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My L34's History

Started by hungus76 , Feb 11 2009 01:59 PM

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#201 hungus76

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Posted 19 June 2014 - 03:05 PM

Wouldn't your Paint Number on your I.D Plate tell you the colour

It does. The car is Glacier White from the factory. I just didn't know what colour it currently is.

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#202 xu2308

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Posted 19 June 2014 - 04:02 PM

No worries, it looks like Mandarin Red, Mandarin Red was on the HJ Monaro's and LX SS Hatchbacks, not sure if it was a LH Torana Colour at all.

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#203 Mort

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Posted 19 June 2014 - 07:18 PM

I have an '74 LH 4.2 SL/R that is original Mandarin Red.

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#204 _jason0allisonm_

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Posted 20 June 2014 - 04:45 PM

after reading this thread, and you paying, wot was, way back then a pretty decent price for your car? you must pinch yourself now every time u read any more comments, or find out any more details and history of it??? congrats on winning the torana lottery! I know it's pretty precious and could never be replaced, but it would great to see it over at the shannons show one day. PS go buy a tatts ticket

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#205 _D Train_

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Posted 20 June 2014 - 11:19 PM

I found this flicking through a old unique card mag..

I remember the car also from the all holden day in which it was shown, from memory you had only just bought it at this stage. I had a car entered in the same show and I remember you saying how much fuel it used getting to Hobart, it certainly shook the old shed when you left the show.
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#206 SP5000

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Posted 21 June 2014 - 07:34 AM

Only 68,000km back then, what does it have now Adrian? great story, a friend of mine had a chrome yellow L34 back around 1983-84, he has had all different types of Holdens since then, Brock Commodores, HSV's but if he should have kept one he says it would have been the L34, his had had the HO kit fitted at the dealer, Dwyers in Wollongong from memory, the car was stolen from his driveway in 1984 and never seen again

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#207 hungus76

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Posted 21 June 2014 - 12:31 PM

after reading this thread, and you paying, wot was, way back then a pretty decent price for your car? you must pinch yourself now every time u read any more comments, or find out any more details and history of it??? congrats on winning the torana lottery! I know it's pretty precious and could never be replaced, but it would great to see it over at the shannons show one day. PS go buy a tatts ticket

I do consider myself to be a lucky man, never ever did I think I would be able to learn the true history of this car but this website was the best discovery I ever made!

No point buying a Tatts ticket, I'm sure I've used up all my good luck for this lifetime....

I remember the car also from the all holden day in which it was shown, from memory you had only just bought it at this stage. I had a car entered in the same show and I remember you saying how much fuel it used getting to Hobart, it certainly shook the old shed when you left the show.
Cheers.

The All Holden Day at Princess Wharf is the 1 and only car show I ever entered the car in, that must have been in the first 12 months I owned the car.

It's without a doubt the thirstiest car I've ever owned, you can watch that fuel gauge drop before your eyes! I clearly remember driving out of that shed and the rumbling and shaking it was causing, I had a smile on my face a mile wide :spoton:

Only 68,000km back then, what does it have now Adrian?

The car now has a grand total of 70,179 k's..... So it's seen very little road use in the last 20 years.

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#208 _Pallbag_

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Posted 14 August 2014 - 07:52 PM

Hi Hungus, I have owned a couple of 15 x 9 1/2 inch hotwires for about 7 or 8 years and recently took the tyres off them for the first time. Written in nikko on the rim is "scotty" "L34" and "15 x 9 1/2". One rim has "399" written on it and the other has "401".

I'm not sure of the significance of the 399 and 401 but pretty sure these rims could have once been on your car?????

Will try attach a couple of pics in the next post ...

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#209 _Pallbag_

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Posted 14 August 2014 - 07:57 PM

As above ....

Is there anyone here who might be able to put some light on what the significance is of the 399 and 401 on the rims?

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#210 _outer control_

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Posted 14 August 2014 - 10:42 PM

No worries, it looks like Mandarin Red, Mandarin Red was on the HJ Monaro's and LX SS Hatchbacks, not sure if it was a LH Torana Colour at all.

AL

from about late oct 74 a lh colour

As above ....

Is there anyone here who might be able to put some light on what the significance is of the 399 and 401 on the rims?

is it the offset check backspacing between the 2

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#211 hungus76

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Posted 15 August 2014 - 04:09 PM

I sent a reply to your PM Pallbag, thanks for contacting me!

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#212 _Pallbag_

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Posted 15 August 2014 - 08:11 PM

what would the measurement be for the offset outer control .... 399 and 401 mm's?????????

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#213 _deanehill_

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Posted 19 June 2016 - 12:28 PM

Hi Adrian,

I see there is a photo of your L34 in the current edition of Australian Muscle Car Magazine, issure 88, page 112.

Hope you still have the car.

Best wishes, Deane Hill.

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#214 hungus76

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Posted 21 June 2016 - 12:07 PM

Hi there Deane,

Thanks for the info, I was unaware of this. Will grab a copy.

I do indeed still own the car, no one has offered me an obscene amount of cash for it at this stage!

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#215 hanra

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Posted 21 June 2016 - 12:43 PM

I think I have that mag at home, will have to have a squiz.

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#216 hungus76

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#217 V-SLR5000-P

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Posted 11 September 2016 - 08:43 AM

Looks like your car had a run in the 1976 Sports Sedan feature at Sandown. You can see it running into the old Peters corner on the first lap.

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#218 rexy

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Posted 11 September 2016 - 09:51 AM

As above ....
Is there anyone here who might be able to put some light on what the significance is of the 399 and 401 on the rims?

It's just the number of the rim to tell which is which as well as the name of the owner. Have seen a few over the years. Will try to dig up some pictures.