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#1 Indy Orange

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Posted 30 March 2016 - 08:51 PM

My first car was a LJ Torana S 138 column shift .in 1982 .Puchased from Naughty Don Rogers in Perth .What was yours?17 years old at the time.The boot used to leak badly ,so did the heater box.

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Posted 30 March 2016 - 10:22 PM

253 HG Kingswood. Bacchus Marsh Vic. It was a Silver Mist  3 speed column shift and was previously owned by my older brother from new who swapped it for HG 308 4 speed Silver Mist Kingswood.    These started a long love affair with Holdens back in 1972.  I traded the Kingswood for my first Torana which was a new 74 4.2 Chrome Yellow LH SLR.   

 

 

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Posted 31 March 2016 - 03:39 PM

Before I had even 'earned' y P-Plates (So easy back then) I bought a 2 Door LJ with a 186 with a cam and a 4 speed.

Someone had taped up the windows and sprayed it dark jade green. You could still see the old XU1 sticker imprint beneath it, it was that rough.

Flogged it, crashed it twice, loved it, sold it for the same amount as I bought it for later ($1500). Sadly no photo....


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Posted 01 April 2016 - 10:58 AM

This thread has been done before but was fun.  My first car was a burnt orange RX2 in 1986.


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Posted 01 April 2016 - 03:53 PM

Morris Major in about 1975,no pics because why would you lol


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Posted 01 April 2016 - 09:22 PM

A 58 FC Holden, bought in 1963. Bought from the Holden dealer in Bairnsdale, Vic.  Check out the cool shades.  What DID I look like !  Pic was at my parents place Gippsland,Vic.

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Posted 01 April 2016 - 10:05 PM

Normy?

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Posted 01 April 2016 - 10:22 PM

Cool pic Rod

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Posted 02 April 2016 - 06:08 PM

My first LC Torana S in 1978...........was a familiar car in Mount Pritchard (western suburb of Sydney).

Started life as a 161, 3 on the tree, drum front brakes.

Ended up with:

192
head ported / upgraded valves & springs
balanced rods / pistons / crank
lumpy cam / alloy gears & solid lifters
electronic ignition
holley 500
extractors
Opel 4 speed (never blew it up just kept wearing out cluster shaft & bearings)
big brake booster / front discs
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Posted 02 April 2016 - 08:37 PM

Haven't seen that colour before ,on an LC .

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Posted 02 April 2016 - 09:59 PM

Opel 4 speed (never blew it up just kept wearing out cluster shaft & bearings)

You weren't trying hard enough. :spoton:


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Posted 03 April 2016 - 09:39 AM

The first car i bought ( beside the hand-me-downs ) was a XA hardtop. 

 

I must have liked it because i had 5 of them. :) 


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Posted 03 April 2016 - 09:51 AM

First car was a 1970 LC 2 door.

Bought in 1978 a few months before I got my licence.

186 3 on the tree.

Then 3 on the floor.

Then 192 triple dellortos big cam V8 4 speed.

Then attacked with gas axe and welder to turn into a sports sedan. Project never finished.

If I knew back then what I know today...............................................


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Posted 03 April 2016 - 10:22 AM

White 4 Door LX Torana 173 Big block coloum auto, chromies, twin system , twin sunroof yes it was the 80s 12 months later 308 4speed thats when the obsession started
and still going stong today

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Posted 03 April 2016 - 11:38 AM

White 4 Door LX Torana 173 Big block coloum auto, chromies, twin system , twin sunroof yes it was the 80s 12 months later 308 4speed thats when the obsession started
and still going stong today

Did you used to head down to Scarborough Beach on a Friday night and chuck laps through Perth Gene?

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Posted 03 April 2016 - 11:38 AM

1994 Cloverdale Perth WA, 173, 3 on the tree.

 

Had licence for a week, 80+ year old pulled out in front of me wrote it off.

 

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Posted 03 April 2016 - 11:51 AM

Shame ,Very repairable now ,spot ties behind the grill ,very 80s.

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Posted 03 April 2016 - 01:13 PM

Did you used to head down to Scarborough Beach on a Friday night and chuck laps through Perth Gene?


Guilty as charged

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Posted 03 April 2016 - 01:35 PM

Yep ,me too.

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Posted 03 April 2016 - 01:36 PM

1994 Cloverdale Perth WA, 173, 3 on the tree.
 
Had licence for a week, 80+ year old pulled out in front of me wrote it off.
 
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Probably seen you a few times im still in the area

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Posted 04 April 2016 - 07:27 AM

This was my first car..........  I bought it before I even had my L's ...  I drove it to Toronto Motor Registry by myself to get my licence..  which i failed  lol ...    Then had to drive it back again the next week ..  this time I passed ..   Loved that car, it don't look much, but 202 Trimatic  :) .. Big stereo ..   I drove that thing up and down the coast surfing for a couple years..  

 

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Posted 04 April 2016 - 07:52 PM

Can't kill the 202 Kinga Ian,my mates father had one ,Silver with electric tailgate and the chrome roof rack,I thought it looked really flash.

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Posted 04 April 2016 - 07:58 PM

Shame ,Very repairable now ,spot ties behind the grill ,very 80s.


There actually in front of the grill Paul

Proir bingle lol

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Posted 04 April 2016 - 10:08 PM

Probably seen you a few times im still in the area

 

Parents still live in the same house I grew up in and where this picture was taken. Always popping in to say hello.


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Posted 05 April 2016 - 04:35 PM

1975 HJ GTS Monaro 5.0L 4 speed bought when I was 17 - 1984. Smithton Tasmania.

 

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