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[hungus76]

Ok. Thanks for that.

[unclefestal34s]

genuine L34 has the part number scrubbed out,so in fact it does not carry a part number..

[slr5640]

Hi Adrian,
My name is Deane Hill. I prepaired & maintained an L34 LH Torana for racing purposes for Graeme Blanchard in 1975-1977. The car was Glacier white & when sold, the new owner painted it Tangerine. I often wander what ever happened to this car. The last time I saw it was in a used car lot at the Benalla (Vic), Nissan dealer in about 1980. From your description, I believe you have this car, even though the last post dates back to 2009. If you want to know more about the car, let me have some more details, ie it should have holes in the rear parcel shelf & floor where the Bond full cage was mounted.
Hoe to hear from you.

Thanks, Deane.

I found a picture that could be the car in question.
its a bit small ...sorry couldn't enlarge it ...comes from old race photos web site.
Has anyone pm'd this guy he may not have seen this ..its a great read.
I'll do it just in case.

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Edited by slr5640, 27 February 2012 - 03:34 PM.

[hungus76]

Thank you to everyone who has contacted me recently regarding my L34, I hadn't been on the forum for some time and was unaware of the new posts and private messages that had been sent.

It's great to see so many people still interested in the story and history of my pride and joy!

[hungus76]

If I can be of any help with your car, please ask.

Best wishes,
Daene Hill.

Fascinating stuff to hear Deane, thankyou for sharing this with me.

Would you happen to have any photo's of the car from back in the day? If so I would absolutely love to see them.

[V-SLR5000-P]

Adrian, looks like your car on the bottom of page 36 of Australian V8 Action magazine (1976).
The magazine has the Gown Hindaugh L34 on the cover.

[hungus76]

Adrian,

i will see what I can find. i will have slides mostly, so i will have to scan them and send them on. Bare with me.

Take all the time you need, I'm just happy to see them regardless how long it takes. Very exciting!

Deane, do you recall what carby set up the car used to run? Twin webers possibly?

Adrian, looks like your car on the bottom of page 36 of Australian V8 Action magazine (1976).
The magazine has the Gown Hindaugh L34 on the cover.

Thanks for letting me know, I'll try and track down a copy.

[hungus76]

Here is the car as raced by Graeme Blanchard

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[hungus76]

And here she is as raced by Scotty Taylor

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[hungus76]

Deane, any idea whatever happened to the original engine block once it was determined that it wasn't suitable for racing duties?

Also, did you use the current motor in the car for racing at all? The engine number is N780019P

[hungus76]

I have been told your car has a Brookfield sump on it. This is the sump i had built by John Brookfield. Jack Mayes made a beautifull set of header extensions for the car. No one makes pipes like Jack.

Deane Hill.

Yes, apparently it is a Brookfield sump, I had the car serviced many years ago and my mechanic referred to the sump as " An amazing work of art! "

Thankyou for every piece of amazing information you have supplied to me so far, it has helped re-ignite my passion for the car more than I can express.

[Tyre biter]

Hungus: that engine number you have:
"N780019P (I've been told by the A9X club that this is a number desiginated by NSW Police for cars that have been stolen or that have no engine number.) I don't know if that's correct or not?"

Just as yel327 confirmed; It is indeed a Police number and I've found were are issued when:
a. a car presents with nil number at all, or
b. the car/engine has been stolen and subsequently recovered, or
c. if the number in the car didn't match the recorded number in the rego records.

Your number certainly looks to be a NSW Police No - Starts with N and finishes with a P.

Effectively the stamping of a Police No. was a means of depicting that something happened with the car, has since been checked by Police and all is sweet with regards to it's provenance, meaning nothing dodgy going on.

NSW RTA have a VINS Data Integrity Officer who has access to the old paper 'RTA Issued Engine Number' reports and NSW RTA Inspection Reports. The former lists the issuance of the Police No. together with the date it was issued, the number it was issued with, the place of issuance, the vehicle make, model and year, the type of Police No. issued (engine, chassis, etc) and the owner at the time inc. their addess.

Unfortunately it doesn't record the reason for the issuance and (I am told) NSW RTA records don't go further back than early 1996 because they destroyed the same - I am not convinced of the veracity of this claim however and suspect they still ive on in some form and in some place but are too 'difficult' for staff to bebothered enquiring into. Funnily enough I asked why they would have been destroyed and the RTA bloke told me; "God know what and why they did things bck in the old days" - we are talking 1996 here - the old days...

I digress. Purportedly the reason for issuance of the Police No. is recorded on the NSW RTA Inspection Report but unfortumately I have never seen one to be sure.

NSW RTA also hold DRIVES reports - details on a vehicle's rego history but again I am told there are similar issues with records not going further back than 1996.

I have seen these reports through the course of my employ, but my understanding is that for a fee a member of the public can obtain as much but likely to have ownership details redacted for privacy reasons.

What I am suggesting is that if you can get you hands on the DRIVES or Inspection Reports you may well learn the engine number prior to the Police No. being issued whereas a copy of the 'RTA Issued Engine Number' report might also add to the evidence as to the provenance of your car.

The engine number on a 308 block is often lost when decking the same and Police Forensic folk will heat the engine number pad with an oxy (a proper one and not a little hand held jobbie) until it is glowing red and thereby the original number stamped will 'climb' out at you given the molecules of the metal remain aligned as they were when the number was first stamped. However, if the block has been decked twice or more the chances of recovering the original number become reduced.

Finally, I have heard (third hand and so no direct knowledge) that if you can provide Holden with the original engine number they will provide one of their provenance reports to confirm the same or not. However if you cannot provide the original engine number they can't/won't do this for you, and merely provide the BETSBAC report which only records the engine type in that field.

Good luck with your hunting - seems you have made significant in-roads especially of late.

Cheers, TB

Edited by Tyre biter, 01 April 2012 - 09:59 AM.