changed the webbers a for fuel injection system, Corvette one if I remember correctly


Oh true I thought he sold it. Ahh well that makes me happy. :)

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Posted 12 November 2012 - 09:22 PM

Yeah he had it up for sale but changed his mind, (good move I thought) saw him at coolie rocks on, so unless he's sold it since then, he still owns it :)

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Posted 03 December 2014 - 12:50 PM

BUMP....Surely after 2 years there must be some more Hatches to share



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Posted 03 December 2014 - 01:18 PM

Here's a photo of how my grey SS looks now.

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Hopefully will look similar to Nathans yellow hatch when it gets resprayed back to yellow (original colour) later this year.

Mick.

 

Same car but now it looks like this.  Back to original colour and trim etc.

 

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Posted 03 December 2014 - 10:04 PM

BUMP....Surely after 2 years there must be some more Hatches to share

agreed ^^^



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Posted 22 December 2014 - 11:57 AM

Very nice LXSSTORANA, you must be happy with the outcome



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Posted 31 December 2014 - 12:53 PM

My Favourite

Cottillion white A9X hatch at Sydney Motor Show many years ago

Only had a few K's on it from brand new

- didn't lug the slr around (camera that is) back then :-)



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Posted 29 January 2017 - 04:46 PM

Hi all,

 

Just stumbled across this topic forum whilst browsing some old Street Machine Legendary Panel Vans  :o

Some beautiful hatches in there ... plus one of them was mine  B)

 

Thought I'd share my views.

 

I have a couple of Hatch's that I really like!

 

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Bill Patterson Racing - Brock A9X (I have this 1:43 scale model too  :D )

 

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Gricey's Craven Mild A9X

 



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Posted 30 January 2017 - 12:44 PM

I have always liked the look of this one.

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Rexy's would also have to be up there.

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Posted 30 January 2017 - 05:00 PM

I have always liked the look of this one.

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I swear I have that same car in my favorites - but it is Royal Plum in colour

 



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Posted 30 January 2017 - 06:19 PM

Being a new user to this site, excuse me for not posting pics properly.

Let me try again.

 

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or my own car from 30 years ago (can I put a vote in for myself) ??  :o

 

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Posted 30 January 2017 - 06:53 PM

Here's another one.

 

This car was owned by Mark Daniels from Melbourne. A Twin Turbo 308 with Predators. A beautiful and very well Engineered car of the time. We split victories of the Victorian Street Machine & Hot Rod Show "Overall Top Cars" around 1988 ish. 

 

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