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Started by enderwigginau , Feb 25 2010 12:22 PM

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#26 Heath

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Posted 26 February 2010 - 05:48 PM

I don't like the HB-LC car, but I love LCs and I love HBs.

That LC hatch on the other hand... ooo yeah VERY cool

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#27 enderwigginau

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Posted 26 February 2010 - 06:07 PM

Yep Kev, that's the one. �No rear quarter shots?

I like that LC fronted HB too. �That was how the design study for the LC started anyway.

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#28 Potta

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Posted 26 February 2010 - 06:09 PM

Yeah the yellow LB looks mint....

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#29 GML-31

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Posted 26 February 2010 - 07:03 PM

Yep Kev, that's the one. �No rear quarter shots?

I like that LC fronted HB too. �That was how the design study for the LC started anyway.

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#30 Heath

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Posted 26 February 2010 - 08:12 PM

Don't worry I've got some pics of it

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#31 _APL_

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Posted 27 February 2010 - 09:55 AM

Here is one for the fellow HB Fans.

Saw this rusting away in country SA.
As you can see HB1200 thought he died and went to heaven....

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I would imagine that not too many people would have seen one of these.

This is how the car was released - Not cut and shut.

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#32 Collo

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Posted 27 February 2010 - 10:10 AM

Vauxhall Viva estate?

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#33 _APL_

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Posted 27 February 2010 - 10:30 AM

Vauxhall Viva estate?

Yep ....

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#34 Heath

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Posted 27 February 2010 - 08:53 PM

Those wheels are AWESOME!

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#35 enderwigginau

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 12:37 AM

Yeeha, go the HB Aeros

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#36 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 28 February 2010 - 12:46 AM

I had picks of the green LC hatch, lots of them, untill my computer crashed.

Now most of the 600 or so shots i have from the torana nats are no more :(

Oh well.

I like the LB (yellow LC/HB), and the blue LX pickup with the red rims is very much my style, naturally along with the blue two door/four door lx/uc with the frOckING MASSIVE big block being lowered into the bay, how could that not be something i would like to do......

Cheers.

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#37 Dave6179

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Posted 17 February 2013 - 09:20 AM

Theres an LJ ute over here thats set up for drags, and road driven. Its black, and I think has a 383. A mate and his dad worked on it at one stage.

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#38 _Skapinad_

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Posted 17 February 2013 - 09:31 AM

I like the LB (yellow LC/HB), and the blue LX pickup with the red rims is very much my style, naturally along with the blue two door/four door lx/uc with the frOckING MASSIVE big block being lowered into the bay, how could that not be something i would like to do......

Cheers.

Note, DJ would like a big V8?! Lol.

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#39 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 17 February 2013 - 10:52 AM

Yes. But only a proper one. None of this less than 500ci bullshit.

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#40 Stinga

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Posted 17 February 2013 - 10:54 AM

Note, DJ would like a big V8?! Lol.

thats that yellow rig i was telling you about the other day skapinator

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#41 _Skapinad_

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Posted 17 February 2013 - 10:58 AM

Looks cool... Need more pics...off to google..

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#42 _BARRY JACKPOT_

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Posted 18 February 2013 - 07:41 PM

All of em, so much work to make a good car look hideous! Especially the soft tops I can taste a little bit of vomit in my mouth just from looking at them.

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#43 _Gundawindy_

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Posted 12 April 2016 - 10:57 AM

Sorry to Necro the thread but it just popped up on my facebook feed.

Does anyone remember a convertible LC/LJ that Strathfield Car Audio owned? I'm starting to wonder if they built it or maybe bought it. It looks a lot like the white one at the top of this thread.

Anyway, I'm looking for any information anyone has about it, especially any pictures of it in its prime. This is it now.

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#44 StephenSLR

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Posted 12 April 2016 - 11:38 AM

Sorry to Necro the thread but it just popped up on my facebook feed.

Does anyone remember a convertible LC/LJ that Strathfield Car Audio owned? I'm starting to wonder if they built it or maybe bought it.

^ Was it the one built by W.S. Grice at Summer Hill?

It pops up here every now and then; was for sale on ebay last year, possibly headed for Qld iirc.

http://www.gmh-toran...op-xu1-replica/

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#45 _Gundawindy_

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Posted 12 April 2016 - 04:47 PM

Nah. I've seen pics of that one before but I've owned this as it is in the picture for nearly 20 years now. Only just starting to fix it up.

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#46 StephenSLR

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Posted 12 April 2016 - 04:53 PM

In the 80's there was a trend to turn cars into convertibles; cheaper than importing 'verts I guess. I seem to recall it started with VW beetles, when that trend took off then every car was fair game, usually 2 doors; I recall seeing quite a few Valiants chopped up as they had that American yank-tank look.

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#47 _Gundawindy_

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Posted 12 April 2016 - 05:33 PM

Yeh, I think this was purpose built for Strathfield Car Audio. It has no reinforcing to the chassis, so I'm pretty sure it was never driven after the conversion. It is also an LJ that has been changed to look like an LC. The nose cone and radiator support are from an LC (it still has the LC tags on the radiator support) and it is pretty obvious where it was changed. Like it was never meant to be seen with the bonnet open. Also the whole panel behind the rear seat, as well as most of the parcel shelf has been cut out to fit a massive sub box.